The Clark College Women’s Softball Team had a double-header on Friday, May 9, against the Southwestern Oregon Community College Lakers. The Lakers won game one 8-0 and game two 14-2.

    Bailee Mayer was the starting pitcher for game one. In the second inning the Lakers had back-to-back doubles and took an early one run lead. With no outs, Mayer forced the Lakers into three pop-ups to get out of the inning.

    The Clark College Women’s Softball Team played their final double-header of the season on Saturday, May 10 against the Clackamas Community College Cougars. The Cougars dominated the Penguins, winning game one 12-3 and game two 12-0.
    Sophomore Bailee Mayer started her final game for Clark College in game one. She got two quick outs then gave up a triple. That was then followed by a hit batsmen and a single. The Cougars took a 2-0 lead.

    For Vancouver Volcanoes owner Bryan Hunter, this year’s winning season is not without its low points. Hunter looks at the Bellingham loss, 162-108 as a low water mark on an otherwise successful season.
    “People don’t know the story behind that game,” Hunter says, “We didn’t have everyone.”

    The Clark College Women’s Softball Team had a double-header on Saturday, May 3, against the Lower Columbia Community College Red Devils. It was a tough outing for the Penguins again versus the power hitting Red Devils. For the second weekend in a row the Red Devils dominated the Penguins, winning game one 8-0 and game two 11-0.

    The NWAACC Men’s Decathlon and Women’s Heptathlon Championships were held Monday, April 28, and Tuesday, April 29. Clark College had four total athletes, two men and two women, competing in the events.

    The Vancouver Volcanoes recorded their twelfth victory of the season defeating the Tacoma Jazz, 111-95.
    The 7 p.m. tip-off was postponed due to a false fire alarm. The delay forced the players to warm up twice.
    “It was different,” Vancouver guard, Alex Hartman said. “It got us out of our routine, but it didn’t phase us.”

    The Clark College Women’s Softball Team had a double- header on Saturday, April 26 against the Lower Columbia Community College Red Devils. The power hitting for the Red Devils led to a victory in game one 15-0 and game two 10-1. The game was played at the Hudson’s Bay field.
 

    Clark College's Track Team made a venture down to Mt. Hood Community College, the site of the Mt. Hood/Concordia Invitational. On April 26, Clark's team performed well in some of the events, mainly the pole vault and the men's 4x100 relay. Clark freshman Janae Larson from Bethel High School in Spanaway, Wash. also took second place in the women's 1500.
 

    If students on campus haven’t been out to watch the Clark College Women’s Softball Team play, then they're missing out. One of the Seattle Mariners' star plays, Ichiro, has a few things in common with Clark's center-fielder Ashleigh Byrne. They both play center-field, bat left-handed, are lead-off hitters, are really fast and are quiet leaders. “Ichiro gives 110 percent and I love that,” Byrne says. “He is really fast.”

    This season, Clark’s track team has the distinct privilege of having the fastest men’s sprinter in the entire NWAACC. Freshman Nate Washington, from Mariner High School in Everett, Wash., boasts the fastest 100-meter dash time in the conference so far this year.