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8 The Clackamas Print Wednesday, January 31,1996 Sports Men's team beats Portland and Lane on road Clackamas' Jawanza Hadley scores 18 against Lane, and 23 versus Portland Jesse Sowa Sports Editor photo by Jesse Sowa Clackamas post Jay Lassen goes to the hoop for a lay-in during a practice drill last week. The Clackamas Men’s Bas ketball team improved to 7-1 in Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges' (NWAACC) Southern Region play with critical road wins against Portland Community Col lege and Lane CC. The Cougars (19-4) remain in second place in the Southern Region behind Chemeketa, which is ranked number one in the Northwest with a 19-3 record. Clackamas is currently ranked number five in the NWAACC. The Cougars travel to Chemeketa next Wednesday. Also in the poll, Yakima Val ley is second, Shoreline third, Clark fourth, Lower Columbia fifth, Big Bend sixth and Skagit Valley eighth. The Cougars beat Lane CC in Eugene, 77-72, on Monday af ter the game was postponed on Saturday night because of the weather. Lane, the third place team in the Southern Region, dropped from 4-3 to 4-4 in league play with the loss, which gives Clackamas a three-game lead over the Titans. Against Lane, the Cougars didn’t play well, but it was good enough to win. Clackamas shot over sixty percent in the first half, but dropped below thirty percent in the second half and held on for the win. Clackamas Head Coach Royce Kiser mentioned that his team played poorly on offense in the second half, but made up for it with strong play on defense. “We played real good defense in the second half,” Kiser said. But Kiser pointed to the fact that the Cougars still have some work to do on offense. “We’re not ex ecuting as well as we should,” he added. “I think it’s the mark of a good team when you win when you play bad,” Kiser said of his team. Hadley led Clackamas in scoring with 18, Peason added 14 points and Valley 12. Lassen scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The Cougars traveled to Port land on Jan. 24 and defeated the host Panthers 102-88. Clackamas was led in scor ing by Lassen, who scored 26, and Hadley, who added 23. Pearson scores 10 for the Cougars. Clackamas travels to Gresham tonight to take on Mt. Hood CC. The Cougars will host Umpqua CC on Saturday night in Randall Hall. Both contests begin at 8 p.m. Wrestlers prepare for regionals with strong tourney showing Andrew Beck Staff Writer The Clackamas Community College Cougars Wrestling Team had several wrestlers place last Saturday, at the Central Washing ton Open Tournament. The Cougars are preparing to compete at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 18 Champion ships in Rexburg, Idaho on Feb ruary 9. “We've pretty much had a champion at every tournament we’ve been to. This tournament (Central Washington) we didn’t have an individual champion, but as a whole, we wrestled better than we’ve wrestled all year,” said Cougars Head Coach Mike Haluska. The Cougars had seven wrestlers place in the Central Washington Tournament led by Leo Sandoval (heavyweight) in second place. Corey Kaywood (134) and Jamie Dixon (177) fin ished third, while Glen Garrison (142) and Lonnie Eggert (158) placed fourth. The other wrestlers who placed were Chris Frisbie (118) and David Johnson (158), who took fifth. Clackamas had their final home match of the season last Thursday, against Yakima CC and Clark College. The Cougars defeated Yakima handily 24-16 in a dual match and wrestled exhibition matches against Clark, a team in their first year of competition. “Right now up until this point we’ve got a couple weeks to fine tune things (for the Regional Championships),” said Haluska. “I think we’ve got five people that I’m really expecting to place in the top five at the national tour nament, there are also 10 to 12 wrestlers that are potential All- Americans it depends on what they do to prepare themselves. The Cougars last regular sea son match will be a dual match with Clark at 7:30 p.m. in Vancouver. On Feb. 9, Clacka mas will compete in the National Junior College Athletic Associa tion Region 18 Championships at Rexburg, Idaho. The top three placers in that tournament go to the national tournament in Bis marck, North Dakota on Feb 23- 24. . ....................................................................................................................... . .............. nnuu.u.................... -.... The 1996 Clackamas Community College Wrestling Team Cowboys continue NFC dominance Jesse Sowa Sports Editor This year’s Super Bowl was not the Super Bore as in years past, but the result was the same. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 on Sun day to add to the domination by the National Football Conference (NFC) in the Super Bowl. Dallas won it’s third Super Bowl in four years. It also marked the twelfth straight National Foot ball League title game won by the NFC and the fourteenth in the last 15 years. The last victory by the American Football Conference (AFC) was in 1984 when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins, 38-9. Dallas joined the San Fran cisco 49ers as the only team to win the five Super Bowls. But really, it was the Steelers that beat themselves. Pittsburgh quarterback Neil O’Donnell threw two passes directly at Dal las cornerback Larry Brown, who intercepted both and set up two decisive touchdowns by the Cow boys. The victory by Dallas was the fifth in six years by the NFC East Division. The N.Y. Giants won in 1991, Washington in 1992, and Dallas in 1992 and 1993. Of the 17 wins by the NFC since 1970 when the two conferences were formed, 10 have come from the NFC East. Several different reasons have been given as to why the NFC continues to win the Super Bowl year in and year out. Some think it's that the NFC plays a rougher, more physical game. In most cases over the last 12 years, the NFC has been the aggressor. Others say that the NFC has more talent. This is also a possi bility considering that the AFC has bad luck in drafting players. 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