PR IN T: Sports
Wednesday, April 17,2013
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Unwrapping the present:
Clackamas’ spring sports season
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
Softball
The Clackamas softball*team
had won nine of 10 games and
was sitting all alone in first place
until they travelled to Gresham
and got swept in two games
against South Region rival Mt.
Hood on Saturday. With the loss­
es, Clackamas (16-10, 5-3) fell
to a tie for second with SWOCC
in the South Region standings.
The Saints (22-3, 6-2) overtook
the Cougars for the region lead
with the two victories and are an
impressive 22-3 on the season
overall.
The Cougars had an eight-
game winning streak at the end
of March and beginning of April,
outscoring their opponents 67-13.
Clackamas has used three starting
pitchers effectively on the sea­
son. Sophomore Lucy Baldovino
(6-4) and freshman Alyson Boytz
(6-3) and Breann Morrison (4-2)
have shouldered the pitching
load. Boytz leads the team with
a solid 2.44 ERA with Morrison
close behind at 3.43. Boytz also
leads the Cougars in strikeouts
with 49 while Baldovino is right
behind with 47.
Sophomore first baseman
Tasha Silvius, returning South
Region all-star, has been a bright
spot at the plate for the Cougars,
leading the team with 8 home
runs and 28 runs batted in while
posting a solid .463 batting aver­
age. Rashaun Sells, a freshman
third baseman, is the Cougars
leading hitter with a .481 aver­
age, while posting team highs of
38 hits and 26 runs scored.
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373 batting average fo r the season with 4 home runs arid 20 runs batted in.
Baseball
The Cougar baseball team has
rebounded nicely by winning
four straight games after start­
ing South Region play by losing
its first six. With the winning
streak, Clackamas (8-14, 4-6) has
climbed back into the thick of the
South Region standings.
Sophomore catcher Thomas
Kelly leads the Cougars at the
plate with a .342 batting aver-
age, 25 hits and 13 runs scored,
has sparkled on the mound with a
1.88 ERA, but his record is only
2-3. Freshman Zach Carter has
yet to .rack up a win, going 0-3
Barkdull is also hitting the ball
well, with a .340 average on the
season.
Sophomore Andrew Marquez
more Ritchie McCarter (2-3) and
freshman Michael Kelly (2-4)
have also eaten up innings for the
Cougars on the mound.
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Technique of the Week
“Slump? I ain’t in no slump ...
I just ain’t hitting.” Hall of Fame
New York Yankee Yogi Berra
was widely known for humor­
ous quotes like this, but don’t
let the wily catcher fool you, he
really could hit a baseball. Berra
won the American League MVP
award three times from 1951 to
1955, ending his career with 358
home runs and a .285 batting
average.
In this week’s edition of our
“Technique if the week,” we are
talking baseball and more spe­
cifically, hitting the ball to the
opposite field rather than pulling
the ball down the line. “Oppo,” as
w ith a 4.08 ERÄ . B oth soplio-
Volleyball
The Clackamas volleyball
team added two new assistant
coaches to join veteran head
coach Kathie Woods’ staff for
the 2013 season. Chrissy Lewis,
a 1987 Oregon City High School
grad and two-year Cougar player,
is back on the staff for a second
stint after coaching one season
after graduating. The Cougs also
welcome David Lemen, a former
CCC athlete and Junior College
National record holder in the
decathlon. Lemen placed third in
the NCAA Championships in the
decathlon for the University of
Georgia in both 2001 and 2002.
Three current Cougar soph­
omores announced they have
signed with four year NAIA pro­
grams. Maeghan Angel is head­
ed to Kentucky on a full-ride
scholarship to Lindsey Wilson
College, while Brittany Bevens
and Julia Toscano both signed to
play closer to home at Portland’s
Warner Pacific College.
Angel, a 5’2 libero, joins a
Blue Raiders squad that went
30-14 and competed in the
NAIA Volleyball National
Championships. Bevens, a 5’11
front line player, and Toscano, a
5’7 outside hitter, hope to help
improve upon the Knights 15-12
record from a season ago.
CCC Alumni
Volleyball Tournament
The 2013 CCC Alumni
Volleyball Tournament is sched­
uled for Saturday, April 27 in
Randall gym. Eight teams are
signed up as Yakima Valley CC,
Mt. Hood CC and the current
C la c k a m a s t e a m w i l l b a t t le f i v e
CCC alumni teams with varying
graduating years from 1985 to
2009.
Finish your degree at WSU Vancouver
20-year veteran Clackamas head
coach Robin Robinson calls it, is
a must for all quality hitters.
“Baseball requires skill smarts
and training,” said Robinson.
“The team gets eight months of
training throughout the year for
50 games.”
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Kaden Eichmeire No. 23 sophomore
demonstrated ‘O ppo’ — hitting to
the opposite field.
Thomas Kelly No. 1 sopho­
more summarized the technique:
“Sit back, let the ball get deep, try to
drive it the other way. ”
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WEDNESDAY-4/17
• NBA: Golden
State at Portland,
7:30 p.m., KGW,
KEX 1190 AM
• CBB:
Oregon State
at Portland,
3 p.m., 620 AM
| THURSDAY 4/18
Joshua Combs No. 10 sopho­
more broke down the mechanics,
“Everything’s level fo r me, on a fla t
plane, having fa st hands helps. I
pretty much ju st let my hands do the
work. I t ’s all hand-eye coordination.
You ju st set up fo r down the middle
and adjust as the pitch comes. ”
W ashington S tate
UNIVERSITY
VANCOUVER
SATURDAY-4/20
SUHDAY4/21
MONDAY-4/22
• Randall Fitness
Center:
• CCC Track &
Field: at U of O.
• CCC Track &
Field: Cougar open
• CCC Softball: at
Noon-8 p.m,,
downstairs
in Randall Hall
Relays in Eugene
at OCHS, 11 a.m.
• Randall Fitness
Center:
• MLB:
Detroit at Seattle,
12:40 p.m., Root
FRIDAY-4/19
• WHL: Kamloops
at Portland, 7 p.m.
• CCC Baseball:
at Linn-Benton,
Albany, 1 p.m.
NWAACC Crossover,
in Yakima, Wash.
(Saturday-Sunday)
• MLS: Portland
at San Jose, 8 p.m.,
Root, 750 AM
8:30-10 a.m.
1-6 p.m. downstairs
• MLB: Seattle at
Houston, 5:10 p.m.,
Root
TUESDAY-4/23
• CCC Baseball:
vs. Chemeketa
at CCC, 1 p.m.
• Randall Fitness
Center:
Noon-8 p.m.
downstairs
in Randall Hall