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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).
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