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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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