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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1978)
ltd 2 t ft Pros eye record The 1978 Clackamas Com munity College womens tennis team will have a whole new look. There will be no returning play ers from last year's 2-10 squad. So far, the fresh start has had a rough beginning. Head Coach Gladys Michael has been able to recruit only five players for a team that should carry around eight. has all new faces Of those five, only Debbie Copher, Estacada; Rita Mumm, Oregon City; and Doris Redfield, Rex Putnam, have had any play ing experience. The other two players have been recruited from Michael's 8 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday tennis class. "Even though those girls have not had any playing experience, I feel that they have enough ability to help this team from the start," Michael said. Besides the new players, there will also be some changes in the league setup that will enable the girls to play against teams they haven't played previously. There is also talk of changes in the size of the carrying squads that hasn't been confirmed. Practice will begin the first of March as soon as the Womens basketball season ends. The sea son itself will begin at home on March 29 against Lower Colum bia. "I feel that we should have a very competitive team with some fine individual talent," Michael said. "However, we could be more competitive if we can get about three more gals to turn out for the team." "For those that are possibly interested, but feel that you don't* have the time or perhaps feel you won't get the chance to play, the season only lasts until the sixth of May," she said. "I also make it a point that generally the same people who play singles don't always play all the doubles matches and that gives the other players a chance to play," Michael said. "So I urge you to come out because, you never know, you might be another Chris Evert," she said. By Randy Frank of The Print Since returning from their longest road trip of the season, the World Champion Portland Trailblazers have captured five more home victories and are now within three games of breaking the NBA record for the most consecutive home court victories. The record of 36 straight was set by Wilt Chamberlain and the Philadelphia 76ers back in 1966- 67 and it includes only regular season games as the 76ers were beaten twice that year at home in the playoffs. The Trailblazers record of 45 consecutive victories does in clude 10 playoff games and should stand alone because post season victories should be con sidered a tad bit harder to a- chieve. However for the record, the Blazer string stands at 34 and they only need victories over Midwest leader, Denver, on Sun. Feb. 12, (30-16) for win number 35. Pacific Division's second place club, Phoenix, (31-15) Tues, Feb. 14, for number 36, and the record breaker, number 37 would be against the At lanta Hawks on Wed., Feb. 15. Portland's overall record of 40-8 is the third best start in NBA history and there could conceivably be a shot at the NBA's all-time best record of 70-12. To do it the Blazers would need to go to 30-4 through the rest of the way in a schedule which does not 'favor them be cause they have 15 games at home and 19 on the road. However it is.conceivable that they will break the record for the best home court record of 37-4 set by the Lakers last season. And, barring injuries, the Bla zers should be able to maintain a pace that would put them among the NBA's elite 65 win club. Charter members include the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers at 68-13,1970-71 Milwaukie Bucks, 66-16, 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers, 69-13 and the 1972-73 Boston Celtics with a record of 68-14. An interesting sidelight of the 66-67ers is that all during that record breaking year our own Jack Ramsey was the 76ers gen eral manager. stlers suffer tough weekend, face Mt. Hood wrestlers won in tion last Friday as amette University, Also recording a pin was Mike Vögele who after sitting out three weeks because of injury got back into competition. were Tom took his opponent 8 pounds and Bill snatched a close one Coach Rich Taylor. "They all need about two weeks rest, but we can't affort it." The bright spots for the team were Tim Jones and Geister. Jones won three matches while Geister took two. Neither lost a match. Vögele lost one and won The weekend got to the grapplers though. Bowers, Bur ghardt, Craig Wallace, and Den nis Coy all-were injured at the Round Robin Wrestling Tourna ment at High line Community College. om Burghardt won a ision 10-0 while both ir, 167, and Rocky 177, pinned their op- "I was really disappointed because of all the injuries," said Photo by Ted McKenna en defeated ... again Carol Menken was simply un stopable with the Cougars losing 68-34. Menken, a 6-3 postman, hit on 14 of 26 shots for 28 points and 15 rebounds. For Clackamas, her counter part Tammy White fouled out early in the first half and did not score a point. Buse hit on only 5 of 17 shots. Carol Razio had eight, Barb Young had six with four assists and Cindy Kirkpatrick also had six. The Cougars were matched outside the post position. Menken led her team to 48 percent to 27 percent shooting advantage, and 41-27 rebounding advantage. "Despite the losses, the girls are getting psyched up for the upcoming game. The girls feel that they can win," Head Coach Nancy Mikleton said. liege womens basket- lost to the University d and Linn-Benton y College in action the Pilots on Jan. 31 ¡graduate, Moe Clif- i couple of her team- e simply too fast for v guards to handle, t led from the wire «I was led bile the ti added tn ¡lots speed by Cliff other St. 13 and 12 also made ®e in defense as they teas in to 40 turn- fWhite led the Cou- p, as Jan Buse and 8 each. tinn-Benton on Fri- 3, opposing center SPORTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS *ttball Fri 10 Chemeketa Judson Baptist 7:30 Portland Sat 11 faet- Wed 8 Clark Tue 14 Pacific Wed 8 h 7:30 Home Mt. Hood 6:30 Vancouver 7:00 Home Ron Geister gets thrown by opponent but came back and won match. A The Clackamas Community College mens tennis team will begin the season with a lot of new faces. Only two players are returning from last years squad. However, the two include Buddy Patenode, who took second in the state tourna ment while the Cougars num ber four man, and Randy Doris, the teams sixth or eighth man. As for the rest of the team. Head Coach Rich Taylor has recruited six players from Gladys Michael's 8 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday tennis class. "I anticipate a good year [. 16 (M) 0.01 17 38.62 -0.18 -0.04 18 (B) 28.86 0.54 0.60 19 I 16.19 -0.05 0.73 because of the eager attitude that those who have turned out have shown so far," Taylor said. Practice will begin the sec ond Monday in March. The Clackamas Commun ity College baseball team re turned to practice field last week. Coach Gene Peterson began running his 1978 squad through informal pitch and catch drills. At the outset, it appears that the 1978 edition will in clude about 10 new players and 12 returning lettermen from last years 25-12 squad. It also appears that 1978 could be a tough year for the Cougars as they try to fill the shoes of All-Star Mickey Wilson, who hit .412 last year as a designated hitter, Rich Jones, the Cougar second base man who hit .374 and Gary Fiorante, who signed a con tract with the Seattle Mariners after compiling a 4-3 record with a 3.13 run average for the Cougars in 1877. "We should have a strong team with a good, balanced attack and with our strengths in hitting and fielding. In some aspects we might be stronger than last year's squad," Peterson said. 7:30 Home Hilary 8,1978 ifflTiiiiiiïr |2Hi| 7iTl3i one. "I'm happy to see that the team still wants to wrestle Mt. Hood tonight, despite all our injuries. We are putting our rec ord on the line by doing so," Taylor said. "We have never lost a dual meet in Oregon in 67 straight." Page 11 I I I I I 20 8.29 -0.81 0.19 'R ih centimeters 21 3.44 -0.23 0.49 Colors by Munsell Color Services Lab
