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Sports spoT tsed@ dackam as.edti W ednesday, Oct 12, 2011 The Clackamas Print 7 Vollyball falls short to nemesis Mt. Hood By Katie Aamatti Associate Sports Editor 6' ' A fter a game like this, next Describing the intensity between two rivaling volleyball teams is near impos tim e I ’ll definitely have the sible. This is true when it coipes - to the Clackamas Cougars and the Mt. Hood burning fir e in me. Saints; you had to be there to witness the Mehgan Angel five grueling sets o f back and forth play Libero that h a d ; both'.'.teamsdiving,' jumping, rolling! slipping, and sliding with high hopes to achieve the Victory; As the two teams headed into the fifth set last Wednesday in the Randall Hall gymnasium, sparks flew with each serve, ' set, and spike. In the end the Saints took home the w in a fte rth e ■Cougarsfellby a count o f 3-2 resulting In their second loss y in southern region play. Mt. Hood moved to 4-1 in the southern region, defeating Clackamas 25-22, 21-25-, 13-25, 27-25, 12-15. < Before the game began Clackamas Head Coach Kathie Woods remarked . that “raking the court against Mt. Hood will be intense,” and as each play was T- (Jutsiae hitter la y lor Richardsonfalls to theftoor after Clackamas concededa Clackamds'celebrates a point during the fir s t made and the spectators moved closer .point during last Friday’s match. Richardson had 20 kills and 8 errors on the set. The Cougars went on to w in the fir s ts e t towards the edges of their seats, it was 'night. 25-22. clear what she meant. The first set started off at a fast, pace win the game with a close calf o f 27-25, lowed by Sophomore Outside H itter with the Cougars scoring- four points leading them into the decisive, fifth s e t.' Taylor Richardson (20) and Sophomore in a matter of moments before Mt. Much like the first set the two teams Setter- C ourtney Pattock (17).’/ O n Hood raced back for the tie; The score ushed hard for victory, trading a - point the offensive’ side, Richardson paced ^V olleyball remained few points apart as both teams ere and there,, but Clackamas'' fell to the Clackamas with 20 kills with Fresnman began to build on each shot that came Saints as they scored the last three, win Outside Hitter Julia Toscano adding 13. Next Up: @ Pierce over the net. Clackamas held onto a slim n in g th e set 12-15, and going home with “This is a hard rivalry;, this ,is per- Crossover Tournament lead and eventually won the set by three. the match victory. October 14-15 sQnal-,’C.\said Fellow Teammate Taylor Mt. Hood fought hack in the sec “It’s the typical Mt. Hood-Clackamas Richardson. > 3 ond and third games, slowing down the rivalry,” said Woods, “we knew it would ■ As the first half of Southern Region Cougars’ defensive pace with' powerful be tough and tight the whole jmatcK It’s league play comes to an end the Cougars low-nitting spikes, resulting in a four rough that it came at a loss, we like to have identified their weaknesses. poijit win in the second, and a 12 point win these games, but we’U come hick.” “The teams main struggle is consis trouncing in the third. < “I didn’t feel as much craziness towards tency,” said Woods, who has coached In the fourth game the Cougars their team as'L eonid see in the jopho- the volleyball team to the NWAACC jumped to an early lead and held on as mores,” said Freshman Libero Miaeghan championship match in five of the last best they could while Mt. Hood built , Angel,“but after a game like this, next 15 years. “The next few weeks will deter their momentum. Eventually the two time I’ll definitely have the burning-fire mine the heart of this team, and I believe teams tied the score at 24, and then at in me.” the team can go all the way to win.” 25, before Clackamas scored two more to Angel led defensively w ith 25 digs, jofg R unners lay it on the line Upcoming Events Volleybal l .__ Pierce Crossover Tournament ? @ Lakewood, WA ^ W oM ys Soofc. , Clackamas vs. SWOCC C la c k a m a s L a n e B Tim e/date October 14-15 Time TBA TimeZriate 1p.m. Wednesday Oct. 12 7p.m. Saturday Oct. 15 T im e /d a te Mike Hodges Invite @ Home By John William Howard Sports Editor Most people dismiss Cross coun try as a simple sport. One for crazy people who spend all their time run ning around the countryside in too short shorts and busying themselves with obsessing about mere seconds over or under one another’s times. This is not so. It’s time we give them a little more respect Yes, the men and women do make a leg-wear fashion statement and yes, a few seconds does mean a lot to each runner, but cross country is much more than that. Mental training can be as trying as physical training, and racing tactics differ from runner to runner and team to team, depending on the strengths and weaknesses o f each club. Some teams run in packs, and others run spread, catering to each individual athlete’s pace. The goal is to have Ihe first five runners on a team finish with the lowest average place out o f all the racers. Cross country runners have to know the limits o f their bodies extremely Well. They can’t run too hard and risk gassing out before the finish, and they can’t run too slowly and have, too much ground to make up at the end. It takes careful prac tice, close attention to split times, and a very good ability to pace themselves in order to have a peak performance. “A lot o f [the] time work-outs are set up to work on that mental aspect,” said Keoni McHone, Clackamas’ head cross country coach, “the ton- ger intervals definitely make you have tofoCus and keepyou thinking about what’s your role, what are you trying to do so you have to keep up that self-talk throughout the race.” So it’s more than just running 10,000 meters. It’s about running 10,000 meters as fast as you can, while trying to use your body’s ener gy as efficiently as possible. As far as running in general, humans have been doing that for thousands o f years. Cross country as we know it began in the mid to late 1800s in Europe, branching off o f a sport called ‘hares and hounds’ where one runner would begin along a course and a second set o f runners would attempt to catch them by following a paper trail left by the ‘hare’. Since then, cross country has blossomed into an international sport, with an Olympic program from 1904-1924.Nearly every high school and college in the United Saturday O ct. 14 Pre, as he is known around the States was fielding both a men’s and women’s team. But even then, dross world t o ' enthusiasts and general country wasn’t- as popular until a sports fans alike, is often credited young American captured the eye as the most popular athlete o f his o f the country with his bold racing time, and is an inspiration to ath style and confident air. Not to men letes today. He gave the sport, an American ‘superstar’, and helped tion his müstache. Steve Prefontaine inspired a to/bring running into the national nation in the early 70s, at one time spotlight and pave Jhe way for a holding no less' than seven distance strong running culture in the Pacific track records, and was the winner Northwest. Olympians such as Galen Rupp, o f three NCAA cross country titles while at the University o f Oregon. who went to Central Catholic High He would have won four, but he sat School, can often be spotted on trails out one year while training for the around the area, and the Clackamas cross country program has benefit Munich Olympics. “His thing was, he wasn’t afraid ed from the residence , o f such ath to lay it on the line,” said McHone “if letes by having several Olympians, he thought he could beat some- including Jonathan Riley and Simon bodyhe would take it out and tty to Bairu, out to speak at practices. As far as I’m concerned, I ’ll beat them from the very beginning instead o f just sitting on the shoulder try to do more than stand back and and waiting for the right time. He; congratulate the athletes on doing just went for it and showed that guts something I couldn’t It’s not ‘just running’. It’s an old and timeless right from the beginning.” “[Prefontaine] didn’t care about complex mixture o f intense physical running a race intelligently. He was and mental training that forces the determined to. run as hard as he runner to engage in battles on race could from beginning to end.” said day. What is perhaps the world’s YouTuber analyticaa, who went on first sport hasn’t lost much o f its to call him . an icon to bis sport luster or drama. because o f his audacious mindset.
