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The 8 Sports Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 Clackamas Cougars win streak at 12 Mike Guldice Sports Editor Last Wednesday, Clackamas’ men’s team completely dominated an overmatched Portland CC team that continues to play less-than-inspired basketball. The Cougars, playing at home, won the game by a final score of99-70, and it wasn’t wen that close. Clackamas implemented a full-court press most of the game and forced the seemingly slop- pier-every-second Panthers into 20 turnovers, 10 of those coming in the form of steals. “It was bad enough to where I thought maybe we shouldn’t be pressing,” Head Coach Clif Wegner said. The only highlight for PCC was a despera tion half-court heave that went in right as the first half ended. However, even that was not enough to give the Panthers a fighting shot Steve Vaughan led the CCC sharp-shooters with 18 points, while Nick Eldridge chipped in with 16 and David Cemin came away with 15. Brian Freeman contributed a quiet double double with 12 points and 12 boards. If nothing else, the one-sided affair gave Clackamas the opportunity to go deep into their bench and get game-time experience for every one on their roster, a significant aspect of the game that was not lost on Coach Wegner. On Saturday, the men defeated Umpqua CC by a score of 97-83, extending their winning streak to 12 games and staying perfect in league play at 9-0 in the process. “We knew it would be a tough game; we expected that from them. It was-very physical and hard-fought,” said Wegner. The game Saturday was a night of milestones for the Cougars. The program accomplished winning at least 20 games for the seventh con secutive season, which in turn guaranteed them a postseason appearance for the seventh consecu tive year as well. Umpqua finished the first half strong and cut Clackamas’s lead down to four. Coach Wegner was unhappy about the turn of events and called this “the worst possible scenario.” Clackamas responded in the second half and once again controlled the pace of the game as they executed their up-tempo style to perfec tion. ■The Cougars finished the game on a 30-11 run that was highlighted by huge all-around performances by David Cemin (31 pts., 5/7 on threes), Brian Freeman (12 pts., 17 rebounds and 10 assists) and Steven Vaughan (16 pts. and 8 rebounds). “It was a tremendous run; Umpqua was exhausted, and it looked like we were better conditioned,” Wegner cited. Tonight in Gresham, Clackamas puts their undefeated league standing up against second- place Mt Hood CC. Up-off is set for 7:30 p.m. The team returns home on Saturday to play another heated rival in Southwestern Oregon CC. Earlier this season, Clackamas defeated them on the road in front of what Wegner referred to as a “very hostile crowd.” He encourages everyone to come out and support the Cougars as they try and keep the streak alive while enjoying some home cookin’. Lady Cougs win, improve league record to 7-2 Frank lardan The Clackamas Print The Clackamas women’s basketball team swept their two opponents off the face of the hoops planet last week with blowout wins over Portland CC and Umpqua CC. Last Wednesday, the Cougars hosted the PCC Panthers in the Randall Hall gym and used 43 percent shooting and a distinct rebound advantage to blow out their under manned opponent 79-49. Rachel Copeland led CCC with 22 points, hitting 4-9 from three-point range, while former PCC starter and current Clackamas standout Sarah Lindley pummeled her former team with 21 points on 9-12 shooting from the field. Kellyn Cooper added 1 1 points and a game-high 15 rebounds from her post posi tion as she led a 50-38 rebound advantage for the Cougars. Krystal Sal ing led the Panthers with 13 points, while Erica Moore tallied 10 points; both girls well below their almost 20 points- per-game averages on the season. Clackamas held the Panthers to 28 percent shooting for the game and forced 23 turnovers. “Portland has played teams very well late ly this season, so for us to come in and play as well as we did was a pleasant surprise,” said Head Coach Jim Martineau. “Sarah (Lindley) put on a shooting clinic against her former team; it seemed like every shot she took never even touched the iron. It was a great perfor mance and mirrored the entire team.” Saturday, the Cougars traveled to Roseburg to take on the always-tough-at-home Umpqua Riverhawks, and after a slow start, Clackamas got the running game going and never looked back in an easy 90-54 pasting of Umpqua. “We took care of the ball (only 15 turnovers), and we killed them on the glass (a 56-47 rebound ing edge, including 23 offensive rebounds),” said Martineau. “Even though we shot pretty poorly, it allowed us to throw up a season-high number of shots (85 field-goal attempts). If we hit half our shots and more free throws, we could have won by 70.” Umpqua jumped out to a quick 8-1 lead in the first two minutes, but after a timeout, the Cougars went on a 23-2 run to take com mand of the game. Clackamas took a 38-18 lead into the halftime locker room and never looked back, despite 34 percent shooting in the first half, including 1-16 from three-point territory. Copeland again led the Cougars’ balanced scoring attack with 26 points, nine rebounds and four steals, while Cooper had 17 points and a game-high 14 boards. Freshman guard Kelsey New garnered her first collegiate dou ble-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Vanessa Schmitz had 14 points and three steals. Lindley contributed 14 points and had seven steals. Clackamas shot 38 percent from the floor and forced the Riverhawks into 33 turnovers, while holding Umpqua to 33 percent shoot ing. Amanda Johnston led Umpqua with 18 points, while Marissa Towry had 10 points and 11 rebounds. A big week awaits Clackamas as the Cougars travel to Gresham on Wednesday to take on the Mt. Hood CC Lady Saints and then come home on Saturday to take on Southwestern Oregon CC in a 4 p.m. game in the Randall Hall gym. The Cougars are alone in second place in the Southern Division standings with a league record of 7-2, just one game ahead of both Chemeketa CC and Linn-Benton CC. Sophomore guard Sarah fiG Lindley goes up for a rebound in a previous game this season. Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print Wrestling team pins Pacific; regional tourney up next were won by scores of 6-4 and 14-6 to bring Clackamas another bracket win. Co-Editor-in-Chief ‘We got off to a great start,” said Coach Rhoden. “[Bates] has had a solid year.” Bates The Cougar wrestling team continued is currently the number-one seed in NJCAA their winning season with a dual-meet vic Region 18 with a record of 22-8. tory over Pacific University, bringing their Coach Rhoden also competed against record in duals to 8-4. his alma mater to take first in the 174- Brian Jacobs (125) and John Bates (285) pound weight bracket. Rhoden took on took first in their brackets. Coach Josh Jake Reynolds (Pacific) and won with a Rhoden (174) wrestled unattached to place score of 21-5. In the second round, Rhoden first in his division. took another win against unattached Joe Jacobs started in the second round, after Maumoyvier by a score of 21-11 to take first a bye against Pacific’s Jaren Luke, defeating place. his opponent in a fall at :41 seconds. He con Not seen at the dual were Sam Schmitz tinued his winning streak in file next round, and Alex Bubb. taking out Justin Phelps, also from Pacific, “A lot of wrestlers defeulted to take care winning a major decision 17-5. Jacobs of injuries,” said Rhoden. “[The dual] was defeated Jared Delgleish in the final match kind of a tune-up for us.” by a score of 7-4 to win the 125-133 weight Schmitz is ranked number four in the bracket for the Cougars. NJCAA coaches’ poll. He has a 10-0 record Contributed by Tracy Swisher Shane Rhoden also participated in the against other community college athletes and 125-133 weight bracket, winning his first two a 14-6 record over wrestlers from four-year Alex Bubb has his way with.the opposition matches by fall, but coming up short in his ' schools, including Oregon, Oregon State, during a home meet vs. Menlo College remaining two events to place third. Boise State and Portland State. on Jan. 19. Bubb won by a fall over Mike Bates started his meet with a win over Bubb took fourth last year at the Region Wheeler. Bubb, a sophomore, wrestles Oregon State’s unattached wrestler Charlie 18 tournament in the 165-pound weight class. Last Alexander by a score of 6-5. After a second The NJCAA Region 18 tournament year, he finished fourth at the Region 18 . round bye, Bates beat Pacific’s Mike Weir is Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. at Yakima Valley Tournament, qualifying for nationals. by a fell in 2:40. Bates’^last two matches Community College. Sam Krause Mike Guldice Sports Editor The Good: So, my Super Bowl prediction, ended up being feirly accurate« My educated guess was that it would end with a final score oh I 21-17 in the Colt’s fevor. While« my family in the Windy City is’;I less than chipper about every« thing, I'm pretty content. Peyton Manning finally goM his much deserved ring, therebjM establishing himself as one of the ' elite quarterbacks who has eveiM played the game. Devin Hester, the Bears’ allM world return man, proceeded t(M take the opening kickoff and take I it to the house. Never has a spe« cial team’s players been such a weapon. Despite being on the lo$M ing end, Hester at least deserves! my personal arbitrary kudos. The Colts’ victory assured! them that they would not be head-j ing to the glue factory, but will be visiting the land of Disney« instead. Good for them. | Other great news from the ■ wonderful world ofsports includes ■ my personal savior, Brett “Iron ■ Man” Favre, announcing that he 1 is returning to the Packers for at I least one more season. The day he ■ finally ends his career is the day I ■ will probably end my life; I have« long since accepted this as a tact ■ j In college basketball, “Rivalr^B Week” is here. The week’s headH liner is undoubtedly #5 UN(M playing at #16 Duke. The conte^B is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN; watclJH the Cameron crazies cry when the « Tar Heels reign victorious. | The Bad: j Hockey. Despite being borjM derline exciting live (when theS fight, or in the rare instance tli^H they score a goal), hockey is ncl one of the big three sports il America and more than like« never will be. While it is huge in Canada, ifl the U.S., it will never surpass thB popularity or big market succesM that football, baseball and bask» ball experience. Back to college ball: ThN Duckies recently lost three out (M four games on a relentless roaM trip. While the game at U Dup was lost in large part due to i absence of Aaron Brooks, UC1 and USC Simply took advanta« of a feeble Oregon defense. Luckily for the green machinB they host five out of their kistl seven games. Here’s to liopniM that the Mac Court mystique can 1 propel the Ducks back to the top I of the Pac-10 standings where! if they belong. The Ugly: Prince, Rex Grossman, and the guy with the beard comb-ov from file Sierra Mist Super Bo ad all top the list. Okay, so I understand tl ’Prince was once considered one of file greatest performers of all ti but come on, the dude couldnj have been more rout of place at the Super Bowl. Wearing a purpT suede suit and heels, he must haw made Bob Dylan shudder as he covered his classic hit, “All Along I« the Watchtower.” Gay, straight, or just an alien from Neptune, Prince did not belong at the Super Bowl, and 14s performance was just... weird« in Rex Grossman quite simp« sucks, and the guy on the Sierra Mist commercial was an aboiB nation: you had to appreciate the . bid, though. Most people could!t i look that ugly if they tned. 1 .tf”
