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Clackamas Print Sports 7 Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 ougs continue to climb Mike Guldlce Sports Editor Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print ¡j man Brian Freeman swats a shot by former Cougar player Garold jwe during Wednesday’s game vs. Chemeketa. Freeman anchored the ifense, recording four blocked shots and altering countless others. The NWAACC's second-ranked Clackamas men’s basket ball team continues to dominate in league play and doesn’t show any signs of letting up. Last Wednesday, the Cougars defeated Chemeketa by a final score of89-70. Head Coach Clif Wegner was pleased with the team’s effort and intensity right out the gates. “We got off to a real good start,” he said. ‘David Cemin came out smokin.” Cemin finished with 25 points, while Nick Eldridge con tributed 27. Prominent post presence Brian Freeman had another huge night on the boards as he collected a game-high 19. Freeman leads the NWAACC in every major rebounding category. The team also had a big night on the defensive end, holding the Storm to an abysmal 33 percent shooting. “Chemeketa and [Mt] Hood are always big games for us; it was a good win,” Wegner said. Saturday, the Cougs dominated Linn-Benton, completely imposing their will on their opponent as they were victorious by nearly 30 points. ‘ ‘We got the tempo up and tired them out in the second half; we beat them in a running game,” Wegner said. Clackamas also completely controlled the boards, as their offensive rebound total of 23 equaled the amount of total rebounds that Linn Benton collected. Brian Freeman led the way yet again, recording another double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds (nine being on the offensive end). Nick Eldridge led the team in points with 17, but the real story was the balanced scoring, as everyone on the roster contributed with at least a basket The Cougars play host to PCC tonight. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. Even though PCC has straggled thus far this season, Coach Wegner knows any league game can present challenges. After tonight’s home game, the Cougs enter a tough stretch that includes road games at Umpqua on the 3rd and Mt Hood on the 7th. “The team has done a good job adjusting and adapting so far this season; we just take it one game at a time,” Wegner said '.ougor women battle opponents, inconsistency Frank Jordan Ik Clackamas Print The Clackamas women’s basket- II team played one solid game i one mediocre game in a 1-1 iek, defeating Chemeketa CC Wednesday and losing to Linn- nton CC on Saturday; both games tome. “We played really hard and really II against Chemeketa and really ink it up against LBCC,” said Head ach Jim Martineau. “We have been Sty inconsistent lately, and we have illy got to step up our intensity in ¡second half of the league season have a shot at the (NWAACC) iniament.” Wednesday, the Cougars got 18 inis and seven rebounds from chel Copeland to pace CCC to the 46 victory over Chemeketa. Sarah idley and Kellyn Cooper each pped in 10 points, while Cooper ¿bed a team-high 13 rebounds. The Cougars shot 37 percent from [field and held the Lady Chiefs 22 percent shooting in the win. igan Johnson led Chemeketa with points, while Brittany Wilson 110 points and a game-high 22 ounds for the Lady Chiefs. Saturday, Clackamas ran into a n-Benton squad that jumped out a 17-2 lead to start the game, and tough foe Cougars rallied in the second half to cut the deficit to five points on two different occasions, the Roadrunners held on for a 65-57 road victory. “We came out totally unfocused, with no energy whatsoever, and Linn- Benton ran us out of our own gym,” said Martineau. “They (LBCC) played much harder at both ends of the court, and we did not match that intensity. We shot poorly and defended just as bad. It may have been the worst we played all season.” Copeland again led the Cougars with 14 points, while guard Kelsey New had 13 points. Cooper had 11 points and nine rebounds, while Vanessa Schmitz had 10 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Clackamas shot 30 percent from the floor for the game and were out rebounded 61-39. Linn-Benton got 15 points from Chelsea Hartman, and 13 points and 15 rebounds from Whitney Bryant in the victory. Clackamas sits alone in second place in the Southern Division stand ings at 4-2, two games behind Lane CC. The Cougars take on Portland CC tonight in the Randall Hall gym with tip-off at 5:30 p.m., and then travel to Roseburg on Saturday to play the Umpqua CC Timberwomen. Saturday’s game begins at 4 p.m. on the Umpqua CC campus. The Cougars’ next home game is Feb. 10, when Clackamas plays Southwestern Oregon CC. Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print Defensive presence Vanessa Schmitz fronts the opposition in the post. Schmitz blocked four shots in a recent game. Wrestlers assured winning season, prep for final dual im Krause ^Clackamas Print île Cougars ended a long road •to Coos Bay Jan. 26 with a fin a rematch to Southwestern ton CC, losing the Oregon P. but sharing foe Region 18 tfmeet title with foe Lakers, fehman redshirt John Bates S) defeated SWOCC’s Clay Wunder 3-2 by decision. Shane Rhoden (133) won by major deci sion over Matt Gardner 11-3. Sam Schmitz (149) defeated Aaron Kipperberg 21-6 by major decision. Schmitz is a redshirt freshman from Newberg and ranked fourth in foe NJCAA coaches’ poll. This year, Schmitz is 24-6 with two wins over top- ranked Coby Jones from North Idaho College. Jan. 25, foe Cougars took on Highline CC in Des Moines, Wash., and defeated the Thunderbirds 32-18. Sophomore Alex Bubb (165), who is ranked fourth by the NJCAA, went up against Riley Cornett to defeat him by major decision 10-0. The previous weekend, foe Cougars hosted foe Clackamas Open with eight wrestlers com peting. Brian Jacob (125) placed third in his division over Simon Fraser University’s Raj Verdi 7-5 in a decision. This is foe first year since 2001 that foe Clackamas Wrestling Team has had a winning sea son, currently holding a record of 7-4. The Cougars wrestle their final dual Feb. 3 at Pacific University. Mike Guidice Sports Editor The Good: The Super Bowl is this Sunday! Who would have thought that such an inconsistent offense, led by foe anemic Rex Grossman, could actually reach foe pinnacle of NFL games? Luckily for foe Bears, they have Mr. Everything Brian Urlacher to anchor their swarm ing defense and return man Devin Hester to make huge plays for their (very) special teams. We all know about Indy’s explosive offense, but it’s been their defense that has really turned heads during this post season. Generally an abysmal facet of their team, foe unit has overachieved and at times com pletely dominated foe opposi tion’s offense. Now, with all that being said, my bold and fearless predic tion? Indy 24, Chi-Town 17. Here’s to hoping that my family in Chicago doesn’t disown me for my seemingly cold-blooded prognostication. In other news - last Saturday night in Wazzou, Ore., forward Marty Leunen, cool as foe other side of foe pillow, calmly sank two free throws with less than a second remaining, which sent the game into OT. The Ducks would inevitably win foe game, scoring foe first 10 points of foe extra period and holding on for foe win, despite Derrick Low’s rapid barrage of three-pointers. Next up is a batde for first place in foe Pac-10 on Thursday: Ducks vs. Bruins, part II at Pauley Pavilion; brace your selves. The Bad: The NHL recently held their mid-season All-Star festivities ... who even knew foe season had started? Also, Arizona did nothing to compliment foe feet that foe Pac-10 is now being called foe toughest conference in college basketball, as they got slaugh tered by foe UNC Tar Heels by 32 points. The 94-62 loss was foe worst home defeat ever suf fered under Lute Olson (yeah, he’s still alive). Other unfortunate hap penings include Barry “bad news” Bond’s return to foe San Francisco Giants and Sammy Sosa’s signing with foe Texas , Rangers, apparently an attempt fo resurrect his career. Being a diehard Cubs fan, this pains me to say, but I never want to see Sammy’s patented homerun hop or peace-pound again. The Ugly: Zach Randolph scored a career-high 42 points vs. foe Grizzlies on Saturday night; unfortunately, it took him 40 shot attempts to get there. Talk about efficiency, Zeebo! Lastly, 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbara finally bit the dust. The horse was euthanized on Monday morning after fight ing an eight-month-long battle with leg and hoof complications due to an accident sustained at the Preakness. The great racehorse under went almost two dozen surgeries before it was concluded that foe animal could no longer go on. Hopefully Indianapolis han dles adversity better this week end, or a whole team of colts will be following Barbara to the glue factory.
