Sports
Wednesday, December 8,1993
The Clac^pas Print Pg. 7
Cougar Tracksters 'never say die' under pressure
by Jesse Sowa
77ie Print Staff
They went in as the un
derdogs and came away with the
hardware. The Clackamas track
and field teams went into the
NWAACC Southern Regional
Track & Field Championships try
ing to remain respectable and
ended up with the regional titles
and a “never say die” attitude.
The men won a close
points race with Clark by a score
of 198-182, followed by Lane
(125), Mt. Hood (44), Chemeketa
(31), Blue Mt. (21), Southwestern
Oregon (20), Linn-Benton (19)
and Umpqua (7). The women took
a commanding lead on the first
day of the two-day meet and were
never challenged thereafter. They
scored 167 points followedby Lane
(132), Clark (114), Mt. Hood (85),
Chemeketa (55), Blue Mt (12),
Umpqua (12), Linn-Benton (9)
and Southwestern Oregon (1).
Head Coach Mike
Hodges was most impressed the
way his teams continued to com
pete at a peak level even when the
other teams put on the pressure.
“We were focused on getting the
job done and we got it done/This
was a total team effort.”
Evan Vuksich had the
biggest performance for the men,
setting personal records in both
the triple jump and long jump.
Vuksich took second in the long
jump (22’9") and first in the triple
jump (46’7"). Kris Long once
again won the shot put and the
hammer throw with tosses of
49’10-3/4" and 159’10". Craig
Connors won the pole vault with a
leap of 15’6".
Leo Sanders (9:30.8),
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(15:46.68), Hickey (15:47.24),
Kevin Bartholomae (15:49.55)
and Brian Buckingham (15:57.92)
took the third through seventh
places in the 5000. The men’s
second with Thompson setting a
personal record. Thompson beat
Clay in the 400M Hurdles, taking
second in a time of 55.25 while
Clay took third in 55.72 seconds.
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Keene scores 28 and Wendy Johnson puts the icing on the cake with 26.
Mike Hickey (9:36.1) and Brent
Roeger (9:52.3) grabbed second,
third and fourth places in the 3,000
Meter Steeplechase for the Cou
gars. Ryan Clay (15.2) and Mike
Thompson (15.3) took first and
Jason West (not Adam W.) placed
second in the 800 in a time of
1:54.78.
Dave Island won the jav
elin with a throw of207 feet. Jason
Mottaz (15:33.98), Sanders
1600 meter run placed second in a
time of 3:23.64.
The women were led by
Cindy Keene, Kristie Preiskom
and Wendy Johnson, who scored
28,27, and 26 points respectively.
Kami Sisk had another solid meet
for the Cougars, taking second in
the 100 meters, third in the 200,
fourth in the 100 meter hurdles
and a spot on the fourth-place 400
meter relay team. Skarberg came
through big with third place in the
discus (119’11") and a first-place
in the shot put (37’ 11").
Vickie Robbins broke her
own school record in the triple
jump with a first-place leap of
37’0". She also took third in the
long jump with a jump of 16’8".
The distance races proved to be a
strong area for the Clackamas
women. Johnson won the 1500,
Johnson and Keene took first and
second in the 3000, Keene won
the 5000, while Keene, Elizabeth
Ribbeck and Annie Boitano swept
the top three spots in the 10,000.
Five more spots were set
for the both themen and the women
for the NWAACC meet on May
26-27 at Lewis and Clark College
in Portland, bringing the final to
tal to 47 spots for the men and 37
for the women. As his teams pre
pare for the upcoming meet,
Hodges believes that they will be
just as focused as they were going
into the meet this last weekend.
Although there will be several
other teams added to the mix for
the conference title, Hodges still
believes that his teams have as
good a chance to win as any other
school.
77ie NBA's newest ring master^ Dennis Rodman
by Jeff Adams
Tfte Print Staff
During the past five
years, the NBA has turned into a
hero vs, villain act. Some of the
heroes being, of course, Magic,
Michael and Larry. The villains
being primarily the Bad Boy teams
of Detroit The leader of the bad
boys and most hated of the players
was Bill Laimbeer, but now
Laimbeer has gone the route of
Magic, Michael and Larry. So
who’s to step up and take his
place? Well this one is obvious; it
is former teammate and current
San Antonio Spur Dennis Rod
man. People love him and people
hate him, yet I am in the middle.
Rodman has won two
world titles with the Pistons. He
has been named defensive player
of the year, and he has led the
NBA in rebounding the last three
years. Some people say he is the
greatest rebounder of all-time. I
don’t know about that, but I will
admit that Dennis Rodman is a
“good” basketball player. If the
man would just go out and play
ball, and maybe put in some work
in the off-season, he would be
come a “great” player. Like I said,
I am in the middle of this whole
Dennis Rodman mess. Half of me
likes him arid half of me doesn’t.
Half likes the tenacious rebound
ing, attitude and winner-take-all
style of play. But then again, half
of me does not like the cheap
shots, tatoos, hair colors and total
disrespect for the league.
Rodman never ceases to
amaze me. During the regular sea
son, Rodman led the league in
technical fouls, ejections and fines.
His display during the Utah series
was totally uncalled for. His fla
grant forearms, undercut of Tom
Chambers and deliberate tripping
of John Stockton all go beyond the
limit of aggressive play. Those are
things that could injure someone
or even end a player’s career.
Those actions resulted in a one-
game suspension and a $10,000
fine. His one-game suspension
resulted in a 3Ó- point Jazz blow
out in game three, which shows
the importance of Rodman to the
Spurs. But the man needs to know
how far to push it. With all his
technical fouls and ejections, he
has almost hurt his team more
than helped it.
During the regular sea
son, NBA commissioner David
Stem had a one-on-one meeting
with Rodman. The meeting was
basically shape-up or ship-out.
This didn’t seem to affect the
worm. His play hasn’t changed
since the meeting. _ Maybe the
NBA does need to kick Rodman
out of the league. But for some
reason, I don’t feel that will affect
Rodman either. He’d probably
just go to Italy and play for $10
million a year Or something. No
body really knows Dennis Rod
man. And lets put it this way: he
has more friends than enemies. I
recently spoke with Houston Rock
ets player Earl Cureton, who used
to play with Rodman. He said that
he used to defend Dennis from his
critics, but with all of Rodman’s
actions of late, Cureton doesn’t
even bother anymore. In a recent
interview with Roy Firestone,
Rodman talked of his divorce and
the lack of time that he gets to
spend with his daughter, Alexis.
He spoke of all of this while liter
ally crying his eyes out. Now is
this the same man who threatened
to kick his coach’s butt? Nobody
really knows. Rodman has gone
through four different hair colors
this year, and has filled both his
arms with tatoos. And now there
are rumors that he is dating Ma-
donna. When asked by a reporter
about the Madonna situation, Rod
man replied,“Do you want toknow
if we’re sleeping together, or
what?” Maybe being around Ma
donna explains all the hair
changes. I’ll give you one thing
Cougar
Calendar
Cougar Baseball
Thursday, May 19 .
Chemeketa CC
(Home) 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 21
League Playoff Game
Time & Site TBA
Thursday, May 26-
Monday, May 30
NWAACC Championship
Tournament
Cougar Softball
Friday, May 20-
Saturday, May 21
NWAACC Championship
Tournament
12 p.m. Yakima Valley CC
Yakima, WA
Cougar Track & Field
Practicing for
NWAAC^Chamgionshm^
Dennis, at least you have good
taste in women.
When it comes right
down to it, Rodman is just another
act in David Stem’sbig circus that
we call the NBA. But if Rodman
abusivi
continues his reckless and abusive
play, the NBA does need to kick
him out. But that will never hap
pen because Dennis Rodman sells
tickets. Sorry sports fans, that is
what the NBA is all about.
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