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The Clackamas P rin t?
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 20,12
Clackamas falls from contention
for southern championship
By John William Howard
Sports Jiditor
Dazed, the group silently gathered their things,
moving a few paces behind the bench to quietly
dress and repack their bags. A few murmured words
were said, and families quietly and cautiously
approached, wary of the players they had come to
see.
After a quick post game talk,, head coach Jim
Martineau disappeared, leaving the gym before
most o f his team, who, for the most part, mean
dered to talk to friends before bolting to their cars
and heading home.
The Clackamas women had just lost to Lane-in
a tightly contested battle, fighting start to finish for
a piece of the southStfi region crown. Clackamas
fell 65-58, marking the first time that they had
dropped a region game at home all season, and the
first home loss since mid December. The home
team repeatedly missed chances, shooting just over
50 percent from the free throw line, 16 percent'
from' three point range and 28 percent from the
field.
Freshman guard Jenny Johnson was one o f the
first to leave the disheartened group after having led
Clackamas with 15 points in the loss.
“It’s frustrating; because we work so hard in the
whole game and'We have theenergy, but when it
comes down to it. "we.couldn’t make shots and that'
just sucks,” said Johnson, who was 0-2 from three
point range but hit-all of her team high seven free
throw attempts. “You put in all that' hard work and
you don’t get the result you w an t”
In the first half, the hard work wasdnostly pay
ing off. Down eight at 1.4-6 after just five minutes
of play, Clackamas went on a 13-5>rjin>to tie the
game at 19 before taking the lead on a field goal
from 6-1 freshman7 Megan Feldman. From then 8n,
neither team would take a lead larger than three,
with the teams swapping the-advantage five times
in the final eight minutes. .
The first half definitely wasn’t an offensive
showdown, as the., Cougars were just 11-36 from
-the field and put up just 31 points. Sophomore
MaKesha Bizon led the home team with eight
.points in the first- hilf, which found Clackamas
trailing by ofie going in to halftim e.' -
Typically, when Clackamas has a bad offensive
half, they come out for the final 20 minutes and
turn it around completely. This time, however, that
was not at all the case.
The second half began as close as the first half
ended. Johnson tied the game with a three point
play at -34, and kept things close a few moments
later with a field goal to keep Clackamas within
one at 39-38. Those would be the last points that
Clackamas would score for almost four minutes, as
they watched Lane go on an LI-2 run to take a ten
point lead at 50-40.
Even then, the home team didn’t lie down. They
went on a l4-5, run o f their own to make it a game
again, and despite shooting so poorly, Clackamas
still had a chanfce to win the game. Down ofie after
two Johnson free throws with just under five min
utes remaining, the Cougars got a defensive stop
and a steal,' but' couldn’t convert, missing a pair of
free throws and three field goals while Lane pushed
their lead, back to seven.
. W ith just two minutes left on the clock, the
game was all but over for Clackamas. They didn’t
nit a single field goal down the stretch, made two.
costly turnovers and normally composed wing
Ashleigh Anderson missed a pair of free throws
in the final minute before Clackamas finally laid
down and surrendered.
Perhaps the most frustrating part of the loss is
that it was close' in spite o f the Cougars’ dismal
shooting percentage.
“We’re missingall o f our shots and we only-lost
by seven points,” said Johnson. “T hat mean’s we’re
with them and if we shoot well, we win by 10.”
■ The loss drops Clackamas to a second place tie
Tn tfffi southern region with Chemeketa. W ith only
two games remaining, it is unlikely that Clackamas
will be able to climb past Lane for the region cham
pionship and Will have to fight to win the second
seed in the south for the upcoming NWAACC
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fru stra ted by the defense a n d scored only 1 0 points, going 3 - 1 7
fr o m the fi e l d a n d 3 - 9 fr o m th efree throw line.
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Track and Field -
Clackamas 84, Lane 71
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Taylor D u n n h it .four o f six three pointers t h r o w e r ^ - K ate
and had 24 points total in Clackamas’ win H igginslO re c e n t
oVer Lane. T he win clinched a playoff spot ly signed , yyfdh.
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for the Cougars, who have now w on seven o f U n iv e rsity
their last eight to move into sole possession o f •Wyoming to par
third place in th eso u th ern ,reg io n standings. ticipate in track
Brett Ball added’20 p o in ts'an d 10 rebqunds and field on a 75
for an o th er double-double, his tenth for the percen t scholar
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A m erican honors
at the 2011 NWAACC Track' and Field cham
pionships, taking first place in both discuss
Clackamas 64, Mt. Hood 39
andi hdmm er throw.
| Freshm an Ashleigh A nderson led the
Former Cougar KeUa^Montgrpla is mak
Clackamas blow out w ith 18 points in just 29
m inutes o f play for the Cougars, who stayed ing national headlines at Eastern W ashington
w ith M t. H o o a for the first few m inutes before University, and is now the fourth ranked
absolutely leaving them in the dust for the pole-vaulter in the country at th e ’ NCAA
final three quarters o f the game. Sophomore D ivision-I level. M onterola w as. the 2011
MaKesha Bizon added 14 for Clackamas NWAACC pole-vault cham pion. -
and Sam M cC loud and Jenny Johnson both
- C o m p ile d by J o h n W illia m H o w a r d
chipped in 10 points. 'Clackamas w on while
shooting just 34.4 percent from the field
overall, but held M t. H ood to just 13 points
in the second half.
Kanalz nearing return
Saturday’s-loss to Lane bore little good
news, b u t it was the first tim e th at many saw
sophom ore forward Lindsay Kanalz w ithout
her b rig h t pink cast. Kanalz broke her h and
during the^game at hom e against M t. Hood-
on Jan. 18, and is nearly-ready to play, but
will wait until the N W A A C C . tournam ent
before stepping on the court again.