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PRIK T: Sports
Wednesday, October30,2013
Cougars and Penguins
balance on thin ice
Chris Browarski
■ The Clackamas Print
The Clark Penguins kept the
Clackamas Cougars on ice for 86
minutes before finally allowing a
tying goal. Neither team was ahead
at the end of the match with a final
score of 1-1. The Cougars retained
their ur^defeated at home turf sta
tus. It was the final home game of
what has been a great season for
Clackamas.
A cold afternoon with light rain
set the stage for a long grinding game
between two of the NWAAC’s top
.teams Saturday at Oregon City High
School’s Pioneer Stadium. Both of
the playoff bound teams resorted to
physical play and presented fans with
an exciting game despite the lack of
scoring.
The Penguins were first to strike
12 minutes into the match as an
assist from Lee Ann Lauritzen gave
Alexandra White a clear look at the
Cougars’ goal. This, however, was
the only score the Penguins could
muster as Clackamas goalkeeper
Melanie Trumbull was oh top of her
game for the rest of the match. She
collected four saves including two
spectacular dives to deny any more
Penguin shots to find the net.
The Penguins learned from their
2-1 loss to the Cougars earlier in the
season. They emphasized a tough
defense that kept the Cougar offense
frustrated by denying them many
scoring chances. The Penguins posi
Pressing hard, the Cougars even
tioned four players far back. Through
most of the match the Penguins were tually broke through the Penguins’
able to keep the ball out of their box defensive wall and Claudia Flores
and quickly clear any penetration powered a shot into the net after 87
minutes to tie the game. After the
back out to mid field.
Coach Janine Szpara substituted- game Flores was proud of her team.
“They played all the way to the
in midfielder Hope Butler in the
33rd minute, a move that received a end and didn’t stop,” said Flores.
loud cheer from the fans. The adjust Trumbull was also proud of her team
ment energized the Cougars’ offense mates, calling them hard workers at
as they developed two promising the end of the match.
;“I’m glad my team stepped up,”
scoring chances. Unfortunately those
opportunities were revealed to be said Trumbull.
Trumbull is hungry for retribu
teases. The first shot rebounded off
the crossbar and the second was tion after last year’s disappointing
scooped up but the Penguins goal loss in the NWAAC championship.
keeper Victoria Fulton. The Penguins This being her last year playing for
excellent play , in goal was a thorn Clackamas she only has one goal;
“I want to come out and win the
in the side of the! Cougars as Fulton
picked up seven saves through 90 NWAAC,” said Trumbull,
The 1-1 tie clinched the NWAAC
minutes of play.
The second half of the match South region championship for the
upped the intensity of both sides, the Cougars, giving them a first round
wet grass proved to be a challenging bye in the 2013 Women’s Soccer
surface to tread on. Heavy contact playoffs. The Clackamas team has
throughout the game made for sev the potential to come out as the
eral injury scares from both sides. champions this year but will need to
The official awarded yellow cards to play hard to beat the best teams in
Clackamas players Tori Roberts and the league.
“We have to work on our play in
Butler, also to the Penguins’ Cristal
the first half,” said assistant coach
Ruvalcaba.
The Cougar offense pressed hard Miriam Coto.
Coto noted that the team played
er as the minutes ticked by in die
second half. As usual, the Cougars better in the second half.
“We have to play hard from the
played possession soccer, keeping
the ball off of the Penguins’ shoes for beginning,” said Coto.
This week wraps up the regular
most of the match. Fast-paced and
accurate passing kept the Cougars season as the Cougars play on Wed
competitive while trailing late in the and Sat, traveling to Lane and SW
second half. Roberts showed excel Oregon community colleges respec
lent dribbling skill as her fancy foot tively. The NWAAC Championship
work was able to beat defenders and tournament will be held on Nov.
16-17 in Tukwila, Wash.
draw appreciation from the crowd.
The red filters
through
Kenny Martin controls Dylan Holcomb at Thursday night’s Navy vs:
Scarlet inter squad event. Martin won the match by 10-4 decision.
Thursday night was an
intersquad exhibition.
Each
team was coached by an assi stant
coach. Navy Coach Bret Bom
vs. Scarlet Coach Rich Vigorito.
The Scarlet team won 22-21.
At 125 Josh Johnson defeated
Jared Cash (Dec.)
125 Stevan Knoblauch
defeated Kamron Day (Dec.)
133 C J Palmer pinned Urmas
Yanis.
“I pinned him,” said Palmer.
“I like Urmas. It’s gonna’ be a
rough season wrestling allot o f
D I guys, they do this for four
years, they got allot more time.”
141 Peter Shea defeated
Jordan Brewer (Dec.)
141 Lawrence Otero defeated
Robbie Rizzolino (Dec.)
141 Daniel Leonard defeated
Jared Sublet (Dec.)
149 Kenny Martin defeated
Dylan Holcomb (Dec.) 10-4.
“It feels good to wrestle this
first match, it’s been a while, I
felt like I was able to maintain
a good pace,” said Martin. “It’s
a new experience, I was kinda’
nervous, I heard this was a good
school to go to, I feel like it’s
done me justice so far, I feel like
I’m in the best shape o f my life
right now.”
157 EleazarDeLuca defeated
Elijah Taylor (Dec.) 6-3.
“I have allot of things I need
to work on, so it was a good
match to open-up what I need to
work on,” said Deluca. “Coach
Rhoden’s a really good guy, all
the coaches have a killer mental
ity, they want to win and I really
like that.”
157 Nikko Veltri defeated
Brandon Davidson (Major Dec.)
13-4.
165 Kyle Bateman defeated
Tyler White (Dec.) 8-2.
174 Dustin Harris defeated
Kolby Mays (Dec.) 6-1.
184 Adrian Salas defeated
John Morin (Dec.) 5-1.
197 Dustin Johnson defeated
Ihoughwama Odigizuwa (Dec.)
8-7.
The Cougars head wrestling
coach Josh Rhoden comented on
the evening.
“I thought it was pretty good,
we got areas we can improve
in, most o f them it’s gonna be a
little shock to the system so we
got some adjustments to make,
but overall it was pretty good,”
said Rhoden.
The Cougars will com
pete against NAIA Simpson
University in Redding, Calif,
next Saturday.
The first home competi
tion will be on Nov, 9 against
Division 2 Simon Fraser
University in Randall Hall
at 5 p.m.
-Compiled by David Beasley
feated at home fo r the season.
Clackam as volleyball
beats the Storm
Last Wednesday the Cougars
volleyball squad brought down their
opponent the Chemeketa Storm.
The match was a competitive
fray o f defense and offense with a
few long-winded volleys;
Bre Gibbons played a very active
game with some solid blocks, well
placed tips over the net, 12 kills and
17 digs.
Taylor Balkan served an excel
lent scoring ball in the second set,
she had 20 assists throughout the
game.
Megan Minke got her hands on a
few really nice plays in the third set.
“It feels good to be playing in
the middle again. Getting a kill in
the middle is more intense and fast
paced than the outside,” said Minke.
“I think that were starting to get
back in the groove, were on the
uphill. Hopefblly the goal is to win
NWAACCs and to come out on top
in league.”
Hannah Olson set up some good
plays from a couple nice serves, she
had 10 kills and some good tips over
tire net. Chemeketa attempted to
return one o f her serves in set three,
but it was blocked by the double
wall o f Gibbons and Minke.
“I have a hurt shoulder right now,
so it was pretty good, it was one of
my better games,” said Olson. “We
are working really well together, it’s
nice to have a team that gets along.”
Chemeketa tried to come back in
the third, bringing the score danger
ously close at 24-21, but the Cougars
won the third set and the game was
theirs at 25-20,25-15,25-21,
The Cougars head coach Kathie
Woods was impressed by her
squad’s hard work so far this season.
“Were ranked seventh right now,
were 24-10,” said Woods.
Dressed
as the
Harlem
Globetrotters, the Cougars competed
over the weekend at the Mt. Hood
Dorian Harris Halloween Classic.
The Cougars won on Friday
against Edmonds and Tacoma. They
won again against Columbia Basin.
In the semi-finals the Cougars
lost to Olympic College and placed
third in the Halloween Classic.
The Cougars play SWOCC
Friday in Coos Bay at 6 p.m.
Wed Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. will be the
last home game.
-Compiled by David Beasley
Cougars rally between sets. The Clackamas volleyball team wins on Wednesday against the Chemeketa Storm. They
also earned three wins in the Halloween Classic over the weekend.