Sports
Berney predicts
top 10 placing
By Doug Vaughan
Of The Print
More than 2,000 miles
stand between the Clackamas
Community College wrestling
team and their goal. That’s
roughly the distance between
Oregon City and Chicago, the
site of the 1984 junior college
national championships
March 1-3.
Coach Norm Berney
looks at the Cougars’
possibilities with optimism,
yet uncertainty.
“I have a feeling we will
do real well, but I don’t know
what we will be facing,”
Berney said.
What Berney is talking
about is the lack of com­
munication between junior
colleges. “All the teams from
the East know about each
other, but we don’t know
anything about them,” Berney
explained.
What Berney does know
is that the Cougars will be well
represented. Seven of
Clackamas’ matmen made the
cut.
The trio of Scott Ames at
190, Dave Duncan at 177, and
heavyweight Robert Young
are expected to carry the
Cougars. If a couple other
Cougars wrestle to their poten­
tial, Berney is expecting a top-
ten finish.
Duncan has lost to only
one junior college opponent
this year while compiling a
29-5 record. North Idaho’s
Roy Ozser is the only junior
college rival to beat Duncan,
but the Cougar grappler got
revenge in the regional title
match with a 7-4 decision.
Young has had even less
trouble with junior college op­
ponents. While gathering a
21-3 overall mark, the.
heavyweight has yet to be
beaten at the junior college
level. Young also captured the
regional championship.
The third wrestler of the
Cougars’ nucleus, Ames,
reached the regional finals,
but lost his first junior college
COUGAR IN CONTROL—John Wachsmith controls tempo in regional wrestling action.
match to North Idaho’s
Carlton Pease. Affected by the
flu, it was Ames’ first loss to
Pease in their five meetings.
Blaine Schutzler at 150,
who also made the cut, was
victimized by the flu at
regionals, but has recovered.
While earning a tough 16-8
seasonal record, he placed se­
cond in regionals.
The three other wrestlers
representing Clackamas in
Chicago are John Wachsmith
at 126 (19-8), Randy
Barkhurst at 142 (15-0) and
Larry Jo Tanner at 158 (12-9).
“It’s going to be a totally
different atmosphere there.
Everyone is starting out
even,” Berney said. “Our out­
come will depend on how
things get going. If we can
compete at our highest com­
petitive attitude, anything can
happen.”
Clackamas goes into the
tournament ranked in the top
20, and Berney thinks in order
to get in the top ten, three
Cougars will have to place.
Berney says they have the
ability to do it. The wrestling
program at the College
brought back four trophies
from 1971-1974, but have not
been able to do as well recent­
ly. An accomplishment like
the national championship
that the Cougars earned in
1971 might be a fantasy for
this year’s team, but at the na­
tional championships, the sky
is the limit. “I would definite­
ly say that a top-ten placing is
not out of the question.
Everything is equal, and
anything can happen,” Berney
concluded.
Women’s tourney
up for grabs,
Garver confident
As far as Phil Garver is
concerned, the Region 18
women’s basketball title is up
for grabs.
Garver feels his team,
which has won six of its last
seven games has as good of a
chance as anyone, despite be­
ing seeded third. Northern
Idaho is the top seed, College
of Southern Idaho is the se­
cond seed, and Rick’s is seed­
ed fourth.
“The brackets are set up
really nice,” Garver said,
“Northern Idaho doesn’t
know much about us. It
couldn’t make things better
for us.”
The fact is that
Clackamas doesn’t know
much about Northern Idaho
either. This doesn’t bother
Garver. “We’ll do well. We
play tough against the tough
teams,” he said.
Two keys for the Cougars
will be the play of Brenda
Merkley and Carol Hash-
berger. Merkley has carried
the load as of late in the scor­
ing department. Garver hopes
to keep Hashberger out of foul
trouble.
“Merkley has been at the
top of her game. She’s doing
real well inside,” Garver said.
The sophomore transfer from
Treasure Valley poured in 24
points in her last outing.
Wednesday, February 29, 1984
The defense has really
pulled Garver’s crew through
this season. “If we come out
and run our press W'*I1 be
alright,” Garver said,
wouldn’t disclose any dt.
of his team’s pressing tactics m
case this article fell into the
wrong hands.
The CQUgars woulnd up
the regular season in fine
fashion by taking two games
from the Capilano Blues over
the weekend. Clackamas end­
ed the regular season with a
17-12 record.
In the first game the
Cougars edged the Blues by
two 47-45. Clackamas relied
on their hot hand from the
floor and Capilano’s cool
touch to eke out the victory.
The second game was just
as close and just as exciting.
The result was the same,
Clackamas 71, Capilano 69.
Brenda Merkley led all scorers
with 24 points.
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INSIDE POSITION—Clackamas women take charge under the boards. The Cougars have
won six of their last seven. Phil Garver’s squad ended the regular season with a 17-12 record.
Regional action will take
place March 9-10, in Couer
d’Alene, ID.
“The whole tournament
is up for grabs,” Garver said.
“Whoever puts the most
hoops in will win it.”
Photos by Joel Miller
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