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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.”
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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
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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.
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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.