SPORTS
THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
March 7,1990
Page 8
Injuries sidetrack Hobson from completing goals
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by Staci Beard
Sports Editor
For someone who has only
wrestled one year out of the last
five, Lance Hobson made a nice
comeback.
One of only two to qualify for
Nationals, Hobson placed second
at the NJCAA Region 18 Cham­
pionship. Hobson was ahead of
his opponent 5-0 in the finals but
Staci Beard
Pay for play
Big-time college basket­
ball and football is getting to
be a bit ridiculous. Every time
you turn around one of the
winning schools is either un­
der investigation, on proba­
tion, or getting off probation,
and a few are restarting pro­
grams after the “death pen­
alty”.
The schools just don’t
seem to be scared of an im­
pending investigation by the
NCAA. Of course if they are
found guilty, they will suffer a
pinch in the wallet due to not
had an injury default due to a
broken sternum suffered in
Regionals.
Even though unable to wrestle,
Hobson traveled to the Nationals
in North Dakota where he watched
the guy he was beating in Region­
als place fourth.
“It was real tough watching
the guy I was beating place fourth.
He was just points away from
placing higher,” explained Hob­
being able to be seen on tele­
vision. But by that time they
have made hundreds of thou­
sands of dollars and due to
their process, will not be un­
duly hurt in the recruiting
son, “It was tough.”
Coach Jim Jackson also felt
that Hobson had a real good chance
to place well in Nationals.
“Lance is a little bit older than
to a rib injury sustained in the
semis.
With the impairments, Hob­
son has wondered if he should
have done something different
“I sometimes wondered if I
didn’t work hard enough and that
if I had I wouldn’t have gotten
injured,” explained Hobson.
The last time Hobson was on
a mat was three years ago when he
competed for Pacific Universify,
but he had to quit to work full
time. He came backto the sport at
CCC while he still could be com­
petitive.
“The older you get, the less
chance to compete. I wanted to do
it while I had the chance to still be
competitive,” stated Hobson.
The individual aspect of the
sport also appeals to him.
“In football or baseball it is
the team that gets noticed. Indi­
viduals standout, but you go by
howthe team does. In wrestling, it
isyou against the other guys,” said
Hobson.
That doesn’t mean he rules
department.
What about the coaches
of these teams? The two most
frequent ways to lose your job
in coaching is to have a couple
the average junior college wres­
tler, and with that experience he
was better capable to work to­
out teams sports. This spring he
will be catching for the Cougar
ward those goals than a younger
student athlete. He came a long
baseball team.
Hobson will be returning to
of losing seasons or be asked
to resign for the good of the
school during an investigation.
(Note: the latter one resigns
while the former is fired.)
The ones that have win­
ning programs usually are able
to bounce back and find an­
other top job, while the ones
way this season and he knew he
had a long way to go. My belief is
that if he wasn’t injured that he
probably would have been in the
Clackamas next year to work on
his plans of a business education
degree and play another year of
baseball, but won’t be able to
participate in wrestling because
he has used up all his eligibility.
finals at Nationals,” stated Jackson.
Before Regionals Hobson
suffered another injury at the CCC
Invitational where he again had
to injury default in the finals due
He will wrestle in some open tour­
naments and help the team as an
assistant coach, a career he would
Hobson was only one oftwo Cougars to make Nationals. He was
unable to compete due to a broken sternum.
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like to continue.
Hobson also wants to keep
going in wrestling. Right now due
to NCAA rules he won’t be eli­
gible to wrestle at a NCAA school
but he is looking at NAIA schools.
“Next year while assisting the
team he will still be wrestling in
open tournaments and keep
moving forward in his wrestling.
If he uses the next year wisely, in
the next year or two he can be a
NAIA Champion. But most of his
emphasis will be on baseball.
Overall I think it will help his
intensify and dedication in wres­
tling for the following year.
In wrestling he found a per­
son who gave him a lot of help:
Coach Jackson.
“He is one of the best people
and best coaches I have been asso­
ciated with. He is great at moti­
vating. He knows whatyou can do
and helps you get there,” stated
Hobson.
that have ant honest program
the whole time find it much
harder to get another head
Basketball draws Hewlett back to CCC
coaching job.
I know that this isn’t a
new suggestion, but it is one I
have come td believe in lately:
by. Cameron C. Dickey
Staff Writer
Angela Hewlett, 21, star point
guard for the CCC Cougars’ girls
basketball team, is just one of the
many prize catches netted in the
International Student Program at
Clackamas Community College.
Originally from Sydney, Austra­
lia, she is making her mark in the
CCC athletic department.
paying college athletes some
sort of wagejor their perform­
ances. I have always felt that
athletes go to college because
one, they wfint an education
along with a place to play their
sportThe term "student ath­
lete" is becoming a joke with
few exceptions.
I don’t mow what else can
be done to cfaan up the sports,
a college b®®all team under
investigatkjrthe players that
“I was here (in the states) last
year and I knew then I wanted to
come back,” said Hewlett
Angela explained that schools
do not have competitive team
sports in Austral ia, but rather, they
are only available through organ­
ized clubs. So initially it was
Angela’s Australian basketball club
that brought her to the states for
competitions up and down the west
are good enough to be the ones
who get paid by thealumni are
already plaj^ng professional in
coast
“Coach Phil Garver asked me
if I would be interested in coming
some major league team’s form
backhere for school, and I already
knew I wanted to return (to the
unless the »tional Football
League ant®ational Basket­
ball Assoc®pn stops using
the colieged®farm teams and
pay for theirwwn talent pools
like basebaUffloes.
You t^B, if ever, hear of
system.
There ano need ?or lhem
to put up a hypocritical front
U.S.).”
Since her return to CCC,
Hewlett has become a key player
in this season for the Cougars.
Finishing first in the league, the
Cougars are boasting of their in­
ternational fortune in Angela
Hewlett Her name frequently dots
the sports pages of The Clacka­
mas Print with her high scoring
of being in. college for the
education,®en some of the
■ really star jfeyers are biding
their time until they can get
out and into the pros. Look at
the large number of juniors
who are giving up their last
year of eligibility to jump into
the NFL. d
and aggressive handling of the bas­
As I said before, I don’t
know what should be done but
something is definitely needed.
for December.
At home in Australia, they
are now in the last of their sum­
mer months. Her parents and
brother continue to live in Sydney,
while she did get a surprise visit
for her birthday in December.
Hewlett balanced out her athletic
personality with a description of
“The Opera House,” an acousti­
cally perfect dome that has been
the pride of the Sydney harbor for
years, where she has sung with her
school choir.
Hewlett plans to continue on
here, majoring in physical educa­
tion, and then moving to a Uni­
versity on the west coast. She adds,
“I want to pass on what I know to
others... but 1*11 always want to be
a player.”
DO.
OR
DIE.
Hewlett came back tu Clackamas from Sydney, Australia to
complete education and play basketball.
Photo JHH.n Port.r
Th is year
cardiovascular disease
will kill more Americans
than two world wars.
ketball. In fact, Hewlett was named
“Women’s Athlete of the Month”
w American Heart Association
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