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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
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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
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diately oh the golf course like some
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might expect, The students spend
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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.
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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.