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I Clackamas Print Sports 7 Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 Wen try for perfection Nike Guidice in a tough, close game because we have not had that many. This should help us in the tournament,” Wegner commented. The Cougs clashed with a far less The Valentine’s Day game peen Clackamas and Chemeketa competitive opponent on Saturday, i Wednesday was full of heart, defeating Lane CC 92-66. It was the last home game for tnot a lot of love was exchanged peen die two rivals. Clackamas, a night in which the The Cougars found themselves sophomore class was recognized in a rare situation at halftime; down a ceremony before the game. a double-digit margin, 40-27. "... You grieve a bit thinking it’s Head Coach Clif Wegner made it tiie last time this team plays on its ar what the team needed to do in home turf...” Wagner said. ¡second half; “run the offense!” It David Cemin had an extremely s something Wegner repeated a efficient night, scoring 19 points on artless number of times, pound- 7-8 shooting. Cemin was also 2-3 from the foul line. the sentiment into his team. Other modifications were made Brian Freeman added his usual the Cougars stepped up their double-double, scoring 17 points fcnsive intensity, applying the full and snaring 11 rebounds. Alex press and forcing Chemeketa’s Brock chipped in with 17. Today, the Cougar men take ids into various turnovers. The ji also made a concentrated effort on Portland CC at PCC-Cascade. fed the post and go to their interi- Despite having already clinched a atilizing big men Brian Freeman number one seed, the group will j Steven Vaughan. aim for an undefeated conference lie kids stepped up their effort in record for the first time since 1994. second half and did a great job Coach Wegner has been impressed lithe adjustments,” Wegner said. with his team, but also pleasantly The Cougars would go on to win surprised. lose contest, 76-72. “It would be a great accom Big man Freeman finished plishment (going undefeated) ... ii 20 points, 15 boards and four The conventional wisdom around iked shots, while Vaughan con- the league’s coaches was that the uted 18 points, seven rebounds region was tough and very bal (four steals. anced, and that whoever managed “It was just a good win in a tough to win the conference would prob me with an opponent that was ably have four losses. To be honest, y determined and played very I thought the same thing back in lit was a good experience to be December.” borts Editor Musings from around the sports world: NASCAR reigns supreme, while Barkley lives the dream The Good: Sophomore guard Luke Defrees (40) looks to dish inside while a host of apendages flail every which way. Defrees was one of nine sophomores honored on Saturday. lackamas women battling for two seed rank Jordan t Clackamas Print fhe Clackamas women had ecent week on the hard- )d, defeating Chemeketa on the road and losing ight game with division- ling Lane CC on their te floor Saturday. last Wednesday, the igars hit 12 three-point ers, including eight in the first half, as they defeated the Chiefs 73-60 in Salem to maintain their hold on sec ond place in the Southern Division. “We played really well; we shot the ball well when we needed to, and we played solid defense throughout,” said Head Coach Jim Martineau. “I was really pleased with the effort and the focus of Begin with the end in mind sps.georgefox.edu • 888-888-0178 Degree completion programs for working adults the team, especially on our opponent’s home floor.” Kellyn Cooper led the Cougar offense with 18 points from her post posi tion; she also hauled in a game-high 14 rebounds. Kelsey New continued her solid guard play with 17 points, including five threes, while Rachel Copeland had 16 points and eight rebounds. Vanessa Schmitz contributed 14 points, eight boards and five blocked shots to the Cougar effort on the night. Clackamas shot 39 per cent for the game and held Chemeketa to 31 percent shooting from the field. Katy Lambert led the Chiefs with 15 points, while Brittany Wilson chipped in 10 points and 12 rebounds in the los ing effort. Saturday, the Cougars hosted the number- one ranked team in the NWAACC, the Lane Lady Titans, and Lane used an 8-0 run near the end of the first half to grab a lead that they would not relinquish in a 69-57 win over Clackamas in the Randall Hall gym. “We played solid defense throughout the game and held tough during the game, but we just couldn’t get over the hump,” said Martineau. “We cut the deficit down to three twice in the second half, but we would commit a turnover or Lane would hit a big shot at the right time.” Cooper led the Cougar offense with 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, while New had 12 points. Reese Wolfe chipped in nine points and Schmitz had seven points. Clackamas outshot Lane for the game, hitting on 42 percent of their shots and holding Lane to 39 percent shooting. But the Cougars were outrebounded 41-35 and committed 21 turnovers in the losing effort. Shelby Stevens led Lane with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while Kammy Martindale had 18 points for the victorious Titans. Lane used the win to clinch the number one seed from the Southern Division in the upcoming NWAACC tourna ment. Clackamas will need to win their final regular season game tonight against Portland CC to clinch the number two seed from the Southern Division in a tie-breaker with Linn-Benton CC. The game tonight is at PCC-Cascade and begins at 5:30 p.m. NWAACC Championship Tournament: Information meetings at 6:30 p.m. Mardi 5 and 20 George Fox Portland Center °753 S.W. 68th Ave., Portland feb. 27, April3 Providence Medical Plaza 35io NE i22nd, Ste. 200, Portland G eorge F ox ' SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES a matter of mind and spirit Men & Women; Thurs., March 1 through Sun., March 4 Tri-Cities, Wash. * The tournament is double-elimination. NASCAR stole the show this weekend, in a way I had previously thought impossible. On Sunday, they held their big gest race of the year (which, strange ly enough, also happens to be their opening-day event), the Daytona 500. After a relatively uneventful race, disaster struck in the final lap. With the checkered flag in sight, the unthinkable happened. While jockeying for position on the home stretch, minimal contact quickly turned into a full-blown multi-car wreck. As cars crashed and burned in the background, Kevin Harvick and Mark Martin pushed their cars to the limit as only NASCAR lead-foots can. The two crossed the finish line in perfect unison, or so it seemed. The photo finish revealed that Harvick was the victor, edging Martin by the slimmest of margins - 0.123 seconds to be exact I have always associated NASCAR with rednecks, coun try music, cheap beer and tobacco. While the events of the weekend have not changed my view at all, I can honestly say I’ve earned some appreciation for their “sport” The Bad: The Ducks conti nued their down ward spiral in the Pac-10 standings, losing on the road to both Stanford and Cal last week. If the Ducks don’t win two of their last three games (they play at home vs. Wazzu, U- Dub and OSD), they risk missing the “big dance” altogether. After an 18-1 start, who would’ve thought, come crunch time, the team would be scrambling just to get an invite to March Madness. More discouraging news is that Dick Vitale has officially been announced as a finalist for induc tion to the Basketball Hall of Fame. While I’m sure there arc people out there who are Dickie V. fanatics, I am not one of them. He annoys me to no end, and I feel like, if he keeps up at the pace he’s going, he will have a heart attack while broadcasting a game sometime in the near future. Then again, if 186 year-old Lou Holtz hasn’t died mid analysis yet, Mr. Vitale will probably continue to plague the airwaves fir another decade. The Ugh : Never before have such a pretty people made this list, but there’s a first for everything. Patriots’ QB Tom Brady is appar ently now a father, unfortunately it’s his ex-girlfriend’s baby. Actress Bridget Moynahan recently came out and made the announcement. Brady claims to be happy and excited about the news; however, something tells me his new, breezy, lingerie model Gisele Bundchen, is not. Other things that have disturbed me as of late include, but are not limited to, “The Round Mound of Rebound” Charles Barkley partici pating in a footrace against 67-year- old NBA official Dick Bavetta. If the race itself wasn’t ugly enough, their subsequent lip-locking sealed the deal. I wonder what the man with the sickest homophobic crossover ever, Tim Hardaway, thought of that one.
