4 the clackamas print
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Lacrosse makes a goal at CC
By Mark Foster
Sports Editor
Lacrosse has long beep an
East Coast sport; now two stu
dents are trying to bring the sport
to Clackamas.
Casey House and Ryan Carr
both began playing lacrosse dur
ing their sophomore years at
Oregon City High School and
have been hooked ever since.
Both hope to bring their playing,
as wgll as coaching, experience
to the team.
Both House and Carr have
been very, optimistic about the
new club on campus. They hope
to begin practices as soon as
spring term begins.
One issue they have run into,
though, is finding a source to
fund their operation.
“We are hoping to do fund-
raising up until that point,” said
Carr, referring to the beginning
of spring term and practices.
One of Carr’s main missions
is to gather equipment for the
team and rent it out on a monthly
basis so that players do not have
to purchase their own. Carr said
he wants to “keep this sport as
cheap as possible so we can get
more people.”
The more the merrier.
Carr and House have decided
to not split the team based on
gender until they are sure they
have enough people to form two
teams.
No experience? Not a prob
lem. Between the two of them,
House and Carr feel they have
enough coaching and playing
experience to teach newcomers
the game and hopefully get them
up to speed and ready to play in
games.
“You can show up not know
ing anything about lacrosse and
we will teach you oyer time,”
said Carr.
Until they can get enough
players to field a full team, the
club will only host intrasquad
scrimmages to help teach players
the ins and outs of lacrosse. Once
again, money is the key factor.
Without money it becomes hard
to secure teams to play against,
fields and referees.
House and Carr know of
many clubs throughout the state
and city that they would like to
contact to schedule games once
they feel the team is ready.
“Any clubs near the area
or far away, just once again it
depends on money,” said Carr
before he pauses. House and
Carr look at each other and say
“Road trip,” and cap it off with
a laugh. ,
Aside from fliers posted
around the school, they hope
that spreading the news by word
of mouth will eventually bring
in the majority of players. They
hope this helps to bring in play
ers from outside of the college.
The two have also gone online
to advertise. House said, “We’ve
done Facebook. We started a
club on Facebook so that people
can know what’s going on and
can join if they so choose.”
The majority of people who
have utilized the club’s Facebook
page are those who do not actu
ally attend Clackamas. House
and Carr both concurred that it is
going to take time to get people
involved.
Although there are not a lot of
people currently involved, Carr
said with the people they already
have, they can play small games
seeing as there are many varia
tions of the game. The goal is
to have a total of 28 players so
they can field two teams of 12-
14 players.
Interested in getting involved?
Look up the club on Facebook at
Lacrosse Club of CCC. Not a
user of Facebook? Not a prob
lem. E-mail lacrosseclubofccc@
hotmail.com with your questions
or if you would like to donate to
help get it started.
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Ryan Carr practices in full gear. Carr is looking to get
on the field along with fellow CCC students for lacros
New faces, same expectations for NWAACC champion Coug
By Carlos Calderon
The Clackamas Print
It’s Thursday afternoon and the
men’s basketball team practice is
winding down. The team is split into
groups of four or five as they prac
tice one key element of the game:
free throws. Make or miss, there
are always words of encourage
ment from fellow teammates, all the
while showing developing chemistry
amongst each other.
Basketball is the one sport where
team chemistry is imperative for team
success. There can’t be one without
the other. It doesn’t matter how tal
ented or skilled a team is, if there isn’t
chemistry, the team’s frill potential
and goals, more often than not, are
never reached.
“I truly believe (chemistry)
is a huge part of every successfill
team and in basketball, I think it’s
more critical than any other sport,”
expressed head coach Clif Wegner.
“Right now we are carrying 18 guys.
The more guys you carry, the longer
it takes for the chemistry to develop,
but we really haven’t had chemistry
problems here. It’s something we
really pay a lot of attention to... they
are getting to' a point where they are
able to step up, compete harder and
make themselves better.”
With the departure of integral
parts of last season’s NWAACC
championship team and the addi
tion of 12 new faces on this year’s
team, it is essential for the team to
get acquainted with one another and
form a bond and build team chem
istry in order for them to repeat as
NWAACC champions.
“We won it last year. We are try
ing to win it again, that’s the main
goal. Winning an (NWAACC cham
pionship) is what we always shoot
for, our main objective. We lost a
couple key players but we have guys
that are stepping up and filling their
spots,” said sophomore wing, Justin
Steinke.
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last year’s championship team, the
leadership and knowledge of what
it takes to . win a championship is
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John Shufelt Clackamas Print
(Left to right) Justin Steinke controls the ball as Josh Lekeno and David Krantz
attempt to play trap-defense during a scrimmage in practice on Nov. 2.