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Wednesday, February 28,1996 /
Sports
Women’s team takes region’s #1 seed to tourney
Jesse Sowa
Sports Editor
The Clackamas Women’s
Basketball team will head to the
regional tournament with the
number one seed from the South
ern Region after defeating
Umpquai Community College at
home on Saturday, 90-77.
The Cougars defeated South
western Oregon CC (SWOCC),
80-70 on Thursday at home to set
up their game with Umpqua.
SWOCC scored the final 10
points of the game to make the
game seem closer than it actually
was.
Umpqua
defeated
Chemeketa, 88-65, on Thursday
night to knock the Chiefs out of
the playoffs. Chemeketa won last
year’s regional title.
Against Umpqua, Clackamas
struggled early with the
Timberwomen’s inside power, but
the Cougars eventually broke the
game open during the second half
as they were able to counter with
their own inside force.
Clackamas led 23-20 with
8:20 to go in the first half on a
foul shot by Clair Cox, but the
Cougars went scoreless for six
minutes and Umpqua was able to
take a 29-20 lead. Denise
Haselwood closed out Clackamas’
first half scoring on a three-
pointer with 30 seconds to go.
Clackamas Head Coach
Karen Twain talked to her team
at halftime about rebounding, get
ting back on defense and moving
the ball better on offense, and the
team responded well.
The score was tied at 41-41
before the Cougars scored 10
straight to take a 51-41 lead with
13:30 remaining. Umpqua hit a
foul shot and Clackamas followed
with consecutive shots by Cox and
Robin Barchus to lead 55-42.
The Cougars were able to
successfully play a zone defense
and slow down Umpqua. The
Timberwomen cut the lead to
eight (68-60) with five minutes to
go, but would get no closer as the
Cougars held on for the win.
“The first half was not
pretty,” Twain said. “We were just
slow tonight to box out and do
anything. We came out real flat.”
Against SWOCC, the Cou
gars got off to a slow start, but
broke the game open with a 10-0
run that gave Clackamas a 20-9
lead with 10:40 remaining. The
Cougars led 28-17 with two min
utes left and went on another- spurt
to take a 41-24 advantage at the
break.
Cox again led Clackamas in
scoring with 20 points. Hatch
added 14 points, while Sorenson
had 10.
Clackamas will play Thurs
day at 8 p.m. against Centralia,
the number two seed from the
Western Region during the first
round of the Northwest Athletic
Association of Community Col
lege (NWAACC) Tournament at
Lower Columbia College in
Longview.
The visiting Lakers got no
closer than 10 during the final 20
minutes. A 51-41 lead turned into
a 61-41 blowout following a
strong run by Clackamas post
Melanie Sharp in which Sharp
scored six points and grabbed sev
eral rebounds.
The Cougars led by 20 (80-
60) on a three-pointer by Lisa
Sorenson, but the Lakers scored
the game’s next 10 points for the
final margin.
Cox led Clackamas with 26
points and 21 rebounds. Sharp
added 17 points, while Lindsay
Hatch and Sorenson had 10 points
apibce.
Twain was impressed with
Cox’s effort against SWOCC.
“She was pretty awesome,” Twain
said. “She’s really picked it up a
notch. She was rebounding like
crazy.”
The Cougars (27-4) are cur
rently ranked first in the final
NWAACC Coaches Poll, released
on Sunday. Centralia is ranked
eighth.
Should Clackamas beat
Centralia, they will play at 8 p.m.
Friday. If the Cougars lose, they
will play at 3 p.m. Friday.
Wrestlers finish ninth in
nation; Garrison takes second
Leo Sandoval
places third
and wins a
special award
at the national
tournament in
Bismarck, ND
Andrew Beck
Staff Writer
The Clackamas Community
College Wrestling Team did well
at the NJCAA National Champi
onships, finishing ninth in the
team competition with two wres
tlers placing individually.
Glenn Garrison took second
at 142 pounds and Leo Sandoval
was third in the heavyweight
class. Sandoval also won a spe
cial award for “the most pins in
the least amount of time.”
Clackamas scored 38 points
in the tournament held in Bis
marck, ND last Friday and Sat
urday.
Lassen Junior College in
California placed first in the
championships with 112.5, upset
ting number one ranked North
Idaho, which finished with 73.5.
Lincoln of Illinois was- third
with 65, followed by Ricks of
Idaho (60), Gloucester-Sewell of
New Jersey (54), Muskeagon of
Michigan (48.5), Cuyahoga of
Ohio (39.5), Iowa Central (39)
and Clackamas (38).
Three of the top four teams
that placed were from Region 18,
the region in which the Cougars
compete.
“We were great,” CCC Coach
Mike Haluska said. “We were
ninth in the nation, not as great
as we hoped. We had some real
tough draws.”
Three other wrestlers also
qualified for the national meet
with strong performances at the
regional competition. Corey
Cay wood (134), Jamie Dixson
(177) and Lonnie Eggert (150)
wrestled at the national champi
onships but did not place.
“They wrestled great,”
Haluska said. “Jamie Dixson lost
Photo by Jesse Sowa
Lindsay Hatch takes a baseline jumper against Umpqua
on Saturday night. Clackamas plays Centralia on
Thursday during the NWAACC Tournament’s first round.
Congrats to the men's and
women's basketball teams in
reaching their regional tourneys.
probably to two of the best wres
tlers in his weight class, I feel the
toughest weight class in the na
tion. Leo Sandoval also competed
well.”
The Cougars return most of
their nationally-ranked members
next year with only Jamie Dixson
graduating and moving on to a
four-year college.
“Compared to other teams
I’ve had, I think this team, as
young as they are, probably
worked harder than any team that
I’ve had,” Haluska said. “If I can
recruit one or two more kids and
keep this team together, we have
a chance to get back up into the
top five (in the nation) again.”
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