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T he C lackamas P rint • 9 J anuary AMY CASHMAN C lackamas P rint Steve Lemma (1 5), Maycol Rivera (32) and Wes Jensen (12) look on as Ervin Sims (23) rises above the rim and throws down the crowd pleasing jam to end the first half of a Jan. 24 game against Lane CC. Sims scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds as Clackamas beat Lane 77-53. Men's ball on four game winning streak Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint Clackamas men’s basketball ran their winning streak to four games with a 77-53 victory over Lane CC in the Randall Hall gym last Saturday. The Cougars got 16 points from Brandon Gill, 12 points and 8 rebounds from Ervin Sims, 10 points from Cole Kieling and 9 points and 6 assists from Alex Swerzbin in the win. Clackamas got off to a slow start in the contest, before using a driving dunk by Sims at the halftime buzzer to give the Cougars a 26-21 halftime lead. The Cougars came out of the locke room after the half to shoot 61 per cent in the second half to blow out Lane. January 21, Clackamas got 24 points from Gill to lead a balanced attack in the Cougars’ 79-68 victory over Portland CC in the Randall gym. CCC also got 21 points and 7 rebounds from Ammon Bemis and 14 points and 8-boards from Sims as the Cougars jumped out to another quick lead at the start and held on for the win. “We have been inconsistent for most of the season. Our offense is still trying to find its way,” said Head Coach Clif Wegner. “We have been hurt and banged up, but we afe finally getting everyone healthy and that will go a long way in determining how far nament during the winter break from we can go.” Dec. 28-30, hosting Linn-Benton CC, Blue Mountain CC, The Cougars are Mt. Hood CC, currently sporting a Tacoma CC, Linfield 13-5 record overall College JV team, with a 4-2 mark in the Lower Columbia NWAACC Southern College and a team Division, tied for sec ond with Chemeketa comprised of J CCC Alumni, Clackamas CC and trailing first defeated Blue place Mt. Hood CC Mountain 74-68 and by two games. Tacoma 106-73 Clackamas received Clif Wegner before falling to two votes in the first Men's Basketball Coach Lower Columbia 95- NWAACC Coaches’ 79 in the tournament Poll on Jan. 18. The next poll is due out on Feb. 8. championship game by a score of 95- Clackamas hosted their own tour- 79. Gill and Swerzbin were named to “We have been hurt and banged up, but we are finally getting everyone healthy.” the all-tournament team for their efforts. “We faced a really nasty road sched ule early on and we have survived that and we are trying to work some new players into the lineup,” said Wegner. “We have been correcting things in practice and playing harder. We are in the middle of five straight home games and we have to have a good run here. We have Mt. Hood coming up and we need a solid effort in order to get back into the division race.” Tonight, the Cougars host first place Mt Hood at 7:30 p.m. in the Randall Hall gym. Saturday, Clackamas will host Umpqua CC with game time at 6 p.m. in the Randall gym. Clackamas Wrestling working towards NJCAA Championships Sara Atkeson T he C lackamas P rint After a season plagued with injuries, the Clackamas wrestling team is strug gling to wrestle up to their full potential The Cougars participated in a dual meet with Lassen College in the Randall Gym Jan. 16. Three Clackamas wrestlers were out of commission due to injury. Heavyweight Stan Rodriguez was sidelined with a separated shoulder. One hundred and twenty-five pounder Ben Sevigny was out with knee prob lems. Sevigny is making a speedy recov ery and could be back for the regional tournament. Jimmy Chrisman, at 149 pounds, is done for the season with a separated shoulder. The highlights of the Lassen meet were the wins achieved by Shawn Siefke and Bridger Sacher. For Siefke, it was an especially meaningful match. At age 21, this was Siefke’s first match at the junior college level. In the 165-pound division, Siefke easily controlled his opponent. He led in points 8-2 in the second round before solidly pinning his opponent. “I’m glad to see him back on the mat,” said Head Wrestling Coach Mike Haluska. “I think he could be a nation al champion; he’s definitely a real good wrestler.” Sacher, at 197 pounds, spent the first round on his feet after several nice setups which all ended out-of-bounds. Round two was nothing but hard shooting and fierce counter attacks ending in an 8-2 Sacher lead. In the final round, Sacher broke his opponent down quickly from the whistle, using strong groundwork and ending with a solid armbar for the win. According to Halsuka, none of these individual meets really matter as much, it’s the big show at the NJCAA national championships that really count Clackamas hosted the CCC Open Jan. 17. Chris Kidby placed second at 184 pounds. Siefke came in third at 165, conceding in the final round to the defending national champion from Simon Fraser in a one-point match. Clackamas traveled to Des Moines, Wash., Jan. 21 to compete in a tourna ment against Pima CC from Tucson, Ariz. They lost the dual against Pima by one point. A contributing factor to the loss was the fact that one wrestler didn’t make weight; he was over by two- tenths of a pound “You could say that we lost (to Pima) by two-tenths of a pound,” said Haluska. Janunary 22, the Cougars drove six hours to Coeur D’Alene, Idaho to wrestle against the second-ranked community college in the nation, North Idaho CC. “It’s really tough to wrestle with a long drive like that. It really didn’t seem to affect them,” said Haluska. According to Haluska, North Idaho is a difficult place to wrestle, with knowledgeable fans and loud bands. They turn the lights off, making it a hard atmosphere to wrestle in, but it didn’t seem to affect Clackamas, he said. “We only won three matches out of ten, but they were all real good match es. This is probably the first dual where I felt like they wrestled well, all the way through the lineup both days,” said Haluska. “Every wrestler wrestled really well.” SARA ATKESON C lackamas P rint Clackamas wrestler Shawn Siefke (left), grapples with his Lassen opponent on Jan. 16.
