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8 STORY AND PHOTO BY JONATHAN SANCHEZ THE CLACKAMAS PRJNT schedule provided by Clackamas Community College you have any concerns,” Jensen said. “ I think F t ? it’ s really important in being able to be close Sat FH Sat Tue-s Sat DATE -F eb21 Feb 24-- ■ 25 March 2 March 3 March 9 March 1Q March 13 March 1> Sat March 24 A bit of cold weather to start the season isn’ t been trying hard to get close to them . going to deter the Clackamas Community College “ They have individual talks w ith you every couple weeks and ask how you’ re doing and if softball team. The team is already hard at work preparing for the upcom ing season. After finishing last season 30-9, the team looks to come back stronger than ever. Jessica Buel is • with you coaches. W e also do a lot of gam e-like situations at practice, so if they do happen in returning for her 12th year as the head softball coach at Clackamas. " I am excited to see w hat th is group can accom plish,” said Buel. “ Their ceiling is high, a gam e, w e’ve seen it before and w e’ re ready for it .” I M any o f the freshm an are excited for this and I think it is going to be fun to see how all com ing season. It com es as no surprise that their hard work has paid o ff.” college softball is a w hole different gam e in Thisyear’ s team largely consists of freshmen comparison to high school. DAY W ed Sat-Sun Tue-s Ft? S at W ed March 2*7 March 30 March 31 A prii 4 who are looking to leave their mark on the field. “ A t m y high school, every day was more laid H annahCarr, freshman third baseman said, “ I back, in high schbol every game was just a game, Sat A p riió Tues A prii 12 ■ Sat A p rii 14 honestly don’t believe I a freshman heavy team] but in college you take it one game at a tim e to has any impact on us as a whole. We all know the get to the cham pionship,’’ said Jensen. “ Also, * game. I don’t think any of us look at each other a huge th in g is, in college, there is a lot less any different.” Carr has been surprised w ith how w ell the team gets along.. “ Our team this year, right o ff the bat, created dram a.” As one of the new freshm an, Carr has already set goals for the upcom ing season. “ I w ant to communicate strong on the field and do m y job a great chem istry... I’ve never had teammates in the batting lineup,” Carr said. “ I want to also who are so upbeat and so good at picking you up become a stronger and faster player. ” on the field,” Carr said. After fin ishing second in the South Region Fit Sat/Sun A prii 20 Apri! 21- 22 Apri! 28 May 2 May 5 M ay 3 OPPONENT Linfield JV Bellevue C ollege/E verett CC Walla Walia ünive-rsity Bi ue M ountain CC Walla Wbtta CC - Colum bia Basin CC Pacific University JV Grays Harbor College Lower Columbia C ollege Chem eketa CC Clark C ollege M t H ood CC Centralia College Southwestern O regon CC Grays Harbor- College Lower Colombia C ollege N orth Idaho C ollege N WAC Crossover conference, Buel and the CCC softball team has helped the team to build a close bond with so their eyes set on bringing back a championship many new people... It also allowed the coaches to help them develop as we would like. We have a lot this year. “ W e are h o p in g to con tin u e to develop more to teach, but we have seen a lot of growth.” throughout the season, and as. always, play for is ready to take bn any competition that comes a cham pionship,’’ said Buel. their way. prepared owing to the fact that the coaches have Clackamas Print A s the season begins to warm up, the team Bellevue, WA TBA TBA 12pm 3pm 12pm 5 pm 12pm W aliaW aiia.W A ■ Pendifeton,. OR Walla Wa0at W A Pasco-, W A Forest Grove,. OR HOME 12pm Longview, W Ä 3pm 3pm 12pm 3pm Salem, OR Vancouver, W A Oregon City,, OR Centralia, WA 12pm Coos Bay, OR 3pm A berdeen, WA 12pm O regon City, OR 2pm TBA , O regon ' City,. OR - Portland, OR (Delta Park) O regoo City,, OR O regon City, OR Gresham, OR HOME ‘3pm Clark College 3pm Chemeke-ta CC 12pm M t H ood CC 3pm C entralia C 0 ifeg e Southwestern HOME 3pm May 11 Fri - . O regon CC 2Q1S NW AC May 1S- Spokane, W A TBA Fri-M on Championships 21 * * PLEASE NOTE: ALL GAMES ARE DOUBLE-HEADERS EXCEPT TOURNAMENTS- Sat Wed Sat lu e s " Buel expressed a similar view: “ It has actually Freshm an M iranda Jen sen h as fe lt more LOCATION MieMtenvitie, OR TIME 4pm Schedule of Cougars’ upcoming season “ I am super stoked for the season,” Jenseii said. theclackam asprint.net Th e C o u ga rs w ill tak e on G rays H arbor fo r th e ir fir s t co n fe re n c e h o m e g a m e on M arch 17 at n oon . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ February 28, 2018
