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Brad Heineke The Clackamas Print
In the second act o f the play “Arms and the Man, ” Raina and Catherine P etkoff consult Major Petkpff after he gets back from war. He also finds out about the Serbian soldier who was hidden
away in his daughter’s bedroom and wore his coat as a disguise to flee the next morning. The play runs Feb. 28-March 10 at the college.
Basketball alumni shoot for the stars,
land overseas
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
Scott K ellar, had nothing but
praise for his form er star player
in a phone interview.
“B etw een h is sophom ore
and ju n io r years he physically
and fundam entally ju s t explod
ed,” said Kellar. “E ven m ore
im pressive to m e is w hat a
great team m ate he w as and how
m uch he w as respected by his
team m ates. H e had a gift for
relating to people.”
T ap sco tt p lay ed in th e
International B asketball League
last year for the Salem Soldiers
and is planning on playing for
the P o rtlan d C hinooks w hen
they start at the end o f A pril this
year. Tapscott w as sensational
for the Soldiers, averaging 28.6
points and 12.7 rebounds w hile
shooting 48-percent on 3-point-
ers. Tapscott, at only 6-foot-5,
is undersized to play on the
inside, b u t he m akes up for
it w ith trem endous hustle and
athleticism .
“H e’s got unbelievable tim -
ing, especially rebounding and
he ju s t has a nose for the ball,”
said Kellar. “W ith his jum ping
ability and his w ingspan, he
plays a lot b ig g er'th an he is.”
Tapscott, who w as in tow n in
early D ecem ber for an alum ni
scrim m age against the current
C lackam as team , said his goal
is to play in the N BA . Tapscott
is w illing to do w hatever it takes
to get there, even if it m eans
travelling halfw ay across the
w orld to do it. K ellar is sure
th at Tapscott w ill eventually
get a shot at the N BA.
“H e ’s such a v ersatile
offensive p lay er and h e ’s
gotten better every year,”
said K ellar. “T hat has been
his dream since high school
and I w ou ld n ’t put anything
past him .”
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TAPSCOTT
Photo illustration by Brad Heineke The Clackamas Print
T hree form er CCC m en ’s
basketball players are m aking
quite a nam e for them selves on
the other side o f the w orld by
playing professional basketbalL
. W hile not quite realizin g
their dream and playing in the
N BA , these players are living
the dream by getting paid to
play the gam e they love, w hile
living com fortably and trav el
ing all over Europe.
C hehales T apscott, B rian
Freem an and M ichael K uebler
are all playing professionally
in different E uropean co u n
tries. In addition, all three
players w ent on to successful
D ivision I careers after they left
Clackam as; Tapscott at Portland
State, Freem an at Long B each
State and K uebler at H awaii.
A ll three first m ade a nam e for
them selves at the O regon prep
level, Tapscott at C entury H igh
School in H illsboro, Freem an
at W est A lbany and K u eb ler at
South Salem.
T apscott, 2010 C lackam as
alum , is playing overseas in
L uxem bourg’s D iekirch League
for AS Soleuvre. T apscott
jo in e d th e team
m id w ay
through the first stage o f the
season, providing an im m ediate
im pact. Tapscott averaged 22
points and over 10 rebounds per
gam e w hile shooting 60 percent
from th e field.
T apscott w as a tw o -tim e
NW AACC Player o f th e Year
(2009, 2010) for the C ougars
and w ent on to average 14
points and nine rebounds per
gam e as a senior last season at
P ortland State. Tapscott was
nam ed A ll Big Sky C onference
after leading the league in
rebounding, blocked shots and
double-doubles.
T apscott’s coach at Century,