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Cougars ready to pounce
on rival Saints
Story and photo by Jack Spencer
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looks like CCC has a solid answer to MHCC and assistant coach Paul Fiskum, talking about mak­
arating the Clacka­ Gibor’s scheme. Vince Boumann, a 6’8” freshman ing it through the Southern league. And that
mas Cougars and the center, took over in the second half to secure a starts with winning a big rivalry game.
With the Southern league owning five of thè
Mt. Hood Saints, a victory for the Cougars, 95-70. Boumann put up
a double-double
with
15 points and 11 rebounds, last eight NWAC tournament championships,
buzz surrounds this rivalry
game. However,
don’t
and you;
made with
his presence
felt in the low post against CCC is not a team to be taken lightly and this is
let the short distance fool
the game
the kind of game that can really push a team into
approaching Jan. 28, the bad blood between the a much weaker and smaller PCC team.
“It’s almost too easy when he gets it around the a good position to make a tournament run.
schools runs much deeper than geography.
Make sure to come out Jan. 28 to cheer on your
“Cage the Cougar,” is a phrase CCC assistant rim,” Wegner said of his emerging big man. “He’s
coach Brian Stamme came across several times at pretty much an automatic double-double even if Cougars to victory in the Randall hall gym, and
you never know, you might just see the red super­
the MHCC campus for their home games against he only plays 20 minutes.”
fan and his impressive acrobatics in the stands.
“It’s excitement and anticipation,” said
the Cougars. Before his current position at CCC
he spent six seasons at Lane Community College
as an assistant coach. Even from Eugene he knew
of the rivalry between the Cougars and the Saints.
The Cougars need to be ready for a MHCC
team seeking revenge for how their season ended
last year. If you missed any of the action, there
was a virtual five-way tie in the league with only
two games left in the season. The Saints came in
11-0 and a win at CCC would assure them a spot
in the NWAC tournament. What they got was
a crushing overtime defeat, including a stolen
inbound pass and layup to seal the deal for the
Cougars. MHCC would finish tied for fourth in
the Southern League and miss the NWAC tour­
nament altogether.
Clif Wegner, currently in his 15th season as
the Cougars’ head coach, had a brief stint as the
MHCC head coach before taking the whistle here
at CCC. It doesn’t hurt that he’s had the chance
to play MHCC twice a year for the past 15 years,
six of those against current MHCC head coach
Geoff Gibor.
“They tend to be a very post-orientedy low
post attack team,” Wegner said. “Coach Gibor
was a low post player himself. We know their
stuff, they know our stuff. There aren’t a lot of
surprises.”
After watching the first league home game
against defending NWAC tournament champi­
ons, Portland Community College Panthers, it Clackamas freshman Shayne Rixie elevates fo r a rebound Jan. 14 against the Portland Community College Panthers.