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WEdNEsdAy, FEbßUARy 20, 2002
Cougar women rack up two more wins
ELENA BORYSKA
Sports Editor
With only three games to go
before
heading
to
the
NWAACC tournament, the
Cougar women’s basketball
team added two more wins to
their total, finishing the week
with a 9-2 league record.
On Wednesday, Feb. 13,
Clackamas
traveled
to
Chemeketa to play the fourth
place team in the Southern Re
gion. The Cougars were in
control of this game and had a
seven-point lead heading into
the half. That lead eventually
turned into an 85-67 victory for
Clackamas. Kayla Steen scored
29 points, while going a perfect
5 for 5 from beyond the arc.
Steen also grabbed seven re
bounds and seven assists.
Melissa Gibson contributed 19
points, Lena Grant scored 13
and Morgan Hayes had 11,
while Jessica Hansen had ca
reer highs in both rebounds—
with 15-—and blocked shots
(four).
Even though the Cougars
won,
Head
Coach
Jim
Martineau thinks that his team
didn’t play as well as they
could have.
“We were just coming off of
a big win against Umpqua and
didn’t play quite as well as we
did against Umpqua, but it was
a pretty good effort coming off
a big win,” said Martineau.
“That was the second tough
week in a row. We had Lane
and then Umpqua and that last
week we had down at
Chemeketa and Southwest Or
egon, so I thought if we could
get through those four, we
could hopefully get a chance
to get through the second half
without a loss.”
The Cougars then came back
home for a battle against South
western Oregon. Even though
they seemed to be lagging, the
Cougars were able to pull off
their fifth win in a row, 87-74.
“It looked like we were a little
tired after a long week of prac
tice and games. But we really
did a nice job of just kind of
being a little tougher than the
other team,” said Martineau.
Steen led the offense with 24
points, 11 rebounds and seven
assists. Grant scored 16 points
and grabbed seven boards, and
Cappie Smith racked up 16
points. Gibson contributed 15
points to the Cougar total, and
Hansen added 11 points, five
rebounds and five assists.
On Wednesday, Clackamas
will host Portland and play
their last home game of the
2001-2002 season. After that
game, the Cougars will be head-
ing down to Linn-Benton
on Saturday and will be
trying to avenge the loss
from earlier in the season.
According to Martineau,
the Cougars are playing
well enough to win the rest
of the regular season
games this year.
“If we play like we have
been playing, we should
win all three. All we can do
is play our game. We were
unfortunate enough to lose
that game (against Linn-
Benton) and now it’s out of
our
control,”
said
Martineau. “We’ll take care
of what we can do and what
ever happens, happens. We
just need to get ourselves
into the best position pos
sible to go up to that tour
nament.”
Right now, the Cougars
are on an upward swing and
are gaining confidence for
the NWAACCs.
“We’re playing preity
well. I still think we can play
a little better,” said
Martineau. “But what I re
ally think is key, is that
they’re starting to believe in
themselves quite a bit. And
I think they’re starting to real
ize that they’re a pretty good
team and when they play well, Jessica Hansen and Lena Grant try to grab a rebound at last week's
they can beat anybody.”
home victory against Chemeketa.
The oops in the Olympics
By Nick Barron
Greetings, this is Bob Costtoomuch
in Salt Lake City, where the alleged
“Skategate” episode has finally been
resolved. Rumors were circulating
about a French/Russian conspiracy in
the Feb. 11 pair figure skating compe
tition, in which Canadian skaters Jamie
Sale and David Pelletier were
suprisingly defeated by their Russian
counterparts, Elena Berezhnaya and
Anton Sikharulidze. Last Sunday, the
Canadians were given a gold medal
for their performance.
The dispute was over whether the
French judge, Marie-Reine Le
Gougne, scored the Russians’ per
formance higher than their it earned,
in exchange for the Russian judge
to pull for the French team in the ice
dancing competition on Feb. 15.
United States coach Frank Carroll
contended this possibility by say
ing: “Does that mean now the Rus
sian judge possibly is going to give
the French dance team first (in the
ice dancing competition)?”
NBC Olympic figure skating an
nouncer Scott Hamlocks joins us
now.
Scott, it seemed apparent to all
who witnessed the pairs event that
the Canadians’ performance was far
superior to that of the Russians. Do
you agree that the Canadian pair
should have been awarded the gold
medal outright?
“Well, I’m not sure how far the opin
ion of a balding ex-figure skater, like
myself, will go. But I would have to
say that the Canadians’ throw triple
loop put the icing on the skate, (laugh),
for the gold medal, Bob. And the Rus
sians’ obviously failed to execute on
their double axle, so I would have to
say that the Canadians definitely de
served to hear their national anthem
Well, I'm not
sure how far the
opinion of a bald
ing ex-figure
skater, like myself,
will go."
Scott Hamlocks
Ficticious announcer
played as they were awarded the gold
that night”
Other people associated with figure
skating have said that this incident
embarrassed the sport. Would you say
your emotions parallel those individu
als, Scott?
“Bob, Til tell you, except for that little
Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan de
bacle, this is probably the darkest blot
on figure skating’s record. Would I say
I am embarrassed for the sport? No. I
mean, grown men prance across the
ice wearing glittery outfits. To me, that
is as embarrassing as it gets.”
Thank you, Scott, now let me grab
this passerby to gauge his reaction to
this apparent corruption.
Excuse me, sir, but may I get your
feelings on the incident that oc
curred on Feb. 11?
“Who are you, the Mormon po
lice? I told myself not to drink that
Bud Light, dam it.”
No, actually, I was speaking in ref
erence to the rumors of a Russian/
French conspiracy against Canadian
figure skaters, Jamie Sale and David
Pelletier.
“Oh, yeah, right. Uh, yeah, I feel
that the French showed their arro
gant true selves and screwed over
the Canadians. You know, we did
save their butts in both World Wars,
but they still seem ungrateful. And
Canada is like the 51st state of the U.
S., ‘cause they are like our little broth
ers. We look out for them, and all.
Sure, their comedy routines leave us
feeling nauseous and they talk
weird, but we don’t hold that against
JeffFoxworthy.”
Thank you sir, have fun checking
out the luge competition.
“The luge? Nah, I ain’t had that in
years.”
O.K., well, I think that wraps it
up here, folks. So the Canadian fig
ure skating pair of Pelletier and
Sale has been awarded a gold
medal, and the Russians are al
lowed to keep theirs. Back to you,
Katie.
COUGAR ATHLETIC EVENTS
Portland @
Clackamas Feb. 20
Men: 5:30 p.m.
Women: 7:30 p.m.
Check out these games, it’s your
Clackamas © Linn-
Benton Feb. 23
Men: 4:00 p.m.
Women: 6:00 p.m.
chance to see the sophomores play!