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4 Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1997 Cougars perfect as Nix scores 38 Robbie Nix soars above Clark defenders en route to two of her career high 38 points in the Cougars' 79-71 victory over the Penguins on Saturday. Nix scored 34 against Walla Walla the night before. JOHN THORBURN Ski & Snowboard Sports Editor Once again Clackamas is offer After going 2-0 in the Clark Tournament ing ski and snowboard classes dur this past weekend, Clackamas looks like a team in mid-season form. ing the winter term. You can earn college P.E. credit while being taught the finer points of skiing and snowboarding at Tim berline Lodge and Mt. Hood Mead ows. Prices have remained the same the last three years at Timberline with $170 covering two-hour les sons from noon to 2 p.m. and lift tickets all day and night on Satur days. The Cougars christened their 1997-98 season with a convincing 76-65 victoiy over Walla Walla Community College on Fri day. Sophomore Robbie Nix poured in 35 points against the under-manned Warriors and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Clackamas to the victoiy. Cai-State transfer Jenny Hansen added 10 points for the Cougars while Denise Bean had nine. "Jenny played real well for us," said Head The Friday night class at Mt. Coach Karen Twain. "She broke down the Hood Meadows costs $135. The defense some by penetrating into the middle package includes five lessons and and did some things real well defensively. For Robbie to score that much our guards have to be hitting or at least be a threat and Jenny is just that. Teams are worried about her shooting outside and that's always go ing to open up Robbie inside. lift tickets with class scheduled from 6-8 p.m. and open skiing/ snowboarding available until 10 p.m. Sundays at Mt. Hood Meadows cost $200. The package includes five all-day and night lift tickets and a two-hour lesson from 10 a.m. to noon or 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. All levels of skiing and snowboarding are offered. "Denise is playing great," added Twain. "She's shooting the ball so much better than last year and is just real steady. She's not afraid to take it at anybody and I love that. No one's going to stand in her way. [Oppo nents] may take a charge once but they never will again." In addition, telemark skiing is On Saturday, Coach Twain's team faced available at Timberline and cross off against Clark Head Coach Trev Kiser's country skiing is offered Sundays squad. Kiser, Twain's assistant last year, is also the son of Clackamas Men's Basket ball Head Coach Royce Kiser. The Cougars never trailed in the tournament's final game as the Portland State-bound Nix continued to make an early season bid as the league's Most Valu able Player, scoring a career high 38 points and adding 12 rebounds. "Obviously Robbie scored a lot of points," said Twain, "but that's very deceiv ing. First of all, people have to pass her the at Meadows. Students are responsible for get ting themsel ves to the mountain but transportation can be arranged for a fee. An obligatory orientation is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m. in Randall 101 for all Mead ows classes. Payment of lift and les sons plus rental information will be available at that time. If students wish to arrange carpools, this is a good opportunity. For further information, contact Nancy Mikleton at ext. 2450. Sophomore point guard Lauren Mohan had eight points and eight assists, while freshman Noelle Johnson collected eight nizes it's areas that need improvement. "Anytime your field goal percentage is higher than your free throw percentage then something is wrong," said Twain. 'We need to work on our defense a little bit more and ball and secondly, there were many times points as well. Clackamas won the contest 79-71. "It was fun to play against Trev," said Twain. "We know his stuff and he knows our stuff, and you don't want to Jose to someone you've worked with or coached with, so it was fun, but at the same rate, we'd rather the next time we see him to be when she kicked it out when she didn't have in the championship or something. I'd rather little helter skelter but in the future it's not Karen Twain the shot so she was making some real good people to shoot too." performance over the weekend but recog going to be a problem. Well just score off of transition if somebody tries to hammer it at us."' Head Coach decisions and that opened it up for other not play him a whole bunch." Coach Twain was pleased with the team's Young team struggles early, regroups ADAM CRUM Staff Writer The Cougar basketball team hopes last weekend’s tournament was not a sign of the future. Clackamas competed in the Red Devil Classic at Lower Columbia Community College this past weekend, coming away with one win and two losses. The Cougars opened the tournament against a balanced Yakima Valley team. The Cougars played the Indians tough early on, trailing 43-42 at the half. But the tal ented Yakima squad proved to be too much for the Cougars, as they outscored Clacka gars 56-26, including a 24-10 edge on the to overcome, as the Trojans held on for an offensive boards. Clackamas dropped into the losers' 89-86 victoiy. The difference in the game was free bracket to take on Clark. The Cougars dominated the Penguins in the first half, taking a 50-39 lead into the throw shooting. Everett connected on 16- 19 from the line, while the Cougars hit only 4-10. locker room. Led by freshman post David Cohen’s 18 points, Clackamas held on for The trio of Lake, Cohen and sophomore shooting guard Oscar Rodríguez combined an 86-82 victory. Cohen was 9-14 from for 58 of the Cougars’86 points. Rodríguez the field and added seven rebounds to lead the Cougars. Sophomore J J. Pilgreen and Lake added 14and 11, respectively, while pulling down six boards a piece. The Cougars held Clark to .400 from the field, despite being dominated on the of fensive boards again. Next up for the Cougars were the Everett Trojans. This was clearly a game of two halves. was 5-7 from three-point range and added nine assists. Lake hit on 11-17 field goals and had a game-high five steals. Cohen shot 7-11 from the field and pulled down points on 7-11 shooting from the field. The first half belonged to the Trojans, who outscored Clackamas 45-27, holding the 10 boards. The Trojans were led by Coiby Schuh who scored a game-high 38 points on 5-15 from three-point range and 13-27 overall. Despite only coming away with one win, Coach Royce Kiser thinks his team is show ing signs of improvement “Because we are such a young team, we are going to have our ups and downs,” said Freshmen wings Billy Bright and Josiah Cougars to .324 shooting from the field in Kiser. Lake each added 13 points. the half. mas 49-30 in the second half en route to a 92-72 victory. The Cougars were led by freshman point guard Keenan Coleman, who scored 17 The Indians had seven players score in But Clackamas came out on fire in the double figures, led by Brandon Rinta, who scored 14 points and added 10 rebounds. Yakima outrebounded the undersized Cou second half, hitting 6-12 from three-point range and 25-42 from the floor. However, [Wednesday, December 3, 1997 For ;; Robbie to score that much our guards have to be hitting or at least be a threat. the 18-point halftime deficit was too much Kiser added that his team did not play well in the tournament and they need to play much better. The Cougars host Linfield JV tonight at 8:00 in the Randall Hall Gymnasium. tweak afew things on offense. [Clark] threw a press defense at us, which we had a tough time for a few minutes in breaking, but it shouldn't be a problem. It's something that will getevened out If I was a team, I would not press us. Right now, maybe it looks a ¡¡f*- I J'S U 1 a S S West Linn Boy Scout Troop #149 begins its Annual Christmas Tree Sale at Hammerle Park —located on Highway 43 --West Linn Saturday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 21. The tree lot will be open weekdays, 4 to 8 p.m., weekends 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The selection includes beautiful, fresh cut Doug Firs, Grand Firs, and Noble Firs. GREAT PRICES!! PLEASE HELP SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOY SCOUTS. Math Tutoring, Professional Educator with 15 years of in- class experience is able to work with any student from Basic Math to Calculus and beyond. B.S. Mathematics from Portland State University [high honors]. ■References are available. 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