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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.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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