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8 The Clackamas Print Wednesday, February 21,1996 Sports Women earn regional berth with tie-breaker win Jesse Sowa Sports Editor Clackamas Women’s Bas ketball Coach Karen Twain knows that her team has stepped up a notch this season, but she also realizes that their season- long goal has not been reached yet. On Monday night, the Cou gars moved one step closer to their goal of winning the North west Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Title with an 87-82 win over Chemeketa and a berth in the NWAACC Tournament scheduled for Feb. 29-March 2 at Clark College in Longview. Clackamas will compete in the NWAACC Tournament for the first time since 1990. In the Southern Region tie breaker game at Willamette Uni versity in Salem, Clackamas led by as many as 19 early in the second half, but had to hold on late for the win. The Cougars improved to 25-5 on the season. The two teams played evenly throughout the first five minutes, but Clackamas began to take control of the action with Lindsay Hatch nailing several medium-range jumpers while Photo by Jesse Sowa Melanie Sharp goes up for two against Chemeketa CC on Monday at Willamette University in Salem. posts Melanie Sharp and Clair Cox grabbed a majority of the re- bounds. Clackamas led 18-10 with 12:20 to go in the half after a fol low shot by Cox and took its big gest lead of the half at 25-12 fol lowing two foul shots apiece by Cox and Lindsey Vrtiska. The Cougars led 42-29 at halftime and scored eight of the first 10 points in the second half to take a commanding 50-31 lead. Clackamas still led by 12 (64- 52) with 11:45 remaining follow ing consecutive inside shots by Robin Barchus, but Chemeketa began to make a run. The Chiefs made four three-point shots over the next three minutes and cut the lead to seven. Chemeketa cut the margin to five with less than a minute to go, but Clackamas held on for the vic tory on free throws by Denise Haselwood and Vrtiska. “I don’t know what we would have done had we lost tonight,” Haselwood said. “But now I think we can go into NWAACCs with a full head of steam and take it all. We really can.” “We’ve worked really hard for it,” Hatch said. “I’ve been re ally focused for this game because I knew we had to have it and I really wanted to win. We have a good chance.” “We tried to get. up for this and we_did,” said Clackamas Coach Karen Twain. “I think we maintained it for the entire 40 minutes. Twain praised Hatch, who scored 23 points on 11 of 14 shots. “She was clutch,” Twain said. “She got open for a lot of shots because she hustled up and down the floor.” Twain helieves as the team does, that they can win the re gional title. “If we play like we did tonight, we can take it,” she said. Sharp added 20 points and 19 rebounds for the Cougars. Cox had 14 points and 11 rebounds. Clackamas easily defeated Portland CC at home on Wednes day and Linn-Benton CC in Al bany on Saturday. Clackamas will now play host to Southwestern Oregon CC (SWOCC) on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the league playoffs. Should the Cougars win, the winner of the Chemeketa-Umpqua game on Thursday would get the second NWAACC berth from the South ern Region. Clackamas will play at home again on Saturday if they defeat SWOCC. For SWOCC to reach the tournament, they would have to win on Thursday and again on Saturday, both on the road. Cougar Wrestlers prepare for national tournament Andrew Beck Staff Writer The Clackamas Community College Wrestling Team is pre paring for the most important match of their 1995 schedule, the NJCAA championships. Five CCC Wrestlers placed among the top three in their weight classes at the Region 18 Championships Feb. lO-ll and will compete in the NJCAA Championships. Corey Cay wood at 134 lbs. and Glenn Garrison (142) both took first place at the regionals. The other wrestlers competing in clude Lonnie Eggert (158), Jamie Dixson (177) and Leo Sandoval (275), who all placed third in their class at the regional champion ships. “One of my goals is to wrestle every match well because I took two years off after I graduated from high school in 1993,” Sandoval said. North Idaho College, Ricks College and Colorado Northwest ern CC are teams from Region 18 with hopes of winning the na tional title. North Idaho is ranked as the top team in the NJCAA go ing into the national tournament, while Ricks and Colorado North western are ranked in the top 20. “I think the team will do pretty good, in the top four of the nation,” Dixson said. “All five of us can be All-Americans if we wrestle our best. If we wrestle 100 percent.” “I think we’ve done really well,” Cougar Assistant Coach Dave Moore said. “I wish we could have done better at the re gional tournament and in a couple key weight classes. The guys go ing to the national tournament are going to do extremely well,” said Cougar Assistant Coach Dave Moore. The national tournament will be held this Friday and Saturday in Bismarck, North Dakota. Photo byTarah Nimz Qualifiers for the national tournament include (left to right): Glenn Garrison, Leo Sandoval, Lonnie Eggert, Jamie Dixson and Corey Caywood. Track team prepares for season Jesse Sowa Sports Editor The Clackamas Track teams completed their indoor season in the usual style: excellent placings and overall success. Clackamas Coach Mike Hodges is preparing his teams for another season of track records and championship titles. The Cougars travelled to Moscow, Idaho on Feb. 17 for the McDonald’s Invitational. Kristi Chamberlen placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 41-10. Chamberlen’s throw was a personal record (p.r.) and it placed her fifth on the all-time marks list at Clackamas. Jaime Fairchild was sixth in the mile in 5:39.77 seconds. Becky White had a p.r. at 800 meters in 2:43.8. Joel Knight was first in his 55-meter dash heat in 6.58 sec onds. Edward Lincoln was third in his 55m high hurdles heat in 8.13 seconds. Shawn Davis was fourth in the discus in 136-4 and won a heat of the 35-lb. weight throw with a toss of 43-11.75. He was also fourth in the shot put at 47-2. Marco Banks was second in his 400-meter heat in 51.43. He also won his 200m heat in 22.84 seconds. Jimmy Horne took sec ond in another 200m heat in 22.44. Home was third in the long jump in 20 feet, 8.5 inches. At the National Pole Vault Congress in Reno on Jan. 20, Bill Jones tied the indoor school record with a jump of 15-6. Jones also tied the fifth best all-time pole vault mark at Clackamas. Carl Crowe cleared 15-0 in the vault. Serrina Miller set a women’s school record in the pole vault with a 10-0 mark. At the Portland Invitational on Jan. 19, Home placed second in a 55m heat in 6.67 seconds. Melissa Abramson reached the 55m hurdles finals. She also ran the 300m dash in 45.7 seconds. Clackamas begins its outdoor schedule with a meet at the Uni versity of Washington in Seattle on March 2. THERE IS FUN FOR EVERYONE AT: SKI BALL ‘96 The Ultimate College and University Party Friday, March 1«, 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., at Ski Bowl. A $10 voucher will get you an entrance to the party, as well as a lift ticket good for all night!! ' © Live Band and DJ © Tug of War QSnow Volleyball £>Keg Toss Transportation available for only $3.00 Ski Rentals available for only $8.00 Snowboard Rentals available for only $16.00 Lessons available for only $10.00 Vouchers available in CC140 Question?? Call Bonita at ext. 2247
