Wrestlers fall to North Idaho, are
still optimistic about regionals
Now with more real Cougar!
The Clackamas wrestling team
took a long trip to North Idaho
College for a dual meet with the
perennial national powers from
Coeur d’ Alene, and came back
home after absorbing a 43-0
defeat at the hands of the
Cardinals.
“Considering it is a long trip
just to get there, I thought we
wrestled them (North Idaho)
tough, but in that atmosphere that
they generate up there we kind of
got our butts whupped,” said
Assistant Coach Lewis Coy. “I
don’t think that North Idaho has
lost a dual meet at home in a very
long time, but we competed pretty
well.”
Coy '•mentioned Ben Sevigny,
who lost to Damon Rowe by a
score of 9-4 in the 125-pound
match, and Derrick Bollier, who
lost to John Zamora 13-5 at 165
pounds, as two who performed
very well in the meet. Jimmy
Crisman lost a one-point decision
at 133 pounds and Chris Henry lost
3-2 in the heavyweight class.
“It was a good experience for
the younger guys, and that should
be good for us as we gear up for
regionals,” Coy said. “We have a
dual with Highline CC coming up
this weekend and we hope to build
a little momentum for the regional
tournament.”
The Cougar matmen wrestle at
Highline this Friday in Des
Moines, Wash. It will be
Clackamas’ last dual meet of the
season. The Cougars will return
home to host the Region 18
Wrestling Championships on Feb.
14 in the Randall Hall gym.
“We should do very well in the
regional tournament,” Coy said. “I
would be very surprised if don’t
qualify nine to ten wrestlers for the
national championships at the end
of February. We just need to step
it up a bit.”
Track:
Indoor meet provides competitive prac
tice, foreshadows a promising season
News Editor
Friday, January 31
Dual w/ Highline
CC “
@ 7 p.m.
Friday, February 14
Region 18
Tournament
All Day HOME
Wednesday,
January 29
at Mt. Hood CC @
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February
1 at
Umpquä CC @
6 p.m.
Saturday, February
8
Southwestern
Oregon CC @
6 p.m. HOME
Wednesday,
January 29
at Mt. Hood CC @
5:30 p.m.
Sports Editor
Clackamas’ track season doesn’t
officially start until March 1, but that
doesn’t mean that the athletes sit
around and wait until then to take
part in competitions; Many four-year
schools compete in an indoor track
season before the outdoor season
begins, and these meets provide the
perfect opportunity for CCC’s track
teams to measure themselves against
some very capable opponents.
“We’re not training for this time
of year at all,” said Head Cross
Country Coach Keoni McHone.
“We’re looking forward to the end of
the year, but we just let [the athletes]
see what they’re at this time of the
year with what they’re doing.”
On Jan. 18, the Cougars traveled
to the University of Washington to
take part in the Husky Preview.
Saturday, February
8
Southwestern
Oregon CC @
4 p.m. HOME
In the men’s 300-meter, Pat
Searing beat his lifetime personal
best by 26 seconds in a very fast-
paced race for this time of the year.
Searing only finished five places
bobs
training for this
time of year at
all.”
Keoni McHone
■ Head Cross
Country Coach
behind Warner Pacific’s Chris
Clancy, who was the winner of a very
large cross country invitational at
Willamette with 400 other competi
tors.
Kelly Howlett made it into the
finals of the men’s weight throw
against the world-leader John
McEwen, who claimed first place in
this competition. Besides McEwen,
Howlett also threw against Adam
Kriz, who is a two-time PAC-10
champion in the hammer throw, a
sport similar to the weight throw.
Howlett’s throw* of .49’8” was the
second farthest throw in school histo
ry, and helped him gain the interest
of many other schools.
Since Clackamas doesn’t partici
pate in the indoor track schedule, the
main reason that the Cougars showed
up was to measure themselves
against other athletes before the sea
son begins, and what this meet says
about their chances in the track sea
son appears to be very promising.
“For us to be competing really
well in a different type of training
than [we are used to] speaks well for
how good our athletes are in shape
for right now,” said McHone.
Defensive game wins Super Bowl
Staff Writer
Saturday, February
1 at
Umpqua CC @
4 p.m.
Some of the highlights of this
meet included the second fastest 400-
meter run in indoor track1 so far this
year, the second and third -fastest
women’s 800-meter run, as well as
some other impressive finishes.
Kari Rissmiller had the top indoor
mark in school history in the one-
mile event by a.significant amount of
time. She was running against some
very talented semi-pro women, but
still managed to finish in the 11th
place spot. According to McHone,
this finish puts her about a month-
and-a-half ahead of schedule com
pared to last year. Her time of 5:11
was about ]0 seconds faster than
what she finished at this time last
year.
Another area where the Cougars
excelled was the women’s pole vault.
Elisabeth Malsey and Natalie
Walruff both flew over the 11-foot
mark and captured the seventh and
eighth positions, respectively.
LUKE MAHAN Clackamas Print
Michael Fisherfbottom) tries to take teammate Derrick
Bollier down during practice. According to Coach Coy,
Bollier performed very well at the last meet, despite his loss.
The Cougars will compete at Highline CC on Jan. 31.
The NFL’s number one ranked
offense against the number one
defense: you couldn’t ask for a better
match-up in Super Bowl XXXVII.
Defense wins the championship.
Sunday night Super Bowl MVP
free safety Dexter Jackson lead the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a; 48-21
victory over the Oakland Raiders.
Dexter intercepted two balls thrown
by regular season MVP Quarterback
Rich Gannon, returning both for
touchdowns. Gannon finished the
day with five interceptions, account
ing for all five Oakland turnovers.
The game started with a field
goal by Sabastian Janikowski that
was set up by Charles Woodson’s
interception. These would be the
only three points the Raiders put on
the scoreboard in the first half.
Tampa Bay’s defense held Oakland’s
running attack to minimal yards and
kept the ball out of aging all-star
receiver Jerry Rice’s hands. Tampa
Bay’s 24th ranked offense looked
poised and ready to score. After
Tampa’s quarterback
Brad Johnson threw an intercep
tion on the opening drive he took
control of his offense, finding open
receivers Keshawn Johnson and Joe
Jurevicius. John Gruden, Tampa
Bay’s coach, called a somewhat con
servative but effective offensive
attack. If it’s true that NFL playoff
games are over if a team is down 14,
then the Raiders hopes were over at
the end of the first half. They were
down 20-3.
Tampa’s defense was just too fast
and hit too hard. Gruden knew
exactly what to expect from the
Oakland offense.
Tampa Bay
acquired Gruden as their new head
coach from Oakland in the off-sea
son last year for eight million dollars
and four draft picks. In practice the
week before the Super Bowl Gruden
simulated Gannon’s offense, giving
the Tampa defense plenty of knowl
edge about the opposing team’s
offense.
Oakland did have opportunities
to get back in the game in the second
half. Oakland blocked Tampa’s
punter Tom Tupa and returned it for
a score. Oakland also found Rice on
a 48-yard touchdown; that may have
been the only lapse in the Buc’s
defense all day.
With no running game, the
Raiders had their defense on the
field for too long and the Tampa
offense took full advantage.
Michael Pittman, the Buc’s running
back, rushed for 124 yards on 29 car
ries, both season highs. Oakland’s
running game rushed for a combined
19 yards.
Sunday’s game proved to be a
classic Super Bowl blowout. The
Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominated
their very first Super Bowl against
one of the most feared teams in the
history of the NFL, controlling the
game from start to finish. Tampa’s
defense should be looked upon as
one of the best to ever play the game
of football. The Buccaneers have an
excellent shot at returning to the
Super Bowl next year. The Raiders
will be a good team, but they retain
the oldest roster in the league so a
repeat of next year’s game may rely
on the health of an aging Oakland
squad.