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6 Wednesday,November27,2013 Volleyball beginnings PRINT: Sports VOLLEYBALL: NWAACC Continued from Page 1 SPORTI FOR NEWBf Brittany Home Co Fditor in Chipf Volleyball is a sport that can be enjoyed any time of the year; outdoors in the sand if it’s nice out and inside dur ing the rest o f the year. The sport originates from Holyoke, Mqss., when YMCA physical education director, William G. Morgan, created a game called Mintonette on Feb. 9, 1895, The game was designed to he played indoors and could have any number o f players. The characteristics o f J Mintonette were derived from tennis and handball. Designed for older members o f the YMCA, its goal was to be an indoor sport that wasn’t' -as rough as basketball, yet still required some athletic effort. Observer Alfred Halstead noticed the volleying nature o f the sport and it quickly became known as volleyball, origi nally two words according'5tO sportsknowhow,com. | ' 1 By 1916 the powder o f the set and spike was well known, established by the Philippines, which led to the 3-hits rule. The rules continued to evolve over time until it became the game that we know and enjoy today. About 16,000 volleyballs were distributed by the American Expeditionary I orx.es Io their troops and allies in 1919 which spread the game to other coun tries according to volleyball org/history. Beach volleyball, a varia tion o f the game that is played with two players per team in sand, was added to the Slim m er. AfeAreafo Hemming blocks an incoming shot from Blue Mountain on Friday. To her left: No. 10 Hanna Olson and .No. 13 Bre Gibbons anticipate the action. Olym pics in 1996. As early as the ) V2(>s nndistS 3dcrpTed"The- game and h¿id regular orga nized play in clubs. A volley ball court became standard ip i most nudist/naturist clubs, by « the 1960s. Today’s game is played with six players on each side of the net and is started with a coin toss to see which team serves first. The server has get the ball over the net and into the opposing leain’s coigt, and in turn they have to get it back over the net in no more - than three hits, usually using the bump, set, spike routine. This goes back arid forth until the ball hits the floor within the boundary lines or*' an error is made. Some o f the most common faults include: • causing the ball to touch the ground or floor outside the opponents’ court or without?* first passing over the net ’’2 0 * • catching and throwing' the ball • a double hit: two consecutive . contacts with the ball made ' by the same player < I • four consecutive coritacts with the ball made by foe same team • net foul: touching the net during play "4’ r • foot fault: the;foot crosses over the boundary line when serving If you would like to start playing volleyball, get a team together or join prie of the courses offered by CCC during winter term under the PE prefix. To play the sport, all you need is to be inter ested and have some motiva tion. Cougar volleyball player. Celena Maxwell eats healthy all the time, especially between games, focusing on good carbs as a start to her training. She also practices plyometrics and jump training to stay on top of her game and uses music t o . keep her motivated. “I always listen to mustb, all the time,” said Maxwell. “We run two miles every day ' before practice and music is what keeps me going.” Blue Mountain played a flaw less season, entering the tourna ment with zero losses. “They’re a solid team but if we come out on fire we can get ‘em,” said Stonebraker. “Anything can happen here. Lower Columbia beat Spokane. We just have to come out ready.” _ The Cougars needed strong resolve and faith in their team if they wished to be competitive against the league leader. . “Oh my gosh, it felt so good to win,” said Maxwell. “The last game was a good way to end. We’re gonna come out strong with good intensity.” Returning to the court Friday morning Nov. 22, the Cougars dropped the game against Blue Mountain, losing 1-3. Clackamas started strong and they were able to grab a victory in the first set with 25-20, but Blue Mountain secured the following three sets 15-25, 20-25 and 15-25. Clackamas was down, but not completely out as they geared- up for the losers bracket. Blue Mountain went on to win the championship against Olympic on Sunday. The Cougars played Chemeketa later Friday evening. Using great teamwork, the ladies of Clackamas won 2-0 with 25-11 in the first set and 25-19 in the second. The team advanced and looked to keep a winning streak as they faced Spokane Saturday. Saturday’s match decided who moved on and who dropped out. It was a very close game, but Spokane emerged victo rious with the Cougars losing I- 2. Clackamas started strong with 25-22. It was a fast-paced, intense game and the Cougars The Cougars volleyball sqaud readies for an attack by Blue Mountain. Left to right are: freshman No 7 Sierra VeraCruzsophomore No 11 Kiki Stonebraker, freshman No. 2 Taylor Balkan, freshman No. 13 Bre Gibbons fresh- mart No. 14 Courtney Lofton and freshman No. 6 Mekeala Hemming. seemed to have the upper hand until the score was tied 21-21 and Spokane ran ahead with a ven geance. Set two ended in 23-25. The final set went to Spokane, II- 15. Clackamas was officially out of the competition and placed seventh. The Cougars had some excel lent moments throughout the tournament. Gibbons lead the team in kills with 14 against Shoreline, 12 vs. Blue Mountain, nine against Chemeketa, and scored 13 on Spokane. Sunday, Gibbons and VeraCruz played for the South Region’s first team in the All-Star matches. Olson played on the second team. The North All-Stars defeated the South All-Stars 1-2 with 22-25, 25-21 and 15-11. The South All-Stars also lost to the West All-Stars 0-2 in a couple of close sets with 19-25 and 23-25. Grappling Cougars grasp win, undefeated so far in season match finished at the 2:36 mark as CCC’s Cary Palmer pinned Lucas Garza in the 133-pound The Clackamas Print class. Palmer wasn’t the only T h e Clackamas wrestling Cougar to pin his opponent Saturday as Kenny Martin and team improved to 3-0 on the Ihoghama Odighizuwa were season with a dominant 39-3 able to finish their bouts quick win over South Western Oregon ly. Martin out-grappled Aaron CC in Coos Bay on Saturday. Nabinger-Villarin in 2:25 in The Cougars muscled through the 149-pound class while the the first nine bouts winning 195-pound Odighizuwa pinned three by major decision and Drew Yeager in 3:30. three by pin fall. The Cougars were also able Coming out the gate hot, to show dominance in longer Clackamas’ 125-pound Kamron matches as Eleazar DeLuca Day defeated Chris Ungercnt beat Tyler Strenke in a 13-5 by major decision 14-5 to kick major decision in the 157- off the day. The following pound class. The 165-pound Chris Browarski Kyle Bateman also picked Brandon Johnson. up a major win by beating The win came off a success SWOCC’s Kolbjorn Skaflestad ful trip to the Mike Clock open 16-2. the previous week. Clackamas Clackamas kept the roll Coach Josh Rhoden was proud going all day as Danny Leonard of his team’s performance. defeated Jaxson Ward in the “Our guys competed hard 144-poundclass. At 174 pounds on Saturday night and from CCC’s Dustin Harris defeated the first whistle to the last we South Western’s Kris Newport were relentless with our pres and at 184 pounds while Kolby sure, hand fighting and looked Mays beat Trevor Davis with a to score early and often,” said close 4-3 score. Rhoden. The single flaw on The Cougars will compete Clackamas’ otherwise per next at home in a conference fect day was with the big match up against Highline men in the 285-pound weight Community College on Dec. class. South Western’s Caleb 6. The matches will be held in Green was able to pick up a Randall Hall at 7 p.m. slim 6-1 victory over CCC’s
