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.
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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.” -; ,,, .
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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
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Hall of Fame
Banquet and
Alumni Reunion
coming to
Randall gym
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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/
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