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g P R IN T : Backpage Wednesday, O ct 10,2012 Cougars kick it up against top teams David Beasley Associate Sports Editor Cougar soccer is kicking in gear this fall, with six league wins out of eight games played, the girls of Clackamas hold the No. 1 tank in the NWAACC Southern Region. Pre-league games were eventful as well; the team was challenged for their first game of the year by currently undefeated, No. 1 ranked in league, Peninsula Community College Pirates. The 0-2 loss fueled the fire for a solid 1-0 win against another very suc cessful team, Walla Walla. Here’s the current rundown for league games this season: The beginning of September brought a 0-1 loss to Shoreline Community College followed by a month-long winning streak including a 5-1 win vs Edmonds in which forward Tayler Ficek, scored four goals. The freshman forward from North Eugene High School has led the Cougars with an incredible scor ing outburst so far this season. Ficek leads the NWAACC in scor ing with 13 goals, only failing to score in CCC’s three losses. Two 2-0 wins against Lane Community College and Green River Community College led up to another high scoring game for the Cougars, as they dominated Southwestern Oregon Community College 5-0. A home game against Skagit Valley Community College at the end of September produced a con vincing 3-0 win with what coach Janine Szpara praised as a game with “good defense.” The win ning streak stretched into October, as the Cougars outplayed Clark Community College in another 3-0 home win. Melanie Trumbull, another freshman from North Eugene, has been a stalwart in goal for the Cougars, running off a streak of four straight shutouts in September. The trend of success was halted Friday by Whatcom Community College in a frustrat ing 0-2 loss. Friday’s home game against Whatcom was frustrating for the team because they had three solid shots on goal, one of which bounced off the goalpost in devas tating geometrical defiance, signi fying die last chance Clackamas had of turning things around from an awkward 0-2 score. The two goals scored by Whatcom were nothing to write home about, but were nonetheless scored. The first goal penetrated the Cougars’ defense within five min utes of kickoff; as the girls from Whatcom saw an early opening and took advantage of Clackamas’ slow start. The second goal came from a controversial referee call Freshman forward Tayler Ficek, gathers the ball during a game between Clackamas and Whatcom CC on Oct. 5 Ficek, from North Eugene H.S., is the leading scorer in the NWAACC with 13 goals on the season. iust outside the Cougars’ penalty box, as a free kick was given to Whatcom and they were able to take advantage of the close prox imity to score a goal. Assistant coach Miriam Coto commented that the game was “Frustrating, and we need to step it up.” The Cougars are on the road again, and will soon be tested by two of the better league teams. If they pick up a couple wins, they should have the momentum as a team to bulldoze the remaining competition leading up to play offs. They will have played every current No. 1 and 2 ranked team in the NWAACC, which gives them excellent experience in prepara tion for this year’s upcoming play offs. The ladies o f Clackamas Cougars soccer deserve support and appreciation. They are con tinuing the tradition of being one of the top teams in the league and are well on their way to mak ing a good run at the NWAACC Championship this year. Join the hooligans and fans rooting for the Cougars at their next home game: Friday, O ct 26 vs SW Oregon at 1 p.m. at OCHS Pioneer Stadium. The first round of NWAACC playoffs is Wednesday, Nov. 7. Tim Burton remakes his own ‘Frankenweenie’ James Duncan Web Editor CCC sophomore Courtney Johnson drives forward during a 3-0 win against Skagit Valley CC on Sept. 30. Johnson had a goal and an assist. 'Would da V mci put Gremlin«» in the Mona Lisa? Or maybe Godzilla in “Citizen Cain?” Probably not, but many artists will never have the chance to go back to an old project and get to... bring it back to LIIL! ♦Crackling Thunder and mani acal laugher* “Frankenweenie” is the re-imagining of one of Tim Burton's oldest prot ects. Originally it was a heart wrenching black and while short movie that told the grip ping story of a young boy named Victor Frankenstein who, after the tragic loss of his best friend Sparky, decides he can bring him back from the dead. The 2012 remake does, in many ways, reflect the old movie vay well, but with even more of that Burton flavor that drips from movies like “Corpse Bride” and “Willy Wonka." “Frankenwccnie” does do a good job ol making referenc es to the old movie by using scenes, characters, props and lines very well. It almost seems like it could be cut dow n to be a near shot lor shot remake of the original. "I lankcnweeme" even has a few new elements that are very funny. Ihe movie holds onto the moments that made the first so amazing, leaving the surreal 1950s look (while still seem ing to be sometime in the near present see Pluto reference in town hall meeting scene,) the black and while adds to the mood of the movie and it shows that adults are pan icky children who are scared of what they don't understand Well the original did a much _ better job I here are actual monsters in the remake, so g somehow the adults freaking ~ out. makes a little more sense, g" “Frankenweenie” did some o things though, that w'ere just had. Ihe movie, m a cheap attempt to make the runtime longer, introduces a variety of other child characters and that through very typical plot devices - ■ end up try ing to make their own Franken-pets whom go on a very predictable rampage. The references are very funny though. When the Asian kid made Camera. I choked on popcorn. W’hile funny, the whole movie feels like just about anyone could have made it. I here was never any surprise oi unexpect ed moment. I"very lime some thing new was about to happen, it was exactlv what was expect ed. While the Camera joke did make me try to spit masticated corn on my neighbors, it was exactly the joke I was expect- ing and it just kept happening throughout. The mov ie is watchable and if you have never seen the 1984 original, it could even be fairly good as it oozes with Burton-acious fluids'<. Trapped inside the remake is 1 think — the spark of creativity that once made Burton a visionary in the movie industry. While “Frankenweenie” will never hold up against “Ed Wood" or "Batman Returns." it does show that the Burton spark is still there. * Burton-acious fluids: Ihe black and white, or lechm-col- or fluid lh.it leaks onto the floor around everything lim Burton makes; it's often found soaking the clothes and minds of the children that shop at Ilot lopic. Ä H rirx 'X ' 3 OUT OF 5 STARS
