Clackamas Print
Sports 11
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007
Cougs to be tested early
Frank Jordan
The Clackamas Print
The Clackamas women’s basketball team
wrapped up the 2006-07 regular season with a
closer-than-expected victory over Portland CC
last Wednesday and locked down the number two
seed from the Southern Division for the upcom
ing NWAACC tournament this weekend at the
Toyota Center in Kennewick, Wash.
The Cougars played a good first half against
the Panthers and took a 38-31 lead into the half
time break. But CCC went scoreless in the first
five minutes of the second half to allow PCC
back into the game. The game was nip-and-tuck
the rest of the way as the Cougars kept the lead
between three and five points for most of the rest
of the game.
Clackamas had a 61-60 lead with two minutes
left before Vanessa Schmitz buried a huge three
from the corner to give the Cougars a four-point
lead they would not relinquish, and CCC held on
for the 69-63 victory.
Kelsey New led the Cougars with 19 points,
including 5-11 from three-point range. Sarah
Lindley burned her former teammates from PCC,
scoring 18 points on 7-13 shooting, and Rachel
Copeland tallied 16 points and grabbed nine
rebounds. Schmitz had nine points and seven
rebounds, while post Kellyn Cooper had five
points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
Krystal Saling led the Panthers with 16 points,
and Anne Waibel followed with 13 points.
Clackamas shot 43 percent from the field and
out-rebounded Portland 37-36 in the win.
Next up for the Cougars is a first-round
NWAACC tournament match-up with Walla Walla
CC. Walla Walla is one of the hotter teams in the
NWAACC at the moment, having won their last
seven games, and is one of the more interesting
match-ups for the Cougars on the season.
“Walla Walla is hot right now; they are a very
solid team and are extremely well-coached,” said
Head Coach Jim Martineau. “We will have to
defend well and score the basketball to have any
chance. It will be interesting to see if we have
what it takes to make some noise in the tourna
ment.”
Clackamas opens the NWAACC tournament at
noon tomorrow at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
Follow the tournament by going online to www.
nwaacc.org, or contact the Athletic Department
for game and ticket information. The tournament
runs tomorrow through Sunday.
TOP LEFT: Forward Stefanie Pool squares
up for a jumper.
BOTTOM LEFT: Rachel Copeland throws up
a shot in the lane.
TOP RIGHT: Sophomore Kellyn Cooper at
tempts to ward off the pressure as she
positions herself in the post.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Vanessa Schmitz dribble
drives while the opposition attempts to
keep up.
photos by Sam Krause Clackamas Print
Drexler to dance; Pacman gobbles up money, strippers
like Guidice
forts Editor
The Good:
Spring training is starting up,
unifying the official return of
merica’s national pastime.
Some major headlines this sea
twill be how the long-suffering
fe fair after spending an upwards
$300 million
ex-Mariners
?per Lou Piniella and a host of
tiers highlighted by the biggest
free agent name, Alfonso Soriano.
Also, Band’s race for the all-time
homerun record, thatno one, includ
ing myself, wants to see him break.
Will the Mariners compete?
Probably not, but it’s not like I
have ever really followed them,
so for the sake of their fans,
here’s to hoping I’m wrong.
Freddie Jones is back in his
native land, as he is now a Portland
Trailblazer. He became a part of
the team after the Blazers traded
guard Juan Dixon to the Toronto
Raptors. The trade to bring Freddy
home (he attended Barlow High
School and the University of
Oregon) headlined an otherwise
dull trading deadline last Thursday.
Jones has the size and defensive
prowess that the diminutive shoot
ing guard Dixon was lacking, and
should be able to contribute to the
team’s second unit immediately.
The Bad:
Tennessee Titan “Pacman”
Jones is simply out of control.
I truly hope that the NFL does
in fact implement a three strikes
policy from here on out. For the
eighth time in the last two years,
Jones found himself in question
with the police, this time for alleg
edly assaulting a stripper during the
NBA All Star weekend in Vegas.
Jones showered the strippers
with over $80,000, but claimed it
was just for “visual effect” The
strippers’ promoter didn’t see it
this way, however, and told the
strippers to collect the money.
Upon witnessing this, Jones
became enraged and the pro
verbial poop really hit the fan.
It pains me to say fois, but I
agree with ESPN’s Skip Bayless:
Athletes and night clubs are gen
erally a disastrous combination.
In other discouraging news,
Jerry Glanville seems set to become
the next coach of Portland State’s
football team. I’ve never been a
fan of the obnoxious southerner,
and I’m sorry, but a cowboy in
Portland - that is something that no
Oregonian should have to tolerate.
The Ugly:
Within a one-week span, I’ve
witnessed two of the most gro
tesque in-game sports injuries.
If seeing Dwyane Wade cart
ed off in a wheelchair in tears
wasn’t enough as it is, during the
Wisconsin Ohio State match-up
over the weekend, junior forward
Brian Buteff sustained a dislo
cated, fractured elbow. He could
be seen screaming in excruciat
ing pain as the team doctor tried
to reset the elbow, tending to
the player while he was still on
the bench. Butch is expected to
miss the remainder of the season.
In the NBA, Clippers guard
Shaun Livingston suffered a dis
located knee cap after coming
down hard from a lay-up attempt,
landing in a contorted manner.
Livingston
could
be
seen writhing on the court
in pain. He too is expected to
miss the rest of the season.
Last but not least, it appears the
pride of Portland, Clyde Drexler is
making a comeback; unfortunately,
it’s to Dancing With The Stars. This
hurts me worse than any physi
cal injury I could sustain. I think.