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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
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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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