Sports 6
Clackamas Pri
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009
Another game in the bank, next
I Jeff DeVilliers
II The Clackamas Print
Good basketball is good bas
ketball, and that is exactly what
the men’s team at Clackamas
Community College is playing.
The history of success and prom
ise of more is not the focus of this
team. The motto is simple - next
game.
Still, 'It’s hard to ignore the
amazing success the team is hav
ing, currently ranked number one
in the entire Northwest Athletic
Association of Community
Colleges, and standing 14-2 over
all, 2-0 in league play. It’s no won
der everyone is saying that this is
a fun year. Or perhaps the team is
doing so well because they are all
having fun.
Coach Cliff Wegner believes
that to be the case.
“My team plays better because
they have fun,” said Wegner.
That is obvious when you
watch this team. They are hav
ing fun, and they like playing this
game with each other. The team
plays a gelled game, they know one puts a target on your back.”
each other, they know the game
Next game.
Sophomore guard Austin Dunn
- it’s all down to an art. At this
point, the team is playing like true echoed this sentiment. “It’s-one
game at a time, but we’re all good
artists.
A big factor to this is most likely friends here. It makes a differ
ence”
the unity of the team.
'
Over winter break
On and off the court
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the Cougars took
the team clicks well
down Tacoma at the
together. Whether it
“My team
Holiday Tourney,
be a turkey dinner
plays
breaking their unde
at Coach Wegner’s
feated record and
house, or goofing off
better
stealing the thunder
on the road, this team
because
of the then ranked
knows how to play.
they have
best team in the
They know how to
league. The tour
have fun.
fun."
ney MVP J.C. Cook
Zach Wilde, a
scored 22 points,
freshman on the
took 6 rebounds and
team, said he likes
3 steals. Chehales
the team because of
Cliff Wegner
Tapscott also was a
the atmosphere. “It’s
Head Coach
tourney pick with 15
way better than like
Men’s Basketball
rebounds, 14 points,
in high-school,” he
and 3 blocked shots.
said.
Tapscott is currently
But being ranked
number one apparently isn’t the leading the league in scoring and
in rebounding.
focus of anyone on the team.
Couch Wegner is feeling very
“You can’t live in the past, you
can’t look ahead too far either,” confident, with good reason, this
Wilde said. “Being ranked number year. “They know they can beat
Jessica Foster Clack
Forward Scott Martin, left, and starting Guard J.C. C
right, play a little defense against MHCC in Randall G
Jan. 14. The Cougs beat out the Saints with a score
100 and are ranked number on in the Southern Region
anyone in the Northwest. That’s
not cocky, that’s knowledge.”
Next game.
For more information on the
games against Mt. Hood
Linn-Benton CC, see
scores below.
Everyone's friend shoots last hoop
. Sam Krause
1 The Clackamas Print
Jim Worden, associate head
coach of the men’s basketball
team, passed away December
17, 2008, after a year-long-
battle with cancer.
After coaching at Oregon
City High School, Worden
and
head
coach
Cliff
Wegner worked at Mt. Hood
Community College and in
1998, took over at Clackamas
Community College.
Worden
and
Wegner
coached three teams to the
NWAACC Championships.
After 25 years of coach
ing together, Wegner said he
never made a decision with
out talking with Worden first,
“Everyone
respected
his knowledge,” said Jim
Martineau, head coach of the
women’s basketball team.
“A great coach,” said
Martineau. “But that’s pretty
small compared to the person
he was.”
During Worden’s 41-year
coaching career, he was a
“meticulous” history teacher
for 25 years, a technology
specialist for Clackamas ESD
and worked as a contractor on
the side.
Worden coached football,
swimming, cross-country and
basketball.
“Teaching a kid is more
important than winning a
game,” said Wegner. “Take it
Men s
Basketball
January 7,2009
January 7,2009
Clackamas (83) 1-0
Clackamas (70) 1-0
Fetters 4-7 0-0 8, St.
0-0 17, Peterson 5-11 7-7
ell. 4-15 0-0 11, Duty 2-1
Totals 25-73 14-15 70. i
Dorman 5-12 8-10 19, Tapscott
8-90-3 16, Wilde 4-8 1-2 10, Cook
6-15 2-2 16, Dunn 4-10 10-11 19,
Totals 28-60 22-32 83.
Chemeketa (65) 0-1
Derry 7-13 4-6 20, Gary 3-9 3-6
9, Boucher 2-9 0-0 5, Berger 3-12
2-4 9, Richardson 0-0 2-2 2, Mar
tin 2-8 5-8 11, Totals 22-64 17-28
65.
January 10,2009
Photo contributed by Tracy Swisher
Associate Head Coach Jim Worden, second from right, sitting
with Head Coach Cliff Wegner, far right, and part of the 2007
NWAACC Men’s Basketball Champions.
one game at a time.”
As the instructor for the
college’s basketball open
gym, Warden included every
one. According to Martineau,
after a few weeks of class,
novices and college athletes
were drilling and playing
pickup games together.
“He made everyone feel
okay,” Martineau said. “It
didn’t matter who you were.
He liked to help people.”
Worden never stopped
learning.1 He was good to see
on a bad day to get a laugh or
a smile, and his word was as
good as gold.
“He had a moral standard
that he lived by,” Wegner
said. “I never worked with a
better teacher. I never worked
with a better man. I never had
a better friend.”
A scholarship fund has been set up to honor the memory of Jim Worden. If anyone
would like to make a contribution, please send it to:
The Jim* Worden Memorial Scholarship Fund
18835 S. Rose Rd.
Oregon City, OR 97045
Women s
Basketba
Clackamas (112) 2-0
Dorman 4-11 1-3 9, Tapscott 8-
9 3-5 19, Wilde 3-5 1-2 8, Cook
11-16 3-4 28, Dunn 8-13 6-6 22,
Totals 44-71 16-23 112.
Southwestern (84) 0-2
McBride 1-5 3-4 5, Demith 2-
11 0-0 6, Flynn 8-13 0-0 20, King
7-13 7-13 21, Leman 2-4 4-7 8,
Totals 28-60 19-32 84.
January 14,2009
Mt. Hood (90) 1-2
Jones 3-16 6-7.12, Mortensen 6-8
0-0 13, Wohlers 3-14 0-0 7, John
son 8-17 6-10 23, Strasburg 2-6 0-
0 5, Totals 33-83 17-23 90.
Clackamas (100) 3-0
Dorman 9-16 5-11 26, Tapscott
10-16 3-6 23, Wilde 4-7 1-2 9,
Cook 7-13 2-2 18, Dunn 6-7 6-8
18, Totals 39-66 17-29 100.
January 16, 2009
Linn-Benton (77) 3-1
Sundquist 3-8 5-8 14, Christie
X 4-13 2-4 10, Carter 6-9 2-4 14,
Rucinsky 2-6 6-7 10, Teusch 2-5
0-0 4, Totals 22-58 29-37 77
Clackamas (90) 4-0
Dorman 4-10 2-4 12, Tapscott
15-25 3-5 33, Wilde 3-7 0-0 6,
Cook 6-12 2-2 15, Dunn 4-5 6-7
Chemeketa (40) 0-1
Cox 1-1 0-0 2, Wellstai
0, Harris 3-7 0-0 6, Toatl
2-6 40.
January 10,2009
Clackamas (87) 2-0
Fetters 5-9 0-0 14, St. P
4 17, Peterson 10-170-32
ell 3-13 6-6 14, Duty 5-11
Totals 31-76 13-25 87.
Southwestern (56) 0-2
Eng 4-11 3-4 11, B
2-2 8, Richardson 2-7
ley 0-1 0-0 0, Sommers 1
Toatlas 22-60 10-18 56.
January 14,2009
Mt. Hood (50) 1-2
Campbell 5-6 0-0 14,
ham 1-7 2-4 4, Bahmel
Melonson 4-17 2-2 10,
3-6 9, Totals 18-64 10-181
Clackamas (67) 3-0
Fetters 13-17 1-1 30,'
2-9 0-0 5, Peterson 5-14
Powell 0-16 5-8 5, Duty I-
Totals 24-67 13-23 67.
January 16,2009
Linn-Benton (58) 3-1
Ellingson 3-11 0-0 6,# I
8-13 4-5 2O,Zahner2-7»»l
long 1-3 1-4 3, Douglass!-1
Totals 24-53 9-15 58.
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Clackamas (72) 4-0
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Fetters 3-13 2-6 10, St®
0-0 8, Peterson 2- 10 8-11
ell 3-12 6-6 15, Duty 3-1«
Totals 20-65 23-31 72.
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Box Score Key: Basketball
Visiting team is listed first, followed by their final score, and then conference stani H
Following a player’s name are field goals made and attempted, free throws
attempted, and ends with the player’s total points.
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Home games Jan. 24:
Men’s basketball team vs. Lane CC, game starts at 6 p.m
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Women’s basketball team vs. Lane CC, game starts at 4| I