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STORY AND PHOTO BY JACOB THOMPSON
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kid basketball or the NBA
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points on 4-5 shooting in the second quarter and the Coach Kurt Guqfsdorf
making the NWAC playoffs.
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Cougars took a 34-29 lead into the locker room after * 1 Buckley wasn’t a big offensive^ th^ ^erW uSt
“ If we would’ve got this one I would’ve felt pretty
h o ldih|?WIt. Hood t ^ l s t five point^m the second* with tl^Co ugars,b ^ trln syear S h e h a f^ e fa g d d
goodabout our chances for playoffs,’’ Martineau said'
points pergame.
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after Clackamas lost to Mt. Hood on Jan. 30. “ We’re quarter.
‘‘ Last year, just coming’oi^as a walk-on freshman
Clackamas maintained tfieir lead forthe entirety of
probably a. game*out right now, and we’re probably
the third quarter and headed for the"^^ft^quarter with I didh’t know now it was going to pWy out,” Buckley
going to have to go 6-2 the last stretch.”
said. “ But definitely thisyearI like having the role of
The Cougars outperformed the 6-2 mark Martineau a 56-50 advantage.
The Saints mounted a ferocious comeback late in the aleaderaiBTdan’t reallyfoid under pressure so when
set and with a 74-73 Win over Mt? Hood on February
27 the Cougars finished 7_ i in the second round of game, tightening the score at 7i~72 with 12 seconds we get in those tough situations I thirik my team relies
left to play. M t. Hood fouled immediately find sent on me and we’ve done a good job keeping each other
league and clinched third place in the South Region.
The contest was a back and forth affair with the freshman guard Paige Downer to the charity stripe up when we need to .” |
The Cougars will play Wenatchee Valley (24-5, 13_ 3)
Cougars and Saints trading buckets. Mt. Hood led by where she drilled two free throws to give Clackamas a
nine with one minute remaining in the first quarter, three point lead 74-71. Mt. Hood scored to make it 74“ on March 9 for the first round of the NWAC playoffs.
but two quick baskets by Clackamas brought the Saints 73, but weren’t able to foul again before time expired. The game tips at 10 p.m.
Sophomore guard CJ Buckley continued her offensive
lead down to 5, 24-19.
It didn’t look good for Clackamas Community College’s
women’s basketball team at the ftalfway point. th e
team sat at 4-4 in league, play, and Head Coach Jim
Martineau knew his team would hjve to rack up wins
Cougars clinch playoff berth
STORY AND PHOTO BY LEXIS SHULL
STAFF WRITER
C la c k a m a s C o m m u n it y C o l l e g e ’ s m e n ’ s
b a sk e tb a ll teaih picked up a crucial w in on Feb.
27 a g ain st M t. Hood C o m m u n ity .C o llege 9 6 -8 6 .
The w in ended up b ein g the d ecid ing facto r in
th e South Region p la y o ff race, givin g Clackam as
the fin a l S o u th R egio n p la y o ff s p o t.
C la c k a m a s ju m p ed o u t to a q u ick lead over
M t. H o o d , le d b y th e s h o o tin g o f fr e s h m a n
s w in g m a n C la y S u lliv a n , w h o s c o re d e ig h t
p o in ts in th e fir s t s ix m in u te s o f th e gam e.
The C o u g a rs cam e in to the gam e k n o w in g it
w a s n ’ t g o in g to be an easy gam e.
A d a m G e h r ig , th e o n ly so p h o m o re s ta r te r
on th e te a m , s a id , “ We knew it w as a b ig w in ,
a b ig n ig h t e s p e c ia lly fo r M t. H ood w ith th e ir
co a ch r e tir in g . We knew we had to1 com e out
w ith e n e r g y .”
The C o u gars had a m id -s e a s o n dip in th e ir
p la y a fte r lo s in g th ree gam es in a row a g a in s t
U m p q u a , L in n -B e n to n a n d C h e m e k e ta .
H ead c o a ch C l i f W e g n e r s a id , “ W e g o t o u r
h ead s han d ed to us at U m p qu a and th a t was a
trem endous slap in the face w ith our con fiden ce.
I fe e l lik e we k in d a sta g g e re d out o f th a t o n e ,
and we d id n ’ t ju s t get b e a t, we go t our b u tts
k ic k e d , and I th in k we lo s t som e c o n fid e n c e .
W ith a ro ster o f 10 fr e sh m a n , th e r e ’ s gonn a be
a grow ing up p ro cess. I fe e l lik e w e’ve m atured
and I th in k these guys can ’ t th in k o f them selves
Clackamas Print
as fr e sh m a n a n y m o r e .” .
F resh m an D evon B anks said the seaso n had
its ups and dow ns.
“ The coach does a good job o f m ak in g sure
we a ll stay to g e th e r, b ecau se we w ent down a
c o u p le o f t im e s ,” said B a n k s. “ We ju s t g o tta
sta y fo cu sed and know w hat we w ann a do. We
a lre a d y know how good w e are we ju s t g o tta
take it one by o n e .”
T h a t’ s e x a c tly w hat th e C o u gars did in th e ir
gam e a g a in s t M t. H o o d , as th e y to o k th e lead
för good w ith le s s th a n e ig h t m in u tes to spare.
Freshm an guard Robert Ford h it a clu tchd hree
to put th e gam e out o f reach fo r th e S a in t s .:
“ It was a ctu a lly d uring a play called s p re a d ,”
Ford said . “ We were sp reading the flo o r . Ö nce 1
got the b a ll, I kinda ju st stepped back and I saw
h is m an go w ith h im , so I ju s t s h o t.” W egner
s a id , “ Our kids really stepped up in the second
h a lf. We did a trem e n d o u s jo b m a n a g in g the
free thro w s itu a tio n and t h a t ’ s an im p o rta n t
gam e g o a l. [M t. H ood] is th e b e st free throw
s h o o tin g team in th e NW A C C . T hey sh o o t th e
h ig h e s t p ercen tage at 78 p ercen t. I d o n ’ t th in k
we have one guy s h o o t in g 78 p e r c e n t.”
C la ck a m a s w ill p lay N o rth Id aho (2 7 -2 , 16-
0) in the fir s t round o f the NW AC p la y o ffs on
M arch 7 at 10 a .m .
over Mt. Hood on Feb. 27
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