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
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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.
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