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January 19, 2005
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Jordan
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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
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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.
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