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The Clackamas Print Page 3 SPORTS Wednesday, Nov. 16,1994 Cougars gear up for Cougar men remain NWAACC champs basketball season Burck and Fairchild are first to finish for Cougars V Laura Stahl, Ganine Moses and Angle Tucker, return to Clackamas to finish what they started last season By Jesse Sowa Home, freshman: “good agility” Staff Writer Angie Womack from Women’s Head Basketball McNary: “small post, great Coach Karen Twain sees a lot of rebounder” improvement in this year’s team Arzetta Johnson, sophomore over last. red shirt, team manager, played She also sees the potential at Mt.Hood last year, “excellent for her team to make a great im athlete” pact in the Southern Division in Denise Haselwood from the NWAACC. Centralia, freshman: “will play 1 “We’re improved over last or 2 position for us, already im year,” said Twain, “We have a proved a great deal, tough defen deep bench and more height.” sively” Twain says this about each of Rachel Ferguson from Wil her players: son, sophomore post: “tallest Ganine Moses from player on the team, one of our best Pendleton, sophomore point players” guard: “best passer in the league, Laura Stahl, sophomore good leader” guard/post: “great shooter, great Kelli Muir from South speed, one of the best players in Umpqua: “great shooter, good the conference” potential to be a star” Twain said that the team has Angie Tucker, sophomore: already made a goal of reaching “good work ethic, good the NWAACC Tournament at the rebounder” end of the year. She hopes to get Stephanie Kadell, sophomore some needed leadership from sec- point guard: “real intelligent ond-year players Stahl and Moses. player, good passer, shot has im Twain expects the toughest teams proved” in the southern division to be Leslie Knudsen, red shirt last Chemeketa, Mt. Hood and year: “real positive attitude, good Umpqua. shot” In order to make this season Mindi Loiodici, sophomore, a success, Twain believes that her played at George Fox last year: Cougars will need to practice hard “she can shoot the 3-pointer with everyday and stay injury-free. her eyes closed, tough defender” Clackamas will be aiming to Chelsea Becher, freshman: make themselves a force in the “great speed, perfect form on her league and show the rest of the shot” teams that they’ll have to step it Melanie Sharp from Sweet *up when they play the Cougars. By Jesse Sowa Staff Writer ■ ' „ •• ' ' The Clackamas Commu nity (^Uegeinen’s cross coun try team puiied out a huge vic- toryoyer0arkp^<Van^v^ points, followed by Clark CC ;{107)/Mt.Ho6dCC<i^tmie ner Jessie Richter (20:24) Sn* ishedfourth, followed by Jenni- fer'Turman'(2X:iO) twelfth? CC (2X1), Community Colleges of Spokane (232), and Lower Co : Becky White (21:11) thirteenth, lumbia CC (375), Clackamas has Rebecca Graham (21:45) won the combined title ft» six twenty-first, Annie Beltane consecutive years, but only two of : (22: i 6) tWehty-fburtb and Shan to winthe NWAACCMcetat •those years did the Cougars win non Henley (22:18) twenty Spokane FallsCottanufiity Col ?:ti0e^Wliii3i says a lot for thbcross. lege last Saturday. The Clark'tnen defeated the ■:<Othi^::p^MwL ’z • •• ;•; ’ , ; sixth. ' ' ' MThey did the best a$ we cmiidhave expected,’* Hodges Clackamas men by one point at ■$nd;pf the'women’s team that was fighting injury and illness for most of the season. Hodges :said that the' women tvete-ndt Ryan Biirck. was'the first lineto the S Ou them Regional Meet two s&ug^^^ weeksago. AccordmgtoHead ^aim's^tind place in the 8,000 Coach Mike Hodges/the men defeateda cockyCIark team that meter race, Burck wasclpcked m a time of 25 minutes; 27 secon ds; never shows tnbch respect for Lfe finished three seconds behrnd themselves orthcir opponents. In the rnen’s tace for the- team utle, Clackamas finished with. 29 points}. followed by the winner, Ernie Ammons of Clark CC. ' I ; >/ Brent Roeger (25:33) fin ished fourth overall,&&&Rowell ciarkcc Community tdttegesof,Spo (25:37) sixth, Will Haskins' (25:46) eighth} Brian kane (i 12), ■Buckingham' .(25:5ZX ninth, Jon: women were well prepared for Cox(^5:53)tehih and 1^) Sand their races, having been on the em (26:42) nineteenth;' , /course.andsfudied it nearly a / " MOdg&S month earlier whem they trav •;0bdramas men placed fotirfresh-: el^ toBpcdtaneft»lhcSppkaiie Highlme CC. (138)* and Lower Columbia CC. G92), The Clackamas meo;havewonihe NWAACC ihedast four years straight Hodges-was named, the Men’s Coach.bJthe Year after the conference;meei<.. The Mt Hood women eas ily won the tide with27 points. Clackamas placcdsecondwith 5X, trailed by Clark CC (75); Lane CC (99), Cdmmnmty Col mait in the top ten. “Jon Cox had by far his best race of the yearby al least one minute; and 15 sec«/ OndSi*? said (hai this is the (200). Jaime 'Fairchild of Clacka- % :m^)ytintheindividiial title in the' . i Clackamas.also won the - Hodges noted that -.the women have placed in the top three, at the NWAACC meetin eight of the last nine years. Bbt h • ;i lie: rneri • and /t he • Invitational. Both teams were ready for the awkward terrain, including having, to climb a flight of stairs twice; “It made us better prepared forthat course 'closest crpSs eqimtry team he has . :fahd. ihatrace "Hodges said. ; i^erfibdC‘They reaily,iruly area Hodges was really pleased .team,“ Hodges' said. This team., with the way things wentfihis; leges of Spcfeute.(120),Belleyue^ has a lotof character arid.cldsd^ (^(l76)}iow£S'Columbia CC -ji'- (183)3hd Skagit Wfey ashamed of how they did, but they might have been a lit de dis appointed . ' ' women’s 5000 meter. race1 m; a time of 19:35. ISecond-year om- ;^e:afc :He'said that there was never a hassle when hc asked his team to do anything, which made every thing go smoothly. •::i ;-T1u^ ikthe essence of eofc • lege athletics ” Hodges said/ Volleyball defensive specialist, Cara Halverson puts small school on map by Tina Guinn Editor-in-Chief What do you get when you combine a small Christian high school in a private sports league with a girl who was a walk-on for Cougar Volleyball tryouts? You get Cara Halverson, CCC student and volleyball player. Halverson, who graduated from Country Christian High School in 1993 with a class of 14, began her volleyball career when she was in the eighth grade at Molalla Grade School. She was a starter for the junior varsity team, and she sat on the bench for the varsity team. As a freshman at Country Christian, Halverson was a var sity starter, and her game has been going strong since. Halverson said that this year Country Chris tian joined the A division for sports leagues. Before that, they were in a private league. When Halverson graduated, she decided she was going to “get away from the grind. Usually, stu dents from Country Christian go on to Bible college. I was one of the only students to go on as an athlete,” Halverson said. “I wanted to do something different Walking on for tryouts was a shot in the dark. I was so nervous,” she added. That was two years ago. Halverson will finish up her vol leyball career in two weeks when the season is finished. “It has been fun. It’s been a lot of hard work, but it has been fun,” she said. Coming from a small-school environment, Halverson said there is no comparison between playing volleyball, for Country Christian and being part of Cou gar volleyball. In high school, Halverson said her coach taught the players to “stay alive by being aggressive. “In high school ball, you don’t put nearly as much time into it as you do when you play col lege ball. In college, you have to be totally dedicated. “Right now I work, but only one night a week because every thing else is school or volleyball,” she said. Halverson said this year’s team is “real deep, meaning there is strength in every position. Compared to last year, this year is so sharp, even in our preseason. This year we were undefeated in the preseason.” As defensive specialist, Halverson, who sports the num ber one on her jersey, said there’s no doubt the Cougars will make it to the NWAACC playoffs. “We proved ourselves by up setting Mt. Hood (Community College). We’re a come-back team. Even when we’re behind, we’re not afraid,” she said. Halverson felt good going into the final regular season tour nament last Thursday and Friday. “We’re going to come out strong. We want it more than anything. We’re going in chomping at the bit,” she said. Halverson’s positive attitude comes partly from the fact that the Cougars lost to both Southwest ern Oregon Community College and Umpqua Community College earlier this season, but she feels that knowledge only made the team stronger going into the fi nal regular season tournament. “We have an all-around group of girls. They are con stantly pushing to be better, push ing to be played,” Halverson said. The Cougars played South west Oregon Community College and Umpqua C.C. last week and walked away with one win and one loss. As for life off the court, Halverson leads a busy one. Her part-time job and her studies keep her time filled. Halverson is tak ing classes as a Spanish major. She said she is almost bilingual and has done some translating work in the past. Halverson would like to continue on in the translating field. However, her sport is her first love. “I look forward to maybe coaching at my old school. I’d like to bring back what I’ve learned. 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