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Sports 7
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007
Aen try for perfection
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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
competitive opponent on Saturday,
defeating Lane CC 92-66.
It was the last home game for
Clackamas, a night in which the
sophomore class was recognized in
a ceremony before the game.
“... You grieve a bit thinking it’s
the last time this team plays on its
home turf...” Wagner said.
David Cemin had an extremely
efficient night, scoring 19 points on
7-8 shooting. Cemin was also 2-3
from the foul line.
Brian Freeman added his usual
double-double, scoring 17 points
and snaring 11 rebounds. Alex
Brock chipped in with 17.
Today, the Cougar men take
on Portland CC at PCC-Cascade.
Despite having already clinched a
number one seed, the group will
aim for an undefeated conference
record for the first time since 1994.
Coach Wegner has been impressed
with his team, but also pleasantly
surprised.
“It would be a great accom
plishment (going undefeated) ...
The conventional wisdom around
the league’s coaches was that the
region was tough and very bal
anced, and that whoever managed
to win the conference would prob
ably have four losses. To be honest,
I thought the same thing back in
December.”
vrts Editor
lhe Valentine’s Day game
veen C lackamas and Chemeketa
Wednesday was full of heart,
not a lot of love was exchanged
»een the two rivals.
The Cougars found themselves
i rare situation at halftime; down
a double-digit margin, 40-27.
Head Coach Clif Wegner made it
fwhat the team needed to do in
second half; “run the offense!” It
i something Wegner repeated a
ntless number of times, pound-
the sentiment into his team.
Other modifications were made
lhe Cougars stepped up their
■nsive intensity, applying the full
it press and forcing Chemeketa’s
ids into various turnovers. The
j also made a concentrated effort
ted the post and go to their interi-
•jtilizing big men Brian Freeman
Steven Vaughan.
e kids stepped up their effort in
second half and did a great job
ithe adjustments,” Wegner said,
lhe Cougars would go on to win
ose contest, 76-72.
Big man Freeman finished
¡20 points, 15 boards and four
fed shots, while Vaughan con-
ited 18 points, seven rebounds
Ifour steals.
It was just a good win in a tough
e with an opponent that was
i determined and played very
lit was a good experience to be
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The Good:
Sam Krause Clackamas Print
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
tClackamas Print
he Clackamas women had
ecent week on the hard-
id, defeating Chemeketa
on the road and losing
ight game with division-
ling Lane CC on their
ic floor Saturday.
.ast
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 tp
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.
Oil 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 lhe final lap.
With the checkered flag in sight, lhe
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 continued 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 OSU), 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 lhe Basketball Hall of Fame.
While I’m sure there are 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 for
another decade.
The Ugly:
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.