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6_________ Sports WedNEsdAy, J anuary 16, 2002 Thè ClAckAMAs P rì Cougar men ranked number one in NWAACC NICK BARRON Business Manager Two division opponents rolled into Clackamas to try to bring the Cougars down from their perch atop the NWAACC this past week. Mount Hood Community Col lege arrived at Randall Gym hop ing for an upset last Wednesday, the Saints owning a 6-7 record. The match was the first conference game for both Clackamas and Mount Hood this year, marking the end of the early-season tour naments and non-conference games, in which the Cougars lost just two games. In the first half Clackamas struggled to match Mount Hood’s intensity, the Saints forcing Clackamas into 10 turnovers. The Cougars lost the battle of the boards in the first half too, with Mount Hood coming down with SALENA DE LA CRUZ/ Clackamas Print Lawson Struve of Clackamas prepares to play full-court defense against Mt. Hood. Struve had three steals In the game. 19 rebounds to Clackamas’ 17. At the half the Saints led 38-33. From the beginning of the last half of the match, though, it was evident that the Cougars were ready to play their game. Clacka mas roared back to take the lead, 46-40, with 15:13 left in the game, as Mount Hood fell into foul trouble early. The Cougars were able to go to the charity line in the second half 15 times, missing just one of their free throws. With just under 10 minutes to play, Clackamas’ defense began to wear down once again, allowing Mount Hood to take the lead by one point at 4:32 left in the game. As the final minutes of the game ticked away, both teams ex changed the lead as they had nearly the entire first half. It was evident that whichever team had the ball last would probably be the MAGGIE JIRASEK/ C/acka victors in this classic game of col- The Cougars' Nick Kirkpatrick hustles for a loose ball in a match against Mt. Hood on Jan. 5/, lege basketball. teammates Marvin Noble and Evan Kiel ing look on. Clackamas defeated the Saints by a score As the minute mark passed and 82-80. the seconds began to tick away, Michael Kuebler led Clackamas hitting just 19 of 52 from the field. Both victories over Mount H( Mount Hood sank a shot to tie the in scoring with 23 points, going But in the end, the Cougars es and Lane gave Clackamas the b game at 80. Clackamas inbounded caped from their scrape with Lane season record in the NWAACC, a the ball and drove it up thé court, perfect from the line at 5 for 5. hoping for one last shot to win the Matt Tabisz subbed in and gave with a one-point victory, 62-61, pre their number-one ranking in I serving their NWAACC status and NWAACC/Horizon Air Coach game. Michael Kuebler offered one the Cougar effort 17 points, the improving their divisional record to Poll. Tacoma was ranked second up and missed. But at the buzzer, majority of the 27 points scored 2-0. The bench for Clackamas in this the poll, a team that the Coug from the bench for Clackamas. The Matt Tabisz grabbed the rebound game hardly made an impact, scor defeated in the championship ga offense was fueled by Marvin and put the ball into the basket. ing just five points, while the Titans’ of the Clackamas Holiday Tour Noble running the show from the Clackamas had won arguably jts bench poured in 20. Again, the free ment on December 30. Another ft most emotional victory of the sea point, with six assists in the match. son, preserving their nùmber-one In rebounding, Lawson Struve throw shooting for Clackamas gave ranked team, Walla Walla, fell p the Cougars the win, as they shot to the Cougars on Dec. 15 at ranking and best record in the brought down eight, followed by Tabisz at six. 62.5% from the line for 20 points. Lane Tournament NWAACC. Once Mount Hood was out of Lane was only given 21 opportuni Clackamas travels to Roseburg The difference in the game for ties for free throws, hitting just 13. the way, the Cougars welcomed battle Umpqua this evening. 1 the Cougars was the free throw Struve paced the Cougar attack Timbermen are 4-11 on the year a shooting, aided by Mount Hood’s the Lane Titans to make an attempt with 23 points, followed by Noble 0-2 in league play. Saturday will 1 foul problems in the second half. at knocking them off their perch. Clackamas drained 20 of 22 for It looked like the Titans were go at 13. Nick Kirkpatrick came off the the Cougars making their way the match, putting them in a posi ing to succeed. Clackamas suffered bench to grab six defensive rebounds Coos Bay to visit Southwestern I as he and Jon Rylaarsdam tied for egon, a team that possesses a 1 tion to overcome their sloppy play through one of their worse shoot the team lead in rebounds at six. ing performances of the season, seasonal record and a 2-0 divisio in the first half and win the game. New Tidings for the New Year By Nick Barron As another year in sports has be come part of the history books, and we fly straight into 2002 and all that the sports gods have in store for us, I thought it would be a worthy cause to help out some figures in sports by suggesting New Year’s-resolutions for some of them. For example, due to the beer bottle throwing incidents in Cleve land and New Orleans, it has come to my attention that the aim of those well-behaved NFL fans was subpar, to say the least. So to bet ter enhance the ability of football fans to peg the nearest official, I thought it would be a good idea for Mike Pereia, the NFL’s direc tor of officiating, to place bull’s- eyes on all NFL referees. Now that Kansas City Chiefs’ head coach, Dick Vermeil, has put another season in the NFL under his belt, he has also added more teary moments to our memories. Vermeil cried when his team, the St. Louis Rams, won Super Bowl XXXIV, then cried a'month later when he resigned as the Rams’ head coach. Now, in 2002, Vermeil wept after his team de feated the Denver Broncos in over time on Dec. 6. For a man who breaks down more than a Geo Prizm, I think it would be a good idea if he would finally spend the money and undergo a dacryocystorhinostomy, a proce dure that would create new tear ducts for Vermeil and thereby pro vide more escape routes for his tears. 2001 should have been a great year for Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Seligs if it weren’t for this silly contraction idea. But I trust Mr. Selig. I be lieve he knows the only real way to level the playing field in baser ball. So my resolution for the com missioner is that he just follow his heart and contract the New York Yankees. This way, every .Major League team has a chance to sign big-name free agents and possibly win the World Series. As for another top official in pro fessional sports, the Trail Blazers’ general manager, Bob Whitsitt should finally make his career move. Whitsitt should come to the conclusion that the money and no toriety of being a GM in the NBA is not worth keeping him from tak ing up his dream job, that of ad ministrating a halfway house. In another career-changing de cision, Mike Tyson must call a press conference in which he will finally announce that he is a woman trapped in a man’s body. As Tyson stands to leave his press conference, he should let us all know what has really been bug ging him throughout the years by whimpering in his high-pitched voice, “I never wanted to be a boxer. I alwayz’ wuz’ drawn to fig ure skating.” And in closing, I think Tho mas Junta should finally consider those yoga classes, in which he will find inner peace and tech niques on how to “center” him self. Junta is the 44-year-old fa ther of a 12-year-old hockey player in Massachusetts, con victed of involuntary manslaugh ter after he beat to death the coach with whom he had an ar gument at one of his son’s prac tices. 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