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S ports N ovember 26, 2003 T he C lackamas P rint • 7 Volleyball finishes second at NWAACCs Nic Delzell S ports E ditor The Clackamas volleyball team ended a successful 2003 campaign with a second place finish at the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) championship tournament, held at Green River CC Nov. 21-23. “Overall, this was a fantastic toumatnent,” said Head Coach Kathie Woods. The Cougars opened tournament play on Nov. 21 against Walla Walla CC. The Cougars were victorious by scores of 30-26, 30-28, 23-30 and 30-21. Ashley Cadotte led the Cougar offense with 15 kills and seven blocks. Lindsay Schiely fol lowed with 14 kills. Tara Andrews had 48 assists and two ace serves, “This was a very good match,” said Woods. “Walla Walla was out to get us, but the girls handled them selves well; it was a very good game. Some fans said that Walla Walla played the match of their lives against us.” Nov. 22, the Cougar women moved on to play against Tacoma CC and Whatcom CC. They defeat ed Tacoma by scores of 30-22, 30-15 and 30-22. “Tacoma didn’t have the weapons to compete against us,” said Woods. According to Woods, the Cougars had an easier time with Tacoma then they did in their previous match against Walla Walla. The team was able to gain momentum with this win. Cadotte had 15 kills; Justine Rhodes had 12 kills and 15 digs. “Justine really stepped up in that comeback,” said Woods. every aspect of the game,” said This win put the Cougars up Woods. against Spokane once again, this The Cougars also took care of time for the NWAACC champi Whatcom CC, winning by scores of onship. The Cougars were defeated 30-25, 30-18,26-30 and W-li/ 30-22, 20-30, 30-21, and 21-30. “Whatcom matched up really “We had a hard time getting our well against us. It was a well-fought feet under the ball,” said Woods. game; we needed that win because “We fought well in the championship we knew the next day would be game, they just had the momentum.” tough,” said Woods. Spokane placed The Cougars first overall fol “ Lane had already played three games lowed by knocked off a cou on Nov. 23. They Clackamas, Lane ple of NWAACC played Spokane CC and Whatcom. Kowerhouses; we twice and they also Four Cougars played Lane CC. were selected to the ad to play them In the first all-tournament while they were on matchup with team. Schiely and a high.” Spokane, the women Andrews made the were defeated by first team, while Kathie Woods scores of 27-30, 30- Bentz and Cadotte 27, 30-27, 28-30 and made the second Head Volleyball Coach 13-15. team. Schiely has also been nominat “Twice in that [match] we were two points away ed as an All-American. from a victory,” said Woods. “It was Woods is happy with her team’s an incredible match ... it simply finish even thought they fell short of an NWAACC championship. could have gone either way.” “We went out to be number one This match put the Cougars into the losers’ bracket where they went all year. This league is so strong, we up against Lane CC. In a best two- weren’t that dominate of a team but out-of-three match the Cougars won we played well when it counted the first game 30-21. At one point in most,” said Woods. “There were a the second match Lane had game lot of great teams at the tournament; point at 22-29, but they were able to we made our goal of playing in the came back and win 33-31. Woods championship game. The girls said that this sort of comeback is played hard and with class. It was unheard of in the game of volleyball. Spokane’s weekend, but it was our “Lane had already knocked off a year. Out of all the NWAACC teams couple of NWAACC powerhouses; we feel that we had the best year we had to play them when they were overall. I’ll take our year over on a high. I was really proud about Spokane’s year,” said Woods. EARL ENGLAND C lackamas P rint The Clackamas volleyball team as they prepared to travel to Green River CC to participate in the NWAACC tournament. From Bottom, left.to right: Assistant Coach Leilani Kamahoahoa, Tara Andrews, Lindsey Girod-Burgess, Michelle Boeckman, Becky Horn, Ashley Walbridge, Halyey Bentz, Jaime Herrera, Justine Rhodes, Ashley Cadotte, Head Coach Kathie Woods and Lindsay Schiely. Men's basketball team Wrestling looks to Thanksgiving tourney takes out Concordia JV Ben Maras “I expect Jimmy Crisman, lose, you move out towards conso lation. They moved out and Bridger Sacher, Ben Sevigny and towards the front; they were only Mike Jacobs to do especially well” Martindale said. “Mainly we'll just one match away from placing.” The wrestlers were not short on be getting a lot of experience.” The team has been off to a rough competition; the rivalry consisted of many other colleges, as well as start, suffering from injuries and the open wrestlers that are nationally normal problems coming with a very “green” team. ranked. These The team expects to included a world overcome these “All the guys wres champion in the obstacles within the 125 pound divi tied really well, next month and sion, and a mem especially two of become a very strong ber of the U.S. team, after ranking national team in our heavy ninth in the nation the 175 pound weights.” last year. division. Most of the While most team's time has been people are at home Lloyd Martindale spent on the road, in bed Assistant Wrestling honing their skills Thanksgiving Coach from school to morning, the school. For fans who Cougars will be don't want to drive all showing their ded ication by leaving for Susanville, the way to California or Canada to Calif., to wrestle in a tournament at see them, the Cougars next home Lassen Junior College and are opti meet will be on Friday, Jan. 2 mistic about their upcoming experi against Southwestern Oregon Community College. ence. T he C lackamas P rint Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint The Clackamas Cougars opened the 2Q03-Q4 basketball season with a resounding 100-69 victory over the Concordia College Junior Varsity squad last Saturday night in the Randall Hall gym. “We played all right, but we were a bit sloppy at times;” said Head Coach Clif Wegner. “All this game proves is that we have a lot to work on to get ready for the league sched ule.” The Cougars only return two let termen from a squad that won the 2002-03 Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges’ (NWAACC) Southern Region championship and finished in seventh place at thie NWAACC tournament. Those lettermen are Brandon Gill, a 6-1 sophomore from Gresham, who was voted to the sec ond team all-Southem Region, and Steve Lemma, a 6-2 sophomore from Oregon City, who was voted to the Southern Region all-freshman team. The Cougar men hope to add to a couple of impressive streaks: 25 consecutive winning seasons and four straight 20-win seasons. Ten new players, including seven fresh man will try to adapt to Coach Wegner’s up-tempo style of play; their success at grasping that system quickly will more than likely be the key to another playoff-bound season. The Cougars will face stiff com petition from an always-tough region. Chemeketa CC, Southwestern Oregon CC, Mt. Hood CC and Linn-Benton CC figure to be in the playoff hunt this season. Lane CC, Portland CC and Umpqua CC are always dangerous in this well- balanced region. Other teams, including Lower Columbia College in the West Region, Yakima CC and Big Bend CC from the East Region and Seattle CC and Bellevue CC from the North Region, look to have the best chances to win the NWAACC cham pionship. The Cougar men played the Warner Pacific College junior varsi ty team last night in the Randall Hall gym; results were not available at press time. The men are back in action in Longview, Wash., this weekend at the Lower Columbia Red Devil Classic tournament, fea turing community college teams from all over the Northwest. The Cougars have home games next week against the Cascade College junior varsity on Thursday, Dec. 4 and against the Linfield College junior varsity on Saturday, Dec. 6. Both games begin at 7 p.m. in the Randall Hall gym. The Cougar wrestlers faced off against the North Idaho College Cardinals, the current No. 1 team in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) rankings. Although they wrestled well, the Cougars were unable to top the defending national champions. In light of their defeat, the team has been using it as a learning experi ence to brush up on technique and, as always, their conditioning. They also wrestled at the Best of the West/Southem Oregon University Open. 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