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The 4 Sports Clackamas Prin Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 ‘Runnin’ down a drean Basketball: Stand up and cheer Andrea Simpson Sports Editor Photos by Kyle Steele Clackamas Print Continued from BASKETBALL, Page 1 “She said, ‘Basketball is like five fingers; when you have five of them, you make a fist, and that’s how I want you to play tonight - together,’ ” Niebergall said. “ That’s what we did tonight. We came together as a team, and it was a good win.” This now leaves the women’s standings at 15-6 in season play and 5-2 in league play. The men’s basketball team won their game against Mt. Hood 71-57 last Wednesday, and began well enough last Saturday in their game against Umpqua, maintaining a very strong lead for the first half of the game. However, they lost the lead in the later half and were eventually^ defeated 104-88. “It really hurt when [David Fife] rolled his ankle,” said Men’s Basketball Coach Clif Wegner. “Once he left the ball game, it made things very dif ficult.” This loss brings the men’s standings to 13-9 in season play and 5-2 league play. The men’s basketball team will play Chemeketa in Salem at 7:30 p.m. today and Lane’s team in Eugene at 6 p.m. next Saturday. The next home game for the men will be against Portland CC at 7:30 p.m. in Randall Gym. The women’s basketball team will play Chemeketa in Salem at 5:30 p.m. today and Lane’s team in Eugene at 4 p.m. next Saturday. The next home game for the men will be against Portland CC at 5:30 p.m. in Randall Gym. With the surprising upset win of file New York Giants over the heavily favored Green Bay Packers Jan. 20, football fans are anticipat ing the Giants’ feeing off with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. The Super Bowl is being held at the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Ariz. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals as well as the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. The Patriots boast a perfect sea son so far with a record of 18-0. The Giants emerged from a season starting record of 0-2 to a record of 13-6. If the match-up invokes feelings of déjà vu, don’t be surprised. The two teams faced each other not so long ago on Dec. 29 of last year, when tiie Patriots dug deep for a 38-35 win against the Giants. The head coaches of the two teams are familiar with each other as well. Both Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin coached on the 1990 Giants team Belichick was the Giants’defensive coordinator, and doubled as secondary coach. Coughlin was in his third year as the Giants’wide receiver coach. Now 18 years later, the two will meet again. According to the Boston Globe, the oddsmakers put the odds of the game at 12 points in the Patriots’ favor. The odds started at s point favor but has since drc Sources speculate that it’s bt of recent rumors of Tom ] spraining his right ankle, but makers say it has more to d( the way the team has played last nine games. This is the first time in, years that the Super Bowl hai played somewhere other th NFL stadium. The University of Phoenj dium was completed in 200 cost $455 million to build. It first stadium in North Amei sport a retractable roof and ri field. The stadium normally 63,400 for Cardinals garni will provide approximately 1 more seats for the Super Bo: The half-time show has a departure from the barely barely-legal pop stars of i year. This year, file band Tom and the Heartbreakers w performing at the half-time sponsored by Bridgestone Grammy award-winning will be joined by music artists Minogue, Paula Abdul, Soulj Jordin Sparks and Akon. This is the first tin» Bridgestone has sponsored th time show. In the past, the sht been sponsored by companif as MTV, Radio City and Dis Super Bowl XLII will be cast on Sunday, Feb. 3, at 6:3 on the FOX network. ABOVE: The women cheer on their teammates on Saturday. BELOW: Austin Dunn, center, guards Brian Williams of Umpqua CC. Arizo stretches hamstrings and manages to pull heartstrings Kenton Benfield Ir^l ■ - st : | The Clackamas Print “You cannot change the wind, but you can adjust the sails.” Upon approaching Athletic Trainer Kevin Arizo’s office, this quote can be seen written right out side the entrance. On the ground floor of Randall Hall, across the hall from the weight room, lies the athletic training room that is now Arizo’s domain. The quote is fitting not only for his job, but also his past career course. Arizo is familiar with and has worked with two of the previous athletic trainers at Clackamas: Tony Guyette and, more recently, Tara Hebert. The job opportunity presented itself during Arizo’s time at the North Lake Physical Therapy clinic, where he started work in 2003, due to the clinic’s working relationship with the college. When Guyette left the department after 2006, Athletics Director Jim Jackson sent a request to the clinic for someone to fill the position. The Clackamas Print The Clackamas Print 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045 503-657-6958, ext. 2309 Kg 1 J ARIZO “I was thinking about it (the job) after Tony left,” Arizo recalled, “but I was debating if I wanted to go back to school. Then I decided that I might as well take this job because I was still working anyway.” It was not until a year later, fol lowing Hebert’s departure, that he finally took up the position for the 2007-2008 school year. Arizo sums up the job of an ath letic trainer as “... keeping athletes healthy.” Trainers are responsible for acting as a first line of defense should an injury arise or if some other issue threatens the health of a performing athlete. * “In a way, we’re that middle man in between the teams and the doctors and ... everybody else ... all the other healthcare professions ... [that] athletes deal with,” he said. This may include a large vari ety of services, such as administer ing first aid or providing nutritional advice, helping sprains or scrapes heal, increasing flexibility and per formance of the athlete and, if nec essary, deciding if an injury needs serious medical attention. For Arizo, the best part of work ing as an athletic trainer at Clackamas is the students themselves. He explained, “Part of being an athletic trainer is definitely develop ing relationships with athletes... part of it is therfi being able to trust you to make the decision... if they can play or not. If they don’t trust you, they are not. going to come to you. “I get to work with athletes every day, all day ... probably one of the better parts of it is you get to see the progress that you are doing.” Editor in Chief : Megan Koler Copy Editor: Colleen Watkins News Editor: Lydia E. Bashaw A&C Editor: Emily Walters Sports Editor: Andrea Simpson Feature Editor: Kyle Steele Photo Editor: Kayla Berge Photo Associate : Mistymarie Wilks- Salguero ■ News Associate: Matt Garrison X A d M anager : Meredith James P roduction A ssistants : Dusty Ragsdale, Chris Young S taff W riters / P hotographers : Dale Balbi, Armondo Borboa, Kenton Benfield, Helen Conley, John Hurlburt, Nick Komafel, Genyva Laubach, Riley Lundgren, Christina Maggio, John Shufelt D epartment A dviser : Melissa Jones D epartment S ecretary : Pat Thompson G oals : The Clackamas Prints to report the news in an hones unbiased, professional mannei The opinions expressed do no necessarily reflect those of the dent body, college administrat its faculty or The Print. E-mail comments to chiefed@dackait edu.
