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S ports 10 • T he C lackamas P rint F ebruary 25, 2004 Men's ball: NWAACC tourney wide open Cougars to-a 92-83 victory over Lane.’ “We had a good,/tlosc game, The Clackamas men’s basket at Lane. They wcr/ determined ball team split their final two and had to win tq/prolong their regular season games last week, season,” sail cgner. “We losing to division champion Mt. made go'od pjiys at crunch time Hood CC and defeating Lane to take care of business.” (2(2, both games on the road. Bemis followed (¡ill in the Wednesday, the Cougars scorebook with 17 points and a hung tough with the Saints from team-high seven rebounds. Mt. Hood before falling 72-62 Swerzbin also had’ 17 points and in (1 resham. Clackamas was led dished out six assists, while by sophomore wing Ammon freshman post Wes 'Jensen Bemis, who scored 19 points scored 13 off the bench for the and grabbed eight rebounds. Cougars. Alex Swerzbin followed with 18 Clackamas will open points while Cole Kieling NWAACC tournament play on chipped in eight Friday, Feb. 27, points and nine taking on Walla rebounds to lead “There are legit- Walla (2(2, the the Cougars off number two seed mately six to the glass. from the Eastern Mt. Hood led eight teams that Division. The 35-33 at halftime game begins at 6 have a shot at and maintained a p.m. at the tour winning the slim lead through nament site, the out the second championship. ” T r i - (2 i t i c s half. The Saints Coliseum in needed the win to Kennewick, Clif Wegner stay. in a tic with Wash. Men's Basketball Coach Chemcketa (2(2 “Walla Walla is for the top spot in a team similar to the Southern us; they play an Division of the NWAACC. Mt. up-tempo style,” said Wegner. Hood and Chemcketa had a “They are a to'ugh and physical playoff Monday night in Salem man-to-man team. It should b'c to determine the number one a good indicator on how well seed from the division in the our team plays throughout the NWAACC tournament and the tournament.” Saints defeated Chemcketa 88- The NWAACC tournament 74 to take the top seed from the runs from Friday through South. Monday, March 1 in Kennewick. “Ammon Bemis and Cole Tickets arc available through the Kieling both played strong Cougar athletic department in games for us at Mt. Hood; their Randall Hall’s lower level. efforts helped keep the game “The men’s tournament is close,” said Head Coach Clif wide open this year; there is no Wegner. “Mt. Hood is a good super, dominant type of team,” team, but we stayed with them Wegner said, “There are legiti- all the way to the end. Wt look mately six to eight teams that forward to seeing them in have a shot at winning the Kennewick |at the NWAACC championship, livery season, tournament].” our goal is to win the league, In the regular season finale make the poststason and place Saturday in Fugcnc, the Cougars at the NWAACCs. Now, we got 27 points from guard want to accomplish two out of Brandon (¡ill to lead the the three.” Frank Jordan T he C lackamas P rint AMY CASHMAN C lackamas P rint Freshman post Josh Spirlin (33) looks for the pass as sophomore point guard Alex Swerzbin elevates over the defense during 72-62 loss at Mt. Hood CC on Feb. 18. ESPN programming goes over the top with abominable shows ting a good night’s sleep and I went to, 1 '2SPN.com to do some research. 1 found that ESPN runs a myriad 1 was kickin’ it at home late of other so-called sports programs. Jumping on the reality TV band Saturday night when I tried to find Blazer highlights. All 1 wanted to wagon, they run the programs, know was who won the dang ball “Beg, Borrow and Deal” and game and all I could get was the “Dream job.” National Spelling Bee on 12SPN, “Bieg, Borrow and Deal” ¡is a and on 12SPN2 all I could come up show where contestants literally beg, bdrrow and deal their way with was poker. So here I am late at night, n<5f across the country earning sports wanting to take the energy to go prizes along the way. If 1 was a deal vyith my dial-up Internet and sucka then this might be' entertain- the only channel that is running any ing. Then there’s “Drcam Job,” kind of real sports coverage is CNN’s “1 leadline News.” Finally, 1 where contestants vie to earn a get a two-second glimpse of the ■year-long contract to be an anchor Blazer game and 1 find myself on “Sportsccntcr.” Hopefully they somewhat relieved—Blazer victory make the winner cover the “World Scries of /Poker.” And don’t even by twenty, gangsta! Then 1 got to thinking, why get me started on the whole World docs FSPN, “the worldwide leader Series and Poker connection; trust me, bodies and tables will fly. in sports,” cover, a card game? In addition to reality television, Come on y’all, 1 know I’m not the only one who has beef with ESPN hits us with three talk shows: cards on TV. Where is the action, “Pardon The Interruption (PT1),” where is the entertainment, where “Rome is Burning” and “Around' is the sport in cards?!? Don’t the Horn.” PT1 is great, no beef answer if you disagree, just keep there. Jim Rome is'punk, who likes to get punked and “Around the reading. I then sacrificed all hope of get Horn” is just atrocious. Nic Delzell S ports E ditor As my search continued, my stomach felt even worse when 1 found out that ESPN had a foot ball soap opera entitled “Playmakers.” 1 have seen this one a few times, but 1 gave up when the lead- character started smoking crack during football games. If 1 went on about this show we might have another curse-word controvsy. FSPN needs to do a little more thinking and a little less drinking, liven if 1 was crunkcr than crunk could be on Crunkday, I wouldn’t really watch anything on FSPN, other than . “Sportsccntcr,” NBA coverage and the occasional “Strong Man Competition.” I just want FSPN to go back to the days before Stuart Scott became a television wordsmith. •Out, gone, peace, bye-bye and 1 may never watch the trick box again (that’s TV, fo’ y’all squares). Contraception and General Women’s Care Women’s Health Center of Routine Gynecological Care Birth Control Options STD Screenings Prenatal Care Oregon 15 OS Division Street, Suite 205 Oregon City, Oregon 57045 INTERNET PHOTO Stuart Scott and Rich Isen get down during an episode of ESPN’s “Sportscenter.” 503-657-1071 • www.whcoo.com
