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Hackamas bites competition
Pitching has been a big part
of the team’s success, along with
their defense. Ashley Suter leads
the team in wins with nine, an
ERA of 1.25 and strikeout-walk
ratio of 106-18.
The team only lost eight times,
and of those eight many of the
players think their Mt. Hood losses
were the biggest of the season. The
Mt. Hood series was the only one
the team lost all season long and
proved costly.
“Our biggest loss was getting
swept by Mt. Hood,” said Coach
Jessica Buel. Buel, who has only
been coaching the team half the,
year, has come on with the team at
the right time.
Of course, not all the players
agree with Buel on the biggest loss.
Both Abbey Tollefson and Kayla
Hopkinson think that the team’s
split against Lower Columbia was
the biggest loss.
Improvement is always needed
to be able to beat the best and
the team showed great improve­
ment all year long. They showed
improvement from both the team
as awhole and personally.
“I wouldn’t say there is just
one (most improved player),”
said Hopkinson. “I think a lot
of us have stepped up and have
improved.” Hopkinson is a fresh­
man first baseman leading the
team in doubles.
The team has a tough road
ahead with the possibilities of
facing teams they haven’t had
the chance to face. There is an
unknown aspect that could cause
the team to underestimate a team.
By Robert Morrison
Sports Editor
Play ball!
For the Clackamas Community
College Cougars softball team,
that is exactly what they plan
on doing heading into the
Northwest Athletic Association
of
Community . Colleges
Championship Tournament. The
team heads into the tournament
with a second place finish in the
division.
Their first NWAACC game will
be on May 20 against Treasure
Valley at Delta Park. The game
starts at 9:30 a.m.
The softball team finished
the year with a nice 21-8 overall
record, 15-5 in the division. They
finished only one game, behind
division champion Mt. Hood. The
Cougars finished strong as they
were in third place heading into
their last two games against SW
Oregon. SW Oregon came into
those games as the second place
team but Clackamas would win
both games to clinch second. In
the last 14 games the Cougars
went a crazy 11-3.
“Our biggest win was our last
one against Hood because we
really had to work as a team to
come back against them,” said
Abbey Tollefson. “A game for us
is seven innings and we came back
in the seventh so it was a big win.”
Tollefson is a sophomore pitcher
from Hillsboro who is second on
the team in wins with six while
sporting a 2.64 earned run average.
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ley Suter gets ready to pitch with a runner on third during a game on May 4
inst Clark at Clackamas. The Cougars won 3-0.
Ms, sprats and more sports. You’ve heard all the
news on our softball and baseball teams, as well
land field. You’ve read the articles on featured
s, m uh needed repairs and tournament previews,
eyoi e tired of hearing the same old, same old, so
something new you haven’t heard about a rodeo
tClackamas Community College.
deo'.’ \s in bull riding and saddle broncos, barrel
land itile events? As in the places where everyone
ling faded blue jeans and cowboy hats, jingly spurs
h\er f dust? That’s right ladies and gentlemen.
’lie many community colleges lack the opportu-
compete in equestrian sports, equine enthusiasts
ave a chance here at Clackamas this fall thanks to
Won of new student Shelbie Sumpter.
fer competing in equestrian sports in high school,
sd that I wanted to continue riding and competing
Ifeut college, but was disappointed that Clackamas
We an equestrian team,” she said; Throughout the
tetem region (Idaho, Washington and Oregon),
k only five rodeo teams, and Clackamas would
W Sumpter realized she couldn’t join another
Like any other sports team, the rodeo team has
requirements. Whether you’re a competitive or non­
competitive member of the team, you’ll be required to
attend mandatory practices, meetings, fundraisers, and
rodeo events, ail while demonstrating your love for
rodeo and horses in general. On the academic side of
things, students will be expected to maintain a minimum
GPA of 2.0.
Participating on a college sports team is very com­
petitive for some, and may very well be the sole reason
they’re attending college. “It's also a great way to con­
tinue doing what you love at the next level, as well as
being part of something and representing your school,”
said Lindsey Rising, an avid competitor on the open
rodeo and gymkhana (a type of motorsport) circuit out
of Southern Oregon.
Missy Sisely, who has coached high school eques­
trian teams in Southern Oregon, agrees with Rising and
said, “The farther these kids can go on doing what they
love and what they have the talent for, the better.”
According to Associated Student Government Clubs
Department Senator Travis McDonald, all that Sumpter
needs to do now is' submit the club start-up paperwork
and complete a team constitution. Upon receiving those
documents, ASG will move forward with the final deci­
sion.
If you’re interested in joining the rodeo team as
a competitive or non-competitive member, or as an
adviser, please contact Shelbie Sumpter at ssumpter@
studentclackamas.edu for more information.
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