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P R IN T : Sports ß 4fr Wednesday, May29,2013 Local sports radio should stay local Clackamas wrestling team says goodbye to some, hello to others David Beasley General Associate Editor This team I have had the opportunity to work at one o f Portland’s sports talk radio J stations through the C CC’s - Cooperative Work Experience Program. My experience has ■ been great, as I have been able to see the inner workings o f radio shows that I have only listened to in the past The one thing 1 am realizing that is not so great about sports talk radio is that all o f die shows taflc about the same topic in an end- , S less blabbering loop. The national shows that ( begin early in the morning start i on the topic o f the day and by . the time the local shows go on the air, the topic has been tread and re-tread to death. For , example, in game one o f die NBA’s Eastern Conference finals, the Indiana Pacers inex- plicably left their best rim pro tecting defender, center R oy- Hibbert, on the bench and th en . lost to the Heat on a driving layup by LeBron James at the buzzer. Immediately the reaction on Twitter was swift and ded- sive. Indiana head coach Frank Vogel was crucified. E SPN NBA ana lyst M ichael W ilbon (@.' RealMikeW ilbon) tweeted “Vogel should apologize to his team for sabotaging their chance. to , coaching raistake.^no4:..frd^ |^ but twice...” , 1 Dick Vitale said it best with his tweet,' ' “Vogel will have to answer . press as to y HIBBERT a shot blocker was an assistant coach sitting on pine -1 don’t get iE ''| protect the rim.” -; ,,, . ‘«-;i The morning talkshow s, opened with the topfeati^ ^ S cussed it and dissed Vogel M day long. By the time it got to the local afternoon radio shows, the topic had been through the wringer and was ready to be put to bed Or, that’s what you would think. J& Instead, the local afternoon host led has show with audio o f LeBron’s winning basket and the announcer’s incredu lous response to the Pacer’s , defense. It was almost 24 hours later, but there goes the local host with the retread f e w I as his lead story. Boring. It made m e want to scream ., If you are a local radio show,*. you don’t need to repeat minor national issues, like a basket ball game. Find something interesting happening local and break the story or have an opinion on a fresh, new topic to get a discussion started. This¡7 .• retread attitude continues day., after day and it becomes a monotonous routine to listen to. So much local sports action goes on, while the local hosts would rather discuss a day old game that was played thou sands o f miles away. I enjoy listening to national hosts like Colin Cowherd, Dan Patrick and Jim Rome discuss the big news, early in the day, but T> want m y local sports show to have some hometown flavor and exhibit some homegrown knowledge on something other than the Blazers. If these current hosts won’t ; do it, maybe I will? “W here do w e go from here?” som e m ight ask afte r C ougar w restlers said farew ell to a large portion o f the team . “ I ’m real proud,” said head coach Josh R hoden. “T w elve kids graduated and w e g o tta ’ replace ‘em all, but that m eans w e ’re doing good. I ’m glad to see it’s w orking out for those guys.” O f th o se d e p artin g , th ree team m em bers answ ered som e “w h a t’s next” questions for The Clackamas Print. Signed to California Polytechnic Institute, Trent Noon: TCP: H ow did you decide to sign? N oon: I like the coaches. I knew som e o f the w restlers and I have a really good partner, D om inic K astle. The location is aw esom e. I t’s on the beach. I t’s a really g ood school to get a degree from. TCP: W hat are your academ ic plans? N oon: I ’m going to m ajor in com m unications. TCP: W hat is y o u r biggest strength you bring to the team ? N oon: B eing an upper-class m an I ’ll have experience to bring to the table. Signed to Northern Colorado, Beau Roberts: TCP: H ow did y o u decide to sign? R oberts: I like the coaches a lot, th ey are really young and have a lot o f energy. I w anted a coach like Rhoden. TCP: W hat are yo u r academ ic plans? Roberts: I ’d like to m ajor in sports psychology and get m y teaching degree. TC P: W h at is y o u r biggest strength y o u bring to the team ? R oberts: I really hate losing; I hate it so m uch I look for new w ays to w in on the m at all the tim e. T eam chem istry is really im portant to m e. Signed to Campbell University, Jacob Laden: TCP: W hat are y o u r academ ic plans? Laden: M ajor in adm inistra tion and m in o r in social w ork. TCP: W h at is y o u r biggest strength you b ring to the team ? Laden: M y biggest strength? ing th ird once and first tw ice. 182-pound A drian Salas from C lovis H igh School in C alifornia jo in e d the team to com pete in the 184 and 197-pound divisions. Salas is a state cham pion, three tim e state m edalist and one o f the top w restlers in the nation fo r his w eight class. R obbie R izzolino from E aston H igh School in P ennsylvania w ill com pete in the 141-pound w eight class for the Cougars. O ne o f the top heavyw eight pro sp ects, 2 8 5 -p o u n d B randon Jo h n so n jo in e d fro m L ake Stevens, W ash., w here he is a tw o-tim e state finalist and the 2013 state cham pion. W ashington state 152-pound c h am p io n B ra n d o n D a v id so n jo in e d from B othell, W ash. O re g o n s ta te c h a m p io n Ihogham a O dighizuw a enlisted to the C ougars from D avid D ouglas H ig h School. C lackam as w restling also w el com ed three-tim e O regon State ch am p E le az a r D e L u ca from P hoenix H igh School. D eL uca w o n th is y e a r ’s F IL A Ju n io r G reco cham pionship. W ith the veterans continuing th eir jo u rn ey elsew here and the new recruits bringing their fresh ab ilities, n ex t y e a r ’s w restling season prom ises to be an exciting new experience for C lackam as. Enthusiasm . TCP: H ow do you envision the new experience? Laden: G oing from the W est C o ast to th e E ast C oast, it’s gon n a’ b e cool, m aybe m eet a Southern belle. A h ighly skilled and quali fied group o f w restlers from vari ous locations across the state and country w ere recruited to fill the holes left b y th e transcendent m em bers o f the team . T hree tim e regional cham pi on, three tim e h igh school A ll- A m erican, tw o-tim e O regon state fin alist an d re ce n t 170-pound G reco Ju n io r R eg io n al cham pion, K yle B atem an jo in e d the C lackam as w restling team from S andy H igh School. T w o tim e N e b ra sk a state finalist and recent state cham pion, K enny M artin from L incoln S o u th w e st H ig h S ch o o l in N ebraska, helps fill the spot left b y B eau R oberts. A top senior at 170-pounds, S isto S a n ta n a P in a fro m K a m ia k in H ig h S c h o o l in W ashington jo in e d w ith th e assignm ent o f helping out w ith the 164 and 174-pound divisions after the departure o f N o o n and 165-pound N iko H ughes. Pina w as a three tim e state m ed a list fo r K a m iak in H ig h S chool in K ennew ick, W ashington, finish LADEN Hall of Fame Banquet and Alumni Reunion coming to Randall gym NOON Got Acne? ...Get ALA-PIM www.ALA-PIM. COM p ro m o C o d e : CCCSTUDENT Andrew Millbrooke Sports Editor R andall gym w ill be the site for the fourth annual C lackam as C o m m u n ity C o lle g e H all o f F a m e B a n q u e t an d A lu m n i R e union on S atu rd ay June 8, from 5 p.m . to 9 p.m . F orm er athletes, team s and com m unity supporters are b e in g honored. T he A thletic H all o f F am e C lass o f 2013 includes: Dr. John K eyser, C C C p re si den t em eritu s. K e y se r h elp ed build all aspects o f the athletic d e p artm e n t w h ile lead in g th e tran sitio n to the N W A A C C and helped establish tuition w aiver opportunities. Jim and C onnie O lson, ow ners o f Jim m y O ’s Pizza. T he O lso n ’s are longtim e athletic departm ent supporters w ith financial co n tributions and h o sp itality to all C lackam as athletic team s. 1991, 1992, 1993 so ftb a ll team s: th re e -p e a t N W A A C C cham pions. K im H olum , S oftball p itc h e r 1991-92. A m em b er o f tw o c ham pionship team s, H o lu m had a career 17-2 w in -lo ss re co rd and w en t on to a successful career at P o rtlan d State. D a v id D aniels, m e n ’s b a sk e t b all 1989-91. D aniels has p lay ed on the C an ad ian O lym pic team and had stints in the N B A , C B A and W orld C ham pionships. B ob R app, assistan t softball co ac h an d m en to r, d e ce ased . R app, a consum m ate c om m unity activist, w as a 10-year assistant coach and m en to r for th e C C C softball team . T ickets fo r th e b an q u et are $40 each or $500 for a tab le o f eight. T ickets can be pu rch ased online on the college w ebsite, h ttp ://d e p ts . c la c k a m a s . e d u /a th letics/ Rapid HIV <« Testing 800.77 7 .2 4 3 7 cascadeaids.org/hiv-testing-resources Cascade /VDS Project >CAI=> cascadeaids.org
