Sports
Pg. 4 The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, November 17,1993
Cougar wrestling tourney raises cash for Nationals
by Anjanette Booth
Staff Writer
The wrestling team started
out the season with their annual
fundraising Take DownToumament
Nov. 6.
This open tournament in­
vited colleges such as Oregon State,
Pacific Lutheran, Yakima Valley,
Highline Community College, and
other Oregon colleges to wrestle with
the Clackamas Cougars. •
Clackamas fared well in
the tournament, taking first through
Goals are set for placing
high at the National
tournament.
- Head Wrestling
Coach, Mike Haluska
third in the heavyweight class. Jason
Marshall took first with Darin
Shelstad placing second and Nathan
Sullivan taking third.
Jake Whisenhunt also took first
in his weight class. Third place
positions were all received by Jamie
Dickson, Josh Whisenhunt and Dan
Punzell in their specific weight
Clackamas grapplers prepare during the week for a meet against Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma today. On Saturday,
the Cougars will be in the Yakima Valley open tournament.
classes.
“For this early in the sea­
son, I was happy with everyone that
wrestled,” said Head Coach Mike
Huluska. Unlike most competitive
sports, all duals and tournaments in
wrestling are considered practices
until the end of the year. “Alotofthe
kids worked on getting away from
their bad habits,” Huluska said about
wrestlers using the tournament as a
learning experience.
The Take Down Tourna­
ment was held as a fund-raising event
to send Cougar wrestlers to Regionals
and Nationals. The wrestling team
is the only athletic team at Clackamas
that is able to participate in Nation­
als. “Goals are set for placing high at
the National tournament,” Huluska
said.
All the wrestlers did their
part to make the Take Down Tourna­
ment run smoothly. Many wrestlers
helped with running clocks and ref­
ereeing when they were not compet­
ing.
The Cougars will have a
dual meet against Pacific Lutheran
College today in Tacoma. They will
also participate in the Yakima Val­
ley open tournament on Saturday.
Kiser’scutscomplete Women's b-ball young but talented
■ Coachespoll
picks CCC third
by Jason Hunter ;
Staff Writer
The
basketball
team hasmadcitS fil»! CUtS. Th&
team includes five sophomores and
seven freshmen,
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Scott Welland . :. 6’2”•.. 175
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Jade Jasper
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Jay Moore
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Matt Pitzel
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Last weekend -ùe'
coaches held a league meeting and
eameup with their league's predic­
tions. LaneCommunity College
was picked unanimously in the
poll, to
in first
Chçmëketa : Community College
wai pi¿¿ed to finish: seboiid;
was third, Mt. Hood Community
CriKegefowth,UmpquaConim-
nityCdlege fifth, Portland Com­
munity College fifth, Southwest­
ern Oregon Community College
sixth, and Linn Bentan:.Ccnmu-:::
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Ex-Cougar
update...
Former Cougar bas­
ketball player David Daniels
has furthered his basketball
experience. Daniels, who
graduatedfrom Clackamas two
years ago, and then went on to
Colorado Christian College for
two more years, had a try-out
with the Denver Nuggets of
the National Basketball Asso­
ciation.
He made it to the
final cut and then was let go.
Fortunately, the Continental
Basketball Association, a
smaller league which has had
several members make it to
the NBA, came calling. The
team from Rochester, Minn.,
“jumped” at the chance to sign
him.
While at Clackamas,
he was a two-time All-Leaguer.
In Colorado, he led his team to
the championship his senior
year and was rewarded as the
league ’ s Mos t Valu able Play er.
He was also named an All-
American basketball player.
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by Nate Clark
Staff Writer
The Clackamas women’s
basketball coach, Karen Twain, has
an optimistic view of the upcoming
season. She thinks the Lady Cougars
will do well due to hard work and
enthusiasm.
“They are a good group of
players and I think we have the right
combo to go far,” Twain said.
The Cougars have three
returning sophomores and nine fresh­
man, but, as Twain states, “they
were all stars on their high school
teams.”
Sophomores TeresaOlsen,
Janell Temple, and Kristie Preiskom
provide this young team with leader­
ship.
“Olsen (guard) is,’if not
the best,one of the bestin the league,”
Twain said. “She worked hard on
improving her quickness during the
summer and she can go to the hoop
on anybody.”
Temple (guard) is one of
the team leaders. Twain points out
her smart ball-handling and good
shooting will be keys to the team’s
success.
Preiskom (guard-post) is
a great defensive player who is very
fast, intense and has “extreme de­
sire,” according to coach Twain.
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This is Twain’s and assis­
tant coach Liz Gilluck’s first year at
Clackamas. Twain coached at
Tualatin High School last year and
Gilluck coached at Umatilla High.
Twain said they can do a
good job this year in a very competi­
tive league, with top competition
coming from Mt. Hood and
Chemeketa. Their chances are good
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’-Twain also sees another
advantage for the Cougars. “The
team gets along and plays as a team
on and off the court.” she said.
“I honestly think this year
will be a learning year because we
have so many freshman and a new
coaching staff,” Temple said. “We
should do pretty well in our league,
they (the coaches) recruited some
good talent and if we execute the
plays right, we should do pretty well
this year and next year.”
Clackamas plays Novem­
ber 26 and 27 in a four-team tourna­
ment athome, times to be announced.
photo by Chad Patteaon
Top row from left: Raquel Mariscal, Laurie Gulick, Angie
Tucker, Tanya Whlk, Karyn Berg, Laura Stah, Mlchella
Webber. Bottom row from left: Janell Temple, Theresa Olsen,
Stephanie Kadell, Ganine Moses, Kristie Preiskom.
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