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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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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.