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October 30, 2002
The Clackamas Print
Now with more real Cougar!
Volleyball team gears up
for last third of season
Sports Editor
Wednesday,
October 30
vs. Southwestern
Oregon @ 3 p.m.
HOME
Friday, November
1 vs. Tacoma @
3 p.m. HOME
Saturday,
November 2
vs. Lower
Columbia @ 1 p.m.
HOME
Wednesday,
November 6
vs. Clark @ 3 p.m.
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Wednesday,
October 30
vs. Chemeketa @
7 p.m. HOME
Friday and
Saturday,
November 1-2 at
the Shoreline
Crossover
Friday, November
8 vs. Southwestern
Oregon @ 7 p.m.
Saturday,
November 9 vs.
Umpqua @
3 p.m.
Wednesday,
November 13
vs. Linn-Benton @
7 p.m. HOME
Saturday,
November 9
NWAACC
Championships at
Vancouver,
Washington
With less than a month left in the
season, the Clackamas volleyball
team is preparing to take on some of
the top teams and hopefully make it
into the playoffs.
Over the weekend of Oct. 25-26,
the Cougars traveled to Gresham to
participate in the Mt. Hood
Halloween Classic. There were a
total of 14 teams at the tournament,
and these were the best teams out of
the 29 who play in the NWAACC.
The Cougars took fifth place in the
tournament, and Southern Division
leader Mt. Hood was the champion.
On Friday, the Cougars were unde
feated, taking out Pierce, Edmonds
and Highline. On Saturday, they
weren’t so lucky, losing to Shoreline
and Columbia Basin, and winning
against Whatcom.
Some of the strengths that the
Cougars displayed in the tournament
were their serving percentage, which
was a team total of 96 percent, as
well as their serve receiving, which
was a 2.08 on a three-point scale.
Lindsay Shiely was the leader in kills
with 47, and also had a total of 16
individual blocks in the tournament.
Ashley Cadotte had 31 kills for the
Cougars, and Lori Free was right
behind her with a total of 30, as well
as 63 digs during the weekend.
Clackamas’ most recent league
game came at home against Lane on
Oct. 23. The Cougars soundly
trounced Lane in three games, 30-20,
30-21, and 30-27. Cadotte had a
great offensive game, finishing with
10 kills and a 53 percent kill effi
ciency and Free led the team with 11
kills.
Before that home game, the
Cougars played a tough match
against undefeated Mt. Hood. The
Saints were able to put away
Clackamas in three games, but Head
Coach Kathie Woods knows that Mt.
Hood is not without weakness.
“They beat us, but they are defi
nitely beatable,” said Woods. “We’ve
seen other teams beat them in tour
naments. They are a good team, but
they are... beatable.”
After all of these games, the Cougars
were left With a 5-3 league record,
which was good enough for fourth
place in the NWAACC’s Southern
Division.
“(Our record) is a little deceiving
with how good we are because two
of those three losses are against Mt.
Hood, and they are the undefeated
team,” said Woods.
“What’s important is that we can’t let
that get us down and we finish the
rest of the year strong.”
Though the playoffs are coming
soon, Woods knows that anything is
possible in this league and that the
season is not over yet.
“We’re counting on (the play
offs), we’re planning on it, but we
have several games to play,” Woods
said.
Some of the things that the team
is trying to work on are not causing
their own errors, eliminating defen
sive errors and working on blocks.
The next home game for the Cougars
comes against Chemeketa, Oct. 30 at
7 p.m. in the Randall Gym.
DICK CLOUSER Contributed
Ashley Cadotte reaches to slam the ball over the net at a
recent Cougar match. The women’s volleyball team is in
fourth place In the Southern Division of the NWAACC
with a 5-3 league record. Clackamas will be taking on
Chemeketa tonight at 7 p.m. in the Randall Cym.
Blazer fans anticipate new season
I am so sick of the Los Angeles
Lakers! Actually, hate em’ with a
passion. If you happen to be a Laker
fan living in Oregon, you might as
well stop reading because you’ll get
no love from me. I am an Oregonian
and therefore the Blazers are my
basketball team. However, I am
ready for the team to play some
respectable games and follow
through, even in the fourth quarter. I
want to see the game mean as much
as it did to players like Clyde
Drexler and Terry Porter. It is time to
rise up and once again make
Portland basketball worth watching.
After an impressive 5-2 presea
son record (the best since the 1999
season), the Blazers will hopefully
motivate themselves to win, and
what better way to start the trend
than with a victory over Los Angeles
on opening night? Maurice Cheeks
now has a year under his belt as
Portland’s head coach and I believe
things should go a bit more smooth
ly. We need to eliminate the sloppy
impulse shooting, and fussing at
every call doesn’t help us either.
That kind of thing causes the team to
lose focus. We need to play together
as a team in order to be successful.
I’m not saying I should be coach or
that I know best, but I am a devoted
Blazer fan that thinks his favorite
team does not always play to their
potential.
| am an
Oregonian and
therefore the
Blazers are my
basketball team.",
with each other to be the best. This
can sometimes work, but I believe if
we just learned to humble ourselves
a little more and keep the ball mov
ing until we had the perfect shot, we
could be the best team in the NBA
and take home the championship.
With Bonzi Wells playing both
guard and small forward positions he
should have an outstanding season
this year for the Blazers and is in his
best shape ever. Arvydas Sabonis is
also back for a three-year contract
after spending the last year with his
family in Spain.
Blazer fans, I encourage you to
come and help cheer our team to vic
tory. They are going to need all the
help they can get and we as fans
have a job to support our team. Take
your special lady or man along for
the fun. They will be surprised when
you come home with tickets; and
you can get in on the action for as
low as $15 through Ticketmaster.
You can still get tickets for tonight’s
opener versus the dreaded Lakers. I
believe it is going to be an intense
season, so be prepared and I hope to
see you there.
For more info check out blaz-
ers.com or call 1-800-4-nba-tix.
Doctor John’s Pub
After seven preseason games and
a number of practices, final deci
sions had to be made about whom
will be among the pivotal fifteen to
play for Portland. Sacrifices some
times have to be made and, unfortu
nately, the team waived Richie
Frahm, a free agent invited to camp,
and Amal McCaskill, acquired in the
Antonio Daniels trade from San
Antonio. Better luck next year.
Portland has stars from two dif
ferent decades of basketball with a
variety of different talents that com
pile a team far above average. Our
stars, however, all have very domi
nant tendencies and often compete
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