Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Hiuary Cole Clackamas Print
ars outfielder Joe Bray bats against Linn-Benton on Thursday, April 22. Clackamas split the doubleheader, winning 7-5 and losing 12-13 at
e. Bray has played in a total of 26 games this season and he has 79 at bats and a .203 batting average.
ougars baseball steals second
Clackamas baseball
plays some impres­
sive games in this
season’s first leg;
the Cougars are
second place among
theNWAACCs
South Region teams
with five wins
By Robert Morrison
The Clackamas Print
Brad Heineke Clackamas Print
Bennett warms up at practice. Bennett has pitched 14
sand has a 1.29 ERA thus far.
After a challenging first
couple of weeks, Clackamas
baseball is well under way.
The baseball team current­
ly has a 9-5 record in the
Northwest Athletic Association
of Community Colleges South
Region, good enough for sec­
ond place. The Cougars are a
game back of Mt. Hood for
the lead and a game ahead of
third place Chemeketa.
Currently the Cougars post
a 14-13 overall record in the
NWAACC. That puts them in
15 of 27 schools but there
are still many games to be
played.
When asked what could
be improved to produce more
wins, freshman catcher Chase
Sterett said, “We just need to
continue to make plays and
not to give up.”
Some of Sterett’s teammates
have other opinions. Nick
Olney, freshman first basemen
out of Sunset High School,
said, “I think our pitching
and our clutch hitting need to
improve more for us to win
more games.”
Taylor Hill, arguably the
best pitcher on the team, leads
the team with four wins and
nine appearances. Hill also
sports a 1.83 earned run aver­
age in 44 innings.
u
We just need to
continue to make
plays and not to
give up.
Chase Sterett
Freshman catcher
Clackamas has had a num­
ber of big wins so far this sea­
son and hopes for bigger ones
as the season continues.
“Our biggest win was the
sweep of Linn-Benton,” said
Rayce Belmont, sophomore
outfielder. Belmont leads the
team in a number of offensive
categories including runs bat­
ted in.
Olney has a different
opinion. “Our biggest wins
in my opinion were against
Chemeketa and Mt. Hood,”
said Olney. Both games were
big victories because they are
in the top three in the South
Region.
Clackamas has made many
improvements to stay at the
top of the region. To make the
improvements, the team as a
whole and as individuals need
to improve.
“Sergio Cruz has made a
big improvement during the
season,” said Sterett, when
asked who the most improved
was during the season so far.
Cruz is a freshman outfielder.
“Beau Day is the best
improved, I think,” said Olney
about the team’s freshman
catcher and first basemen.
The team has had a number
of impressive victories so far
this season and continues to
look forward to the NWAACC
tournament. However they
are not underestimating their
opponents in the coming
weeks.
The Cougars’ next game
is Sat May 8 at home.