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February 23, 2008
Rochester, MN - The Clackamas Community College wrestling team competed at the National Junior College Championships this past weekend.

Of the 8 qualifiers the Cougars sent to the Championships they returned with 3 All-Americans. Sophomore 285 pounder John Bates (Oregon City HS) was the National Runner-up for the Cougars and the first finalist since Glen Garrison in 1997.

“John wrestled an amazing tournament and I could not be prouder of him and his accomplishments,” exclaimed Head Coach Josh Rhoden. 

Bates is now a 2-time wrestling All-American for CCC and was also honored with a second selection to the Academic All-American Team.

Also earning the All-American honors were sophomore 133-pounder Vance Beeson (Eagle HS, Idaho) and sophomore 141-pounder Derick Bartlemay (Sprague HS, OR) each finishing in 4th place respectively.

“Vance wrestled a great tournament and has worked hard this year to get to where he is”, said Rhoden.

Bartlemay finished his time at CCC as a 2-time Wrestling All-American and was also honored as an Academic All-American for the Cougars this season.

“I am very proud of the way Derick competed this weekend…his weight class was talked about as being one of the toughest at the tournament”, added Rhoden.

With 57 points, the Cougars led all Region 18 teams taking 7th place in the Division I, scholarship division, and 9th overall. The region's next best team showing was North Idaho, who finished a distant 13th place (15th overall) with 34.5 points.

2008 National Championships
Weight	Name	W-L	Place
133	Vance Beeson	5- 2	4th Place
141	Derick Bartlemay	5- 2	4th Place
149	Mike Beeson	2- 2
157	Stephen Gonzales	0- 2
165	Kris Spencer	2- 2
174	Brandon Jackson	0- 2
184	Richard Jensen	1- 2
285	John Bates	3- 1	2nd Place

“The team wrestled very well as a whole and we were very proud of the effort they put forth”, said Rhoden. “It was nice to out place all of the teams that beat us this season in dual meets and it was great to beat North Idaho.”

This is the first season that Clackamas Community College has both beaten North Idaho in a dual meet and out placed them at the National Championships.

In addition to this, six Cougar Wrestlers were selected to the Academic All-American Team. As a team Clackamas CC finished 4th in the academic team competition. “This is a great testament to the job being done here at Clackamas by the assistant coaches and support staff here at the college."

Complete Tournament results are available on this link:
http://www.rochsports.org/wrestling/2008home.htm

Region 18 Championships

February 10, 2008

Oregon City, Ore. - The Cougars had high expectations heading in to Saturday's tournament but fell just short of the team award for 2nd place. The annual tournament is a qualifier for the NJCAA National Championships for the Region.

Taking the top two honors were North Idaho College of Coeur d’Alene, ID (152 ½ pts) and Southwestern Oregon C.C. (117 pts) from Coos Bay, OR. The Cougars as a team finished in 3rd with 114 points.

“We just came up short of what we wanted to do as a team," said Coach Josh Rhoden. Clackamas will be sending seven qualifiers to the NJCAA National Championships this year, one better than the number they qualified last year.

“It looked like things were going pretty well early on,” added Rhoden. Rhoden is referring to the Cougars six championshipfinalists and two consolation finalists on the day. The Cougars went one and one in the Consolation finals getting Stephan Gonzales (157 lbs) to the National Tournament.

In each of the six finals matches, Clackamas was pitted against wrestlers from North Idaho College. Clackamas had expectations of at least winning half of those matches, but only heavyweight John Bates succeeded. “It was the most frustrating thing to have to sit and watch because we have beaten them in four of those weights this year,” said Rhoden. “North Idaho just came out fired up and ready to go. All I can say is this will help us stay focused and hard at work for the next two weeks."

Rhoden was selected the Region 18 coach of the year.  This is Rhoden's second season at the helm of the Cougar wrestling program.

National Qualifiers for Clackamas were 133-Vance Beeson (2nd); 141-Derick Bartlemay (2nd); 149-Mike Beeson (2nd); 157-Stephan Gonzales (3rd); 165-Kris Spencer (2nd); 184- Richard Jensen (2nd); and 285-John Bates (Champion). [View Full Results]

Clackamas honors the past: Prior to the finals matches, Coach Rhoden introduced each of the previous coaches of the Clackamas C.C. wrestling program in honor of their dedication to the program. In attendance and presenting awards for the Cougars (in chronological order) were: Coach Larry Wright, Coach Norm Berney, Coach Jim Jackson, Coach Mike Haluska, and Coach Lloyd Martindale.

“It was so great to be able to have these guys here and for me to be able to honor them was an honor,” said Rhoden. “I mean these are the guys who laid the foundation for those of us who are here at Clackamas now.”

Cougar Final Regular Season Records

Athlete	YR	Weight	Wins	Losses
Contreras, Buck	FR	125	4	15
Eng, Marty	FR	125	5	6
Beeson, Vance	SO	133	21	9
Mendez, George	FR	133	4	6
Mina, Brandon	FR	133	5	7
Wirkuty, Kyle	FR	133	10	6
Bartlemay, Derick	SO	141	24	9
Weerheim, Anthony	FR	141	9	8
Cruise, Jess	FR	149	2	4
Healy, Jon	FR	149	4	3
Sandoe, Mike	FR	149	6	8
Beeson, Mike	SO	149	16	13
Parker, Jeff	FR	149	1	4
Thies, Adam	FR	157	3	4
Lewis, Jace	RSFR	157	8	7
Banta, Josh	FR	157	0	6
Gonzales, Stephan	FR	157	12	17
Spencer, Kris	FR	165	15	15
Callaway, TJ	FR	174	3	7
Jackson, Brandon	FR	174	10	15
Lockwood, Judah	FR	174	0	8
Kociemba, Caleb	FR	184	8	1
Jensen, Richard	SO	184	16	15
Halicki, Jim	SO	197	6	16
Bates, John	SO	285	31	9
Bond, Nigel	FR	285	11	7

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2007-08 Schedule & Results

DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	LOCATION	MATCH RESULTS	W/L
Nov 04	‘Mike Clock’ Open Tournament	9am	Forest Grove, OR	View Results	--
Nov 17	SOU/Best of the West Tournament	10am	Ashland, OR	View Results	--
Nov 30	Dual vs. Yakima Valley C.C	7pm	Yakima, WA	W 34-15 :: Results	1-0
Dec 07	Dual vs. Highline C.C.	7pm	Des Moines, WA	L 29-11 :: Results	1-1
Dec 13	Dual vs. North Idaho College	5pm	Couer d’Alene, ID	W 18-15 :: Results	2-1
Dec 18	Tournament of Champions	TBA	Reno, NV .
Jan 04	Pacific University	7pm	HOME	W 41-9 :: Results	3-1
Jan 05	Yakima Valley C.C.	12pm	HOME	W 36-6 :: Results	4-1
Jan 11	Dual vs. SW Oregon C.C.	2pm	HOME	W 32-6 :: Results	5-1
Jan 12	Oregon Classic	10am	Redmond, OR.	Results	--
Jan 18	Dual vs. Highline C.C.	6pm	HOME	W 32-18 :: Results	6-1
Jan 18	Dual vs. North Idaho College	7:30pm	HOME	L 10-34 :: Results	6-2
Jan 19	CCC Open Tournament	10am	HOME	open summary	--
Jan 25	Powell Duals	TBA	Powell, WY	L Iowa Central 12-37 L Northwest 12-28	6-4
Jan 26	Powell Duals	TBA	Powell, WY	W Great Falls 25-17 L W. Wyoming 19-23	7-5
Feb 02	Northwest Open	10am	Forest Grove, OR	results	--
Feb 09	Region 18 Championships	10am	HOME	[recap]	--
Feb 22-23	NJCAA National Championships	10am	Rochester, MN	7th place!  [recap]