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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.
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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
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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.
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photo byTarah Nimz
Clackamas lost both wrestling duals on Friday night.