The
Clackamas Print
Sports
Wednesday. Nov. 26, 2008
Volleyball takes fourth at NWAACC
Practicing those qualities. will not do that. We
in their lives and commit
we had to play a lot o
ting themselves fully to
leyball to make it bacl
becoming a team led them
the Championship gai
to a successful season and a
and this team was prei
fourth place rank going into
to do so,” said Woods
the NWAACCs. During the
On the final day of
regular season, the Cougs
tournament, the Cougs
compiled a 41-15 record
Walla Walla for the s<
overall, including a 7-3
time, and the result wi
record in league.
better than the day be
The Cougars started off
Walla Walla defeated
the NWAACCs with a tough handily in two sets. A
win over the West Region’s
their second loss, the
defeated Bellevue Co
third seeded Highline Com
munity College in five sets
nity College in three
on Thursday, Nov. 20. The
and Green River Con
following day, they defeated College in two.
Linn-Benton
“Thi
Community
was thi
This was the
College in
moste
three sets, then
ing am
most
Contributed by Tracy Swisher
was defeated
NWAA
exciting
The Clackamas Cougars celebrate one of their victories at the NWAACCs last weekend. They
later that day
Champ
went on to claim a respectable fourth place finish.
NWAACC
ship io
by the East
Championship
Region’s top
28 yea:
be a great volleyball team
Woods, head coach, they
in my 28 years
Jon Helmkamp
seed, Walla
coachi
on the court, but to be out
have been working toward
The Clackamas Print
of coaching at
this lei
standing individuals as well. Walla Commu
the NWAACCs since they
nity College,
of the
According to Taya Clark,
first got together as a team
this level... ”
in five tough-
wereg
co-team captain, they have
After making a name for
back in August.
and ev
fought sets.
focused on becoming better
themselves as one of the
“We have worked very
Kathie Woods
Despite the
match
people by focusing on four
premiere volleyball teams in hard to get to where we are
Head Coach
excitii
second loss to
main covenants — passion,
today. We started in August
the Northwest by qualifying
both tl
Walla Walla,
integrity, selflessness and
with this tournament as our
for the Northwest Athletic
letesa
Woods was
commitment.
goal. We are ranked fourth
Association of Community
very pleased
fans,”
“We apply those cov
in the entire NWAACC (out
Colleges Championships 13
with the at
Wood;
enants to school, volleyball
of 29 teams) and the girls
of the last 14 years, Cougar
titude of the team after their
“We played well a
and life. This year we have
Volleyball finished this year are deserving of all the
played hard the entii
first loss.
respect they have received^” stuck by .those covenants
with a fourth place finish at
and have become a better
“I was. very proud of this
continued Woods. “1
said Woods.
the NWAACCs last week
At the start of the season, team because of them,” said team to bounce back after
out fourth place this
end.
the 19-year-old sophomore.
the team set out to not only
the first loss. A lot of teams
the NWAACC is ami
According to Kathie
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Left: Tyrell Fortune, on top, struggles against
John Forrester from North Idaho College.
Middle: Patti Polk (1) tries to dribble around
Kayla Hutcheson (24) from Walla Walla Community
College.
Right: A Clackamas player drives to the hoop in
a game against Walla Walla Community College.
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All photos by Megan Shaw
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