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JI I ü I Men’s ball proves they can contend ____ A fa^LACKAMASprinf • I got just what I didn ’t expect Coos Bay to take on the Lakers of Southwestern Oregon ,CC improv ing to 5-2 in the Southern Division; with a hard-fought 72-68 victory The Clackamas Cougar men Over SWOCC. efeated Umpqua CC and Clackamas was led by the outhwestem Oregon CC in 15 points and nine rebounds by IWAACC play last week as the Freeman, while Micah Mooney tougars held on to a-solid third added 14points from his guard posi ■ace in the Southern Division. tion. Jensen added 12 points and I Last Wednesday, the Cougars nine rebounds, and Sanders chipped Km all over Umpqua CC, whip in 11 counters from the point. ping the Timbermen by a score of Southwestern Oregon was led 84-61. Maycol Rivera added 15 by sophomore Brandon Thompson, points on 6-8 from the field, while who tossed in a game-high 29 Matt Sanders chipped in 14 points; points. SWOCC fell to 3-5 in the I Clackamas shot 57 percent from Southern Division with the loss and Be floor for the game, including 67 an overall record of 8-14. Percent in the second half, while “We really played a great game Holding Umpqua to 36 percent in the Saturday night down at SWOCC,” second half, enabling the Cougars to said Wegner. “The kids really dug Bitscore the Timbermen 51-30 in down and played smart and tough Be second half enroute to the 23- down the stretch. It was a great win loint final margin., for us and a great experience for all I Umpqua was led by sophomore who saw it,. It really was a great col Barlin McLaughlin,, who had 16 lege basketball game.” points, while freshman Ryan Lucas Chemeketa still leads the divi Idded 12 points. Umpqua fell to 1- sion with a 7-0 record, while Mt 5 in Southern Division play and. to Hood is one game back at 6-1. The 9-11 overall with'the loss. Cougars play a make-up game in I “We really are banged up right Albany tonight against Linn-Benton low; we have a couple of kids CC, with game time scheduled for mo are hurt and we have another 7:30 pm. This game was postponed ©ne with the flu, so, we are a little due to the ice storm on Jan. 15. liort-handed,” said Head Coach Clackamas returns home to face Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print ■if Wegner. “We just have to work the same Linn-Benton squad this our way through these setbacks arid Saturday, Feb. 6, with a scheduled The men’s ball team plays we will be okay.” tip-off at 6 pin. in the Randall Hall a heavy second half to take I Saturday, the Cougars traveled to gym. their Opponents down. Frank Iordan 77ie Clackamas Print Wqmen bailers put fans on their feet Women’s basketbait had a tough loss last week to * Umpqua 77-70. With 3:38 left in the game, Clackamas turned up the pressure To come back from a 20 point defecit and bring die game within five points. Raining threes and pushing the baseline still wasn’t enough, as Umpqua sealed their victory with two late free throws. Although the fan tournout left many empty bleachers, parents and friends who came to watch the game stood on their feet in support of the women’s effort. Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print [Jeff Sorensen [The Clackamas Print I The youth wrestling state cham- lonship tournament was held last gturday after being rescheduled- Ie to the ice storm, and when ne of the referees could make it, the Clackamas wrestlers were ippy to volunteer. “A highlight of my season as watching them give back to le little kids,” said a beaming lackamas Head Coach Mike aluska. I The team was faced with their pal dual meet Sunday in Coos ay, and had to catch a bus from the tournament at Clackamas High Ichool directly to Cods Bay that Mening. Most of all, Haluska was ■oud of the way the wrestlers ■inducted themselves. ■ “They handled the pres- ■re of parents yelling at them Kell,” said Haluska. “They rep resented* Clackamas [Wrestling], Mackamas Community College, and the sport of wrestling. I was as proud of them [as] any national champ I’ve ever had.” The next week-and-a-half will see the wrestlers training and heal ing in anticipation for their NJCAA regional tournament a week from Saturday. Tim Cook is still nursing a shoulder injury from earlier in the season, but hopes to be ready to go for the tournament. Also trying to pull off of the injured list is 141 lbs. Shane Slover, who looks good going into the weeks before, regionals after a big win against his SWOCC opponent last weekend in lieu of sustained injuries to his shoulder and ankle, and freshmen talent Nick Stacks, who also injured his shoulder and knee. After suffering from injuries all season, the team hopes to be as prepared as possible for this season’s grand finale, and going into the home stretch, Haluska feels like their volunteer effort was a huge success. “It’s a gentleman’s sport,” said Haluska, “and they were gentlemen.” Michael McCormack The Clackamas Print Why is it that community college basketball doesn’t get the respect it deserves is beyond me. I never see a write-up in the Oregonian about the top teams in the NWAACC, but biweekly I get information on the high school updates. Isn’t high school ball a pre requisite for college athlet ics? Aren’t the players that participate in the NWAACC deserving of some sort of publicity? The fact of the matter is that they have earned the right to continue their basketball future. Last Wednesday the Trailblazers were playing the Dallas Mavericks and I had a ticket waiting for me if I want ed to attend-. Instead I decided to venture into ’ a Clackamas men’s basketball game. This was the first commu nity college game I have ever witnessed, and before attending I had a personal stereotype of why I had never gone before. Prior to my attendance I expected the Clackamas game against Umpqua to be nothing but an extension of high school basketball. I anticipated that the game would be sloppy and that the participating players . weren’t able to play at a higher collegiate level. • During the first half of the game my rationalization of the contest held true. The game had a lackluster start at best. Not many points were scored by either team, while both offenses seemed to be unorganized. I kept asking myself the question, “Do these teams have offensive sets?” Clackamas had the ball on the perimeter most of the half and seemed to refuse to go inside to the posts. I was kick ing myself for not attending the Blazet game— at least there I could have had some enthusi asm for the competition. I decided to stay and see how the game turned out, because even if the first half had. been uneventful, the game was close. As the second half began I started to get into it. The pace of the game had picked up and my stereotype of community college basketball started to be refuted. The Cougars looked like die team I wanted to see in the sec ond half. Led by guards Matt Sanders and Maycol Rivera, Clackamas had jumped to a 20-point lead in the first 10 minutes of the second frame. Sanders dem onstrated pure touch. on his shot and great court aware- ness, leading all players with 12 assists. Rivera showed his athleti cism with two acrobatic shots on the baseline and an unde niable relentlessness to make something happen in the front court. In the second half Clackamas also proved that they do have some offensive structure by passing the ball to the post, especially to Cougar cen ter Brian Freeman. Freeman showed court presence on both ends, finishing the game with a double-double, pouring in 13 points and 10 boards to go along with his team high of three blocks. Being a shooter, there is nothing that gives me great- er pleasure on the court than to see a pure jump-shot from downtown. Wes Jensen showed outside range and led all scor ers with 24 points while add ing nine rebounds to help the Cougars to an 84-61 victory. Now having had the experi ence of seeing a game here, I am happy to say that I will be attending many games to come. If you like basketball and want to see a team out-hustle and simply outplay their com petition, come watch tonight when the Cougs take on Linn- Benton. Community college basket ball might not be the most pub licized sport in Oregon, but it sure does offer players who have the potential the opportu nity to play at that higher level. 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