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Sports sportsedlS) clackamas.edu The Clackamas Print / Wednesday, May 2, 2012 ■ Baseball Chemeketa C C - April 26 ■ 0 « W 9-7 W P - Budbury (5-2) Game 2 postponed to May 3 Lane G C-April 28 I S r I£f7 , SK , • • ' ' ' ' " ; ■ , : ; • ? ! ■■'■'?'.- h | L 0-8L P-W right (0-5) 1 3-13 LP-Baldocd (1-3) Overall Record. 8-21,5-12 Southern Region , t ' ¡0 y © 1 1 ......H R H R . ____________ A lexandra K a zm eiro w icz a n d Use K in d ler (inset) ta k e p a r t in C C G s g o lf class a t Sah-H ah-L ee golfcotirse in Clackamas. Students in - th e class, w hich is offered every sp rin g range fr o m beg in n erto experienced. By Joey Fisher The Clackamas Print A t Clackamas C om m unity; College during spring term, a golf class is offered at the Sah-Hah- Lee golf course in Clackamas. Its taught by Paul Fiskum, who is also an assistant coach for the metis basketball team. Sah-Hah-Lee is an 18 hole, executive par three golf course, with no need for z. driver. W hen you arrive on the course it looks like something the likes o f Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods might have started on, but instead the course is full o f students from CCC | W ith several gplf courses right up the road front the, college, some may wonder why ori earth die class is held way out in the boondocks. There ate several reasons for that, including iding the fact that Sah-Hah-Lee is the only course around that has a practice chipping green. Sah-Hah- Lee also doesn’t charge anything to bring the class o ut to use the course, I since it has the potential to bring in more business for them by having students corné and practice during the free time they may have. Ever, since the golf class has been available through C C C, registra tion has always varied in terms o f how m any people signed up to take this class. This year however, is the first time the golf class has ever had students on a waiting list to get in. It seems like the class has been getting more popular amongst students as word o f m outh about the class has spread, helping it grow to be what, it is"— which is a fun and exciting time while also learning the game o f golf Softball The class doesn’t begin imme SBU g « diately oh the golf course like some ■■■ might expect, The students spend ■ ill the first two class periods on cam pus watching videos and learning the basic fundamentals for golf After the first week, they spend the majority o f their time at the with a m om and her daughters, driving range and on the chipping and their cousin all taking the class green. T he class has students rang together. According to Fiskum, there is ! ing in ability from beginners to more advanced golfers. T he more something m uch more important advanced you are in the class, the than the skills his students pick up. more freedom you will get to have ' ; “M y number one rule is to have to do what you want. T he students fun,” said Fiskum. “I f you don’t usually just stick/to the driving have fun, I wont let you come range and the chipping range. T he back” more advanced students have more If you are looking for something opportunities to play the 18-hole amusing to do to keep your m ind coursé.. off o f mose stressful classes you’re T he students in the class all taking, definitely look into taking have such a great time it has even this golf class. It’s cheap and tons of become a family affair for some, fun. In fret, fun is in the syllabus. Mystifying activities add variety to world of sports By Emily Rask Associate Sports Editor Sports are different throughout the world, b ut there are a set few that just about everyone in the world knows o f Those include soc cer, football, volleyball, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, gold and rugby • • • you get the picture. Most people aren’t even aware o f all die unique and weird sports that there are out there in the world. For instance, the thajority o f people wouldn’t even know the first thing about the PFL, better known as the Pillow Fight League in Toronto. Yes, this is a real and very competitive sport. It was just established in 2005, b ut has been a huge hit and is growing in popular ity every day. As it turns out, most Clackamas Com m unity College students arerit able to identify sports other than those that are popular in America. Student Yoshi Gostevskyh knew of one he thought was unique, “The one,on the horses with the mallets,; I think it’s called polo.” , .. Polo, is indeed one o f the odd est sports, out there. N ot many people would think that, while oh horseback, they would, be able to hit around a plastic or wooden ball with mallets and shoot it into the opposing team’s goal. To most people, U FC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship, but for this crazy sport U F C actu ally stands for Ultimate Firefighting Competition. This contest is part o f the Worfd Police and Fire Games which was first promoted in 1967 and then was held for the first time officially in 1985 in San Jose, Calif. Another odd sport started a little further from home, but has caught hold in some o f the colder p arts,o f the world because o f its introduction to the Olympics. < “Curling,” said William Kass, a C C C student. “The players slide stones across a sheet o f ice an d another person sweeps the ice in front o f it so they can get it to go to the target area.” Curling originated in Scotland in the 16th century, but back then they used oddly shaped rocks called Toafies,” and played on the frozen marshes and lochs o f Scotland; Curling may not be one o f the worlds most popular sports, but it has m ade an impact since it was an official event in the W inter Olympics in 1988. From ice to water, another sport that C Ç C student Adrienne W hitaker m entioned was water polo. T don’t really know anything about, it, but it’s weird,” said Whitaker. ‘Water’ polo doesn’t mean that the horses have to swim. d’he hors es are replaced with people treading water and trying to throw the ball in to the opposing goal, which is defended by a goalie. It is very simi lar to the game o f handball that is played on land. Water polo, like curling, became an Olympic sport.. /However, there was a controversy becausemeris water polo became a sport in the Olympics in 1900, but the womens game wasn’t added, sparking political protest. Finally in the year 2000 women’s water polo was finally added to the W inter Olyrhpic games. > There are hundreds o f other weird sports in this world, some even more crazy than others. Some require the strength o f a toes as they do in toe w while in others you can do a simple household chore but in a competi tive environment, such as in the sport o f extreme ironing. N o mat ter how challenging, lazy crazy weird, and unique any o f these activities are, they all have one thing in com m on and that is that they are considered a | sport. Chemeketa C C - April 25 W 8-4 WP-Marehall( 13-2) W 7 -4 W P -W rig h t(6 -1 ) SW Oregon - Ajjril 28 L(H IP-M arshall(0-5) L3-131P-Wright(3-6) Overall Record; 22-10,9-3 Southern Region W P =Winning pitcher I P = Losing pitcher The softball and baseball games scheduled for May 1 were rescheduled due to rain.
