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Sports
The Clackamas Print
Wednesday, January 22,1997
Clackamas outlasts Chemeketa,
falls to Linn-Benton in double OT
Brendon Neal
Sports Editor
Clackamas is 3-1, despite in
juries, with it’s only loss coming
in a double-overtime nail biter.
“The overall record [15-5]
doesn’t mean as much as what
you do in league. I always think
we can do better, but I am
happy,” said Head Coach Royce
Kiser. “You can’t sit back. You
have to keep getting better. Any
team can beat you on any given
night. When you are on top,
and we usually are, everyone is
fired up to play you every
night.”
Clackamas lost to the Linn-
Benton Road Runners Saturday
113-107.
Leif Spencer led the team in
scoring with 42 points, on 17 of 26
shooting, and 10 rebounds. Os
car Rodriguez added 22 points and
five assists.
Clackamas was behind 99-97
with one second to go in regula
tion.
On an in-bound pass, Clint
Hordemann hit a jumper while
double-teamed tying the game
and sending it into the first over
time.
Hordemann scored on a
Spencer steal, giving them a 103-
102 lead, but the Road Runners
came back to take the lead 107-105.
Hordemann tied the game again
with three seconds left,
and Clackamas stopped
Linn-Benton from scor
ing, sending the game into
double
overtime.
Hordemann had 17
points, four assists and
two steals.
The second-over
time injuries and long
minutes slowed the
Cougars, allowing Linn-
Benton to outscore
Clackamas 14-8. With
only nine players, the
starters played most of
the 50 minutes.
Clackamas started
the week with a win over
Chemeketa, 69-62, after
struggling in the first
half.
“We didn’t play well
in the first half, but they
defended us awfully
well.
I thought
Chemeketa’s defense
Photo by Brendon Neal
was excellent; our de Clackamas’next home action is February 1 against Umpqua.
fense was very good,”
said Kiser. “That was as
Spencer led all scorers and
“To play [win] against a team
tough a defense as I have played that plays defense like they do, we rebounders with 22 points and
against.”
have to change some things we 13 rebounds. Hordemann added
The Cougars were behind do, to free our people up. We had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
31 -24 at the end of the first half. to change to a driving game,”
Oscar Rodriguez led three
Clackamas went one-on-one commented Kiser. “[Normally] we players that had four or more as
more in the second half and had play a passing game. In the sec sists with six assists and had 10
a strong outside game to out ond half, instead, we had to play points, including two threes on
score Chemeketa 45-31.
two-of-five shooting from be
one-on-one.”
Track team warms
up with indoor meet
Brendon Neal
Sports Editor
Clackamas is preparing to con
tend for the championships again
after placing third in the North
western Athletic Association of
Community
Colleges
(NWAACC) Championships last
season.
Travis Armstrong and Bill
Jones led Clackamas in the Uni
versity of Washington indoor
meet over the weekend.
Armstrong won the mile
(4:26.75).
Jones placed second in the
pole vault (16’75”). Jone’s time
is a personal best and a new
school indoor record.. Jones
lost
to
University
of
Washington’s Craig Connors.
Connors is a former Clackamas
student.
Clackamas started winter train
ing two weeks ago, and Head
Coach Mike Hodges is happy
with their first outing.
The Cougar track team will
compete in five to six indoor
meets. The indoor meets are
preseason and do not count to
ward ranking in NWAACC
poles..
“Not everyone will compete in
each [meet]. It gives them some
thing to train for,” said Head
Coach Mike Hodges.
This weekend Clackamas will
participate in a pole vault sum
mit in Reno, Nev. The summit
will include competition and
clinics.
Men’s results
Competitor
Mile
400m dash
shotput
pole vault
3,000m
Andy Bradley
Mychal Trawick
Aaron Stacey
Ely Townson
Evan Goin
Placing/record
(4:33.04)
(52.48)
(44.25)
(14)
(9:26.88)
4th
3rd
8th
pr*
6th
Women’s results
Competitor
Jennifer Rea
Mile
Jenny Newell
Mile
800 meter Kendall White
3,000 meter Mishe Simantel
Placing/record
(5:39.79)
(5:49.26)
(2:30.06)
(12:04:00)
‘personal record (indoor)
5th
6th
5th
pr*
hind the arc.
The Cougars stepped up their
three point shooting, going 5-10,
in the second half, including three
straight to take the lead.
Clackamas has a small
lineup. Their largest starter is
only 6’4”. However, they were
able to match Chemeketa’s re
bounding total, 43, and get five
more offensive boards than the
Chiefs.
“Our guys have to play like
warriors to win,” said Kiser, talk
ing about the fight for re
bounds.
Clackamas was able to
shoot over the bigger Chiefs,
including a 6’10” center, and
outscore the Chiefs 15-7 at the
free throw line.
“Our guys have to play like
warriors to win,” said Kiser. “The
other thing that amazes me is how
we, particularly Leif Spencer, can
score on those guys [opponents],
shoot over 6’11” [players]. That
is real hard to shoot over.”
Kiser feels the entire team
pitches in when the Cougars
win.
“Some guys got the points
and some guys made it so we got
the points. They may not do the
scoring but they break them [de
fenders] down. I could name [ev
ery player as important to the
win],” said Kyser.
Cougars move in right direction
Brendon Neal
Sports Editor
The Cougars had a solid
weekend with three freshman
showing strong improvement.
Freshman Ryan Gillespie
placed fifth on Saturday in the
Portland State University Open.
Fellow Freshmen Jason Kribs
and Tylord Brandsford were also
praised for their wrestling over
the weekend. All three lost to
wrestlers from four-year col
leges.
“[They] made giant steps for
ward. They made me believe they
are ready to wrestle at the colle
giate level and for the Regionals
and Nationals in Febuary,” said
Haluska.
Glenn Garrison (142
pounds) placed third in the
toughest weight class in the
tournament. Haluska feels Gar
rison had an off day and hopes
Garrison will be able to win the
nationals this year after finish
ing runner-up a yea r ago. (Note:
in last week’s Print Garrison was
mistakenly listed as winner in last
year’s nationals).
Friday Clackamas faced
Lassen and Colby Colleges.
Haluska sees Lassen as the num
ber one team in the National Jun
ior College Athletic Association
(NJCAA).
Damion Martindale (heavy
weight) got the only win for
Clackamas in the Double Dual
with Lassen and Colby. Haluska
noted several other matchs were
very close, including a match
between Clackamas’ Glen Garri
son and Lassen’s TJ Williams,
whom Haluska sees as the best
Photo by Joel Coerson
The Clackamas wrestling team will host the Region 18
Championships on Feb. 15. Competition will run all day.
true freshman in NJCAA in sev
eral years.
With the roughest portion
of the season over, Haluska
hopes to do some fine-tuning,
keep wrestlers healthy and get
the three or four injured players
ready for the regionals. Corey
Caywood is the only injured
wrestler that probably will not
be able to wrestle in the
Regionals in February.
Clackamas will wrestle in a
Central Washington University
Dual and Tournament this week
end.
“For me coaching is not just
about winning championships, but
wrestlers wrestling the best they
can. This is the funnest, most suc
cessful season I have had as a
coach or a wrestler, even though
we have placed fourth and fifth in
the nation in the past,” said Haluska.