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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.
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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.