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Men lose squeaker
Clackamas
men's basketball
team barely lost 84-80 to Con
cordia last Friday at home. Head
Coach Len Tirrill attributes much
of their competition to 6-5 Rich
Brauer who scored 40 points and
rebounded 15.
"Concordia is in a different
league," Tirrill said. "It's the first
time they've beat us and I think
they have a good chance of win
ning their conference. Brauer is a
freshman from Minnesota and he
just about destroyed us himself."
The bright spots according to
Tirrill were Jeff Nilsen's 25 points
and 18 rebounds and Jim Coff
man's second half comeback for
21 points. Tirrill also cited Brian
Cross who shot 14 crucial points
late in the game and rebounded
five. Tom Tirrill also had 13 as-
sists,
"We failed to do two things,"
Tirrill said. "We didn't run the
fast break and we didn't move the
ball against the zone defense. We
shot .382 and they shot .466."
The Cougars also lost 92-91 to
Mt. Hood Nov. 19. The game was
close throughout with the Saints
fending off Clackamas at the final
basket attempt.
This Friday and Saturday Clack
amas will host the annual Metro
Community College Tournament.
Mt. Hood, Clark and the Oregon
College of Education JV's will at
tend the competition.
A trophy is awarded to the win
ner of the tourney. On Friday the
games are at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
On Saturday the losers will play
at 7 p.m. and the winners at 9
p.m.
Admission is free to CCC stu
dents and staff. Passes are availa
ble for both sessions at $3 for a-
dults and $1.50 for students. Tick
ets will also be sold for each night
at $2 for adults and $1 for stu
dents.
Action next week for the Cou
gars will be against Multnomah
School of the Bible.
Jim Coffman handles the ball for Clackamas
as he tallied 21 points in the second half against
Concordia last Friday. This Friday and Saturday
Photo by John Schrad
the college will host the annual Metro Community
College Tournament.
Volleyball action over for season!
By Randy Frank
Of The Print
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Brian Smith (20) attempts to stop Concordia player in a recent
. outing. The men lost at close contest 84-80.
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The gym, weight, exercise rooms and the sauna will be open
this Sunday for public use. The facilities will be open from 1 to
6 p.m. From 1 to 3 p.m., volleyball and badminton will be
set up and from 3 to 6 p.m. basketball, wrestling and tumbling
facilities will be set up.
All equipment is available in the gym except basketballs.
The wrestling team will not compete as a team until Dec. 18
when they will attend the University of Washington tournament.
Illness and injury are preventing the team from starting their
season now. They are wrestling as a club, however, to give
uninjured players a chance to comete.
Mark Nugen, a CCC sophomore and former cross country
member, finished the recent Portland Marathon. He was the only
decathlete from the community colleges to compete in the race.
It began as a season that held
both doubts and optimism, but in
the end it can only be remember
ed as the best volleyball season in
the history of Clackamas Commu
nity College.
The doubts and optimism both
sprang from the same sources. The
Cougars began the 1977 season
with only three starters from last
year's squad. They also had a new
coach, 25-year-old Mary Rubright.
A native of Spokane, Wash.,
Rubright brought to the team a
wealth of volleyball playing ex-
perience.
Doubts about the season also
arose because the Cougars could
only recruit eight players for a
sport that usually has a minimum
of 12.
"At the beginning of the season,
I didn't know what to expect,"
said Rubright. "I had to look at
the numbers and I knew that we
would have to be real fundamen
tally strong because we couldn't
afford the luxury of a lot of sub
stitutions."
Because Rubright had to go
most of the season with the same
players, the "iron woman" image
of the Clackamas squad was de
veloped. The squad played with a
variety
of ailments, including
sprained ankles, bad knees, shin
splints and pulled foot tendons.
Despite everything and much
to the surprise of almost everyone
in the league, the team began to
win and win a lot. By the time
the team's biggest test came a-
bout -- the Willamette University
Tournament -- the Cougars had a
9-1 record.
"I knew for the first time after
the Willamette Tournament just
how good a team we had. I knew
that we had a good shot at state
and would give the teams at the
regionals a run," Rubright said.
In that tournament, Clackamas
took second to a very strong team
from Lewis and Clark. They won
four matches and lost only one.
From then on it was just a mat
ter of waiting for Rubright's pre
diction to come true. The Cougars
defeated strong teams from Trea
sure Valley, Clark and Mt. Hood en
route to a 27-3 overall record. They
captured the state crown to ad
vance to the regionals.
In the regional tournament, the
Cougars advanced easily to the fi
nals and came up against the only
team Rubright felt the team was an
underdog to -- Ricks College from
Idaho.
However Clackamas was up for
the match. They defeated Ricks
in four games to advance to the
national tournament.
The season ended in a rather
disappointing fashion. The Cou-
gars were unable to rnakj™
way out of their own five-™
pool at nationals. They lost t
number two-ranked St. Phillil
(San Antonio, Tex.) 11-15,64
and the third-ranked team inti]
nation. Mesa Community Colli
(Mesa was the eventual champioj
"They could beat fl irti
State, 8-15 and 2-15," Rut
said.
"Sure it would have ba
to have made it past our firsts
but that's the way it tfl
and there is nothing you] cam
about it now," Rubright said.fl
"I was disappointed in losiii
but I was not disappointed™
way the girls played because fl
the most part they played veri
well and I'm very proud of the!
effort," Rubright said,
Rubright estimated that Clackl
amas was ranked in the top 20naj
tionally.
"What made this team so good!
was the way in which the teal
bounded together. .We had only!
one real outstanding player and
that was Tammy Hinds. The other!
seven had good all-around skill
and they weren't exceptional at I
any one thing but they could play!
and that's what held them togetfl
er," Rubright said.
CHRISTMAS TRE^
ACU-I tourney tobegin
The Association of College
Unions International,
(ACU-I)
sports tournament will begin Jan.
10, 1978.
A participant meeting will be
Monday, Jan. 9 at 3 p.m. in the
Community Center room 117.
Sign-ups start on the first day of
classes at the student activities
window in the community center.
Activities will include chess,
bridge, billiards(14-1),Table Soc
cer (foosball) and table tennis.
Only members of the bowling
team are allowed to compete in
the bowling competition, accord
ing to Debbie Baker,
student
activities counselor.
Buy fresh and
Have your tret
delivered |
to school. fl
Contact:
Charlie Grogan
CCCext. 283 or 873-203
Thursday, December 8,1811'
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