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Clackamas Community College sports sprint Cougar spikers Region 18 Champion By Edward Matthew Coyne » As the saying goes, you always save the best for last! Winding up an amazing 1980 fall calendar of sports at the College, the women’s) volleyball team captured the regional championship at Mt. Hood Community College. By winning the title, the women have earned a trip to the- na tional championships in Miami, Fla. Only a week earlier, Coach Loren Swivel had described her squad as poised and deter- v mined. Against a heavily- favored Mt. Hood C.C. the spikers proved their superiority ; by outwitting and capitalizing on every one of their op ponents mistakes. In the open ing game of the championship round, Mt. Hood soundly defeated the Cougars, 15-2. Undeterred by this thrashing, the women roared back and swept the next three games to win the title. The scores reflect the Cougar dominance; 15-8, 15-9, and the clinther, 15-11. The women’s march to the title started when the Cougs destroyed Rick’s C.C. in three straight games; 16-14, 15-5, Photo courtesy of .Public Information NATIONALS FORM—Clackamas’ womens volleyball team shown here competing in the Regionale at Mt. Hood CC won regionale and is now in Miami, Florida competing in the Nationals. . and 15-12. A total team effort against Mt. Hood, who en ( eliminated any chance for joyed the homecourt advan ] Rick’s to challenge Swivel’s tage. After the opening game squad, and thè Cougars con- ’ loss, it appeared Mt. Hood would walk away with the title. trolled all three games at will. The following day found the It was during the second game young Cougars as underdogs that the tide changed, and many spectators point to Lou Ann Garvin’s tremendous save. Garvjn made an unbelievable save which sud denly awoke the Cougars-, and sparked a fire that didn’t end until the third game. The starting lineup of' Del bie Nolz, Angel Humphry Patti Richardson, Jamie Hi] Ronda Westeren, Coral Zien ba along with Garvin suddenl became a well-oiled machin which steadily and convincing ly pqunded Mt. Hood into su( mission. Coach of the Year Lore Swivel felt the différence be ween "Mt. Hdod an Clackamas was thé team togetherness. Her confidence reflected by Swivel’s ability t substitute her starters from th bench without losing momei turn. During the championshi round, Swivel inserted Pai Berkert without conceding an advantage./ Though generally unnotice throughout the season, th Cougs are now enjoying th fruits of victory. In fact, KAT( TV recently recorded pne < the team’s practices before th women left for Florida. Even though Swivel regard her squad as “starless” her op ponénts voted Westeren an Garvin to first team Al Toumment, ’.arid’ Nolz w< elected to second team A Regional. B-ball starts victoriously There were five Cougars in The Cougar Men’s Varsity double figures for scoring. Basketball team snatched a James Massey led the scoring 99-81 victory over Pacific with 22 points, .10 for 14 from University to bring" its pre the field, followed by Mark league record to 3-1 Monday Miller who added 19, Charles Redeau bucketed 14 points, night. The first half was fairly close Steve Rudolph put 11 points with the second quarter ending through, and Randy Rook con at 47-45, Cougars lead. This tributed 10 points and was four was due to a lack of tough for five from the field. The defensive playing on average of 50 percent from the Clackamas’ part. But in the se field. The rebounding leaders cond half “We blew ’em out” were almost the same as the said Coach Royce Kiser. Defensive play got a little scoring leaders. Massey led tougher to enable the Cougars with with 19, Redeau collected to outscore Pacific by 16 points x 13, and Miller grabbed 11. The in the final half. Clackamas eagers had a team By Rick Obritschkewitsch 77 rife rtl z Si SPIN Re« K-2 Skis SKI Jackets CCG STUDENTS These specials are for you only* Please show copy of this ad and your student body card for these prices. World’s finest skirted model Cardinal-Swedish 28.99 1981 Model 150.00 value 89.99 Mens^or Ladies Any in Basement 1/2 price All in bastarne nt y2 price SKI Gloves SKI Hot Wax Bnng in your Si 1.00 a pair L/AlYlY I O& SKI MAI S- •OREGON city shopping center ': ' o pi N9 M daily I Cougs out-rebounded Pacific 63-39. Avery Penney stood out in asists with seven. Clackamas romped over Lewis and Clark’s J.V. squad 111-72 last Friday. The game was filled with Cougar fast breaks and an oc casional stuff (without the Dar ryl Dawkin’s smash). The Clackamas squad dominated the game from the very beginning. By the end of' the first half the Cougars had already gained a 19 point lead at 53-34, to go orr arid score more than double the lead for the 111-72 victory. The Cougar leading scores were Redeau with 21, Massey and Zomado both collected 15, Roberts bucketed 12, and Rook added 11. Rebounds were grabbed by Dick Heriza with 11, Rook and Dave Dowell snatched 10, and Massey came up with 9. - Penney once again led in assists with 10. The Cougar men were hand ed their first loss. last week when they were defeated by Judson Baptist College, 114-101. Judson Baptist is the only four-year college that Clackamas has played this season, probably the toughest game. The score was tied with only about two minutes left to play in the game, but the Cougars couldn’t hang on, and took their only loss thus far this season. CONFRONTATION-CCC’s Steve Rudolph finds his she snuffed out by player on Claudias, a Portland city leagu team. Game was a tune-up Tor the regular season. An outstanding point con tributor for the Cougars was Massey with 29 points. Redeau grabbed 9 rebounds, where Massey took eight. Penney was up there with 9 assists. The men took a two-point win in their first game of the season with a 91-89 win over the Alumni. Massey led in scoring will 18, Heriza led in rebounds will 9, and Penney led in the assist with 8. The squad will be tested th weekend as it goes into a tout tournament on the fourth, fifth and sixth. Density