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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1978)
/ Wrestlers taste victory Clackamas Community wrestling team managed L Blue Mountain Com- College and a loss to I Basin Community Col- Lekend action. [¡day night, the Cougars ¡lively easy time of it as i all eight matches beating [ntain, 40-12. ia the way were second il s by Ron Geister, Tim d Jeff Burgsma and Tom ft 11-5 victory over for- i champion Dan Stuart, ver, the following evening entirely different story as gars managed only two | a tie as they lost to s Basin, 29-14. meet was really closer i score indicated, Both ichneider and Tim Jones -matches on riding time, prs was ahead 15-9 when nned and Tom Burghardt toHans Nelson, Columbia rentier wrestler. jrst I thought we had lot of improvement in try over Blue Mountain, iking closely at our per- lagainst Columbia Basin that we need a lot of being aggressive and at- our opponents before I Will be ready to go out tat State title again," said ich Rich Taylor. -S Chuck Enssline and Bobby Davey, two Clackamas stu dents, competed in the Lo meta Gymnastics Invitational Meet in Central Oregon Dec. 22 and 23. Approximately 100 people competed in the meet. Ens- slin took fourth in vaulting and eighth in floor exercise while Davey took 28th on the rings. Craig Groener and Curt Lowery Wrestle off at a recent practice. As for the season thus far, Taylor feels the team has done better than he expected but he says tha they could be doing better. The highlight was the third place finish of Rocky Schneider and Ron Geister in the University of Washington InvitationalTourna- ment, held Dec. 18 in Seattle. Clackamas grabbed sixth place overall out of the 15 team field, the highest finish for an- Oregon community college in the tourney. North Idaho, the no. two ranked team in the nation, finished first. Individually, both Schneider and Geister have been the most consistent so far in the season. They have records of 7-3 and 6-3, lead the team in total points with 27 and 28, and they also have the most takedowns on the team with 14 and 10, respectively. The Cougars have added Tim Jones, 168 pounder from Esta cada; Kurt odgers, 150 pounds from Oregon City; Craig Groner, ard Dryden, 134 pounds from Lake Oswego and Steve Summers a 142-150 pounder from Ever green High School in Washington. Two of the Cougars strongest wrestlers, Wayne Snoderly, 190 pounds, and Sid Young, 150 pounds, have left the team be cause they needed more money and more social time. Snoderly was one of the Cou gars strongest wrestlers last season. He won the state title and advan ced to both the regional and national tournaments. The Cougars will enjoy their home opener on Friday, Jan. 13 against Central Oregon Commun ity College. Coach Taylor sees them as the team to beat this season. The Bobcats feature 1977 state champion Joe Davis, who won the title while at Clackamas, and will present the first stern test of 1978 Cougars' record. They have never lost a dual meet to an Oregon community college. Jerry Inman, a former pro fessional football player and à University of Oregon gradu ate will supervise a weight lifting clinic tonight at 7 pm. in Randall Hall. The program is free and will feature proper warm-up and stretching exercises, cor- rect power lifting techniques and how to gain weight through lifting and proper diet. The clinic is aimed primar ily toward the benefits of weight training for'athletes. ACU-I games start The Association of College Un- ions-lnternational and the Associ ated Student Government are sponsoring their annual campus tournaments. Competition began yesterday in chess, billiards, table tennis, foosball, and bowling. Winners of competition will advance to the regionals. All expenses are paid and contestants could qualify for nationals. Jim Lee attended the tourna ment last year in billiards compe tition and hopes to again this year. "It was enjoyable but the bad thing was they played a different type and we didn't know it until we got down there," Lee said. "It was nice competing with so many schools there." Any CCC student is eligible to play in the tournament but must carry at least six credit hours to qualify for Regionals. Foosball and billiards carry $1 fees and the rules for them are posted in the Game Room. Reser vations for the tables must be made with the Game Room Atten dant. Table tennis will be set up in the lobby of Randall Hall Gym. Paddles and balls can be checked out through Lynn Vaught in the Athletic Office- According to Debbie Baker, student activities advisor, a bus will be chartered in conjunction with two or three other schools to go to the Regionals. Winning eludes women hoopster team My perched atop Craig »during an exercise at a uh wrestling practice. ¡biggest problem that faces ni|litnow is finding enough m to fill a good, solid (lineup. The biggest weak- 1 from 150 pounds and bow for a fact that we will ff never have a wrestler pe 126 pound weight Mother wrestlers in the ^ht division will remain mark until the season tesed further and have •ore wrestling experience, W haven't been able to R of the lack of wrest le lower weight classes," |r. p’er, where we have a P in the lower weight will have considerable fin the upper weight clas- rr®e nine wrestlers in the R pound class and this F make us one of the rtaffls in the state." S, January 11, 1978 The College's women's basket ball team, despite improved re bounding and defensive efforts, continued to suffer shooting prob lems as they lost to Columbia Basin Community College and Walla Walla Community College in weekend action. The Cougars are 1-6 for the year and, without the benefit of a home game, played Columbia Basin close all the way, and at one time enjoyed a 10-point lead be fore their cold shooting enabled Columbia Basin to rally and win 47-42. It was probably the Cougars 18 for 83 shooting that did them in as their pressure defense began to do the job. They forced Col umbia Basin into 38 turnovers. amas outrebounded Walla Walla 55-42. The Cougars rough start can be attributed to two main factors; a general lack of experience and an extreme tightness in their offense. The Cougars lack of experience comes from the fact that Head Coach, Nancy Mikleton, has only one returning player from last year's squad. For many of the players it has been awhile since they've played competitive basket ball. Unfortunately, that problem leads directly to their next and Individually, the Cougars were led by center Tammy White with 15 points and 11 rebounds, Erin Gainbee with 9, and Barb Young with 7. Saturday night, the Cougars 9 for 53 shooting virtually elimin ated any chance the Cougars might possibly have to win as Walla Walla won going away 58-27. Turnovers were also a big prob lem as the Cougars mistakes were nearly equal in number to their 55 rebounds. Tammy White led the individ ual stats as she had 16 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out. Linda Seeley and Betty Simon also had strong games as they both had 10 rebounds. The Cougars rebounding showed a marked improvement as Clack- photo by Lorraine Stratton Ballet? No its just Barbara Young doing a lay-up during wo men's basketball practice as coach Nancy Mikleton watches in the background. most damaging problem, a lack of ability to put the basketball in to the basket. Mikelton attributes some of this problem to the type of prac tices they have had before the games. "Before our most recent prac tices, the girls simply haven't been put in the same kind of pressure situation that they get in a game situation, and as a result, when they go into the game they are tense and are reluctant to shoot. Therefore, they miss a lot of shots that they would have nor mally made." "It also seems that the girls rely too heavily on Tammy to do the scoring for them. As a result, many times Tammy will take shots with three people on her, and even though she makes a lot of these shots, many times some body else will be open for a better shot," said Mikelton. "However, this problem is grad ually improving as the girls are beginning to play more aggressive in practice and put themselves into game type pressure. I feel and hope that the problem will event ually take care of itself as they get more experience," said Mikel ton. One more helpful factor will be that the Cougars will play their first home game of the season as take on the University of Oregon J.V.'s on Tuesday Jan. 10 with the tipoff set for 6:30 p.m. They then travel to Newberg to take on George Fox University for a game on Thursday, Jan. 12.
