Basketball
On April 27, Sophomore Kwan Carter was awarded Conference Player of the Week by the Northwest Athletic Conference for Men’s Basketball. During the two games he played this week, Carter averaged 18 points, eight rebounds, one steal, and one block per game. Carter began playing basketball in second grade. He became interested in the sport…
Robert Ford, basketball player and guard for Clackamas Community College averaged 23.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game during his sophomore season. Ford shot 40.1% from three and led Clackamas to a 25-3 overall record and he has committed to play for Idaho State, a division one school who competes in the Big…
Story by Riley Buerk From the Division I menâs and womenâs March Madness basketball tournaments all the way down to high school athletics, sporting events all across the country are getting cancelled. Once Rudy Gobert, starting center for the NBAâs Utah Jazz, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, March 11, it had a sweeping effect…
Story by Nick Schwada On Thursday, March 5, Everett Community College closed its campus due to coronavirus concerns, effectively postponing the NWAC Basketball Championship games that were in progress that afternoon. The 16-team menâs and womenâs tournament has been relocated to Clackamas and Linn-Benton community colleges. The first two rounds of the womenâs tournament will…
âMaybe the point is to say, âOkay well youâve had these many injuries to your brain: youâre done. You canât do it anymore.â At what point is that?â said Keoni McHone, head track coach and physical education instructor at Clackamas Community College. McHone survived a car crash two years ago and suffered a traumatic brain…
By Nick Schwada Coming into the 2019-20 season, there were high hopes for the Portland Trail Blazers. After coming off a trip to the Western Conference Finals, fans expected to see the Blazers make a return to the playoffs for another run. This, however, has not been the case. Through major roster…
Interviews by Nick Schwada TCP: Who are your top three favorite artists? Paige Downer: Mac Miller, DaBaby and Ella Mai. Kat Hilton: Can we just have the same ones? I mean, weâre roommates so we kind of listen to a lot of the same music. Kâwan Carter: Roddy Ricch, Rod Wave and Lil Wayne. Rob…
Story by Nick Schwada The Clackamas Cougars basketball teams are good â really good. Both the menâs and womenâs team tore through the preseason, with the men finishing 11-1 and the women 10-1 through that stretch. The Cougarsâ preseason success has carried over to their conference games as the menâs team is now 5-0 and…
Story by Lexis Shull Chehales Tapscott is living proof that even community college athletes can make it big. In fact, Tapscott played basketball right here, at Clackamas Community College, before going on to play for Portland State. But thatâs not where it ended for the competitive player. On November 1, 2013, Tapscott was selected in…
Clackamas Community Collegeâs womenâs basketball picked up two big wins to open their 2019-20 campaign. On Wednesday the team knocked off Pacific Universityâs junior varsity team 101-55 and Friday they fought tooth and nail, outlasting Walla Walla Community College 66-61. The Cougars came out strong and quickly took a 9-2 lead a little over two…