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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.
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in the Mona Lisa? Or maybe
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Probably not, but many artists
will never have the chance to
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♦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,
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“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.
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3 OUT OF 5 STARS