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Crazy man... ? Essig fun-loving ski club advisor by Beth Coffey Photo Editor »M m toy M> Caffey Todd Harris (1) and Jeff Stein (with ball) practice for tonight’s men’s basketball home opener against Pacific University. Is it a big bird? A crazy man? No, it’s Marc Essig, faculty ski club advisor, bundled from head to toe, sitting on the roof of Barlow Hall with poles and skis dangling. At first glance I wondered about the sanity of this individual, and having my camera in hand was drawn to photograph this unusual specta cle. But this was nothing unusual at all, merely a display advertising the college’s Ski Club. When asked about his escapade, Essig responded, “I was praying to the snow gods.” Appearently the gods were listening. Our long, hot summer has ended and snow season has finally begun, bringing much happiness to the winter sport en thusiasts of the northwest and the CCC Ski Club members. However, up until four years ago when Essig volunteered to get the college’s club going again, the Ski Club was inactive and any members .were on their own. The Ski Club is a student organization open to faculty as well as members of the com munity for an annual member Men’s basketball off to good start by Christopher Curran Design/Sports Editor Clackamas basketball fans will get their first taste of the defen ding northwest regional cham pion Cougars tonight at 8 p.m. when they host Pacific University in Randall Hall. The Cougars are coming off three straight victories when they captured the title at the Lower Columbia Tournament in Longview, Washington. Clackamas won the tourna ment by trouncing Lower Colum bia Community College 77-66 Sunday. Jeff Hoffman and Jeff Stein combined for 51 points in the Cougar victory, which is number 16 straight dating back to Jan. 17 of last year when they defeated Linn-Bentoh Communi ty College at home. Adding to the win for Qackamas, were Trev Kiser with 11 points and Nate Pyatt with 9. Hoffman led the charge with 21 points Saturday as the Cougars stomped Washington’s PierceCommunity College 69-60 in the game that enabled them to advance to Sunday’s champion ship game against Lower Colum bia. In the tournament opener, Kiser hit eight three point goals on his way to a 32 point perfor mance as Clackamas tripped Yakima Valley Community Col lege by a 76-73 margin. Hoffman added 12 points to help the Cougars overcome the Indians. Hoffman was voted the tour nament’s Most Valuable Player and Stein was named to the all tournament team. ship fee of 5 dollars. Ski Club activities function in groups of twenty people and more, with skill levels ranging from begin ner to very advanced. The Ski Club focuses predominantly on downhill, however as Essig ex plains, George Warren spearheaded the crosscountry style widening membership in terest to all skiers. Last year , the club was involv ed in approximately twelve group trips, planned clear into July extending the ski season in to four to five months long. The 86-87 winter season’s activités included third year'participation in the Mount Hood Community College- Mount Hood Meadow’s Ski Ball’s two day competitions. A number of the challenging events were: “Choke a Coke, Tug’ O’ War, ’ Keg Toss, and an up hill run, while wearing skies.” Clackamas took first for “Tug’ O’ War” while the massive first prize trophy went to Mt. Hood Community College as the over all winning team. The Ski Ball is limited to college students at reduced rates. Over two hun dred dollars worth of Ski Ball tickets were bought as holiday gifts last year, “they make ideal Christmas presents,” expresses Essig. Winter fun doesn’t end there. The Ski Club’s season is plann ed full with events such as clinics put on by manufacturers and suppliers of ski equipment and winter clothing. Also pro vided are 3-4 top quality movies “like Warren Miller films, the elite of ski movies,” explains Essig. Presently a staff trip to Mt. Bachelor is in planning for the weekend of February 5, 6 and 7th. Transportation, Sun River lodging, and two day lift tickets will all be provided for in addi tion to a wine and cheese party. Although this appealing event is primarily for faculty recogni- ' tion a few vacancies for students 21 years and older will be : available. Due to | (unseasonably warm weather no ski plans have been ■ made until January, but for the I skiers this winter will certainly not be uneventful. Get a jump . on the mountain fun and apply at the Student Government win dow. “It’s just a wonderful place to be, as close to God as the skis on my feet,” conclud ed Essig. Winter Schedules MEN’S BASKETBALL Statistics CCC men’s basketball Player OP TP Ave Jeff Hoffman............. .... Trev Kiser................. .... Jeff Stein................... .... Todd Harris............... .... Clark Nichols............. ....'. Nate Pyatt............. .... Steve Whitely........... ...... Carey Tibbets............ ..... Jon Rainforth............ .... Rick Flemmer........... ...... Dave Stahl................ .... 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 62 46 38 19 17 13 4 3 9 8 5 Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Wed Sat Th-Sat Wed Sat Tues Thurs 20.7 15.3 12.7 6.3 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 1.7 TEAM__________ ____ 3 222 74.0 OPPONENTS........ 3 ISO 03.3 2 5 10-12 16 19 22 31 Pacific Univ. Pacific Lutheran Univ. Walla-Walla Tournament Western Oregon JV Lower Columbia CC Frazier Valley CC Walla Walla CC 8:00 4:00 TBA 8:00 8:00 6:00 2:00 HOME Tacoma, WA Walla Walla, WA HOME HOME HOME HOME TBA 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:00 6:00 TBA Eureka, CA Auburn, WA Centralia, WA Spokane, WA HOME HOME HOME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Thurs-Sat Fri Sat Thurs Sat Tues Mon-Wed . Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 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