Clackamas Print Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 Q b * 'J *31 ■ Robert Crawford Clackamas Print top left: Clackamas’ Brett Sanchez takes a hit from Montana State Northern’s ] onas Schenzel at the Clackamas Open Tournament Jan. 17. |ght: Point guard Jeff Dorman takes a free throw on Jan. 14 against Mt. Hood rBorman shot 26 points to help carry the team to their third win of the - Bn. Clackamas is currently 4-0. r Ittom: Top-ranked Montana’s Robbie Shaw gets taken down by Clackamas’ pcond-ranked Tyrell Fortune to place first in his weight class at the tourna- Jessica Foster Clackamas Print Robert Crawford Clackamas Print now thaws, Cougs heat up ke Whitten ttóo Print renwith all this recent snow Lady Cougars are heating uring the winter break the ipartie i paled in the Crossover lament in Olympia, Wash. ley won their first two fesBof the tournament, mating Highline Community - Ege 83-75 and Yakima Valley imunih College 73-56. peBady Cougars advanced lie championship game but loumanlent was canceled due ie weather. \ road trip to Phoenix was t'for the Lady Cougars and h back to back losses to Chandler-Gilbert Community College and South Mountain Community College, they closed out the trip by crushing Phoenix Community College 95-65. Division League play started on Jan. 7, and the Lady Cougars beat Chemeketa Community College 70-40, Southwestern Community College 87-56, and Mt. Hood Community College 67-50. Clackamas is now 3-0 in divi­ sion play and 12-3 overall. They are now ranked third in the entire Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges. Head coach Jim Martineau said his team has a good shot at the championship game this year. He also said they need to “Take care of the home court.” Guard Shayla Fetters said the key to victory is, “When we play as a team we win.” Fetters is a sophomore in her first season with the team, having transferred to Clackamas after playing for Umpqua Community College last year. With Umpqua currently lead­ ing the division, there is a good chance Fetters will be facing her old team in the playoffs. A sce­ nario she is very excited about. Fetters also said the difference between Clackamas and her old team is that the Lady Cougars have, “more team chemistry” and “win.” Please turn to page six to find out what happened in the Lady Cougs’ match-ups against Mt. Hood CC and Linn-Benton CC. Robert Crawford Clackamas Print Starting guard Shayla Fetters, far right, before sinking a freethrow in the Lady Cougs’ matchup against Mt. Hood CC. The Cougars cruised to a win with a final score of 50-67.