Men lose three in a row
By Tracy Sumner
Of the Print
The College men’s basket
ball team’s playoff hopes were
dealt what was probably a fatal
blow last Saturday as the
Cougars fell 71-62 to Lfnn-
Benton CC in Randall Gym.
The loss was the Cougs third in
a row.
,
Clackamas shot a sub-par
38 percent from the floor and
were outscored 13-8 from the
foul line to account for the loss.
Jim Hill led all scorers with
20 points and led CCC in re
bounding ~ with nine. T o m
Jones added 12 points and
nine assists for the Cougs.
The loss to Linn-Benton
followed a heart-breaking
69-65 loss to Central Oregon
on the Coug’s home floor last
Friday.
The game was close the
whole way and was tied 31-all
at the half, but in the end,
superior field goaf shooting
earned COCC the victory.
Tom Welle led the cougars
with. 18 points and 11 re
bounds followed by Tom Jones
with 16 points and seven
assists.
Clackamas started the
week - by dropping a 77-65
decision to Chemeketa CC
here', last Wednesday.
Despite the comfortable
final margin enjoyed by
Chemeketa, the game was
very close as attested to by the
29-25 halftime score.'Cougar
Coach Royce Kiser said, “It’s
just that they got ahead near
the end and we had to go out
and foul.” <
Clackamas was led by
Tom Welle’s. 15 points followed
by John Welle with 13.
the trio of defeats dropped
the Cougars over-all record to
10-11 which puts thern in very
doubtful status in the league
playoff race. “We’re in trouble
now/’ Kiser said of his team’s
playoff chances. “Last week
might have put us out of the
playoffs.”
Kiser pointed to the loss of
guard Avery Penny and for
ward Larry Roberts as one
possible factor in his team’s
problems. “It hurt us to loose
Avery and Larry,” he said.
Women look toward playoffs
By Wanda Percival
COUGAR HOOPSTER TOM Jones goes up for two in a re
cent game against Central Oregon Community College.
Wrestlers face Mt. Hood
for national ranking
By Wanda Percival
Of the Print
The Cougar grapplers
have been busy racking up
wins in the past week placing
third at the Willamette Invita
tional, defeating Southwestern
Oregon CC and taking first last
weekend at the Pacific Invita
tional.
In the Willamette Invita
tional the Cougars took third of
twelve teams with 49 team
points following Mt. Hood CC
at 51 and Pacific University at
85.
Mark Winner was the only
Clackamas placer taking se
cond overall at 158 pounds.
In dual competition
Clackamas defeated SWOCC
33-5 with victories taken by
Troy Wentworth at 118, Craig
Sieckman at 126, Tim Tilander
at 150, Nathan Winner at 158,
Mark Winner at 167 and Doug
Horne at 190.
Last Saturday the Cougars
pulled together taking first
place of 12 teams at the Pacific
Invitational as they slipped past
19th nationally ranked Mt.
Hood CC.
The Cougars scored 87^/2
points followed by Mt. Hood’s
64V4, Pacific JV’s 491/2 and;
SWOCC’s 381/4.
Four Cougar men were
champions in their weight divi
sions as well as a second, third
and fourth place finisher. *
Nathan Winner won four
matches at 142 taking the
championship in 2:30 by pinn
ing Greg Kamakaala of Pacific.
Winner’s current season record
is 28-1.
At 118 Wentworth
defeated SWOCC’s Eric
Kaneshiro 13-6 while Rob and
Mike Bolf captured the titles at
126 and 134.
Rob took a 17-2 decision
over Tim Stare of Mt. Hood at
126 and at 134 his brother
Mike earned a 13-6 decision
over Kim Elashmitt of Southern
Oregon.
Kevin Paquette took se
cond place at heavy weight,
Doug Horne placed third at
190 and Doug Gunnels placed
fourth at 177. (
Cougar coach Norm
Berney didn’t expect to beat
Mt. Hood by such a wide
margin at. the Pacific Invita
tional. “I thought it would be a
one or two point margin,” he
said. “We beat them , pretty
handedly, but they were weak.
We’re always pretty close, but
our guys performed well,” he
added.
Berney has been pleased
with the performance of his
grapplers and is currently look
ing toward gaining national
ranking by defeating Mt. Hood
Wednesday night. “If we beat
them, then we’ll be dual meet,
champions for Oregon,” he
said.
; Berney has high hopes for
the Mt. -Hood match, but said
rhe may be lacking one cham
pion. Mike Bolf, who injured
his ribs during a recent practice
might not be able to compete.
“He’s in good shape,” Berney
said. “It’s just whether he can
get on the mat and wrestle.”
Berney felt his men can do
it, but he said, “It’s a matter of
who can put the right people
where.”
Of the Print
The Cougar women’s
basketball team suffered two
losses last week to Chemeketa
CC and 14th-nationally-ianked
Linn-Benton CC, but pulled off
a victory over Central Oregon
CC after falling to them earlier
in the season.
A 67-59 Chemeketa vic
tory over the Cougars ended
the first half of league play br
inging the Cougars to a 4-4
record.
Chemeketa’s strongest
player, Jeannette Cameron
was the center of the Cougars
attention. “Our goal was to
shut out Jeannette Cameron,”
Cougar coaich Nancy Mikleton
said. “We did really well, but
their guards came to life and
ate us up. Their guards were
46 percent from the floor and
over 50 percent of their shots
were outside shots, like in the
15-20 foot range.’V .
Denise Wheatly’ was the
Cougars top scorer with 18
points shooting 12 for 15 from
the free-throw line followed by
Cindy Johnston scoring 14
total points.
“We used the press
there,” Mikleton said. “The
press slowed them down in
their offense.”
Despite the Cougar loss,
they entered ah inspiring game
Friday night defeating Central
Oregon CC 75-49.
Cindy Johnston led with
21 points shooting 10 for 13
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from - the floor. Mary
Christensen scored 19 shooting
9 for 9 from the free-throw line
and Terri Kelly scored 17 with
17 for 19 from the free-throw
line.
“Terri had a super game,”
Mikleton said. “She was a real
boost for us.”
Kelly led the Cougars with
14 rebounds and Cyd McCor
mick picked up 11 from the
boards.
“This was one of our bet
ter offensive games this year,”
Mikleton said. “We played
pretty well together as a team.”
Saturday night brought a
68-63 upset to the Cougars
from Linn-Benton CC, the
14th ranked team in the nation
standing undefeated this year.
' “The game was tight,” ac
cording to Mikleton. “Linn-
Benton led and kept the lead.
We were leading for about
three minutes then it went back
and forth. They pulled out
ahead with one and a half
minutes to go and we couldn’t
quite get it back.”
Terri Kelly led the Cougars
with 14 points and nine re
bounds. “Terri did a really
good job,” Mikleton said. Cin
dy Johnston and Sharon Lar
son followed with 12 points
and Denise Wheatly and Mary
Christensen scored 11.
“As a team this was-our
best effort,” Mikleton said.
The Cougar Women had
13 turnovers and shot almost
500 pecent with 29 for 64.
The Cougars will travel to
Coos Bay Friday and to
Eugene Saturday. Both games
will begin at 6 p.m.
“Coos Bay has been
together lately so I?m not going
to underestimate them,”
Mikleton said. “T.hey’11 be pret
ty Up for us,”
While the Cougars haven’t
won on the road yet in league
play Mikleton said, “They’re
really starting to jell, and if they
can maintain that intensity, we
should be able to make it to
playoffs.”
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