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Wednesday, May 26, 2009
or grades thin Cougar teams
Ila Calloway
| Editor
lone who goes to school knows how difficult it can be
trades up. For most, the largest consequence would be a
■t card— something that’s easily fixed the next term. But,
I students who are actively involved with sports, that bad
Id could mean being booted off the team.
beet every year to lose guys,” said head baseball coach
Ibinson, whose team is thin this year due to the loss of
Buys, though not all to grades.
I asked how many guys were lost to grades, Robinson
would tell you five.”
[ugh every season and every sport is affected by poor
Ithletes who participate in spring sports have it a little
rougher.
“One of the dilemmas for spring sports, the athletes have to
make it through two grading periods,” added Robinson. “We
track every one of our athletes.”
The coaches of spring sports monitor their athletes’ progress
throughout the year.
“We do attendance and grade checks,” said track and field
coach Keoni McHone on the subject
Online classes make it harder for the coaches to keep tabs on
their athletes, according to both Robinson and McHone.
Because of these poor grades, the teams suffer. Robinson
thinks of the loss as a blessing iff disguise in some cases.
“Several weren’t going to help us. They would be in our way,”
said Robinson. “They don’t have the discipline or desire.”
Robinson went on to say that the players he lost didn’t care
about grades and what they did care about was playing base
ball.
That doesn ’ t change the fact that with the shortage of athletes,
even those undedicated would’ve been a little help.
“Some of these guys could’ve helped us, plus it would be
good to have depth,” admitted Robinson.
On the other side of the spectrum, the track team hasn’t suf
fered much from bad grades, although they have still lost an
average number of athletes.
“We have quite a few that have done really well with grades,”
said McHone. “Eighteen people with 3.2 (G.RA.) and up from
last term.”
Not everyone has done so great, though McHone and the
other coaches have been helping.
“We still have other ones that we’re trying to mentor with 2.5
and below,” McHone added.
Those that were lost, however, were an asset to the team.
“Some that were coming and working hard were the ones that
we lost,” said McHone.
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All photos by Jessica Foster Clackamas Print
■gout is vacant and a lone student relaxes on the bleachers at the empty baseball diamond. Because of poor grades over the year, the baseball team
lost five players, leaving the team thin for the season.
Baseball
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Brad Heineke Clackamas Print
| Region All-Star Missy Eberhart slides past a Saint. The Cougars finished this season in
■ place out of 26 league teams and with a 21-21 record after the NWAACC Tournament
1st weekend. The team won three games against Shoreline, South Puget Sound and
|e before slipping behind in the fourth game against Olympic.
[/omen, including Eberhart, made this year’s All-Star teams. One girl, Susan
Eham, was even named 2009 NFCA All-American team. Winningham, Emily Morrill and
feterson made the All-Star first team. And, Eberhart, Samantha Genskay and Renae
fell made the second All-Star team.
Upcoming Games
Baseball
May 21-25, NWAACC Championship Tournament
Track and Field
May 21-22, NWAACC Championships,
Spokane Falls Community College
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