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sports Cougar matmen badly out-gunned by Simon Fraser By Doug Vaughan Of The Print COUGAR GRAPPLER DALE Earlywine overcomes Simon Fraser opponent, Randy Henderson, from Vancouver B.C. 8-6 dur- ing last Fridays match. Staff photo by Russ McMillen Campus weight lifting available By Doug Vaughan Of The Print The seventh annual bench press contest will be held at Clackamas Community Col lege Feb. 14 in Randall Hall starting at 6:30 p.m. The competition will be divided into two categories— high school and an open divi sion. The open division is available to anyone not cur rently in high school no matter where their residence. Awards will be presented to placers of each weight class of each division. There are eight weight classes within each division. The rules for the weight lifting tournament will be stricter this year, a Special Pro grams person said. The lifter will have to be in control of the bar at the top and bottom of the lift. The participant will also not be allowed to pause or bounce the bar at any point in the lift. In order for the lift to be official the lifter’s body will have to be flat on the bench, and his feet flat on the floor. Each participant will be allowed three lifts with the maximum official lift used as the basis of the judging. Due to injuries and a rought Simon Fraser wrestling team the Clackamas Com munity College mat men went down in defeat, 27-9, Friday Jan. 28 at the College. The Canadian team was a sixth place finisher in the NAIA tournament last year and has a combined 18-3 record this year. The Cougars were Simon Fraser’s only junior college competition so far this year. “There is no way that we could compete against them unless I was to go out and recruit five more guys,” Norm Berney, Cougar coach, said. Berney did not have any complaints about the Cougar’s performance as he realized the Cougs were out-matched by the four-year school. He was impressed by a few of the wrestlers and was pleased with some of the closer matches that kept the Cougar’s efforts respectable. At 115 pounds, the Col lege got a very strong perfor mance out of Dale Earlywine as he earned a 8-6 decision over a tough Fraser opponent. Mike Bolf, 134 pounds, also gave the Cougs a bright spot as he helped soften the wound by picking up a decision over ¡Jack Mishikawa, 8-5. The only other Clackamas wrestler to pick up team points was Ricky Hutchison as he had an impressive victory over Mike McCrae via an 11-7 decision. One reason for the Cougar’s loss was that they were out two wrestlers, which caused them to forfeit a match in the 177-pound weight bracket. Tom Baker and Spencer Croyden were both out with injuries. Berney also cited a dif ference in the scheduling of the two teams. The Vancouver, B.C. team has had over 20 matches already, he said, whereas the Cougars just started matches at the begin ning of January. The difference in the four- year school compared to the College was also relevant in the team line-ups. The Cougar team consisted of six first-year men in the 10 weight classes versus Simon Fraser, who wrestled mostly up perclassmen . “Right now our goal is to peak at the time of regionals,” Berney said. “That will be six or seven weeks into our season so I feel we will be able to compete at that level.” The Cougars also par ticipated in two meets Satur day, Portland State Invitational and the Pacific Invitational (Junior Varsity Tournament). At Pacific, the Cougs captured a third place finish. Statistics were riot available. “All MY men submit to Rhapsody!” Poetry, Photography, Art and Short Stories can be submitted to Rhap sody at Trailer B, or call Ext. 309 or 310 Wednesday February 2, 1983 Page 7
