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Sports
The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, November 1,1995
Volleyball ready for playoffs
after strong tournament play
Andrew S. Beck
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Community
College Volleyball Team prepared
for the regional playoffs next
week with a fourth place finish in
the Mt. Hood Halloween Classic.
The Cougars are one win
away from clinching a tie for first
place with Mt. Hood in the North
west Athletic Association of Com
munity Colleges (NWAACC)
Southern Region.
The Cougars have an overall
record of 42-6, and a 10-1 record
in regional play. A win against
Chemeketa CC today in Salem
will set up a one-game tie-breaker
match between Clackamas and
Mount Hood at Chemeketa Nov.
10 at 7 p.m.
“We have played very good
the last two weeks," said Clacka
mas Head Coach Kathie Woods.
"We are minimizing errors and
that concept will help us in crunch
time.”
At the Mt. Hood tourney on
Friday and Saturday, Clackamas
won their first three matches of
round robin pool play and ad
vanced to bracket tournament
play. Clackamas then defeated
Green River CC in the first round
15-3, 15-9.
The Cougars then lost a cru
cial match in the second round of
matches to Mt. Hood, who went
on to win the tournament. The
Saints won the first game, 15-7,
and Clackamas bounced back to
take the second game, 16-14. But,
Mt Hood won a long, grueling
third game, 19-17, to take the
match.
In the consolation match for
third place in the tournament,
Clackamas lost in two straight
games to Columbia Basin CC by
scores of 15-9 and 15-12. Clacka
mas took a respectable fourth
place in the tournament out of six
teen teams with the Cougars'
Melanie Sharp taking all-touma-
ment honors.
“In the tournament, middle
hitter Misti-Kae Filley developed
her middle blocking role," Woods
said. "Melanie Sharp played a
consistent game as did defensive
specialist Christine Younglove."
Partially as a result of their
performance at the Mt. Hood tour
nament, Misti-Kae Filley was
named Cougar Player of the Week
and Christine Younglove was
chosen as the NWAACC South
ern Division Defensive Player of
the Week.
Besides the Mt. Hood tour
nament, the Cougars beat Linn-
Benton CC in Albany last
Wednesday for their tenth league
win. Clackamas defeated Linn-
Benton by a wide margin in three
straight games, with scores of 15-
4, 15-6 and 15-4.
“We are excited about where
we are sitting, and we don’t think
there are any obstacles in our way
to get to the NWAACC champi
onships,” said Casie Ireland, a
Cougar player and team co- cap
tain. “We have a great coach.”
The statistical leaders in the
Linn-Benton match were Melanie
Sharp, who led the team with 16
kills and 14 digs, Jennifer Walters
with 3 solo blocks, and Christine
Younglove with 13 digs.
“Clackamas is for real,” said
Walters, also a team co-captain.
Following tonight's match in
Salem, Clackamas will participate
in the Shoreline Crossover Tour
nament in Seattle this weekend.
photo by Josh Kehler
The CougarVolleyball team practices for its regular season
ending match tonight in Salem versus Chemeketa.
Western Conference title open to team that steps up
Jesse Sowa
Sports Editor
The National Basketball As
sociation season begins on Friday
with a number of teams unsure of
what their year holds in store for
them. The NBA title is up for
grabs this year with free agency
creating mediocrity throughout
the league.
A run-down of the teams in
the Western Conference will
present an overall preview of this
year’s scramble for the conference
berth in the NBA Finals.
14. Vancouver could quite
possibly turn out to be the worst
team in league history. The Griz
zlies will be lucky to win 10
games, with the only bright spots
being Bryant Reeves, Gerald
Wilkins, Blue Edwards, and pos
sibly Benoit Benjamin.
13. The Los Angeles Clip
pers will most likely be scraping
the bottom of the barrel this year
for victories. The Clippers have
no stars to lead the way and will
have to depend on Loy Vaught
and Pooh Richardson for their
scoring.
12. Minnesota has the tools
to be a good team, but they
haven’t figured out how to use
them correctly yet. The
Timberwolves, with the addition
of Kevin Garnett, are a better
team than last year, but still not
good enough to challenge for a
playoff spot.
11. Denver is a team that
seems to be going nowhere. The
Nuggets will benefit from draft
ing Antonio McDyess. A limited
amount of scoring inside is what’s
really hurting Denver.
10. Sacramento is a team on
the move. The Kings could move
into the playoff race if Brian Grant
emerges this year as the star he
will soon be. Sacramento will
need more production out of their
guards if they plan to be success
ful.
9. Portland is a team that will
be very average this year. Only if
the front line comes up big will
the Trail Blazers make their way
to the playoffs. Rod Strickland
will put up his usual 19 points and
nine assists, but Chris Dudley,
Arvidas Sabonis and Cliff
Robinson have to be productive
to keep Portland above .500.
8. Utah can seem to do no
better than the second round of
the playoffs each year. The Jazz
made no moves to improve their
team, which means you won’t see
Utah make any kind of run for the
Finals in the near future.
7. Phoenix is projected by
many to make their move this year
and make it to the Finals, but it
seems as though this happens ev
ery year. The loss of Dan Majerle
will hurt the Suns more than they
expected. Danny Manning should
step up big after a year off, but
Charles Barkley and Kevin
Johnson won’t be able to hold up
the offense by themselves.
6. Golden State has its best
team in a long time and will sur
prise a lot of people with a good
year. Latrell Sprewell and tim
Hardaway will put up big num
bers, while Chris Mullin and Joe
Smith should make the Warriors
a very tough team to beat.
5. Seattle is another team that
looks to be going nowhere after
making no acquisitions in order
to get past the first round. The
Sonics will still be better than
most, but experience and depth
will hurt Seattle when May rolls
around.
4. The Los Angeles Lakers
will have their best year since the
years of Showtime and Magic
Johnson. Nick Van Exel is only
getting better, while Vlade Divac
has become one of the best shoot
ing centers in the league. Cedric
Ceballos and Tony Smith have
made this team a top contender
in the Western Conference. The
Lakers are back and could make
a run for the finals with a good
season.
3. Dallas, with Jimmy Jack-
son and Jamal Mashburn both
healthy, will challenge Houston in
the Midwest Division. Cherokee
Parks brings a lot of skills and
can
enthusiasm to a team that is al
ready bursting at the seams with
talent. Jason Kidd is spectacu
lar with the ball and could take
this team to the Finals if every
one stays healthy.
2. San Antonio has all the
reasons to be an excellent team.
David Robinson has risen to great
heights as of late. Avery Johnson
has developed into a very capable
point guard in the past few years.
The loss of Dennis Rodman will
not hurt this team. Sean Elliott
and Chuck Person fill the void of
Rodman inside. Doc Rivers and
Vinny Del Negro give the Spurs
a decent guard rotation.
1. No team in the Western
Conferece has the skills to match
up with the guns of the Houston
Rockets. Clyde Drexler made this
team even better than they were.
Hakeem Olajuwon is the league's
best center, while Sam Cassel has
become an excellent shooter and
a good passer. When June comes
around, Houston will likely be the
only team left standing.
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