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10 • ^tlACKAMASPriflt February 23, 2005 Women’s ball ends on high not Stephen Hayes Clacki The Women bailers will have a strong playoff seed going into the post-season . Frank Jordan 11 The Clackamas Print Stephen Hayes Clackamas Print ABOVE: Kasie Elliot (11) works around a Mt. Hood defender in the Cougars’ blowout of the Saints. ABOVE RIGHT: Rochelle Reeves (22) led the team with 15 points on Wednesday, and helped Clackamas with her outside touch in the win Saturday. The Clackamas women are winding down the regular season and preparing for the upcoming NWAACC tourna ment next week. The Cougars blew out Mt. Hood CC and squeaked by a talented Umpqua CC team down in Roseburg last week to solidify their seeding for the conference champion ships. Last Wednesday, the Cougars honored three departing sopho mores before playing in their final home game at CCC. Kasie Elliot, Lindsfey Boeckman and L’Trece Prewitt were honored by the crowd and their team mates for their contributions to a great program. The Cougars went on to blow out the Saints by a score of 88-35. Rochelle Reeves led a very balanced Cougar attack with 15 points, while LaToya Hill added 14. Vanessa Schmitz had Cougars to take ‘shot’ at NWAACC Jeff Sorensen Sports Co-Editor As the spring sports season draws closer, the track and field teams, under Head Coach Jack Kegg, are busy preparing to defend the cache of trophies they won in 2004. The women’s team has high expectations this year as the six members of the champion cross country team join 12 more and they get ready to chase tha^ NWAACC title. “I’m really excited,” said Kegg of both the men and women. “This has been one of the best teams for getting along and creating a family atmo sphere.” The men are expecting 25 members to return from last year’s team, the only team in their region to place in the NWAACC championships. With that much experience returning to the team, Kegg feels that as long as they continue to work hard, they’ll do well for them selves this season. “I think our guys have the talent to win NWAACC,” said Kegg. “We’re definitely in the hunt to win.” Basketball season is still wrapping up, so a few members of the team have yet to come to practice because of their cur rent responsibilities. Talent like Sean Jonefc, who pole-vaulted 16 feet, 3.25 inches in the pre season indoor and set the third best record in the history of Clackamas, is making sure the team progresses well enough to achieve their golden goals this season Also looking strong this sea son are Casey Kauffman, who’s hot on the heels of the men’s jav elin record, and Carly Schuening, who’s already throwing 41.5 feet in the pre-season and placed fourth in the shot-put last year. With numbers like these, Kegg’s sure his team will be heavily competitive this year. “I don’t think this team can lose and reach its potential,” said Kegg. The track season will open on March 5 against Willamette and the team will head to Stanford during spring break for one of the top four competitions in the country. Freshman Carly Schuening shows the boys now it’s done during' shot-put practice on tuesday. Patiently waiting their turn (from left) are Chris Dilley, Lucas Ohmes, Chris Hoppie, David Arndt, and Mike Jenkins. Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print 13 points and Kayla Ohlman came off the bench with a solid 10 points and nine rebounds. Saturday, the Cougars trav eled down to Roseburg to take on the No. 2 ranked Umpqua Timberwomen, and behind a 32-point, nine-rebound effort from Hill, came back home with an 82-79 victory. “We struggled offensively in the first half; we just couldn’t get anything going,” said Head Coach Jim Martineau. “[Rochelle] Reeves hit a big three-point shot at the end of the half to tie the game and help keep us in it.” Both teams kept going back and forth throughout the sec ond half, with neither team opening up more than a four- point lead until the five-min ute mark left in regulation. Then Umpqua used a big push to open up a nine-point lead at 79-70 with about three min utes left. But Kellie Morey hit a three to cut the lead to 79-73 and on the next Umpqua possession, Hill stole a pass and drove for a layup to cut the lead to four. After two more Clackamas baskets tied the game with a little under a minute left, tough Cougar defense fore Umpqua turnover. With one in the building exp Cougar leading scorer take the last shot, Hill I wide-open Morey out lx the arc, who drained the with six seconds left to the Cougars the 82-79] Umpqua missed a de tion three-point attempt buzzer and Clackamas i of the gym with a huge “We played well do stretch and our toug showed,” said Marti “Hill had a great ball plus we got huge efforts Reeves and Prewitt. [Ohlman] had her second secutive great game o, bench, giving us eight points in the second half The Lady Col improved their record ti 6 overall and 10-3 ii Southern Division with win at Umpqua. Clad continues to hold onto, place in the division, just game behind Umpqua, one game left. Clacki will take on Portland C 5:30 p.m. tonight at 1 Sylvania in the final ra season game.
