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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.
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