Cougars wrestle to tourney victoi
By Randy Frank
Staff Writer
Clackamas Community College wrestlers
were awesome last weekend as they com­
pletely dominated the Clackamas Invitation­
al Tournament, considered the most critical
stretch in the Cougars' quest for the na­
tional championship. Cougar wrestlers ran
away from a strong, 15-team field in the
Randall gym last Saturday night.
During the week of Jan. 14 to 22, the
Cougars wrestled in four dual meets, win­
ning all four, as they outscored their oppo­
nents by an incredible 147-41.
The week was highlighted by individual
performances by Steve Morris, Paul Schwehn,
Tom Ziegle, Ken Lumsden, Wayne Snoder­
ly, Joe Davis and Rich Holliman.
Morris, the Cougars' number one man at
150, showed why many consider him to be
one of the top wrestlers in the nation. He
compiled some impressive and crucial vic­
tories en route to a (6-0) mark for the week.
Schwehn, Clackamas' 118-pounder, set
the tune for the Cougars' rout over Ump­
qua a week ago last Friday. He pinned Bill
Anderson that he had beaten only a week
before by a score of 13 to 10.
Ziegle, Clackamas' 134-pound wrestler,
was a winner during the week as he wrestled
to an 8-0 mark, which included two superior
decisions and two pins.
Ken Lumsden, Clackamas' 126-pounder,
had a tough week as he compiled a 4 and
2 including one pin.
Davis, Clackamas' 177-pounder, showed
that he had no ill effects from an injury
which sidelined him for a portion of the
season. He won all six matches that he
entered. In the finals in the invitational, he
wrestled George Holland from Grays Harbor.
Holliman, Clackamas' super heavyweight,
put in one of the best performances of the
year against Grays Harbor last Friday night.
Trailing most of the match against Bill
Napiontek, Holliman gutted out a reversal
and a three-point near fall with just four
seconds remaining to win, 14-11.
Holliman also put in a fine tournament
as he took third place by beating Clarence
Wilson, Bower Mat Club, 6-2.
It was a team effort throughout the week
as the Cougars took charge against some of
the toughest opponents in the Northwest.
Umpqua, considered to be one of the
toughest community colleges in the North-
west, simply could not mount a
challenge as the fired up Cougarsi
but two matches for a 42 to 9 rout.
The following evening against Che-
the Cougars won all but one nt
routing the Salem school, 48 to 3.
Jan. 19, the Cougars barely got,
Multnomah Athletic Club, 24-20, in
freestyle dual meet.
Next came Grays Harbor last I
night, the only team to beat theQ
last year in dual competition andoni
strongest community colleges in th
of Washington.
The Cougars
blasted the Wash
school by the widest margin in the si
history, 33-9.
Led by Steve Morris and Richard
man, the Cougars dominated the meet
ning all but two matches.
Then came the Annual Clackamas
tational last Saturday. The tournamen
tured 16 of the toughest schools i
Northwest such as Columbia Basin Ct
last year's champion and near-losertol
Idaho, the number one school in there
Grays Harbor; University of Oregon
and most of the schools in our confet
league and the Washington conference,
"We're really going to have tom
heads in order to even have a shotsl
championship," said Cougar Coach I
Berney.
However, the week's pattern cb
very little as the Cougars literally rani
with the tournament by compiling al
score of 82%, almost 30 more points
the runner-up. Grays Harbor, with 55.
ACU-I tournament nears finals
The game room in Clackamas Community
College's community center was full of
activity this past week as the Association
of College Union-International (ACU-I) tour­
nament-got under way.
Foosball and pool highlight the interest
for the tournament. Eight doubles teams
are competing in foosball and over 35 men
are signed up in the pool competition.
Other individuals are participating in chess
and bowling.
Both the foosball and pool competition
are double elimination tournaments. The
winner of the pool tournament will receive
a trophy with certificates going to the top
three players.
Larry Freeman, who ran away with the
pool tournament held earlier this year, did
not sign up for competition. With the ab­
sence of Freeman, the tournament is up for
grabs, with Steve Haatia and Dave Wall as
favorites. Haatia and Wall finished second
and third respectively in the earlier tourna­
ment.
All competition will be completed by
the first week in February and the regional
tournament in Eugene will open competition
the following week.
So complete was the domination,
the Cougars won fourth place or highs
seven of the 10 weight classes. They
five wrestlers make the championshipfi
with three winners.
"It was a great overall team effort,"
Berney.
The tournament was highlighted by
appearance of Larry Owings, former NC
champion and the only man to everb
Olympic champion Dan Gable. Owingsp
sented the trophies at the meet.
Next competition will be against Sou
western Oregon Community College onl
day. On Saturday, the Cougars battleagi
Umpqua. Both are away meets. TheO
gars face North Idaho Feb. 5.
Teams slate wins
With their wins over Oregon Community
College Athletic Association (OCCAA) foes
Judson Baptist, and Umpqua Community
College last Saturday, Jan. 15, and Friday,
Jan. 21, the Clackamas Community College
men's basketball team boosted their hopes
for a conference title.
The Cougars fared well against two of
their toughest foes in the league and came
back in the second half of the game to beat
Umpqua Community College after being
down by four at the half. Southwestern
Community College barely edged by the
CCC team by two points when the two
clashed Saturday, Jan. 22.
Clackamas Community College women
roundballers nabbed two more wins during
the past week of play.
In their first home game of the season,
played Tuesday, Jan. 18, the CCC gals used
quick rebounding and aggressive defense
to down George Fox College, 64-38.
The Cougar gals' second win was ac­
complished against Pacific University last
Thursday, Jan. 20, in Forest Grove with a
score of 44-38.
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