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February 5,1992 Men's basketball team takes over third place with 16-6 record By Greg Tully Staff Writer The men’s basketball team went 1-1 this week, giving them arecord of 16-6, 5-3 within their confer ence, good for third place in the conference with six games to go. Coach Royce Kiser still be lieves there is time for his team to take the conference title, but it will take a more consistent effort from his youthful team. “This is the best conference in the Northwest, no question about it,” Kiser said. “But we still have a chance; I believe we can beat Chemeketa and Umpqua. “We’re getting better, but we need to tone it down and play better defense. We need to stop getting ourselves into a hole and then trying to dig ourselves out of iL” The Clackamas team lost Wednesday to Chemeketa 114-87 after the team’s only sophomore, Glen Kiser, was lost early with a back spasm. Guard Joey Bias led theCCC team with 19 points, while Brian Peterson was the leading rebounder, with 12. Daniel Conover had 8 assists, and Jeff Lauritzen had 14 points and 9 rebounds. On Saturday, the team re bounded with an 80-62 victory over Linn-Benton. Glen Kiser, Brian Peterson and Brent Goodman each had 15 points. Peterson also grabbed 9 rebounds and had 5 assists. Goodman had 7 assists and 4 re bounds, and Dan Conover had 7 assists. “That was a great game for us, because we got our defense back,” Coach Kiser said. “Consistent de fense wins games. We had a real good second half, we were up by two at the half and really just took off in the second.” This week, theCCC team takes on two teams that they lost to ear lier. Wednesday, they take on Port land CC, who won the first meeting photo by Vrvhn Joh n »on 124-82. Saturday, they take on Lane Two Clackamas wrestlers grapple during a practice session yesterday. Practice sessions CC. show the skills of the wrestlers, but the actual matches between schools are "superior and “Maybe we’ll get better in the more realistic." second half of the season,” Kiser said. “We have a lot of good kids that just need to get a little more consistent” Wrestlers head to Regionals Cougars place high in last tournament Last Saturday; the Cougar wrestling team took third place in the Washington State Collegiate Championships with 19 team points. Simon Fraser University of Vancouver, B.C. and Pacific Uni versity finished first (23 points) and second (21 points) respectively. The Cougars had two wres tlers take first in their weight classes. David Grieve won the 167 lb. class and Travis Bonneau took the 158 lb. class. Two second place finishers for the Cougars were Blake Tompkins at 134 and David Evans at 142. In Evans’ final match, he was up against Jr an Melling of Simon Fraser University. Melling. is a contender for the Canadian Olym pic team. Evans lost this match by a score of 9-8 and might have won if Melling wouldn’t have escaped a maneuver in the last thirty seconds of the match. The Cougars also had two wrestlers place third in their weight classes: Kelly Reichner at 177 and Brian Kiley at 190. “The whole team wrestled well in this tournament,” commented Coach Jim Jackson. “With this tournament we showed that we are really close to peaking for the regional and na tional tournaments. Our technique is starting to be at its highest point, and our mental game is beginning to show.” “We have been beating gcod teams lately and when we lose we are losing in close matches to good wrestlers. Such as Evans’ match in the finals.” said Jackson. The wrestlers next take on the team from Lower Columbia at home in the Randall Gym this Friday at 7 p.m. They then travel on to High- line Saturday to compete in their last dual meet of the season. PROFILE LaunaMeck Intramurals enter crucial stage by Daphne Hartt Staff Writer As the intramural basketball program proceeds into its 10th and 11th games tomorrow, it becomes vital for certain teams to win. If teams such as the Masons and the Hackers do not obtain another win, photo by David VanKeuran Coach Royce Kiser instructs one of his players after a practice they will be eliminated from the last week. whole tournament. The Masons face the Jerks and the Hackers play the Orangemen tomorrow at 12:30 pun. Last week, the Orangemen suffered a 79-65 loss to the Hops CCC's Polar Bear Run was a giant success. There were 110 partici and Barley Boys. That leaves the pants, while only about 30 were expected. Orangemen with a 1-1 record, and Men's Division finalists in the 5K run were Benny Clapp of Glad the Hops and Barley Boys with a 1 - stone; Christopher Seward of Portland; Lonnie McDonald of Oregon 0 record. Troy Merrill, Fred Fell City; Eric Hartman of Portland; Roger Tanasonis of Portland; Alan and Gabe Harris led the Hops and Beck of Heppner, and John Kaston of McMinnville. The 5K women's Barley Boys to victory with their division finalists were Jackie Mathis of Oregon City; April McCool of consistent shooting, while Greg Milwaukie; Lisa Kamopp of Portland; Susie Fay of Oregon City; Janie Grace came away with the most Blackman of Molalla; and Joan Brannan of Milwaukie. rebounds. Division finalists in the two mile run/walk were Brandon Hill of Grace feels that their toughest Tigard; Cheryl Beaudoin of Tigard; Jessica Beauloin of Tigard; Mike game will be against Air Imua. He Seymore of Gladstone; Mark Turner of Portland; Vonette Turner of also comments,” Even though it Portland; Karen Beaudoin of Tigard; Vai Hugger of Oregon City; and Peggy Seitzinger of Tigard. SPORTS BRIEFS Large turnout for Polar Bear Run was our first game, we got a good idea of what the competition will be like.” Eric Nielsen, also of the Hops and Barley Boys, adds, “One of our main rules is to take it one game at a time. We’re not looking past any teams.” Last Thursday, Air Imua, which mostly consists of track and cross country members, crushed Team # 1 by a final score of 94-37. Jay Gentry, a strong shooter for Air Imua, feels that their quick defense was their strength. Steals and re bounds, along with the shooting of Curtis Aaryan and Gentry were the determining factors of the game. Also last week, the Ding-a- lings beat the Masons in overtime, with an ending score of 43-41, and the Regulators defeated the Jerks. This week, the top three teams are Air Imua,The Hopsand Barley Boys and the Regulators. Position: Forward/Guard Year: Sophomore Favorite NBA team: Chicago Bulls Do you plan to continue your basketball career? Yes, I would like to play for the University of Oklahoma. What’s your major? General Studies The next run sponsored by CCC will be the "Fourth Annual Hare and Tortoise 5K Road Run" on April 26,1992. Registration forms will be available in March. For further information, call exL 2211. NEXT WEEK Softball Hitting Clinic scheduled A special section for readers of The Print The women's softball team is sponsoring a "Softball Hitting Clinic," which will take place Feb. 15 and 16 from 9 a.m. to5p.m.The clinic is open to girls who are 13 to 18 years old. The basic fundamen tals of bunting, slapping and hitting will all be covered. Each partici pant will then review a viedeotape of their work with a coach or a player. The fee is $25 with the clinic t-shirt or $ 15 without. To register, call ext. 2211. submitted by Melina Fraela Including a list of tips for people attending their first Trailblazer game. Also, an inside look at what the press has to go through at a major sporting event.
