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[sports__________ Cougar women split weekend games ■ Sue Hanneman ■ The Print ■The women’s basketball ■m split this week’s hoop ac- tion on the road by defeating SWOCC, 70-61, and losing to ^Ke, 59-77. ■CCC leaped into action, Ait from the start of the tip H, bringing the ball down the Airt for two. Coach Nancy Mikleton’s Cougars quickly Hned the momentum of the game scoring down low with ■ help of Jamie Hill and Lou Garvin. ■Dlackamas seemed to be Hying a balanced game both olensively and defensively tfloughout the contest. ■Early in the second half, H^kamas built up a 25-point ctthion against the attack of SWOCC. Southwestern prov ed they weren’t ready to go down. as they regained their composure and began battling back. They had chopped the Cougars’ lead down to 15, for cing Mikleton to reenter her starters into the game. “We got so far ahead we let up,” stated Mikleton, “but SWOCC kept scoring on us, cutting the lead.” The Cougar ladies tightened their hold and hung on for the buzzer, winning the contest by nine points. Jamie Hill and Lou Ann Garvin combined for 42 points, scoring 25 and 17 respectively. Cindy Johnson, who had 11 points, added to the effort with many assists setting up key plays. The Cougars, still riding high from the previous night’s vk> tories, faced Lane on their home soil in what proved to be a strong confrontation. “A rollercoaster first half,” is what Coach Mikleton called the play of her team. “We played in streaks,'unable to maintain a consistency. They would be up by six, we would close to within a couple only to lose it again . If we could have controlled the ball down the court two or three times we could have caught them.” ' \ Lane capitalized on the roller coaster play of .Clackamas and opened up their lead in the se cond half. Lane went on to win the game 77-59. Lou Ann Garvin topped the night’s effort with 19 points and nine rebounds, followed close ly by Jamie Hill with 11 points and nine rebounds. Nancy Mikleton is quick to point out her team’s second- place ranking defensively in the league. “Our concentration was off this weekend. When the inten sity is there and our defense is working well, our offense will follow,” she added. “Our press is working well, and our man- to-man offense looks strong. Once we regain our concentra Staff photo by Sue Hanneman tion and intense play, we will be right up there in the stan DRIVE IT IN--Cindy Johnston hustles past opponent for dings.” the lay-up. Johnston was a big aid in past few games. Grapplers finally defeated Staff photo by Sue Hanneman By Wanda Percival However, their experience haven’t yet been received by ■lETCH -Cougar s Jamie Hill (white) reaches for the re- th? way to" 7*0 Record to wasn’t quite so pleasant as they Coach Berney. Some close competitors for bound in recent garde. The women won one and lost over week as they slid by Mt Hood were defeated twice on a weekend road trip to Idaho br the Cougar squad included thè past weekend. with a 29-16’victory. Sports notes Men drop two away '||he men eagers played what was probably their best defense of all season over the past weekend, but it wasn’t enough as they were edg- ed- by both Lane and Southwestern Oregon in . both games. On Saturday the squad lost to Lane . 60-54. and on the previous night 71-67 in over time to Southwestern Oregon. both'of the games over the weekend the J defense was tough and the Cougar players were ■ passing the ball around enough, but when it ■ came time to take the shots, they just wouldn’t go through. The shooting percentage was far below 50 percent on both nights for Clackamas. ^^Hven though the Cougars couldn’t quite pull off a victory against Southwestern Oregon they still had the games leading scorer on their team. ' Charles Redeau scored 20 points. Other ^^■kamas high scorers Were Dan Hixson with : 14 points in his first game of the season, and AverV Penney bucketed 12. L^HRie Cougars will have some tough competi tion [tonight as they go against the number one team in the conference, Chemeketa, with an ■dnesday, January 21,1981 undefeated record thus far .this season. Chemeketa will also have the home couit ad vantage. The eagers will have it just a little bit easier as they go against Umpqua, who has a 2-2 record, but it will still be a tough game. The game will begin at 8 p.m. at the College. Vaught, J Jumpers battle for top place Intramural volleyball action has come to a two-way tie between the ;Jolly Jumpers and Vaught, after Vaught defeated the Green M&M’s in two games straight yesterday, 15-5 and 15-11. Both Vaught and the Jolly Jumpers have records of 5-1, and will go against each other for the top position tomorrow at 12 p.m. Other team records are as follows: Super tramps 4-2, Green M&M’s 3-3, 10 o’clock Shadow 3-3, Draft-T’s 1-5, and Rolling Templates 0-6. inging their present record to 7-2. They were defeated Friday night by fifth-ranked North Idaho Community College and Saturday by Columbia Basin. “The matches were one-sided,” remarked Cougar Coach Norm Berney. “They were ahead of us in their season, they were ahead of all the Oregon schools.” “They had six sophomores, a three-time champion, a 370-pound heavyweight, and their practice started a month and a half ahead of ours.” 158 lb. Bill Blackford, 190 lb. Mike Keith, 126 lb. Craig Jensen and 142 . lb. Tjm Tilander, all of whom showed strong efforts. “We hope to build our team by the end of the season. We have five guys dropping weight and four who recently returned from illness. There will be some changes made,” stated Berney. “We’ll work hard to be at North Idaho level. We’ll see if we can iron any of these things out.” ' The Cougars will be on the road to Linn-Benton Com Other altering factors includ munity College Jan. 22, but ed the 400-mile road trip and will return to action at home illness to Cougar competitors. Jan. 23, facing North Idaho “Competition-wise this trip and Gray’s Harbor at 7 p.m. wasn’t for us,” stated Coach Bemey. The road trip was benficial to the grapplers. “They got the $1,000 REWARD experience, the chance to see a For return or information leading te^m'that’s really together. to the recovery of Navajo rugs and There were three p< scored Friday and eight p< Saturday, but definite sc Oriental carpets stolen from my home, 1/1/81. 657-6536. Paffé7
