The
ports
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
Clackamas Print
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BROTHERS DON’T JUST
■AVE DNA IN COMMON
'ke&nd Vance Beeson are
jarated in weight class but
ned in interests and
ademics
ndrea Simpson
torts Editor
The Greek philosopher Antisthenes
, “When brothers agree, no fortress is
trong as their common life.”
'or the Beeson brothers, common life
: hard to find. Both are full-time
ents at Clackamas and among the
•ol’s best wrestlers.
like and Vance Beeson hail from
Le, Idaho, located right outside of
>e. They wrestled at Eagle High
)ol, where Vance won the state com
mon all four years and had an astound-
record of 154-3. Mike placed second
freshman and junior, winning state
senior.
Wrestling is in their blood.
My 15-year-old brother wrestled but
in thetsixth grade,” Mike, who is two
s older, said. “My dad did it in high
>ol. It’S just part of the family.”
i'he sport has also brought them closer
>ther as siblings.
It has helped us make a lot of the
e friends,” Mike said. “It brought us
le same college, too.”
the college has played a pivotal role in
* education.
[ came to Clackamas because of grade
• :s,” Vance said. “My grades weren’t
■1 enough to go directly to a university,
from Boise, so it was closer than any
"r junior colleges with a good wres-
; program. That was a big reason to
e herel”
he brothers are aiming for their trans
fer degrees and plan on
returning to their home
state to attend Boise State
University.
“If we go to the same
school, we will probably
room together,” Mike
said.
Vance added, “Even if
we don’t go to the same
school, it probably won’t
change our relationship
that much.”
According to those
who work with them, the
siblings definitely inter
act as teammates.
“They act like broth
ers,” said Head Wrestling
Coach Josh Rhoden. “It
makes it fun because
there are five or six
sophomores on the team,
which is unusual. We
are a fairly experienced
team.
“Community colleges
tend to be a revolving
door. They feed into it
more than the other guys,
but it does help with the
team chemistry. They are
all making jokes before a
match, and it helps loos
en the tension.”
Wrestling isn’t the only area of their
lives that is associated with fond memo
ries.
“My first memory of my brother is at
his fifth birthday party,” Mike said. “He
was wearing blue pants with white stars
on them, MC Hammer-style.”
More recently, Mike and Vance have
bonded over wild, and sometimes illegal,
escapades.
“We went cliff-jumping at midnight,”
Mike said. “It was in high school, prob
Baseball shows dedication
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McBride has also received atten
tion from the major leagues. He was
recently drafted in the 42nd round by
the Kansas City Royals.
However, baseball isn’t the athletes’
focus - they have an average 3.2
“These guys are students first and
baseball players second,” Robinson
The team has one main aspiration
for the season:
“Our goal is to finish first or second
guys mesh well
the region, in order to make the
d off the field, a
ayoffs,” Robinson said.
m chemistry,”
' neau
The baseball team’s first game
in Robinson.
is March 1 against Spokane Falls
n adheres to a seemingly Community College.
’“We are having a good time and are
r through October, the excited about the games,” Robinson
ctices their baseball skills,”
said. “November
ecember, the team
the weight room,
through February,
practices more, and
ugh May, the team
of the players look
10 practicing at least
iths prior to the sea-
it. I work on ways to
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schmmage game on Friday, Feb. 15.
ably our junior year.”
Vance said, “Once, we broke into an
Aquatic Center in Boise. There was a
maintenance shell on the roof, and we
broke the lock on it and jumped from the
rafters into the pool and just swam around
for a while.”
When they are not wrestling or study
ing, the men enjoy different pastimes.
“I hang out with friends,” Vance said.
“I enjoy working out in the gym as
well.” .
Mike said, “I like to long board when
it’s sunny ... I like to wakeboard and
try to snowboard. I like hanging with
friends.”
With nationals coming up, neither
Mike nor Vance has much time for any
thing other than preparing to compete
with some of the most talented wrestlers
from around the country.
“I am excited for nationals and at the
same time can’t wait for it to be over,”
Vance said. “It’s been a long season.”
The NJCAA National Championships
are being held in Rochester, Minn., on
Feb. 22 and 23.
Basketball looks forward to
securing spot for NWAACCs
With just one game to go
for men s and womens bas
ketball, the teams anticipate
victories
I
Megan Koler
Editor in Chief
ings are 8-5 in league play and 16-12 in
season play.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will
face off against Chemeketa Community
College in a home game today. The
women will play at 5:30 p.m., and the
men at 7:30 p.m., in the Randall Gym.
This will be their last home game this
season.
Information regarding the NWAACC
championships — hosted in Kennewick,
Wash., from Feb. 28 to March 2 - can
be found at the college’s athletics Web
site, http://depts.clackamas.edu/athletics/
Basketball.
A spot in this year’s Northwest Athletic
Association of Community College’s
championship tournament seems immi
nent for both the men’s and wom-
en’s basketball teams, who each
have a mere one game to go.
The women’s team won both
their games this week. They
defeated Mt. Hood Community
College at their home game last
Wednesday, 75-53, and Southwest
Oregon this past Saturday, 55-53.
The men’s team won their
home game against Mt. Hood CC
as well, 72-60, but they faltered
in Coos Bay against Southwest
Oregon, losing 75-110.
Both teams are nestled com
fortably within the top four places
in the NWAACC standings, while
the women’s team is tied for third
with Linn-Benton. The men’s
team also sits in third place.
With only one game left to go,
their chances of placing in time
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for NWAACCs seem secure.
Coach
Jim
Martineau
instructs
the team
The women’s standings are
8-5 in league play and 18-9 in Feb. 13 during the game against Mt. Hood
season play. The men’s stand- Community College.