Wrestling takes second loss
BY LEXIS SHULL
STAFF WRITER
Clackam as Com m unity C o lle g e ’ s
wrestling team lost 3-44 to Oregon
State University Jan. 25 in the Beavers’
territory. The loss was Clackam as’
second of the season after their loss
to Northeastern Oklahoma on Jan. 10,
which broke the team ’ s three year
perfect record.
The team came in knowing they were
the underdogs to the Division I team,
but fought hard throughout the dual,
“ What we talked about downstairs
before we came up was just go out
and fight hard, put on a good show for
■fans, and make it as competitive as we
can,” Head Coach Josh Rhoden said.
“There are some weights where we
knew we were going to be outmatched
no matter what we did because they
just have better athletes. I think we
put on a good show in several ways
so I ’ m pretty proud of. some guys
performances.”
Despite the dual taking place in
Corvallis, Clackamas’ fan base traveled
well.
“ C ou gar C o u n try was w ell
represented,” Rhoden said. “ It was the
loudest it got all night ih Gill Coliseum
with our win at [197.pounds.] It showed
we had a good contingent o f people
there including athletic director [Jim
Martineau] and our dean. It was cool to
see everybody out,there supporting.”
C lackam as Print
Joey Daniel was the only one to come
out of the dual with a win. Successfully
staying in position and pushing
through, despite getting tired, as he
described, “ I just went in with an open
mind and I thought the guy was going
to be tough,” Daniel said. “ Like always
artd every match is tougher, but I just
went in there I did what I had to do
and I came out.”
Even though Daniel was the only
official win of the night, Rhoden felt
like Clackamas should have had two.
The controversy stemmed from the
157-pound match featuring CCC’ s
Joel Romero and OSU’ s Zech Bresser.
Romero was disqualified for an illegal
slam which Bresser was not able to
recover from. Division I schools have
the choice to use replay to review
calls but it is up to the host school.
OSU is one of the few schools to not
use replay, according to Rhoden. With
no replay available, referee Tommy
Kennedy’s rule of an illegal slam stood.
“We watched it back that night and
the next morning I saw Kennedy, who’s
a great o fficial, and he asked me,
‘what’d you see’ and I said ‘ Bresset’s
hand touched first’ , ” Rhoden said. “ In
that case he’ s trying to recover and
that would not be considered an illegal
slam. Without being able to break it
down like we were in slow-mo Tommy
couldn’t have known that in real time.”
Freshman Jason Shaner also had an
outstanding match at Oregon State with
a six point throw. However, the points
were withdrawn because it allegedly
was too aggressive and caused injury
to the other player. Shaner said about
the incident, “ There was just some
calls that could have went my way.
There’ s a throw for 6 points that if
they wouldn’t have taken it away it
would have been my match” . Coming
into the dual, Shaner said, “ I expected
them to be tough. I didn’ t really care
though, I just wanted to go out there
and fight no matter what.”
The team is headed to Idaho for the
West District Championships on Feb.
10, and there are a couple of things that
need to be executed in order for the
players to qualify for NJCAA National
Cham pionships in M arch. Shaner
states: “ We need to keep wrestling
every day, keep getting a good work
out in, get in shape, and work on our
position wrestling in order to prepare
for the West District Championship’” .
Daniel comments that he needs to
“ Start training hard and not slack off
through practices. When it gets hard
don’t break and keep on going through
it because at the end of the day it’ s A match between the Beavers
going to benefit me” .
and Cougars. Associate head
coach Brett Sanchez watches
from the sidelines.
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F e b ru a ry 6, 2019