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Sports ThE ClACkAMAS P rínt WEdNEsdAy, J anuary 19, 2000 Wrestling PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY A. BELL / Clackamas Print (Above) Mark Croman, a freshman, locks up with an opponent (Left) Jacob Pence, a sophomore, grinds his opponent's face into the mat. Squad gains momentum as regionals approach MANDY GOOD Sports Editor Clackamas wrestlers took down a 35-15 win at the Trian gular meet.aLYa.kima on Jan. 14, “We are looking good, the team is coming together well. I think that we are going to have a great regional tournament. So this is a good time to start turning things up,” said Lloyd Martindale head wrestling coach. Throughout the season, two duel meets are scheduled with every school for seating pur poses. Martindale’s wrestlers showed strength and growth, and looked very promising for good seating positions. “Jason Pence (174) in ranked in the first seat in his class, he son Pence placed fourth and has yet to be defeated by any Mark Croman placed fifth. Dominance was apparent one in the region,” said Martindale. Kjell Nykriem throughout the weekend. On wrestled a great match we Saturday, Jan. 15 Cougar wres tlers competed bumped him up among the to 197 pounds best of the and he wrestled best at Central a great match, We work harder Washington’s Cody Sacher than probably our heavy Open Tourney at Ellensburg. weight also anyone in the The competi wrestled very region and it tion level was well.” similar to last According to shows. Martindale; this week ’s compe Lloyd Martindale tition; their ex is the first time Head Coach that the squad perience from was dominating last week al lowed them to people instead of just winning their matches. know what should be expected. James Adams placed third, “They wrestled much better, Kjell Nykriem placed fourth, Ja especially James Adams. This Chartwells Dining at CCC Cafeteria is the first time that he finally started to be aggressive and wrestled to win instead of wrestling not to lose,” said Martindale. “Jason Pence had a great tournament; he beat some really tough guys, and he only lost to one guy.” According to Coach Martindale the team has been working on mat wrestling, takedowns, and quickness on their feet. In the following week they will be working on a couple of technical positions that have been an obstacle in past tour naments, such as a front headlock position. The team is on track and their intense prac ticing shows in their perfor mance. “These guys really wrestled Make the right connection! CLACKAMAS COMM UN IT Y ...would like to introduce two new international menus: Casa Ortega Pacific Rim Marketplace For a limited time: Buy any one (1) Casa Ortega or Pacific Rim entree, and receive a $.99 fountain drink FREE! Valid only with coupon. Limited time offer expires oh February 9,2000. up to their ability this week end,” said Martindale “Its good to see these freshmen learn to step up and learn to wrestle like college wrestlers.” On Jan. 22 Clackamas will compete in Oregon’s Classic Duels at Portland Memorial Coliseum. Ten or fifteen schools are expected to attend. Coach Martindale is confi dent with his squad and feels that they have strong advan tages over other teams in the region. “One real strength that we have is our conditioning, we work harder then probably any one in the region and it shows. We can wrestle in the third round and these other guys are tired, that has been a big at tribute,” said Martindale. Clackamas Community College presents Transfer Day 2000 Monday, January 24, 2000 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gregory Forum Ask questions - get answers - make your transfer a success! For more information contact the CCC Counseling department at 503-657.6956 x 2556 .... ftACKAMAJ •• COMMUNITY COLLEGE C O L L E G E Art Institue of Portland Concordia Univeristy Eastern Oregon University George Fox University Oregon College of Arts and Crafts Oregon Health Sciences University Oregon Institute of Technology Oregon State University Pacific University Portland State University Reed College Southern Oregon University Univeristy of Oregon University of Phoenix University of Portland Warner Pacific College Western Baptist College Western Oregon Univeristy Western States Chiropractic College Willamette University
