First
in lea
sports
The College women!
ball team snapped an f
losing string this past
they defeated the Paci
versity
varsity tea™
night, 46-45.
Trailing 30-19 at]
the Cougar gals refus]
Men eliminated
despite victories
The College's Men's basket­
ball team, despite crucial vic­
tories over Umpqua and South­
west Oregon Community Col­
lege, was eliminated from the
League playoffs as the same
Umpqua team defeated league
leader. Lane Community College
55-54.
The loss dropped Lane into a
tie with Central Oregon and
eliminated Clackamas from play­
off competition as only the top
two league teams can participate
in the regional tournament.
At home against Umpqua,
Friday night, Clackamas jumped
out to 32-23 lead due largely to
Dan Slick's 18 first-half points,
and led at the half 32-29.
In the second half,Clackamas
built an 18-point lead at 68-51
with only 4:30 left to go in the
game.
However,
some turnovers
caused by a full court press,
some bad passes, and missed
free throws enabled Umpqua
to outscore Clackamas 15-2 over
the final four minutes. But it
wasn't quite enough as the Cou­
gars won 70-66.
Slick led the team with 25
points, Preston Martin added 16,
Jeff Nilsen had 15-13 of those in
the second half and Jim Coffman
added ten points.
Slick also added 13 rebounds,
Martin, 11, and Nilsen eight.
Home fans also saw Clacka­
mas battle Southwest Oregon on
Saturday night. The game was
tied at six with 15:30 left to go
in the first half but that was the
last time the game was close as
Clackamas reeled off 12 straight
points to lead 18-6.
liams
wins
ACU-I
Clackamas Community Col­
lege sophomore Karen liams won
the women's frisbee competition
at the Association of College
Union's-lnternational's Western
Regional Tournament in Mis­
soula, Mont., Feb. 10 and 11.
liams, Gresham, earned a
berth in the national competi­
tion at Northwestern University,
May 5 and 6.
Nate Williams' third place
finish in the men's division of
the frisbee competition and a
fourth place finish by the chess
team marked the only other
highlight in the performance by
the CCC's teams.
Oregon schools won all the
events except bowling and the
University of Oregon won the
overall total points.
To get to the regionals, liams
and Williams placed in the top
three (liams first and Williams
second) at the state competition
held at Clackamas Community
College.
Clackamas built the lead up
to 35-12 with four minutes to
go in the first half when Tirrill
put the bench into the lineup.
In the second half,Clackamas
extended their lead to 30 points
before winning the game, 84-55.
Nilsen led the balanced scor­
ing attack with 21 points: Slick
had 17; Coffman 16; Tirrill 12;
Martin ten; and Mark Schroeder
added six points.
The games marked the end of
a good season for college basket­
ball as the Cougars finished with
a 10-6 record and third place in
the league.
However, Clackamas started
out the season by losing their
first four games and then re­
bounding and winning 10 of last
12 ball games.
Individually, Slick scored 528
points this season to become the
second all-time leader behind
CCC record holder Greg Mitchell.
Mitchell scored 602 points in the
1968-69 season.
Jim Coffman scored 616
points in his two seasons to place
him ninth all-time
in that
category and 418 in one season
to become the 10th all-time lea­
der.
Nilsen also joined the 500
club with a career total of 585
to place him 11th all-time.
Martin is the only Cougar to
join the 300 club for rebounding.
He is 10th in both single and
double season with 261 and 365.
Tom Tirrill received an honor
for his single season record of
177 assists. Though a division
isn't set up yet, according to
Doug Roberts, Activity Infor­
mation Director, one will be.
up as they rallied and
game on Jan Buse's ■
line jumper with onll
remaining to pull 9
tory.
Tammy White ledl
gars with 18 points f
bounds
and Buse|
points and eight rebouij
Against Lane Comn~
lege in Eugene, Fri!
foul trouble made the di
as Clackamas lost 62-40.1
Tammy White ledl
Photo by Sam Baer
SWOLL opponent finds support from Cougar eager Jim Coffman's arm
as Coffman puts up a lay-in. SWOLL was solidly put down 84-55 in the
last home game of the season last Sat. night.
wig
A bench press contest will
be held Wednesday March 8
at 6:30 p.m. in Randall Hall
gym.
Weight classes will include
a high school and open di­
vision. Prizes will be awarded
for the winners of the contest.
Each contestant will be
given three attempts at each
weight. There will be a time
that the weight must be held
before it can be released.
points and
Buse added
mon nine.
At home against So
Oregon on
Clackamas hit only 20 f
shots and lost 47-43, |
Buse led with 12
White added 11 and Cil
Patrick added eight poil
Clackamas men's ■
ball team leads the leaj
free throws shooting.
.713.
Jeff Nilsen and
Slick are fourth and]
respectively, in ¡nd]
standings.
In overall scoring, I
The
college
gym will
remain open to the public
on Sundays and will be set for
different activities.
From 1 to 3 p.m. volley­
ball, badminton and other
activities, excluding basket­
ball, will be played. Basket­
ball can be played from 3 to
6 p.m.
More information is avail­
able from the Community
Services office at 656-2631,
ext. 232.
leads the Cougars in fo
place. Preston Martin is 1
Jim Coffman is 17th|
Nilsen is 19th. The tf
third
overall with]
offense.
The Cougars were
with 46.5 in league re
ing.
Individually Sir
eighth and Nilsen 13th!
In field goals CCC'!
and Martin were four
seventh.
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Trailblazer General Manager spea
"Intercollegiate sports, such
as football, are very important
to any college, even community
colleges," Harry Glickman, gen­
eral manager of the Portland
Trail Blazers said.
"Although I realize that the
costs of these sports, especially
football, is increasing rapidly,"
Glickman said, "if a school can
afford them, I feel that as many
varsity sports as possible should
be offered for men and women
to get involved in."
"I think that any college
should try to involve itself in a
good solid intramural program
also, so that any student will be
allowed to compete regardless of
his or her skill level," he said.
"The honest test (of a good
sports program) is that when the
schools start treating athletes
differently than other students,
then they have a problem.
Glickman was at the College
Feb. 16 to talk to high school
business students about business
and professional sports at the
Merchandising-Marketing Meet,
sponsored by Phi Beta Lambda,
the College's business student
organization.
"Professional
sports is a
unique type of organization,"
Glickman said, "it is a combi-
nation of business and sports,but
it's too much business to be a
sport and too much sport to be a
business."
One of the more difficult
business aspects of professional
sports that Glickman has to work
with,is that his competitors are
also his partners.
"We can't run everybody else
out of business or we wouldn't
have anybody to play with,"
he said.
Another problem is in the
profit making end of the busi-
ness.
"It's okay for every other
business to make a profit,"
Glickman said, "but for some
reason, people feel that it's sin­
ful or immoral for sports to
make a profit."
According to Glickman, it is
going to be very difficult in the
future for the Trail Blazers to
stay in Portland and make a
profit.
"To be competitive will be
tough in two or three years, even
though there isn't a problem
now, without a larger building,"
he said.
"We have to compete with
clubs that have stadiums with
18,000 to 20,000 seats and we
have only 12,000. We can only
invest what comes in at the
box office," he said.
Although he is presently work­
ing on plans for when, how big
and how to finance a new sta­
dium, he is keeping the problem
low-key.
"There's no way that we'll
ask the citizen's to spend $20 to
$30 million just to find the
Blazers 6,000 seats, but if the
Trail Blazers left tomorrow,Port­
land would still have a con­
vention problem."
According to Glickman, Port­
land turns down millions of dol­
lars in convention business ev­
ery year because of the lack of
large convention facilities.
Glickman went on to reas­
sure the students that there was
no chance of the Trail Blazers
leaving Portland.
"I spent most of 9
trying to put Portland!
major leagues," he saf
I'll be damned if I'll J
leave now."
Another problem with:
ces that plagues major!
teams are the astronomic!
ers salaries and contract®!
"These salaries and!
problems are compound
the court decisions goiifl
the owners," he said. B
have incredible rights." ■
Although he refused®
his own or Bill WaltoqJ
Glickman did say that he
proud of the amount they
Walton. Walton is the ll
center for the Trail Blaa
well as being one of the?
popular and Talked about
bers of the team.
SPORTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Womens basket
ball
Thu 23
Tue 28
U of P
Umpqua
Wrestling
Fri 24
Sat 25
Region 18
Region 18
Bowling
Thu 23
Pacific
6:30
6:00
Ho
10:00
10:00
3:30
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