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O The Clackamas Print Clackamas mens basketball loses a heartbreaker, only to discover that a scorekeeping error kept them from a huge win By John William Howard ■ Sports Editor Mens basketball bead coach Clif Wegner left the gym at Chemeketa Community College deflated. His team walked in riding a four-game winning streak, the longest streak they’d had all season. They walked out with a heartbreaking 74-73 loss on a free throw in the final second, halting, their momentum and wilting their hopes at moving up in the southern region standings. I suppose they shouldn’t have too big of a reason to feel badly about the loss. After all, Chemeketa is one of the better teams in the NWAACC. They are the second highest team in the league for points per game and they have ' no losses at home. O f Chemeketas home wins •this season, Clackamas gave them by far the best run for their money, holding out till the very last possession. Alt in ^11 ir was, n n f m n ch tn hc. embarrassed over. That is until I heard from Wegner Friday evening. “Didn’t think I could feel much worse about the loss until we reviewed the film and files,” said Wegner on his Facebook page. “Turns out the horpe team was credited for an extra two ints. Score-keeping error. Ouch. Fust game I ve ever lost as a coach when our kids actually outscored the other team.” ...,X !w isthe kind of loss that can stick in your craw. It can have a hangover effect, lasting to the next game and beyond. We all saw it nap- in Portland last week, when the Blazers the game on a bungled goalteriding call. They turned around and lost their next game in embarrassing fashion, looking disjointed and dazed throughout much of the contest/ Wegner has to hope that doesn’t happen to . his team. They’re still in the running for a playoff spot in the south, meaning that they cant take any time to focus on the loss that should have been a win. According to Wegner, the score is final at the site of the game and. can’t be changed after the fact with no protests allowed, no matter the alleged mistake. . . That’s a real shame. Lrealize that'it might be opening Pandoras box to fix a rule like this, but it leaves a sick feeling at the pit o f the stomach. Moments after Chemeketas win, Chemeketa’s Facebook page and Twitter gleefully announced the narrow victory. Shortly thereafter, the score was posted on the NWAACC website, and its still mere if you look. Chemeketa def. Clackamas 74-73. It’s a little more than unsettling, it’s just wrong. And while some will point out that add ing the two points would have changed the Way the game was played, knowing that the road team outscored the home team in a big divi sional game and still lost simply doesn’t sit right. „So feu we haven’t heard anything from the league acknowledging the mistake, and we may not. T his certainly doesn’t happen often, as teams usually keep track of their own stats, both to prevent mistakes and for their own records. Rather than this being caught earlier and the game being played out fair and square, its another disorganized mess for the NWAACC, but as Wegner said, “such is life .. ’ I ■ Sports Athletics Notebook We’ve been robbed! ■ sportsed @ clackam as.ed u Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Chemeketa 74, Clackamas 73, Wednesday, Feb. 8 Chemeketa 79, Clackamas 51, Wednesday, Feb. 8 Clackamas picked up a win and a heartbreaking loss in basketball on the men’s side. The loss came at Chemeketa, where the men had led 46-33 at halftime.. As the second half neared its end, Cheirieketa whittled down the deficit to nothing. In the final moments, thé game was tied with the ball in Chemeketas hands. Clackamascommitted a foul with one second remaining, and home team hit one of two free-throws to ice th e '74^73 victory. It was uncovered later that Chemeketa had been credited with an extra two points, hut itw asto o late to change the final»,score. Freshman-Ashleigh Anderson put it besf on Twitter shortly after Clackamas’ crushing defeat: “Didn’t come ready to play. T hat means we got our asses handed to us.” T he loss moves Clackamas to 1-3 for games, in which they score less'than 70 points. The 51 points was their worst offensive outing o f the season, and the 28 point; final,deficit is easily their most lopsided loss since 2008. Clackamas was led by the 13 points o f freshman guard Jenny Johnson, and was severely outrebounded 41-24, including 15-9-offensive rebound disadvantage. Clackamas 72, Linn-Benton 68, Saturday, Feb. 11 Clackamas 7 1, Linn-Benton 60, Saturday, Feb. 11 Clackamas returned home to face Linn-Benton on Saturday, continuing their fight for playoff positioning. In impressive fashion, sophomore Brett Ball led all scores . and Tebôundërs. for the game, putting up 26 points arid 15 boards in Clackamas’ 72-68 victory. The win pushes Clackamas to a-tie with Linn-Benton for third place in the south, Clackamas holding the head-to-head tie breaker. Taylor D unn was the Only other player in. double figures for Clackamas with 16 points. L e d .b y .18 points ,from sophomore guard MaKesha Bizon, Clackiimas: bounced back from the trouncing at Chemeketa last Wednesday with a 71-60 victory over the Linn-Benton Roadrunners. Bizon hit a game high four three pointers, adding to the 10 total that Clackamas hit for the game; T h e win sets up what may be the biggest game or the season next Saturday when Lane comes to visit. T he winner of that game will move into first place in the southern region. S B g sp ----------- Men’s Basketball Mt. 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