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http://depts.clackamas.cc.or.us/print
Wednesday,. March 13, 2002
Second
missing
girl raises
concerns
INTERNET PHOTO
Above: Miranda Gaddis is
the second girl to turn up
missing in similar
circumstances as Ashley
Pond, who disappeared
Jan. 9.
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Editor-in-Chief
Thirteen-year old Miranda
Gaddis is the second girl to dis
appear since January from the
Newell Creek Village apartment
.complex located on South
Beavercreek Road in Oregon City.
Investigators now consider the
possibility that the two cases
might be linked.
Gaddis was last seen Friday,
March 8, at 7:30 a.m. by her
mother at the apartment complex.
Just like Ashley Pond who dis
appeared under similar circum
stances Jan. 9, Gaddis was sup
posed to be heading to the bus
stop but .never made it. Gaddis
and Pond attended the same
school and were teammates on
the Gardiner Middle School
dance team.
The FBI expanded the number
of agents working on the case.
On Sunday, more than half of the
FBI agents in the state were in
volved in the search. Gaddis’
mother and friends passed out
flyers at Clackamas Town Center
and stores in the Oregon City
area.
According to Diane Luther,
Executive Director of Northwest
Housing Alternatives, the own
ers of Newell Creek Village are
rewarding $5000 for information
leading to the discovery of the
two missing girls.
“We are outraged at what is
happening to our Newell Creek
community,” said Luther. “We
have taken and are taking a num
ber of actions to increase secu
rity at Newell Creek.”
In addition, Oregon City Pub
lic Schools have decided that
See Gaddis, page 2
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City. Oregon
Volume XXXV, Issue
Cougars take third
NICK BARRON
Business Manager
Just as wine gets better with
age, so will Clackamas’ men’s
basketball team’s third-place fin
ish in the Northwest Athletic As
sociation of Community Col
leges Championship Tourna
ment
Despite hope and expectations
of the Cougars capturing the first-
place trophy, the team failed to
reach the championship game,
taking third-round loss to Big
Bend on March 10.
In the first round, Clackamas
defeated the Clark Penguins by a
score of 76-73. The Cougars led
their opponent 38-31 at the half,
but Clark outscored Clackamas
by four points in the second half
to set up a dramatic finish.
With the Cougars holding the
ball with mere seconds remain
ing in the game and the team
grasping onto a one-point lead,
Matt Tabisz tossed in a basket
with one second remaining to seal
Clackamas’ victory.
Tabisz led the Cougars in scor
ing with 22 points, followed by
Michael Kuebler with 19. Tabisz
grabbed seven rebounds, as
Kuebler and Lawson Struve came
in second with six apiece.
Next up for Clackamas was
Shoreline Community College, a
team the Cougars beat on Dec.
14. The Dolphins' athleticism
kept them in the contest, captur
ing a one point lead with just a
minute left.
As the clock ticked away, the
Cougars pulled ahead 83-80.
Struve grabbed the rebound and
was fouled. The sophomore hit
both ensuing free throws with
just 1.6 seconds left, assuring
Clackamas of an 85-80 victory.
Evan Kieling, a freshman post
player who has steadily improved
throughout the season, paced the
Cougar offense with 17 points,
going seven of eight from the free
throw line. Clackamas Coach Clif
Wegner thinks that Kieling is on
the verge of becoming a domi
nant athlete.
“He’s very crafty, he’s got
good moves, he has a very nice
shooting touch,” Wegner said.
“He is going to occupy a lot of
attention next year.”
Once Shoreline was disposed
of, Clackamas dueled with Big
Bend over the right to go to the
championship game.
The match was neck and neck
in the first eleven minutes, with
Big Bend taking the upper hand
at the nine-minute mark by a
scote of 23-16. At one point in
the first half, the Cougars fell be
hind the Vi
kings by 12
points, trailing
by six heading
into halftime.
In the sec
ond
half,
Marvin Noble
picked up his
fourth per
sonal foul, forc
ing him to the
bench for the
majority of the
h a 1 f .
Clackamas
pulled within
one point of
the Vikes with
just over three
minutes re
maining, but
Big
Bend
proved too
much for the
Cougars, who
lost96-89.
Kuebler put
on his best of
fensive perfor
mance of the
tournament,
scoring 32
points to go
with his six as
sists. Struve
followed ir.
scoring with 22
points
and
three bassists.
Clackamas
was hurt by
Noble’s foul
problems,
which limited Michael Kueblergoes up fora basket while facing the Shoreline
the
point Dolphins in the third-round of the NWAACCs. The sophomore guard
guard’s play averaged 24 points a game to lead the Cougars to victory while going
ing time to just up against the Shoreline Dolphins, 83-80.
over 21 min
utes. In the team’s two previous
games in the tournament, Noble the tournament made their de devastating loss to Big Bend.
had averaged 35 minutes per buts early against the Warriors.
“They showed a lot of
game.
Freshman Nick Kirkpatrick and character.. .we just kept playing
“I take responsibility (for the Andy Beehler played important hard through the half,” Wegner
loss),” Noble said. The sopho roles in the game’s outcome. said.
more has been a major key to With the Cougars up by eight
“I thought Kuebler, even
Clackamas’ success this season, points with a minute to go, though he didn’t have a great
and in the tournament alone he Kirkpatrick blocked a Warrior shooting tournament...played
was the driving force behind the shot. Beehler grabbed the ball very hard,” Wegner said. “I
Cougars’ offensive scheme.
and was fouled, hitting both free thought he (Noble) really did a
Once their loss to Big Bend was throws and making thertnatch a good job of running stuff and
in the books, Clackamas was four-possession game.
distributing the basketball and
forced to play for third place
The Cougars went on to win making good decisions.
against Walla Walla.
87-79, granting them third place
Although Wegner and his play
The Warriors were ranked fifth out of the NWAACC’s 36 teams. ers felt that they had a strong
in the final NWAACC Coaches’
It was Kuebler again who led chance at the first-place trophy,
Poll, right behind the Cougars, so the Clackamas offense, scoring he believes that his team will one
the game promised to be an en 29 points. The guard finished the day look back at their accom
tertaining match-up.
tournament with a 24 point per plishments this year with pride.
Clackamas led for the majority game average, and was named
Sometimes things just get bet
of the half, with Walla Walla seem second team All-Tournament ter with a little time.
ingly no match for the hyped-up team.
To reach Nick Barron e-mail
Cougars. Some bench players
Wegner was proud of the way barronoru@hotmail.com or
who had not seen any action in his team rebounded from their drop by B-104.
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