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O The Clackamas Print Wednesday, Feb 1, 2012 sportsed@ctockamas.edut WRESTLING: Cougars dominate nations Continued from Page 1 ! v in William Howard The Clackamas Print . fidence that what we’re doing in? the room, the training we’re doing ... It was then, in the 157 lb division, [the victories] make it worth it,” said that Clackamas had their first stumble. Clackamas head coach Josh Rhoden. No. 9 Nikko Veltri and SW Oregon’s “They see ‘OK, I’m making gains’ and Craig Trask remained locked at 0-0 th at’s the biggest thing. T h at gives, entering the third round. W ith time them confidence maybe more „than thé winding down, Trask took Veltri to victories themselves. the mat and was awarded two points. The fact that Clackamas ha? come Veltri wduld give it his all, but lost the out and. dominated arguably the .stron match, giving SW Oregon their first gest region.in NJCAA wrestling means two .things; one, Clackamas will be three team points o f the meet. The 165 lb match brought the first incredibly well prepared going' into and only match with two .nationally nationals, and, two, there will be. a lot ranked wrestlers. Clackamas’ No. 5 of good wrestlers who won’t make thé Eriç. Hensel and SW Oregon’s No. 12 cut. Saul Soto made things interesting from “It’s furi, but it sucks because you the start, with Soto jumping out to a know that someone good is going to . 1-4 lead before Hensel brought it back stay ..home,” said Lopez, who wrestled to 3-4 at the end of the first round. Tn at SW Oregon for two years and made the second, Soto extended his lead to nationals both times. “Especially this 3-7. W ith under a minute left in the year, it’s, just like high school. There’s third and final round, and with his always someone who deserves to go whole bench on its feet, Hensel made that doesn’t go../ You just hope that a valiant effort, scoring a quick pair of. you’ve got your •. guys prepared well points and giving ¿the crowd hope of a enough -that when- regions come that comeback. - Herisei’s efforts, however, they can take care of business.” would fall short, and the riïatçh ended W hile.the toughness o f the. region and the upeothing to.Urnament:may have, " In a 5-8 decision for Soto. SW Oregon wouldn’t score any more many o f the teams flustered, things are team points the rest of the eyenirig. the sanie as always at Clackamas, where Clackamas came out with a vengeance, the. national spotlight has become an getting four pins/ in a row for- No. every day thing. “We still work out hard every day,” 7 Trent Noon (174), No. I Austin Morehead (184), No. 2 Rudi Burtsçhi said McAlister. “As long as we work out 0 9 7 ) and No. 11 Jake Laden (285). every day arid keep our conditioning The 42-6 win was the most complete up we, should be. fine for règionals and o f the season and the best since the nationals.” Cody R andall picks up his opponent to wrestle him down. R andall is ranked opening match against Highline, some ? “We’re pretty confident. We should fir s t in his weight class nationally. H e won this match by technical fa ll in the thing that bodes well for the upcoming be able to walk , out of there no prob lem with it. Nationals is where the test th ird round earning an additional fiv e points. regional tournam ent on Feb. 11. “It gives these guys a lot of con will be.” Clackamas Wrestlers LU n 1... r H N W 1 ! C G S 0 T F w N H U 1. Z E M 0 R E H E ¡ A K S! A A R R E 0 N T R E D 0 0 H 0 B R N F c 0 RUNED A J N R Y L 1 W 0 E m R Ë T A S L s H M 0 N H A c E N S N U S H N G 0 R A 0 1 : S 0 G N 0 s L E N T N E D A L T N Alger Ballard Becerra Burischi Conn Cook Dahl Gonzalez Goodrich Hensel • Hughes Huizenga Humphrey Johnson Joshua Laden Luna Maelfeyt McAlester Melendrez R E L H U A N GA D R A C "É" B L C A U M0 D 0 1 N L K S E L R S Z A Ñ 0 D R N E R Y A C S A R N 1 N N R D MT S L LA N E H N V 1 W T H A N Ë T L E A C M 1 P H H E Z 1 C H A N D U T A A R R Mitchell Morehead Nelson Noon ONeal Ornelas Randall Roberts Sanchez Scheidman Scott Bonsignore R.M.B. B E S T R E L w f s B ¡W R H E 0 A N B z D Ei H H R U S TÏ G M H A R E 1 E S L G A L L C 1 A G W A Sierra Veltri Whitaker Williams Wilson Yacuta Look for all of the CCC Cougar wrestlers in this word search. Names are horizontal, vertical, and diagonally. Good luck! $3.0 0 D iscount ! W IT H S T U D E N T I.D. Where satisfaction is more than a word. Barber Shop 19376 Molalla Ave #150 behind Lii’ Cooperstown 50 3 -5 1 8 -2 6 6 5 OregonCityBarberShop.com Tues - Fri Saturday 9:30 to 6 9:30 to 4 A new possibility changes everything. W A R N E R P A C IF IC .E D U « PORTLAND, OR
