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restlers roll
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But coach Norm Berney is
looking at more “upsets” than
circumstances. The team has
had their share of upsets the
last few encounters. They beat
an injury-plagued PSU, 39-6,
and cruised by Highline
College, 35-6. Their home-
sponsored tournament last
Saturday ended sweet with the
home team taking first against
14 other squads in Oregon
and Washington.
men’s wrestling team
Ito North Idaho Friday
■most important match
I Number-one North
University, both in this
tanking and position,
■ed nearly every team
Ime up against in this
Bane.
|tly, the team beat
lia Basin 34-6. Last
I CCC grapplers lost to
North Idaho, who would
L a narrow margin 19-
have filled the number 15 spot,
Ikey to the loss was two
didn’t show. Tim Jones took a
|y Tim Jones and Dana,
6-4 decision, sharing first place
■erry Miles and Darvin with Jeff Bergsma, whose op­
lost, as well.
ponent was disqualified for
Recording to Wayne
kicking. Darvin Tramal and
Ely, one of the team’s
Craig Groner finished second,
■weight wrestlers, “the
whicle Craig Wallace and Rich
Rs will be different.
Smith occupied third place.
Re funny thing about
After Friday’s encounter, the
L A team might do real
grapplers face Gray’s Harbor
pins, one and not so well
and Umpqua.
■mother. ”
A Cougar Wrestler competes in last Saturday’s 15-team tournament at Randall Gym.
ßad ‘D’causes league split
ikMcNeary
■nt
happened again,
len it looked like the
amas men’s basketball
Is going to wake up and
[he ball rolling, another
[case of “poor defense”
I it
I rouncing a defenseless
1 h Baptist team, 96-75,
Enesday, the Cougars
traveled to Roseburg on Satur­
day to play always tough Um­
pqua Community College.
Clackamas
dropped
the
decision. 95-79, with the main
reason being a lack of rebouh-
ding.
With a little more than 10
minutes remaining in the Um­
pqua game, one of the
Cougars’ top rebounders, Dan
Slick, fouled out of the game.
A few minutes later Johnny
Williams, Clackamas’ other
strong rebounder, also went to
the bench with too many per­
sonals. Not only are these two
the leading rebounders on the
team, but they are also the
leading scorers, so their absen­
ce was a vital one in the loss.
“We got beat 52-35 on the
boards,” Coach Len Tirrill said.
“Of course, Dan and Johnny
fouling out of the game didn’t
omen drop two games,
iff er first league loss
in Rood
Int
women’s
set back
¡last week, losing to Mt.
Ry only one point, 58-
I Tuesday night at Ran-
They were stopped
Iby Umpqua, 77-58,
gay night.
I
■esday’s contest, Mt.
Kd by as much as 29 as
Seed the Cougars’ zone
Boach Nancy Mikleton
Ee to regroup in the
Ehalf, as she lifted the
■nd the Cougars began to
jfcir way back. But the
Jack was not to be, as the
Its’ valiant effort fell one
Ibor
I College
fell team was
Bon praised the play of
p White as she con­
ge boards allowing Mt.
■illy one opportunity
each time down the court.
Mikleton also pointed to Lisa
Laurent who came off the ben­
ch to pour in 10 points.
Mikleton was pleased with
her team’s performance,
especially with their ability to
come back and not quit.
Mikleton believes that this
year’s team could do really
well, although they will have to
gain some consistency if they
want to make a bid'for the
league crown.
On Saturday, the women
had to withstand a three-and-a-
half hour drive to Roseburg for
an inter-conference game with
Umpqua.
The Cougars were plagued
with injuries that night.
Mikleton noted, “We had
about seven players at full
• strength.” Mikleton was unable
to utilize her bench as .she nor­
mally likes, incorporating at
least nine players throughout
E»as Communitv College
the game, and many times
\
playing the whole squad.
help much but if we would ~ quite a few turnovers which led
have played a little better to our scores.”
Indeed it did, as CCC collec­
defense and screened out, we
would have come a lot closer to ted five straight turnovers at the
end of the first half to give them
winning.”
a 17 point cushion at the
The major problem in the
break. Tirrill still was not
Cougars’ defense lies in making
satisfied with the team’s defen­
the transition from the offen­
se, however.
sive end of the floor to the
“Even in the Judson game
defensive, and Coach Tirrill
we didn’t play very good
had some rather choice words defense,” he said. “They still
to say about that aspect.
scored 75 points on us.”
Although the Cougars are
“Our transition into our
defense stunk,” he said. first in the conference in team
“There’s just no other word for scoring with an 86 points
it. If we don’t start to improve per game average, they are last
our defense, pretty soon we’re in team defense as they have
going to end up losing a few given up 80.6 points per game.
more games we should have
“It wouldn’t worry me. so
won.”
much if our offensive deficit
Dan Slick led the Cougs’ at­ over what we give up per game
tack regardless of his foul was about 15 points per
situation as he popped for 20 game,” said Tirrill. “But it is
points while Williams led the only six and that margin could
team in the rebounding depar­ be cut to nothing in just one
tment with 12. Slick is leading game if we lost big, which
the conference in scoring with a we could very well do if our big
26.2 pojnts per game average scorers foul out again.””
and Williams is tied for the
This week Clackamas faces
league lead in rebounding with
Chemeketa Community
an average of 13.6 per game.
College at home on Friday and
Last Wednesday, Clackamas then will travel to Eugene to­
play Lane Community Satur­
used the 34 points of Slick and
the 19 points and 19 rebounds day. Starting times of both
of Williams to push the Cougs games will be 8 p.m.
past Judson Baptist. The win
helped the Cougars keep pace
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■stands at 3-2.
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Lisa Laurent was the high
scorer for the Cougars as the
5’5” guard form Clackamas
High poured in 18 points.
Tammy White added 17 points
and pulled down 11 rebounds,
even though playing at about
three-quarter strength, ham­
pered by an ankle injury. Nan­
cy Perkins pulled off sixteen
caroms for CCC in a losing ef­
fort.
The women are now three
and one in league play, one
game behind league-leading
Umpqua. They will have their
work cut out for them this week
as they enter the heart of The
‘79 campaign with two tough
inter-conference games this
week. On Friday, they will take
“We played in spurts again
on Chemeketa at Randall \>ut our press was much more
Gym, and will travel to Eugene effective than it had been in the
to take on Lane Saturday
night. Tip off for both contests past,” Tirrill said of the Judson
game. “It (the press) caused
is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
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