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sportsed@clackamas. edu Wednesday, April 27, 2011 The Clackamas Print 7 Katie Aamatti Clackamas Print Stencil works on pitching at practice on Monday, April 18 on the baseball field at Clackamas Community College. Baseball runs in Stencil’s blood; his Ifather was on the New York Yankees. By Brittany Anderson The Clackamas Print « would think that striking out 18 people would make a person mown across campus, but Trysten il, a quiet young man, isn’t as know as he probably should be. il is a left-handed pitcher for Hackamas Community College all team. He played baseball in school and was inspired to keep ig in college by his grandfather, ly grandfather was on the ¡es, but he threw out his arm J spring training. I want to see an make it that far or beyond,” he said. Walla Walla game this year. I only ever reason,” Stencil said. Stencil has been playing the game got two outs then was pulled out. It There was a point in. Stencil’s life for 15 years, ever since he was five. was really disappointing because the when he thought about quitting base In addition to playing baseball, he’s game before, I did really well,” he ball altogether. “It was after a long taking 14 to 18 credits every term and said. His best game was against Grays hospital stay in my junior year of high has a part-time job. Harbor, where he made his impressive school; my appendix was removed. “Stencil comes to us from Sandy 15 strikeouts. Due to complications I had a 31-day High School; he’s a real good player “Stencil is a great guy, great pitcher hospital stay and eight of those days and a real good kid,” said Robin and athlete,” said Ryan Abel, catcher I was in a coma. I lost a lot of weight Robinson, the baseball coach. for the team. “He works really hard. and thought about quitting.” Stencil currently commutes 35 The team ... has such a great atmo Fortunately for the team, he recon minutes from Sandy. “It’s kind of sphere and Stencil is a part of that.” sidered once his strength came back. hard to commute that far because of Stencil is a very good pitcher but The team is hoping to see great things how expensive gas is, but it’s worth he hasn’t always played that position. from this extraordinary young man. it because I love everyone there at “I’ve played every position a lefty Jersey No. 9, Stencil, has captured the CCC,” Stencil said. can play. Basically that means I’ve team’s attention and may soon be well Like all players, Stencil has had been the pitcher, first base and in the known campus-wide. his good games and bad games. “My outfield. There are some positions that worst game ever was probably the lefties just don’t get to play for what in, rain, go away, so we can play our ball games By Robert Morrison Sports Editor merica’s favorite pas- 1 time is back in full swing Vat Clackamas Community t. The baseball team, led by Robinson, is trying to keep a around .500 while the softball tongside Coach Jessica Buel is ! along with a beautiful record, softball team started the year *eird note with the Inter-Region 'went getting rained out so the team wasn’t as tuned up for the start of the season as much as they usu ally would have been. The team did get plenty of games in the Pre-Season Tournament the following week and went on to finish that tournament with a 3-1 record, losing only to Yakima Valley 1-2. In mid March, another Inter-Region Tournament was rained out, making the team wait another two weeks for a game. The team had a double header their next game day but one of the' two games was rained out. I think the team must have gotten tired of the rain because they went on a six game win streak that saw them beat two different region teams twice each. The team would go .500 in the Crossover Tournament, leaving them with a 10-3 overall record and 4-0 divi sion record. They would walk away from that tournament leading the region but tied with two other teams for it:» Southwestern Oregon and Mt. Hood. The team lost that lead in their next two games with a 5-6 loss and 6-9 loss to Mt. Hood. The team then went on to clinch a series against Chemekata by out scoring them 22-0 bringing their division record to 6-2 and 12-5 overall. Those games were at Mt. Hood so they had a little home field advantage, but if the Cougars expect to beat the high-powered Mt. Hood team they will need to step up their already impressive game. Their next game will be against this year’s competitive Southwestern Oregon team. The baseball team has had what I would call a down season. The team started of the season great with 3-1 record but the teams they beat weren’t exactly top teams. Their next two games were against a team the Cougars could really show their stuff against: a very good Lower Columbia team. Unfortunately both games were can celled due to rain. The Cougars went on to beat a weak Blue Mountain team to improve to 4-1 before losing three straight games to Walla Walla, Prairie Baseball Academy and Columbia Basin. Walla Walla and Columbia Basin both are good teams that have continued to do well through out the season. The Walla Walla game is the only of the three that was a blowout. The Cougars would pull a .500 record at their Crossover Tournament, bringing their overall record to 6-6 but they still hadn’t played a game in their region. They would alternate wins and losses for the majority of the next 10 games, going to 9-13 overall and 3-7 in the region. Their games against Southwestern Oregon on April 16 were rained out. The rain was a nice breather for the Cougars because they won their next two games against Chemeketa. They went to an 11-13 record overall and a 5-7 record in regional play. They split a series with SW Oregon and win a series against Linn-Benton to go to 8-8 in the division and 14-14 overall. The team has gone 2-2 against Chemeketa this season. Chemeketa was the region champion last year with an amazing 34-12 record and 21-9 regional record. Clackamas has a lot to build on when they finished 21-20 last year which was only good enough for fourth out of six teams in the region. Their next game is against Mt. Hood on April 30 at 1 p.m. here at Clackamas.
