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SPORTS THE PRINT January 18,1989 Page 7 Women hot, off to 3-0 start by Luis Perez Staff Writer The Cougars are red hot and tied for first place in the North west Athletic Association of Community Colleges following Sunday’s pasting of the Lane Community College Titans, 61- 38. The Clackamas women’s bas ketball teanrhas a perfect 3-0 record in league play (14-4 overall) and Sunday’s win at Lane was their fourth in a row. The Titans of Lane kept the game close for a half, trailing by just four at the intermission, but then Clackamas’ “Twin Towers” took over and dominated the low post area. Head Coach Phil Garver thought this was the key to the game. “In the second half we domi nated inside,” he said. “Getting the ball inside to Pam and Alicia is what our game is all about...they just couldn’t handle us inside.” Dianne Gale was a surprise starter for the Cougars because Coach Garver felt they would match up better with the Titans with a smaller, quicker lineup. Gale responded with one of her best efforts of the season. “Dianne’s defense was excel lent,” said Garver, “and her of fensive game has been coming along." Alicia Stephenson came off the bench to lead the Cougars with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Pam Pemtjer chipped in 14 points and Kelli Brown had 5 assists while expertly executing the Cougar offense. Of primary concern to the Cougars is tonight’s game at Umpqua. “We have our work cut out for us,” Garver said. “They (Umpqua) are really physical in side so they are going to match up really well against us. One thing they have going for them is that they have a lot of sophomores back. We are going to have to play with a lotofmentalauthority...we have to concentrate on our game and keep the turnovers down.” Last Wednesday night Clacka mas defeated Mt. Hood Commu nity College by the score of63-56. Although it was a lackluster ef fort, it is encouraging that the Cougars won despite playing beneath their caliber. Alicia Stephenson thoroughly terrorized Mt. Hood during the game with 25 points and 17 rebounds while J.J. Drennen added 15 points. The Cougars cranked up their intensity level a notch by week’s end as evidenced by their 23 point thrashing of Lane, and Garver hopes it will continue. “We’re rolling along,” he said. Grapplers tough in meets by Tim Jones Staff Writer The Clackamas Community College wrestling team finished as the top junior college team and eleventh overall in the Portland State Wrestling Invitational. The tournament brought in the tough est teams on the west coast, with twenty teams participating in the two day tournament. Clackamas’ Coach Norm Berney said, “Our team wrestled tough, they were competing against some of the nation’s best schools like Oregon State, Fresno State, and Simon Fraser.” He pointed out that among the competitors were a heavyweight who placed sixth in the Olympics, a world champion, and'several national champions and All- American wrestlers. Berney added that his squad of grapplers made up of freshmen and sophomores were wrestling against the more experienced four- year schools. Darryl Holiday was the top Cougar finisher, placing third overall. Holiday suffered a nar row loss of 5-3 in the semi-finals, before going on to pin his Boise State opponent for third place. Another outstanding perform ance was made by Bryan Schiller who won his first two matches decisively before losing a close 4- 3 overtime decision in the semi finals, bumping him out of plac ing in the tournament with a 3-2 overtime loss to James Sisson. Other wrestlers commended for their performances by Coach Berney were Sean Branson and Joel Surprenant. Berney feels the team has strong possibilities for the future and is confident of his powerhouse wrestling team. “The team has a strong line up who are out on the wrestling mat to win,” he said. Berney said of his team that it is Otte of the best line ups that the college has ever had. The Oregon Athletic Asso ciation - gave Norm Berney the “Man of the Year”;awaid. The award was given for community service, and his contribution to wrestling programs. A crowd of 1,500 people were on hand to watch his acceptance of the award. Cougars second at Olympic meet by Tim Jones Staff Writer The Clackamas Community College wrestling team placed second at the Olympic “Team Dual” Tournament held at Grays Harbor Community College in Olympia Jan. 7. Seven teams participated in the tournament, including Alaska Pacific University, Pacific Lu theran, Central Washington Uni versity, Highline Community College, Big Bend Community College, and Clackamas. The CCC grapplers rolled over Highline Community College with a whopping 30-12 victory. Then they easily handled Pacific Uni versity 29-15 in the second round of the tournament before running into trouble against a much stronger Alaska Pacific Univer- sity for the team championship. Gary Malone of Clackamas went undefeated in the tourna ment, winning over Steve Green of Highline 9-5, and an impres sive victory over Lawrence Hob son of Pacific 4-3, to capture the individual championship at a 118 pounds. Coming back into action for the Cougars was Darryl Holiday, with a 10-2 triumph over High- line’s Jeff Chaplin. Coach Norm Berney pointed out that his wrestlers in the upper weight divisions did an incredible job in helping the team win. Cit ing exceptional performances by 190 pound Joe Surprenant, 167 pound Sean Carlson, 177 pound Sean Brunson, and heavy weight IanPitzman. Together they helped lead the way to an impressive performance. Winter intramurals underway by Staci Beard Staff Writer Winter vacation is over and for all those still carrying Christ mas dinner around, there is hope The 1989 winter intramural • sports have begun. Although two of the sports have started, coed volleyball hasn’t. Practice could help you get back to pre Christmas form plus have a winning team. On Thursday the “5 on 5” basketball tournament will start. Five teams have signed up to play. Fans are encouraged to come and cheer on their favor ite teams. Games are played Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the gym. A round-robin tournament of coed racquetball began its first rounds Monday at the Eastside Athletic Club. Accord ing to Kathie Woods 15 teams signed up. Only those taking a racquetball course during the winter term were eligible for play in order to have use of the facilities. Sign-ups are still open for a one-day,'“3 on 3” volleyball tour nament. No more than two CCC intercollegiate volleyball play ers may be on a team. The time and date of the tournament is still to be decided. Each winner will walk away with a Clackamas Intramural T- shirt, provided they have com peted in the required number of games designated by the Intra mural Director. A student may only win one T-shirt per term. Photo by Jillian Porter Clackamas freshman Pam Pember is the leading scorer and the leading rebounder for the Cougars. She will play a major role in the success of her team this season. Pember big part of Cougars* success by Luis Perez Staff Writer Pam Pember should need no introduction. The freshman for Glenns Ferry, Idaho has provided the Clackamas women’s basket ball team with the strong inside play they will need in their quest for the N.W.A.A.C.C. title. Through 17 games of the 1988- 89 basketball season Pember av eraged 16.5 points and 11.3 re bounds per game, comprising half of what Head Coach Phil Garver calls the “Twin Towers.” Pember has teamed up with Alicia Stephen son, another six-foot, two-inch post player, to dominate opponents inside the lane. Garver is under standably pleased with the added dimension Pember contributes to the Cougars. “Pam’s really strong inside...she’s holding her side of the key,” Garver said. “Pam’s definitely handled the pressure well for a freshman playing as many minutes as she does.” Handling the pressure while keeping her success in perspec tive are among Pember’s many attributes. Her home town has a population of only 1,372. Glenns Ferry High School, where she starred in basketball, had an en rollment of just 190 students. She averaged 23.6 points and 13.3 rebounds per game her senior season and, needless to say, at tracted considerable attention. Pember was a star not just in Glenns Ferry, but in all of south ern Idaho and the experience has helped make her transition to college life an easy one. “It’s not really an adjustment,” she said. “I wanted to go to Flor ida State. The enrollment there is 24,000, so this is small compared to that.” High aspirations and all, Pember is attending Clackamas to get the feel of playing basket ball at the college level before moving on to a major university. She is still interested in attending Florida State, but at this point she is willing to entertain scholarship offers from anywhere. Pember is majoring in science and hopes to eventually become an anesthesi ologist. Athletically her goals are comparable in staturé. She wants to help bring a championship to Clackamas this season while im proving her own game. “Personally I want to improve at everything. I need to stop fad ing away (from the basket) and quit fouling so much,” Pember remarked. Pember’s interest in basket ball was influenced primarily by her father. “He built a hoop and took me out and showed me some moves and stuff...still does,” she said. Thus far the college experi ence has been a good one for Pember. It was highlighted by a trip to Hawaii with the Cougar basketball team, complete with fun in the sun and highly compe- tetive basketball. The unflappable Pember stays continually active with her busy schedule, including activities such as volleybail, soft- ball, water skiing, track, and travel. Someone with the confidence and candor of a Pam Pember puts no restrictions on the limits of her success. Recently asked if playing basketball in the 1992 Olympics in Spain was a future possibility, she replied,. “Sure, why not?”
