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8 Sports The Clackamas Print Wednesday, January 17,1996 Men's team perfect in league with road wins over Umpqua, SWOCC; prepares for #1 Chemeketa Jesse Sowa Sports Editor The Clackamas Community College Men’s Basketball team improved to 4-0 in league play with an 89-88 overtime win against Southwestern Oregon Community College (SWOCC) in Coos Bay on Saturday. The road victory kept the Cougars in a first-place tie with Chemeketa CC in the Northwest Athletic Association of Commu nity Colleges (NWAACC) South ern Region. Clackamas will host Chemeketa tonight, and Linn- Benton on Saturday. Both games begin at 8 p.m. Against SWOCC, the Cou gars were led by second-year post Jawanza Hadley, who scored 29 points, including eight of eight from the free throw line. Jay Lassen added 18 points on seven of eight from the field, while Aaron Pearson had 12. Clackamas defeated Umpqua CC, 92-65, in Roseburg on Jan. 10. Hadley led the Cougars with 15 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Lassen scored 18 points on 8-10 shooting. Pearson added 14 points, in cluding four of five behind the three-point stripe. He also dished out seven assists. The Cougars led 36-25 at halftime and cruised to an easy victory. For the game, Clackamas shot 43 percent from the field and 76 percent at the free throw line. Clackamas began league play with impressive home wins against Lane CC and Mt. Hood CC. The Cougars defeated all three of its opponents in the Clackamas-hosted Cougar Invita tional Dec. 28-30. Clackamas beat the Willamette University junior varsity squa<i92-74, West ern Baptist junior varsity 108-78 and BlqqMountain CC 101-71. The tournament was not in a bracketed form as in the past, but in, a round-robin sequence. Against Willamette, the Cou-j gars held a 41-28 advantage at .halftime-and cruised-to the easy victory. Leif Spencer had 29 pojijts,: nine rebounds and six! steals for Qlackqmas. Lassen added 15 points and nine re-; "bounds..'XX— ' -' X Spencer also scored 29 against Western Baptist, and added nine rebounds and five as sists. Hadley added 18 points and nine rebounds. Clackamas outrebounded Western Baptist 52-20. The Cou gars dished out 34 assists to just six for Western Baptist. Clacka mas was also credited with 19 steals. Spencer, Hadley and Lassen were chosen as all-tournament se lections by the coaches. ClaMiMAda ©Skis, K2’s, SLC, 195ems, $179.95, OBO (REI same $420). Bunk bed set, solid oak, heavy duty springs, some bedding,$149.95. Contact George at 657-9031. © Why waste time typing your college paper? Quality Word Processing and editing are just a phone call away. U of O graduate in English will help for $2.00 per page. Call Jenn at 557-3045. © For Sale: Handmade dreamcatchers of almost any size. This includes dreamcatcher earrings. Beaded and loomed jewelry is also available. Contact Cori at 657-4367 or at 657-6958 ext. 2578. © Help Wanted: Nursing professional, LPN or RN, to do home health for 9-yr-old child, trach, shunt,and JT weekends + backup. 653-5458. OPGD mSGTIDG Environmentally Conscious? CCC Environmental Committee will work on: - The Bottle Bill Campaign - Recycling on Campus ~ Americorp Projects ~ ELC Rehab ~ Spring Environmental Week Everyone is welcome to participate in this general interest meeting, TODAY!!!! Come as you can between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. LOCATION: CC127 Pizza and lemonade will be served complimentary. For more information, contact Ken Eshelman at ext. 2245 The Cougars went 2-1 in the Crossover Tournament at South Puget Sound CC in Olympia Dec. 15-17. Clackamas beat Everett and Tacoma, before falling to Shoreline. Clackamas defeated Everett, last year’s rúnner-up at the North west Tournament, 84-73. The Cougars led by 10 at the break, but both teams struggled from the field in the second half and fin ished with 38 percent shooting. Clackamas won the game with rebounding, dominatihg Everett 53-34X Xi« Lassen had 28 points and 15 rebounds for the Cougars, while Spencer added'-20 points and six rebounds. Clackamas edges Tacoma 77- 74 after hóldirig a big halftime lead at 41-29. In the second half, the Cougars shot just 38 percent from the field and 56 percent at the free throw line, allowing Tacoma to get back into the game. Tacoma had 12 turnovers, compared to 20 by Clackamas. Although, the Cougars again had more assists than their opponent, this time 20-14. Pearson led Clackamas with 22 points, including three of five behind the three-point line. Kenny Walker added 13 points, five assists and three steals. The Cougars played well against Shoreline, but not good photo by Jesse Sowa Clackamas post Ryan Valley shoots for two against Mt. Hood on Jan. 3. The Cougars are undefeated in league. enough to win as Clackamas fell 96-85. The Cougars shot 52 per cent from the field (28-54) for the game and 82 percent at the foul line (18-22). Clackamas had an exceptional first half and led 53- 40 at the break. Shoreline domi nated the second half, outscoring the Cougars 56-32. After shoot ing 68 percent during the first 20 minutes, Clackamas shot just 38 percent in the second half. Hadley led the Cougars with 26 points and six rebounds. Pearson had 17 points and five assists. Wrestlers lose duals at home Jesse Sowa Sports Editor The Clackamas Wrestling team has continued to show Coach Mike Haluska that it wants to still be competing when the national competition is held Feb. 23-24 in Bismarck, North Dakota. Continued improvement by the Cougars has played a major part in their success this season. "I think we'll be ready for regionals and nationals," Haluska said. The Region 18 Champion ships will be held Feb. 10 at Moses Lake, Washington. Clackamas faced the num ber-one ranked team in the nation in North Idaho on Friday night at home and the score proved North Idaho's lofty ranking. Clackamas was defeated 36-6. "We had some pretty close matches with them," Haluska said. "We lost four matches that we could have won. We just didn't have a good dual." The Cougars then fell to Pa cific Lutheran University (PLU) in a second dual meet, 25-23. Haluska allowed several inexpe rienced wrestlers to compete since the dual was not one that Clacka mas felt they needed to win. Against North Idaho, Corey Kay wood (134 lbs.) scored the only points for Clackamas with a pin of his opponent. Clackamas hosted an open tournament and did well consid ering the competition. Ten wres tlers from both Oregon and Or egon State competed. Kaywood took second, Glen Garrison (142) placed third and Leo Sandoval (heavyweight) was also third. "I'm really happy with the way we wrestled on Saturday," Haluska said. On Jan. 6, the Cougars com peted in the PLU Open Meet in Tacoma. Kaywood (134) placed fifth and Lonnie Eggert (167) sixth. “We wrestled real well in that tournament,” Haluska said. He also said that the competition was the toughest Clackamas has faced in three years. On Jan. 5 at Highline CC, Clackamas lost to Ricks College, the number four junior college team in the nation, 28-13.' The Cougars then beat Colo rado Northwestern, the number 18 team, 28-21, also at Highline. Clackamas faced North Idaho in a dual at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on Dec. 15. and didn’t ex actly have its best match of the year. The Cougars lost every matchup and fell 44 to negative two. Clackamas lost two points when Haluska was thrown out of the gym for arguing a call. Clackamas travels to Port land State on Saturday for a tour nament with some of the best teams in the Northwest. Thé final home meet for the Cougars will be Jan. 25 in a four way meet with Highline, Yakima Valley and Clark. ___ .. ..................... photo byTarah Nimz Clackamas lost both wrestling duals on Friday night.
