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Vollyball falls short to nemesis Mt. Hood
By Katie Aamatti
Associate Sports Editor
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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.
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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-
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lead and eventually won the set by three. the match victory.
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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
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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.