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 ..
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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.
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