Baseball
By Jordan Fichtman Staff Writer Clackamas Community College fell short against Lane Community College on the long-awaited new turf baseball field on April 18. On a hot, sunny day for baseball, the Cougars played their first games v.s. Lane Community College. As of May 4, Lane Community College holds a record of 31-15 (.674), and…
By Jackson Smith Staff Writer Baseball season seems far away. Thanksgiving is around the corner and Mariah Carey is slowly but surely melting. Even with those factors in play, there’s no issue springing ahead to take an early look at what’s happening beyond the batter’s box. Cougars baseball doesn’t take its first at-bat until…
By Jacob Graves Sports Editor Let’s begin with a hypothetical scenario: you are a flourishing up-and-coming athlete from Utah, one of the best in your class. The first school that comes to your mind to continue your athletic career may not necessarily be in Oregon City, Oregon. Clackamas Community College year in and year out…
by Alexa Wilkins Staff Writer About 5,000 miles away from home, Osei Kimura and Eiji Sato, both 20-year-olds from Japan, sought new opportunities for their baseball careers in America; they grew up not knowing each other in opposite towns outside of Tokyo, to being teammates on the same baseball team across the world in…
By Madyson Muresan Staff Writer Clackamas Community College’s resident shortstop is moving on to Division 1 baseball at Oregon State University. Earlier this month, Bryson Glassco was awarded Player of the Week in the Northwest Athletic Conference from March 3 to March 9. Soon after receiving this award, it was announced that Oregon State…
I never thought I would see the day when two of Major League Baseball’s most hated franchises face off against each other in the World Series. However, I am not complaining (as I am a Yankees fan), and neither should you. In fact, this might be one of the most star-studded, jam-packed with talent, hyped-up…
By Gabriella Vigil Sports Editor Clackamas Community College baseball pitcher, Sebastian Laddusaw, received Pitcher of the Week in the Northwest Athletic Conference for the week of April 15 to April 21. Laddusaw, a first-year student at CCC, grew up in Vancouver, Washington and played baseball at Hudson’s Bay High School before attending CCC. Laddusaw sat…
By Gabriella Vigil Sports Editor Snowboarding, hiking, golfing or just being outdoors, Clackamas Community College baseball player Hunter Clayton’s strongest passion is baseball. “The best thing about baseball is it teaches you about life, it’s a game of failure,” Clayton said. “You can do everything right in life but still not get…
After the deeply disappointing cancellation of spring sports at Clackamas Community College, Jim Martineu wrote in an email that, “All spring sport athletes who participated before the cancellation will get their year of eligibility back.” Initially, this sounds like great news, but it further complicates things for sophomore athletes. Transfer decisions have become even harder…
One of the largest effects COVID-19 has had on Clackamas Community College was not only cancelling in-person classes, but also all spring sports for their entire season. Jim Martineau, Director of Health/PE/Athletics said in an email, “[that] the NWAC conference first suspended and then cancelled all spring sports.” NWAC called it off on March…