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6 WEdNEsdAy, FEbRUARy 25, 2000 TldE ClAckAMAS P r ÌNT Onceupo gh road ahead MANDY GOOD JOHN THORBURN The Clackamas basketball play ers might want to look at swapping their court shoes for a few sets of glass slippers. The teams are going to have to make a ;Clhderella-like waltz through this weekend’s playoff game if they hope to have any chance at qualifying for the con ference tournament in two weeks. Women's Hoops Headinginto last week’s games, the Cougars had an opportunity to finish as high as third place in re gion standings and help determine their opponents in the playoffs. In both opportunities, Clackamas failed to capitalize and finished in fourth place with a game ■ against the toughest team in the Northwest on Thursday. JOHN THORBURN I Clackamas t>rint If Clackamas loses when it trav Nikki Tilton anticipates enterance into the game. els to RoSeburg to take on second- ranked Umpqua tomorrow night, in second place, and at the end of won will give Wegner's squad first its season is over. If it wins, it must Saturday night they dropped to seedinNWACC. Ifthe team loses defeat the winner of the Chemeketa being tied for third with on Thursday, that season will come vs. Southwestern Oregon game on Chemekata. to a close for the Cougars. Saturday to qualify for a berth in On both occasions Wegner's "This is not the playoff spot the tournament. squad took the game against that would have been our first A team that looked to peak at Chemekata on Wenesday and choice; we have the unenviable the perfect time of the year, the S WOCC on Saturday into overtime job of playing the best team in Cougars fell apart in the final week and lost two tight games. the league on their floor, they of league play, starting with last The final score of the game have not lost on their floor; ifi week’s home game finale against against Chemekata was 96-92. The two-years," said Wegner. "We top-ranked Chemeketa. outcome of the S WOCC game end are going to give it our best Amanda Lee led a Clackamas ing in a Cougar loss was 91 -94. shot again and see what hap offense that shot only 29% from "We came within a whisker of pens. We feel like we can win, the field with 17 points. Trina beating S WOCC last Saturday and and if we didn't we wouldn't Rogers added 12 whileNikki Tilton we were missing our point guard waste gas going down there." scored 10. for half of the game," explained So, when the Cougars pack up Only down by three at halftime, Wegner. their gear and climb into their the Cougars stumbled in the sec Thursday night the Cougars will magical stagecoaches, err, team ond half to fall 66-56. face SWOCC in a playoff game on vans, let’s all hope that there’s The Storm only shot 36% in SWOCC's turf. If the team wins some fairy dust left to knock what turned into being a typical on Thursday, they will move on down those evil stepsisters, err, Clackamas-Chemeketa-face off—a to play a game on Saturday that if Timberwomen and Lakers. defensive battle. On Saturday, the offense only managed a 34% shooting perfor mance in a 69-63 victory for the Lakers. Mexican Restaurant and Cantina The win secured the third-place 515 Molalla Ave finish for the squad from Coos Bay. Oregon City, OR 97045 Mary Murphy [16 points] and 503-655-5562 Mercedes Juarez [11 points] were Open7 days a week... Dine in or carry out! the only Cougars to reach double 11 am - 12 pm Monday-Wednesday figures in scoring. Kathryn Kettles 11 am - 2 am Thursday-Sunday pulled down nine offensive re bounds for a total of 11 for the game. Tilton fouled out in the game which saw Clackamas get outscored by 10 at the free throw line. “Mary had an excellent game for us,” noted Martineau. “We didn’t shoot the ball very well again. It wasn’t as close as it looked by the final score. We were down by about nine or 10 the whole game.” On Monday night, Umpqua de feated Chemeketa in Salem in a tiebreaker game that determined play offseeding. Clackamas, sitting in the fourth spot, must lace the #1 team wile #2 faces #3. Umpqua is already guar anteed a berth in the tournament as the region’stop finisher. Wednesday is Students' Day Free soda with any entree Men's Hoops The Co 'gars suffered a tough couple of losses this last week. The squad went into the weekend « MM JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print AIR BRACY: Kyle Bracy does his best Jordan impression airwalking towards the basket against Chemeketa last week, the sophomore point guard will take his squad to Coos Bay tomorrow night in loser-out playoff action. Check out: http://cnug.clackesd.k12.or.us/menbxb/index.htm Po YouVJ^trì. Education Assistance... Work For UPS! We help pay for your tuition, fees, and books! Jobline: 503-286-7298 Contact your UPS Representative: Dennis at 503-286-7374 ext. 9037 or visit his information table for further details. www.upsjobs.com
