SPORTS
March 1,1989
THE PRINT
Page 8
Cougars take two at Umpqua...
Women win league tournament Brunson ends great year
by Luis Perez
Staff Writer
It was one of the greatest
comebacks in Cougar history as
the Clackamas women’s basketball
team defeated host Umpqua 74-71
to win the NWAACC southern
division tournament.
On Saturday the Cougars again
got off to a slow start trailing by a
14 point margin at the half 43-29.
Umpqua, getting strong play from
center Kristy Frady, came out
gunning in the second half build
ing their lead to 20 points a couple
of minutes into the period. Then
Clackamas applied their legendary
defense closing the gap to 51-46
with 14:46 remaining. At that point
the Cougars had outscored the
Timberwomen 21-3 in the first five
minutes of the half.
“Stacy, Tracy and Casie (Wallace,
Jones and Harker) put a lot of
defensive pressure on them,” said
Head Coach Phil Garver. “I can’t
remember ever coming back so
far.;.ourdefense picked it up in the
second half.”
Shutting down Kristy Frady was
the key. “They couldn’t get theball
to her,” Garver said. “We were
stealing the ball in the front court.”
Clackamas tied the game with
5:28 left to play thanks to the of
fensive genius of J.J. Drennen.
Drennen finished with 18 points,
mostly in the second half. Tracy
Jones calmly sank two free throws
with 1:58 left to provide the final
margin of victory. Umpqua barely
missed a desperation three-pointer
Game one:
Clackamas 70,
Linn-Benton 63
Pam Pember played her best
basketball of the season and the
remainder of the Clackamas
women’s team did the rest, de
feating Linn-Benton Community
College 70-63 to advance to the
NWAACC southern divisional
playoff final.
It wasn’t easy as Linn-Ben
ton played inspired ball from the
outset, hitting everything they put
up. The roadrunners built a 13
point lead in the first half behind
the play of Michelle Derry, who
hit 9 of 16 shots from the field en
route to a 21 point, 16 rebound
Team does
well at
nationals
by Tim Jo nes
Staff Writer
Five wrestlers from Clacka
mas Community College received
All-American honors at the Na
tional Junior College Athletic
Association championships, held
last Friday and Saturday in Chi
cago, IL.
To receive All-American rec
ognition, wrestlers must place in
the top eight of their weight class.
Clackamas’ Sean Carlson
placed third and was the highest
finisher for Cougars. Sean Brun
son placed fifth, Bryan Schiller
sixth, Joel Suprenant seventh, and
Tom Malone placed eighth for
the wrestling team.
The team finished fifth over
all and did an outstanding job,
according to heavyweight Ian
Pitzman. Pitzman, who qualified
for the national championships,
was unable to compete due to a
cracked vertebrae.
Gary Malone did not place
for the Cougars in his weight divi
sion; it was dominated by six re
turning All-Americans.
66 teams were represented in
the tournament and the Cougar
wrestling team did an impressive
job by clenching a fifth place fin
ish.
By Um Jones
performance.
Towards the end of the first Staff Writer
Sean Brunson smiled and
half the Cougars, using their su
perior depth, put together a furi spoke modestly about his very
ous rally and took their first lead successful wrestling season this
35-34. The Roadrunners didn’t die. year at Clackamas Community
They scored the next four points College.
Brunson compiled 35 wins and
to lead 38-35, but a last second
three pointer by Uptown Kelli only 9 losses this year.
Ranked fourth in the nation
Brown knotted the score at the
at the Junior College level at the
half 38-38.
Pam Pember, displaying super beginning of the year, he moved
lative moves, along with a tough up to being ranked second after
Cougar defense took control in defeating North Idaho All-Ameri
the Second half. Pember finished can Greg Buttress.
However, last season was much
with 24 points and 13 rebounds.
Head Coach Phil Garver was tougher for Brunson. He took a
tickled to death. “She came out pounding from tough competitors
and played a really good game,” in his weight class that featured
two All-Americans.
he said.
A lot has changed for Brun
Garver also had words of praise
for Kelli Brown. “Kelli deserves son this season. This year he has
the medal of honor, playing with beaten the wrestler from Alaska
that bad ankle...she hurt it earlier Pacific University that placed
in the week and along with Alicia fourth in the nation last year. He
(Stephenson) coming down with lost to that same wrestler five times
the flu it made it hard for us to last year.
“My confidence has increased
practice with two starters miss
this year,” Brunson said. He wanted
ing,” Garver remarked.
Linn-Bentoa’s coach Diane to win and to go to the nationals
Prince was understandably disap with the security of knowing that
pointed. “In the second half we he wrestled well all season.
Other than wrestling, Brun
didn’t come out doing the things
that got us the lead,” she said. “It son enjoys sports like football and
was a game that could have been baseball. He liked the competi
ours if we had played to our po
tential.”
Roadrunner star Michelle
Derry, who has been a thorn in the
Cougars’ side all season, com
mented, “We just let down and
didn’t play as a team.”
at the buzzer which would have
tied the game.
Umpqua’s coach Cy Perkins
was shellshocked. “I thought
Clackamas played an outstand
ing second half,” he said. “We
couldn’t control JJ. and Alicia
was tough inside for them.”
Pam Pember led a balanced
Cougar attack with 18 points and
10 boards, and Alicia Stephen
son conributed 17 points and 10
rebounds. The win was their
seventh in a row.
Clackamas
will
face
Wenatchee (Washington) in the
first round of the NWAACC
championships Thursday in Skagit
Valley.
tion in intermural football last
fall.
Brunson, a sophomore, is
studying physical education. His
future plans are to transfer to
Portland State University next year.
He will continue to wrestle there
and pursue his degree.
“Coach Norm Berney has
influenced me individually, as well
as the team this year,” said Brun
son. “The team has really pulled
together this-scason,” he remarked,
adding that Berney has him moti
vated this season.
"Coach Norm Berney
has influenced me in
dividually, as well as
the team this year."
With the help of teammates
Joel Suprenant and Ian Pitzman,
Brunson has vastly improved this
season. “Ian and Joel really make
me work hard in practice. Joel
really gets me pumped up before
my matches,” said Brunson.
Brunson ended a very suc
cessful season by placing fifth in
the nationals held in Chicago, Illi
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