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Cougars capture 20th win, eye playoffs
By Rob Conner
Of The Print
The Clackamas men’s
basketball team is on a roll.
And there could be no better
timing. Coach Royce Kiser has
his team running on all six
cylinders just in time for the
post season. The Cougars
soundly defeated the Lewis
and Clark and Linfield junior
varsities in the last week of the
regular season.
A balanced Cougar attack
was led by freshman Jim Im-
per. The 6’7” Imper, who
started the season sharing time
at center and at forward was
only recently moved to the big
guard position. “Since I’ve
switched to the big line-up
we’ve been winning,” com
mented Kiser bluntly. Imper
scored 18 points and possibly
more importantly added seven
rebounds from the guard spot.
Several times in the first
half it appeared the Cougars
would put Lewis and Clark
away early. Several times
Clackamas had leads as great
as 15 points, but the Pioneers
would battle back. With 2:24
left in the half Clackamas had
the ball and a 15 point lead.
Rather than sitting on the ball
and milking the clock, time and
time again the Cougars cast off
from long range. Lewis Clark
drew to within seven at inter
mission, 43-36.
Clackamas was able to
respond when they had to. At
14:36 of the second half Lewis
and Clark narrowed the gap to
one, but couldn’t overhaul the
Cougars. This was due in a
large part to a variety of offen
sive weapons in the Kiser ar-
sonal. Backing Imper’s 18 were
Tom Welle’s 15, Bob Nippert’s
14, Mark McLoughlin’s 12,
and Jim Hill’s nine.
With 5:30 left in the con
test the Pioneers made a last
run at the stubborn Cougs.
They closed the gap to within
three this time but seconds later
Tom Welle went to the line and
iced the game with two
freebies.
Clackamas’ 85-74 victory
overshadowed a spectacular
exhibition put on by Lewis and
Clark’s Mike Monroe. The 6’5”
power forward was nearly
perfect from the floor (8 for 11)
and ended with 17 points and
16 rebounds. Had the Pioneers
given Monroe the ball over the
final five minutes, who knows?
Led by the ever present
Monroe, Lewis and Clark held
a decisive advantage in the re
bounding column, 47-34. But
the -story told by the stat sheet
was that of the turnover. The
Pioneers gave the ball back 25
times. To be of post season
calliber a team must keep this
statistic in the low teens, which
is precisely what the Cougars
did. “That is awfully good,”
commented Coach Kiser on
the fact that his team gave up
the ball but 11 times.
Often overlooked on the
stat sheet is the assist column.
Only a true basketball fan can
appreciate a good play maker.
Kelly Burke, who handed out
11 assists, could definitely be
the key to the Cougars success
from here on in.
Early wine, Bolf crowned
By Rob Conner
Of The Print
Wrestling Coach Norm
Berney was a little disap
pointed Monday morning with
his team’s performance at the
regional meet. Although they
wrestled ^without two men
because of injuries and without
two more because they didn’t
make weight, the Cougars
posted a respectable fourth
place finish with 40 points.
“We should have been se
cond (Rick’s at Rexberg, Id.,
was second with SI1/?),”
Berney said. “Overall the guys
that wrestled did a good job.”
Dale Earlywine was the
first of the Cougars to gain a
national berth. Wrestling in the
126 pound division, Earlywine
made his way undefeated
through the bracket, upsetting
the number one, two, and
three seeds, and finally recor
ding a nine-seven decision for
the title. Earlywine did get a
close scare from Mike Palmer
of Rick’s in the semi-final
match. But the Cougar prevail
ed with a six-five victory.
Mike Bolf found things a
little easier in the 142 pound
weight class. Bolf drew a bye in
the first round then faced T.R.
Raygor of Big Bend. Raygor, a
state champion in high school
out of Washington, was no
match for the experienced
Cougar sophomore. Bolf col
lected a fall in just 1:25. There
was to be no title match for
Bolf, however, as Ricks’ 142
pound representative had to
default.
Mike Martin got all he
could handle in the 150 pound
category. Martin won his first
match decisively eight-four
then found the going a little
tougher. Wilcox of Rick’s prov
ed too much for Martin who
suffered a fall at 5:51. After an
eight-two win, Martin recorded
a narrow two-one victory for
the third place medal.
Clackamas’ fourth and
final representative to the na
tional meet will be soph Dan
Martin at 158. Martin lost his
second match of the cham
pionship tourney and was forc
ed to make his way through the
losers bracket. In his match for
third place, Martin was up
against yet another tough grap-
pler from Rick’s. The Cougar
recorded a four-three win and
a national berth.
Northern Idaho, rated
tops in the nation, was the easy
winner of the team title with
127 points.
Portland Indoor
Thinclads post impressive marks
SOPHOMORE MIKE BOLF prepares for the National
wrestling meet held in Worthing, Minn.
Staff photo by Joel Miller
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