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Mike Beeson, a 133-pound
wrestler, is no' novice when
it comes to big competitions.
Having
won
the
state
competition in Idaho his
senior year of high school,
then attending the Fila Juniors
Nationals in Las Vegas, Beeson
has the experience to make it
to nationals.
His motto is,
“Wrestle every match as if it’s
your last.”
Shane Slover is a 141-pound
wrestler who attended the
NJCAA Nationals last year,
and hopes to improve on his
3-2 record at the competition.
Seth Roy, a steady headed
149-pound
wrestler,
is
wrestling his first year here
at Clackamas. After a year at
Northern Idaho, Roy returns
to Oregon, where he won the
high school state competitions
in ’02.
“I try to stay focused and
calm,” said Roy, applying this
to both poker and wrestling.
As a big Texas Hold’em
player, Roy brags, “I’m better
than Shane Slover!”
Bryan Cantrell is in his
second year on the Clackamas
wrestling team as the 157-
pound competitor, red shirting
his first year.
“I just get in the mental
frame that I can’t be beat,”
said Cantrell.
Alex Bubb, an accomplished
high school wrestler, is
wrestling in the 165-pound
class.
Attending school to
become an art major, Bubb is
an optimistic competitor.
“No matter what, I go in
with a ljappy attitude,” said
Bubb.
After attending the
Fila Junior Nationals in Las
Vegas this last spring, Bubb
is ready to compete at the
national level and move onto
a four-year school.
Brandon Perkins roots for
his tehm’s success as well as
his own prospects in the 174
pound class.
“We’re
all
working
hard towards that
‘big’
goal,” said Perkins of the
nationals.
Planning on
studying American history
and becoming a "high school
wrestling coach, Perkins’ time
in college wrestling will be
vital to his career.
Jon Basting is competing
in the 197-pound weight
class. Placing second at the
regional competition last
year and attending nationals
as a heavyweight, this year
Basting hopes to compete in
a weight class that’s a little
more reasonable for him.
With lofty aspirations to get
a doctorate in history, this
scholar/athlete is one to watch
closely.
Dan
Pownall
is
the
heavyweight competitor with
a weight of 285 pounds.
After beating the third ranked
heavyweight wrestler from
Northern
Idaho,
Pownall
is ready for regionals, and
subsequently, nationals^-
“I pray ... I talk to my
father who died when I was
a freshman in high school.”
Pownall says of his preparation
for matches.
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■Clackamas women had an
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“Mt. Hood played hard, as they
always do, but they just aren’t
very good and we pretty much had
our way with them,” said Head
Coach Jim Martineau. “We got
balanced scoring and everyone got
a chance to play.”
Charday Hunt led the balanced
attack for the Cougars with 15
points and eight rebounds, while
Kellyn Cooper and Monique
Tribble each had 13 points. Kellie
Morey scored 12 points, and
LaToya Hill had a near triple-dou
ble with seven points, 12 rebounds
and 10 assists.
“It was good that everyone
got a chance to play during this
game,” said Martineau. “Heather
Rightley has not had much of a
chance to play this season, but
she came in and gave us 16 strong
minutes. She had nine points on
3-4 shooting and just gave us a
great effort.”
Clackamas shot 49 percent
from the floor and held thé Saints
to 29 percent shooting.
The
Cougars led 44-19 at the half
and never let up in the 39-point
blowout
The Cougars traveled
to Eugene on Saturday to
take on second-place Lane
(23-1, 7-1). Despite shoot
ing poorly -throughout,
Clackamas led by five at
the halftime break. The
Cougars shot only 34 per
cent in the first half, but
held the Lady Titans to 28
percent from the field.
The second half was a
competely different story
as Lane camel out of the
locker room with their
shooting eyes refocused.
The Titans hit 17-25 shots
from the floor in the second
stanza, including 5-6 from
three-point range to take
the victory.
The
Cougars
held
tough and got within two
points with eight minutes
left, before two big threes
put the game out of reach
for Clackamas. Lane got
clutch foul shooting down
the stretch to hold off the
Cougars and defeated the
visitors 87-77.
“Lane shot [the] lights
out in the second half, and
that above all else is what
did us in,” said Martineau.
“We just did not play very
well throughout. It really
was disappointing. It was
a game that we really could
have won.”
Morey was the only
real consistent shooter for
Clackamas, going 10-20
from the floor enroute to
20 points, while Cooper
had a strong game in the
paint, scoring 18 points and
hauling in a game-high 11
rebounds. Hunt added 17
points and nine rebounds,
while Rochelle Reeves had 14
points. Hill had nine rebounds
and nine assists, but only shot
1-10 from the floor and had four
points.
The loss to Lane dropped
the Cougars into a first-place tie
with the Titans at 7-1 in Southern
Division play. The Cougars (17-
4, 7-1) only have one game this
week as they host the Lakers from-
Southwestern Oregon CC (10-10,
3-5) on Saturday in a 4 p.m. tip in
the Randall Hall gym.
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