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PR IN T: Sports ß <¡J Wednesday, Ma»15,2013 Family bonds = ■ SUCCESS Technique of the week: SoRbcdll -fas-V pddv A.M . (PORTI The Clackamas P rin t features a step by step breakdown of, techniques from different sports. Players and coaches give their experienced advice and explain the developmental process o f building’ competitive fools. Andrew Millbrooke Sports Editor The older I get and the more sports at varying levels that I watch, the more ir makes me realize how much of sports are about family. Sports are not lik eja family, they are fam ily. Nowhere is that more true than at Clackamas Community College’^ small campus. - * The athletic department at CCC is filled with long time employees that love what they do and do it with a family atmo sphere and pride that shows. Thirty-year veteran volleyball coach Kathie Woods takes the maternal role and assistant men’s basketball and women’s softball coach Paul Fiskum deserves the paternal role on tenure alone. Both o f these - longtime , coaches have had success on the field or court, but their r e a l. success can be measured by the family atmosphere they have fostered at Clackamas. ’ Fiskum, a health and physi cal education teacher and coach ; at Clackamas since 1976, was also an athlete on the basketball team in the early 70s Fiskum : has been an assistant coach on the football team - when CCC last had one in the early 80s - and currently assists for men’s : basketball and women’s soft- ball. Fiskum had his most suc cess as head softball coach for 19 seasons. His squads won eight NWAACC titles and four runner-up trophies. He also assisted on two men’s basketball ■SH baldooirvo oia pikMrvy. “Pitching is really a mental game. You have to go in there and have confidence in yourself and your team.” B a ld o u u x o o r i ■ V ecm uquL e: “Underhand is a lot different than overhand, ft’s hard to throw overhand since I’m always doing underhand. The first wind up I just want to throw hard. You want to have fast arm speed so you cap pitch fast. You want to make sure and have good velocity on your snap and theft following through. I want to make sure and do N W A A C C ch am p io ns,g iy tn g . m y w rist snap w ell, so that I have ■ Woods has earned some T lm t’s the type o f p itc h e r that.I am, I move the.ball around.” impressive accolades in - her long volleyball coaching career at CCC that began in 1983. Woods recently passed the 700 career win mark, best m league history and she has been named NWAACC coach of the year . three times. //b Woods was a volleyball and softball player at Oregon State University before beginning her teaching and coaching career. Woods has taught swimming, racquetball, health and first aid in addition to her volleyball coaching duties. Woods preach es a philosophy of 100 percent in school, volleyball and life” that seeps into her athletes. I saw Woods’ influence on her players during an up and down volleyball season this past year, noticing the deep emo tion her players felt for their coach. Many players got choked up talking about Woods’ influ ence on their lives after the fired 1 home game. Baseball head coach Robin Robinson is another long time legend on the athletic depart ment staff as he has been teach- j s ¡ng and coaching at CCC since 1990. The real family bond that ties it all together can be found in an actual family, husband and wife duo Jim and P.J. Martineau. Jim, named CCC Athletic Director in 2009, played basket- ball at Clackamas from 1989-91 and returned to work in the ath- ' letic department almost 20 years ago. P.J. has been the athletic academic adviser for the past 14 years, while serving as assistant women’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator, In team sports you need to have- that family bond to suc ceed. It’s easy to see why so many CCC teams have success ful seasons when you see the foundation o f family that it all , , stands on. And as I've watched games o f different sports all season, the One constant was family in the stands, rooting and cheering on their own. Without family, sports just wouldn’t be, what they are. This week, Clackamas sophomore pitcher Lucy Baldovino' discusses fast pitch softball pitching technique. Ift;the Cougars final home gajne o f the regular season Baldovino shut down Clark GC to one hit over seven innings in a 7-0 win, striking out 16 batters in the process. - Compiled by Andrew Millbrooke «Mb« VYWEIGHT SUPER H W t FLYWEIGHT IGHTfflff ■K °° j || • £ FEATURED FIGHTS MIDDLEWEI^a 0 ‘ MIDDLEWEIGHT S J |O ® F IG H T S £ ONE SOPERFIGH SAFEWAY TicfcetsWest DOORS: 6PM FIGHTS: 7PM ROSELAND THE/ Another action packed night of cage fights will take place ’in downtown Portland this Saturday on Burnside at The Roseland Theater as the Full Contact Fighting Federation hosts Rumble at the Roseland 71. Back ,in January, Katie Howard became the FCFF Women’s Junior F lyw eight Champion when she defeated Kyra Batara by Unanimous Decision in the main event o f Rumble at the Roseland 69. Howard’s upcoming opponent, Emily Corso, earned the title of Women’s Flyweight Champion after defeating Emily Whitmire via armbar at Rumble 65 in August. Pitting champ against champ, the match is sure to be full o f fireworks. Howard is a very fast and dexterous fighter. She has pinpoint accuracy and solid conditioning. She will need to use her technique and quickness to her advantage against her larger, more powerful opponent. Howard: will be eager to bounce back with a win after her last tough match against another larger opponent Robin Woods. Woods won the 130 pound super fight at Rumble'70 in March with a controversial power bomb slam knockout. When Woods picked up Howard and slammed her to the mat, her head collided with Howards’ face, head butting is against the'rules in mixed martial arts competitions and to win in such fashion is generally not desirable. The match between Howard and Corso should be ah amazing battle as the clash o f the titles erupts. Corso has an amateur record o f 3-0 with all three wins by submission. I Five -more title fights are in store for- Saturday evening. The 185 pound division-championship will be decided between current title holder John Simon and the challenger José Rodriguez. In other bouts; Super heavyweight Ricky Alcaraz returns against Casey Lunzman. Heavyweights Tyree Fortune and Russell Tunes will square off. The women’s 205 title will be contested by Myndi Stalnaker and Hillary VanOmum. Current T35 pound champ Journey Newson will defend his title against Brent Messineo., — Compiled by DavidBeasley
