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Sports TklE ClACkAMAS P r ÌNT WEÓNEsdAy, MARch 1, 2000 [Far left] Ammon Bemis elevates and shoots over a Chemeketa defender in the Cougars' final home game two weeks ago. [Left] Michelle Thueson shows off her skills for the crowd as she weaves between Chemeketa players. Both Cougar basketball teams lose final three games of year Women's Hoops Men's Hoops MANDY GOOD Sports Editor According to Wegner, all five of the starters finished among the top scorers in North West Athletic Assosiation Of Community Col lege (N WACC), making Clackamas the most balanced team in the Northwest: Fisher, 15.5 ppg; Block, 12.3 ppg; Lóhrey, 11.9 ppg; Bracy The Cougar Squad could not quite bounce back from their back- to-back double overtime losses last week. The result brought the team's season to an early end, leav ing them tied for third place (9-5) in 11.7 ppg; and Ammon Bemis, 9.1 league with Chemeketa. PPg- Block finished sixth in theNWACC The game that brought the sea in field goal percentage, at 59%. son to a close was a 63-76 loss against Southwestern Oregon. Among the rebounding leaders, Block According toHeacLCoach-Wegner, was the N WACC champion, with 11.6 the team played with a lot of heart per game. Lohrey finished 15th, with and character, but came up short 8.4 per game. The of the league team will get the champs for the bulk of their thirdtime this sea I thought freshman play son. ers back next “I thought that with a year. In addi we played with a guts and deter tion, Casey lot of guts and de ■ mination ... Kinney is ex termination; it’s a pected to re tough assign Clif Wegner turn. Kinney ment, it's a tough Head Coach played last sea job, but that's son but was un what you get for able to play this finishing the way that we finished,” said Wegner. “It year due to a hip injury. was a very close ball game; it could “I think that we should be very have easily swung the other way, I good next year, I think that we should mean if it was one of our kids that be better then we were this season. stepped up and hit three-three’s We have the core of our post kids are coming back they have been the best then it probably would have gone post kids in the league this year,” said the other way.” Wegner. In the 1999-2000 Southern Division ALL STAR standing, Nate Block was “We return Mike Fisher who is our the only freshman that finished first leading scorer, Tom Lennox is back, team. Kyle Bracy finished in the sec we have Casey Kinney who had sur ond team, Chris Lohrey got honorable gery this year,"he added. mention, and Lohrey and Mike Fisher "He is going to give us a lot of shoot ing and leadership. We return two made All Frosh Team. “I feel good, we were basically a point guards, so we have ten players young freshman team, we were picked that are going to return, that is pretty sixth in the league and ended up in a good. I am excited andoptimisticabout third place tie, “ explained Wegner. nextyear*steam.” we played of lot JOHN THORBURN Editor-in-Chief Clackamas lost to second- ranked Umpqua last Thursday in a loser-out playoff game to end the Cougars' 1999-2000 campaign. The team, four sophomores and seven freshmen, finished the year with a 17-12 overall record. Umpqua's 89-60 victory over Clackamas in Roseburg left the visitors with three losses on their schedule to close out the season. Clackamas' Jim Martineau, who finished his second season as a head coach, was pleased by the performance of his players against the over-sized, heavily-favored Timberwomen. "With a few minutes to go in the first half," said Martineau, "we were only down by one point but then Umpqua went on a bit of a run. In the seond half, there was a point when I think some of the play ers kind of felt that they were doomed and that the season was over so they might have let down The part-time job that gives you... The The Power Of Choice. 503-655-5562 Open7 days a week... Dine in or carry out! 11 am - 12 pm Monday-Wednesday 11 am - 2 am Thursday-Sunday You can only get it with a good education— and when you get it with the Air Force Reserve, you’ll be prepared to go as far and as fast as your Wednesday is Students' Day ambitions can take you. 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All four graduating players have received attention from four-year universities—Trina Rogers is expected to attend a college on a track scholarship, Thueson should move on with a basketball scholarship, Nikki Tilton anticipates a volleyball scholarship offer and Kirsten Richards is undecided in whether or not to pursue her .softball or basketball career. 515 Molalla Ave Oregon City, OR 97045 Call 1-800-257-1212 CI ac I camas P rínt Michelle Thueson scored 10.3 ppg and led the team in assists per game with 6.3. The graduation of four sopho mores leaves Martineau with a huge hole to fill without a point guard returning to the roster next year. This may bode well for the Cou gars, however, because at the end of the 1996 season, the squad needed to fill a vacant point guard Mexican Restaurant and Cantina College of the Air Force The student newspaper of Clackamas Community College a little bit." When asked about the South ern Region's two teams that will move on to the conference tour nament this weekend, Martineau spoke highly of these opponents. "Talent-wise, Umpqua and Chemeketa are the best in the Northwest," noted Martineau. "I don't mind so much losing to teams like that. We could have beaten Southwestern Oregon though. It's disappointing that they were able to beat us twice. We're a better team than, that." According to the conference's coaches polls, the Cougars didn't upset anybody in their region and they didn't get upset by anybody. Three Southern Region schools were ranked in the top eight. Clackamas finished fourth behind those three teams. For the year, freshman Amanda Lee led Clackamas with an aver age of 13 points per game, while freshman Mercedes Juarez aver aged 11.2 ppg. Sophomore point guard A ir F orce . R eserve ■ ABOVE & BEYOND Visit our web site at www.atreserve.com 8
