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4 the clackamas print sporj Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 Basketball teams begin league pla Men’s and women’s basketball start league play and hope to compete for con ference title By Travis Hardin The Clackamas Print It’s official; Cougars basketball is back. g As the first week of winter term came to an end, it was just the beginning for the Clackamas Cougars men’s and women’s bas ketball teams. Both teams played host to the Chemeketa Storm on Jan. 9, in what became their first games of the 2009-2010 season. The Lady Cougars walked John Shufelt Clackamas Print Johnelle Kapua (15) shoots free throws during a game against Chemeketa on Jan. 9. Clackamas won 95-53 at home. The Lady Cougars are currently 3-0 in league play. away with a 95-53 victory in their home opener. First year co-head coach Kayla Steen said, “To play at home always means a lot to [the team] and definitely helps us with momentum.” * According to freshmen post Tessa Stadeli, “Playing at home means a lot because we haven’t had many home games.” The first points of the regular season came by way of a three- pointer by sophomore guard Dayle Powell. The tough defense the Lady Cougars displayed in the first half resulted in 17 turnovers being committed by the visiting Storm. Steen, after the game, said, “[The players] are very comfort able playing with each other. The freshmen have stepped in; they are doing a great job with the system that we run.” According to their Web site, the Lady Cougars enter this sea son with a record of 21-9 and are lead by coach Jim Martineau, who enters his 12th season with the program. According to Steen, the team has six new players to the program and five returning. Freshmen guard Johnnelle Kapua, who comes to Clackamas from Honolulu, Hawaii, said, when asked about what goals she has for this season, “Pretty much just do whatever my teammates need to do [whether] it’s shooting out, passing, getting the ball into the post, defense; whatever my coach needs me to do.” When asked if she learned any thing from the pre-season, Kapula responded, “We learned that we are definitely beatable, so we can’t take any team lightly.” As the Lady Cougars walk, away with their first win of the season, they already are looking at the future. According to sophomore guard/ forward McKenzie Ausman-Meyer, she would like to see the team win 18 games and the championship. The men’s team entered their able career coaching the softball team and is no to the campus. Accord™ team’s Web site, Fiskum < centrate on team and in defense, skill develop™ academic support just to] few. Returning players inch ing forward Chehales I who had a tremendous fl year being named the Nil Tournament’s Most Player. He also was nan] Team All-South Division 2008-2009 season. 1 Returning point gd Dorman enters this seas being honored with Sects All-South Division last sea The Cougars had a I waiting for them coming | first game against Chemel were ready for it. Just I women’s team, the first | the season came from til point line by sophomcl guard Jeff Dorman. I The game was evenly! and the Cougars trailed! the end of the first half. I “The team worked han day in practice,” said! about preparing for tha opener. In the second half, ■ didn’t leave anyone disaj in terms of performanl 38.3 seconds left in tn the Cougars led 72-691 Jeff Dorman (21) cuts past defenders on Jan. 9 against Chemeketa. Dorman led all scorers with 21 points and fin ished with four rebounds, two assists and two steals in the 74-73 loss. season as the defending NWAACC champions. Leading the way is 2009 NWAACC Coach of the Year Clif Wegner. Wegner enters his 12th year at Clackamas. New to the coaching staff this year is Assistant Coach Paul Fiskum. Fiskum has had a remark Chemeketa to the foul lin making both free throws, ■ trailed the Cougars by onel the game with 2.0 seconl the half. Chemeketa wel foul line again and ended! the 74-73 win over the Col “Well, we keep our I and next game, that’s next game,” said Tapscottl game when asked where I goes from here. I When asked what go| the team as a whole h. I season, Tapscott simply refl “Win a championship.” I PGE Park prepares for renovations, more seats to be add Timbers plan to begin Major League Soccer play in 2011 in reno vated PGE Park, more seats and restaurant to be added while still keeping view from SW 18th Avenue accessible Beavers fans sit like motionless cadavers compared to the frat party atmosphere brought by the Timbers fully possessed fan base; the lunatic Timbers Army is a spectacle worth watching in itself and being a part of it breeds a sense of insanity only felt by.strong drug users and the clinically insane. America’s favorite pastime is starting to show its age in our state, and it’s time for the old to die and the young to thrive. I don’t agree necessarily that we should completely toss out a franchise which has been in our city in some form or another for over a hundred years, but if it comes to a showdown between MLS and minor league basebal 1, baseball si will unquestionably lose. Perhaps the best part of the proposed plan for P has been the decision to keep viewing access from Avenue outside the stadium. This street has allowed] lege kids, bums and eighty-sixed fans to keep on games regardless of if ¿hey had the $12 admission] viewing socialist idea helps to breed Portland spirit a Paulson’s promise about the field alive that the stadia “as unique as they come in the soccer world.” By John Hurlburt Co-Editor in Chief Although no one has been shot in die chest with a crossbow bolt over match results yet, it is becoming apparent that more Americans are starting to see what the rest of the world has been staring at for years, soccer. Internationally, the U.S. national team has made it to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, continuing their push to show that America will become a powerhouse team within the sport. Even more importantly, PGE finally announced its plans for renovation just in time for Christmas, letting Oregonians all over the state feel secure that we will have a Major League Soccer team in 2011. The decision to open up an expansion team has been fought hard, but Portland’s firm, consisting of wealthy Timbers owner Merritt Paulson, Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard, has managed to keep the world’s most popular sport in our city without having to throw bricks at opponents. Stadium renovations have left the Portland Beavers’ future in limbo. A major argument against promoting the Timbers and upgrading PGE Park to make it soccer only is it would destroy this “popular” Portland franchise. But arguments bat tling the Timbers off the field have been boot-stomped the same way the Timbers thrashed competition on the field. The Portland Beavers have never even been abfe to draw in a crowd the way the Timbers have. As for spirit, Portland Photo contributed vl Shown above is the future view of the east side of PGE Park. The new seating will run parallel to 18th Avenue but will not completely obstruct the view from the street.
