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(j The Clackamas Print sportsed@clackamas.edu Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 Balance of power shifting in NWAACC womens soccer Club teams Qnetouchables (left) and. South VN, o f the greater Portland Soccer District face o ff against one another on Sunday Nov. 13. Both teams are classified as Division-4. Club sports make use of CCC fields because many of these schools don’t have an area large enough for cross country. Recently the West Linn and Milwaukie High School teams have used the course. Many high schools have used Clackamas W ho are these strange people who are taking over our campus? All over Clackamas not only to hold meets, matches and games Community College there are sports teams but also to use the colleges facilities for practice made up o f youth students that look, like purposes. “We have used the tennis courts for they’re six. These teams that you have seen practice many times and sometimes we use are just a portion of the groups that use our the gym for basketball practice in November,” said Bruce Reece, Oregon City High School campus. “We have tons o f groups who use Our Athletic Director. Other sports like tennis, youth soccer and facilities,” said Jim Martineau, CCC athletic director, organizations alike that are using the various adult leagues will most often hap the campus facilities for many events ranging pen on the weekends. “[These events happen] from gymnastics or the Relay For Life to adult all though the year and summer, a lot [of the events] occur on weekends as well,” said softball leagues. You may have seen many of these teams Martineau. The college often offers the facilities for use playing softball or other sports on the back fields by Clairmont or a mens socccer team "by other, organizations as a way to be more: practicing by Dejardin. Maybe you’ve even involved in the community and as a great seen a youth sports game going on during a recruiting opportunity. “We get huge benefits [from] having several Saturday morning. Some students wonder, “how do. I get on to thousand high school athletes on our campus that team, does the college even have a men’s each year at different events. It definitely helps soccer team?” or “man the college must be des out with recruiting,” said Martineau. Recruiting and public involvement isn’t the perate for new enrollees.” A few o f those groups are C CC Associated Student Government, the only plus that Clackamas gets out of its athletic Three Rivers and Pacific high school leagues, facilities. Many o f the groups using C C C pay North Clackamas Christian HS, O C Youth for the gymnasium, field or court they use. “We do charge for most events mostly to Soccer, along with several soccer leagues, the Portland Baseball Club, E O T Girls Basketball cover the cost associated,” said Martineau. Tournaments, Oregon City Chapter o f Relay “The rates for rental vary depending on sev For Life, dance competitions, wrestling clubs, eral factors: Which facility is needed? Does an adult softball league and Clackamas County the event require [overtime] for custodial or campus safety? Does the event require a super milesfour mile walk/run. In order for these teams to be able to use the visor from the college? We don’t charge the campus, they have to go through the athletic youth soccer league to use the fields. If it is a department and Assistant Athletic Director charity event, we generally don’t charge. If we do charge it would be just to cover the cost of Kayla Steen. “They contact Kayla, she lets them know the staff.” The benefits to the college run beyond what space is available and what the prices are to rent them,” said Dotty Cobum, athletic money and recruiting, they’re also a service department secretary. Cobum also mentioned to the students. You can’t join the high school that Steen is in charge o f scheduling for all the teams (ydu could try, but ydur chances are probably pretty slim) but there are adult sports organizations. During the fell, there are many high school leagues and youth sports clubs that can be cross country teams that use Clackamas found online. You’re already at CCC, why not because o f the colleges central location and take advantage o f it? B y M a tt S en n T he C lackam as P rin t and an impressive 2-0 defeat o f the East's num ber three seeded Yakima Valley. T he South is having a down year, coming in second to last in non-league play just above the pitiful western region. Part o f that shift comes from a switch that the NW AACC made a few seasons ago. It used to be that the South would play the N orth By John W illiam Howard and the East would play the West. Sports Editor It wasn’t uncom m on to see a 10-0 win for a southern or Eastern team arid both divisions dom inated until N ormally a- fledgling program region play began. N ow the South takes time to build, a legacy. They and East face off and the north struggle for years in futility until and West face off. This pitches the they finally strike gold and begin two strong conferences against one to. gain traction., O ther times, die. another and the two weak confer complete opposite is true. Some ences against one another. T hat creates a problem. Squads teams hit the ground running and find immediate success.. O n e o f from the power regions that would those teams is the still rather recent normally roll to easy victories in ly formed Clackamas C om m unity non-league games are starting to lose more often when rnatched up against College womeri’s soccer program'. Started up in 2002, Cougar’s soc Better competition and teams that cer finished the season an impres would normally get steamrolled are sive 15-5-2, taking second in the able to make headway when playing powerhouse Southern Region in just m uch weaker competition. T hat can their first season o f play. Since then, create the illusion that the south has the Cougars have made even more faltered and the N orth has taken its progress, w inning an impressive six place, if the casual fen isn't careful. But is it really incorrect? Could on tides and three NWAACC s from 2004-2011. Clackamas th e perceived success in the has made it to the final four every N orthern region turn the tables on year except 2006, when they lost to the NW AACC and create a new the eventual NW AACC champion power conference? I think so. People tend to look at wins and Spokane C C in the first round and losses rather than the strength o f in 2009. This year Clackamas has again schedule, so a team's attractiveness w on their region tide and will be to recruits will be based on that hosting a quarterfinal m atch but team 's record, regardless o f who there are some questions as to the they play. A n Everett C C team that strength o f thé southern region ver- normally would have finished 0-3 sris years past. Yes, three teams from against the powerful East now fin- S the ' N W A A C C south, Clackam as, ishes a t a resp ectab le 2 -^ , A ll o f th e Lane and Clark have all advanced past the first round b u t the days o f complete dominance seem to be behind us. T h e East and South aren’t alone in women's, soccer any more. T hat’s n ot to say that the N orth and West haven’t been there. T he two conferences have seen plenty o f appearances in the final four and championship games but neither conference has w on a tide since 2003. T h at was before the NW AACC split into four divisions and the team that won, N orthern Idaho, is no longer a member o f the league. T he balance o f power seems to be shifting. T he South and East are still dom inant, accounting for five o f the eight teams still alive b u t the N orthern region is beginning to rear it’s head w ith two representatives sudden, soccer players from around the area take a second look at the team that won the "strong" N orth division and back away from teams in the South and West. W hat started artificially now begins to gain some substance as the north continues to improve and work toward its first NW AACC title in eight seasons. Tim e will tell. It could be that the south will bounce back and the N orth and west will fall into medi ocrity again but now all eyes turn to the last three rounds o f the playoffs. T hat's when the true test o f superi ority will be taken. Will the N orth finally rise to the top? Will the South reclaim the NW AACC title for the first tim e since Clackamas w on in 2007? O r will the East continue it's reign? We'll just have to wait and see. 2011 NWAACC Women’s Soccer Non-League Play Division East North South West Record 13-7-2 11-6-5 4-10-4 3-11-2 Points 41 38 16 11 Upcoming Events O Volleyball . NWAACC Championships Q fllR m a s vs. Tacoma @ Mt. Hood CC ghg Women’s Soccer O _ Time/date 9 a.m. Thursday Nov. 17 Time/date Final Four Game 1 Final Four Game 2 ' 1 0 : 3 0 Saturday Noy. 19 1 p.m. Saturday Nov. 19 Men’s Basketball Time/date Clackamas vs, Linfield JV 7 p.m. Friday Nov. 18
