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Sports CI ac I camas P rìnt WedNEsdAy, F e B ruary 15, 2002 lackamas takes Umpqua to the cleaners ELENA BÒRYSKA Sports Editor j I j I On Saturday, the CCC women’s I asketball team took on unde- . f iated Umpqua in a hard-fought | latch that resulted in the Cougars I inning 89-78 and improving to a ti wird-place standing in the j WAACCs, I This was a very big win for the (lougars, and they are now one g ime behind Umpqua in the South- d n Region. Kayla Steen led the of- fi use with 32 points, eight re- H)unds, five assists and four 11 J sals. Jessica Hansen contributed 1 points and six rebounds, Lena Giant tossed in 12 points and s seven rebounds, while Jennie Kooch scored nine points and nabbed six boards. The Cougars I a better job of protecting the II this game than the last time I sy met Umpqua, only committing ll ■ season-low eight turnovers. Vi I This was a big game for the 11 jugars to win, not only because came against the best team in H 6 NWAACCs, but also because H moved them within one game of H st place in the Southern Region. “They (Umpqua) are the best Him around and we played real | ¡11 against them and beat them tty handily,” said Head Coach 1 Martineau. “We need to feel 1 good about what we’ve done and understand that we’re as good as anybody when we play well. And the girls did a really nice job of playing. They played hard, but they played really intelligent and really did a nice job.” "We played our best game of the year. From the very start we were very focused. We talked about it all week of being prepared, focused and ready to go. We’re starting to play better and better at the right time. The girls are start ing to play with more and more confidence and more intelligence, ^Wept^edot^ best game of the year.” Jim Martineau Head Coach which is a big key down the stretch.” An important factor for this vic tory was to practice hard. All week long, the Cougars have been work ing to get ready for this match-up. “The key is just to prepare and practice like we’ve done the last couple of weeks and be really fo cused on the preparation of going dowi^and playing these-two games. If we play hard and work hard in practice, then we tend to play well in games. The girls un derstand that now,” said Martineau. The season series between these Umpqua and Clackamas ended in a split, with each team winning on their home floor. But there is still a chance that these two teams could meet again even before the NWAACCs roll around. For that to happen, the Cougars would have to win all five of the rest of their upcoming games, while Umpqua would have to lose only one more in the rest of their remaining games, resulting in a tie breaker game. This is unlikely to happen, but if it does, the Cougars will take confidence from this last victory. The next challenge for the Cou gars will come on the road at Chemeketa on Wed. Feb. 13. After that game, they will come back home to try and take out South west Oregon CC on Sat. Feb. 16. Both of these teams ate »pretty good and could turn out to be a big challenge. But after this win against Umpqua, Martineau is pretty confident about his team’s chances for the rest of the season. “I think the girls believe they can beat anybody and expect to win every game down the stretch. It’s going to do nothing but give us a boost,” said Martineau. Kayla Steen tosses up a shot In a home victory against the NWAACC leader, Umpqua. The Cougars had an Tl-polnt victory, 89-78. lory and upset mark the tart of the Winter Olympics ELENABORYSKA Sports Editor he Winter Olympic games have un! The opening ceremonies place on Fri., Feb. 8 in SaltLake , Utah, and marked the begin- g of one of the most celebrated 1 Irting events in the world. So far, U.S.A has done pretty well in medal category and as of Tues- '■ ay afternoon, was leading the -I lai count with a total of nine, kustria was right behind the U.S. 1 1 seven medals and Germany was lose third with six. 1 I Zelly Clark won the first U.S. gold I le 2002 Olympics in the women’s I pipe snowboarding. Clark beat Doriane Vidal from France by 4.9 its, finishing with 47.9 total. The i’s snowboarding trio of Ross ■ers, Danny Kass and Janet Tho- provided an exciting moment for ericans in the men’s halfpipe »boarding. These three guys : the gold, silver and bronze med- n the first U.S. sweep of a Win- Games event since 1956, and f the second Winter Games ep by the U.S. ever. Gold medal- IS<| m ler Powers set the mark at 46.1 I / on in the competition, while “lir medalist Kass had his chances ’ I ke the gold from his teammate, It came up short Thomas slipped into the bronze medal position after rather than the Canadian team of bumping out fellow American Jamie Sale and David Pelletier. While Tommy Czeschin. the Russian’s performance was In the men’s500 meter speed skat strong, it wasn’t nearly as close to ing competition, Americans Casey perfection as the Canadian’s routine. Fitzrandolph and Kip Carpenter fin But the judges didn’t see it that way. ished in the first and third spots re They gave the Russians seven 5.9s spectively, adding two more medals for artistry, which was just enough to the U.S. total. for them to sneak past the Canadi Other medal winners from the ans, who only got four 5.9s. The Olympic action will continue United States include men’s speed skater Derek Parra, women’s for the next couple of weeks, conclud freestyle skier Shannon Bahrke and ing on Sun., Feb. 24. Many events will men’s freestyle skier Travis Mayer, be televised on either NBC, MSNBC who all secured second place spots or CNBC, so for more details, check and won silver medals. the out www.saltlake2002.com. • One story that is develop ing during these Olympics has to do with the pairs figure skating compe tition that took place on Mon day, Feb. 11. The judges of this event awarded the gold medal to the Russian skating duo of Elena Berezhnaya and The Canadians pleased the crowd but not the Anton judges with their silver medal winning pairs Sikharulidze figure skating performance. hemeketa Feb. 13 rffiTffflwítitíMíritfiifl a iti'i. DO YOU WANT TO WORK IN THE ARTS? 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