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^’^tACKAMASPf^if January 19, 2005 «Q ?ague play too much for Cougars Jordan kamas Print lackamas Cougar men VAACC league play on h a 76-6 L home loss at of the Chemeketa CC <eta got strong inside/ iy from 6’9” sophomore ford, who led all scorers tints and 18 points from liley Luettgerodt to man- Cougars. nas was led by the 20 8 rebounds from sopho- Jensen, while freshman Freeman followed with and 7 rebounds. The ,ot only 37 percent from vhile Chemeketa shot a 9 percent for the game, rgars brokeiinto the win • the first time in con- iy with a hard-fought try over the Lakers from m Oregon CC. The akers were|outmatched ore physical Cougars, sed good ball-handling defense . to stay with until the end. again led the scoring >ugars with 16 points >st position, while haul- ix rebounds. Freshman ah Mooney went 5-6 loor on his way to 13 e sophomore guard Matt nt 3-3 from beyond the larc to tally 12 points, hipped in nine points rds from the post in the the Cougars traveled i to take on last year’s runner-up, the Mt. Saints. The Cougars | utstanding performance 1 and fell to the Saints l»f 84-68 to fall to 1-2 in CC Soulhem Division Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print Point guard Jake Kettles (25) drives past the SWOCC defender during Jan. 8 69-60 victory. The Cougars are now 1-2 in NWAACC league play, losing to Mt. Hood CC and Chemekta CC. Up next the Cougars will take on Portland CC at 7 p.m. in the Randall gym. Freeman scored 24 points, hauled in 10 rebounds and had five steals in the losing Clackamas effort. Jensen chipped in 13 points alongside Freeman. Mt. Hood was led by sopho more guard Scott Zea, who had 21 points and 14 rebounds, while guard Gregg Barlow had 20 points. Mt. Hood shot 48 percent for the game while holding Clackamas to 32 percent from the field. Last Saturday’? game at Linn- Benton CC in Albany was post poned due to the ice storm this past weekend. This game will be made up on Feb. 2. Tonight, the Cougars play host to Portland CC, with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. in the Randall Hall gym. Jan. 22, Clackamas will travel to Eugene to take on Lane CC. That game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on the Lane CC campus. fessional athletes pay, floss their human side il McCormack imas Print it years, professional re been raking in more tost modest Americans to do with. jority of sports fans ; athletes are overpaid ¡y should do more for nity with those large id Cavaliers guard ihed some light on this lying, “When people wherever it is, you do in. When you’ve been ife, that’s your duty.” ite to say it, but it took saster to see that some letes still have a heart. : current South Asian hiph has taken more 0 fives and devastated jre, professional ath- oing more than their nefit these distressed lies,. ■oney isn’t always the i disaster like this; it jlp when those “over- es lend out a helping aild a culture that has by Mother Nature, s of athletes and pro- jports organizations their time and money e in need. One racing icon chumacher pledged to the tsunami relief ier this month. His Burkhard | Cramer, died in Thailand from the tragedy, and even though his contribution won’t bring back his friend, it will help with making sure that others still have their lives to live. Along with Schumacher, the San Francisco Giants raised $109,650 from an online auction that would give fans a chance to meet with Barry Bonds, throw out the first pitch on Opening Day and a breakfast with Giants man ager Felipe Alou. Jermaine O’Neal, of the Indiana Pacers, who was involved in the altercation with the Detroit Pistons nearly two months ago and nearly had his reputation burnt down, showed me and sports fans everywhere that he has a special place in his soul for those in crisis. O’Neal, along with six other NBA players, donated $1,000 dol lars for every point they scored in one of their respective games played last week. O’Neal even took his charity to a higher level. During the game of donation he scored 32 points, but that wasn’t enough in his mind. He gave $55,000, dating back from a 55 point effort he performed earlier in the season. Major League Baseball donat ed $1 million to relief efforts, and in addition to that, the finan cial monopoly known as the New York Yankees will donate $ 1 mil- lion more to help fund the rebuild ing of a nation. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig showed light on the crisis by saying, “As a social institu tion, Major League Baseball has a responsibility to help those in our communities and, in this case, the global community.” It happens too often in our country, that pro athletes are portrayed as selfish millionaires who only care for their own well being. In my fife I haven’t seen too many athletes give their own money to help charities, but I couldn’t be more proud to be a sports fan right now. These ath letes showed me that they are concerned with the global com munity and that they understand their place in it. Athletes who make millions have to be satisfied with what they have done with their life, but what should satisfy them even more is to know that they have helped a cause that is bigger than sports, and that is fife. w ’ wot- NA I 1477 SE1 st Ave Ste 104 19735 Hwy 213 V
