Oregon City Or ~ the Clackamas Community College wrestling team announces the addition of two more commitments for the 2010-11 season.  Kegan Handlovic of Easton High School in Easton, PA and Brady Lee of Molalla High School in Molalla, OR have both committed to the Cougar squad.  Both wrestlers are top preps at their respective weight classes as both have made multiple state finals appearances.  Cougar head coach Josh Rhoden projects Kegan to wrestle at the 125lb weight class and Brady at either 149 or 157 lbs respectively.

 

Handlovic was a two time Pennsylvania state wrestling champion and a two time Reno Tournament of Champions runner up.  He comes to Clackamas as a transfer from Purdue University where he red shirted.  “Kegan adds a ton of talent and depth to the lower weights and brings the experience of winning big time matches,” said Coach Rhoden.

 

Lee was a four time District Champion, four time Oregon state finalist, and was an All-American placing 4^th at Greco Junior Nationals in Fargo, ND.  He comes to Clackamas following his graduation from area high school Molalla.  “Brady is a tough kid with a lot of talent and experience.  He will add some competition and depth to our middle weights,” added Rhoden.

 

Clackamas has some of the west's top wrestlers coming in this fall.  Below is a complete list of commitments that the Cougars have received to date.

 

Clackamas Recruits:

125- Tommy Siciliano (Newberg HS): 4x OR State Champions, NHSCA Sr. National Runner Up

133- Jordan O'Neal (Damonte Ranch HS): 3x Nevada State Finalist, 2x Reno TOC Placer (Transfer Sierra)

141- Clinton McAlister (Clovis HS): 2x CA Placer, 2nd @ Powerade, 8th at Walsh Ironman

141- Blake Borsberry (West Salem HS): 4x OR Placer, Champ '10, 2x Reno World Finalist, Champ in ‘10

149- Cody Randall (North Marion HS): 3x OR State Champion

165- Caleb Pendleton (Scappoose HS): 2x OR State Placer

174- Steve Conn: 3rd at Washington State Championships

197- Brett Frederickson (Moses Lake HS): Washington State Champion (Transfer North Idaho)

North Marion standout wrestler Cody Randall has decided to continue his career at Clackamas CC. The latest sign by Coach Josh Rhoden continues to re-load a team that has really been on the upswing the past few years. Randall adds to an already growing excellent recruiting class.

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Cougars Sign 2 Top Preps for 2010-11 Season

 

Oregon City, OR- Clackamas Community College wrestling Coach Josh Rhoden has announced the signing of two of the nation's top prep wrestlers. Four time Oregon State Champion and NHSCA Senior National runner up Tommy Siciliano of Newberg High School and 2-time California Medalist and Walsh Ironman place winner Clinton McAlester of Clovis High School are officially Cougars!  Both wrestlers are ranked in the Top 25 of their respective weight class by Wrestling USA at 125 and 140 respectively.

 

“We are extremely excited about the opportunity to work with these two talented young men,” said Coach Josh Rhoden.  “We have really been blessed in this case as both of these guys are very talented wrestlers and both are great individuals,” he added.

 

The Cougars are projecting Siciliano, who recently was named wrestler of the year for the state of Oregon,  at 125 pounds.  Filling the shoes of 2010 All-American, Anthony Weerheim at 141, will be McAlester.  “These guys have proven that they can win at the highest levels of wrestling and we expect nothing less here at Clackamas," Rhoden said.  Referring to Siciliano’s runner up finish at Senior Nationals and McAlester’s finishes at the Walsh Ironman and Powerade Tournaments where he was 8^th and 2^nd. 

LCW will have a busy week of action.  We will be in Boise, Idaho for the meet between Boise State and Oregon State.  Also, we will attempt to cover the Region 18 junior college finals.  Stay tuned for coverage. Both events should provide for some excellent competition. 

BSU and OSU will wrestle Friday night, where Oregon State will put their 17 match win streak on the line, and try to turn around the early season defeat to BSU. The loss is the only blemish on Oregon State's current 18-1 season. Boise State has been ranked as high as 6th this season and has won the last two Pac 10 titles.

Region 18 is expected to be a closely contested tournament with Clackamas and North Idaho expected to battle it out.  Highline has a very solid team as well and could challenge with a good tournament.

Clackamas Matmen Prepare for Region 18 Championships

 

Oregon City, OR- The Clackamas Community College wrestling team is currently preparing for the Region 18 Championships that will be held this Saturday at Highline Community College in Des Moines, WA.  The Cougars are currently the #5 ranked Junior College team in the country and they head in to the event having finished runner up to North Idaho College in 2009 Championships.  The tournament starts at 10 a.m. Saturday morning with the finals set for around 4 p.m.

 The annual tournament acts as the Western Region qualifier for the NJCAA National Championships and is recognized as one of the toughest regions in the country.   In the final regular season rankings done by the NJCAA Coaches Association, 3 members of Region 18 are ranked in the top 10 in the country with Clackamas, North Idaho and Highline ranked #5, #6, and #7 respectively.  Southwest Oregon and Yakima come in at #19 and #22 in the country.

 "Although we have only 5 teams in our region it is consistently one of the best regions in the country not only because of the current rankings but because of how we finish at the NJCAA National Championships," said Coach Josh Rhoden.  While the current Cougar squad is ranked one spot ahead of rival North Idaho it is the Cardinals who have to be dethroned as they have won 8 straight Region 18 Championships.  "We may be ranked ahead of NIC but that doesn't mean a whole lot to us, they are the team to beat and we know we have to get out there and wrestle our butts off," added Rhoden.

 The Cougar wrestlers welcome any and all to make the trip to Des Moines to root them on as they start the post season and hope to see you at Highline CC on Saturday!

 

 

 

The Clackamas Community College wrestling team is preparing for the trip out to University of Northern Iowa for the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Dual Meet Championships.  The Cougars who are 5-1 on the season and ranked #6 in the country are seeded #3 in the dual meet style tournament which features some of the top teams from around the nation.  This will be Clackamas' first trip out to the event held annual for the top Division I, II, III, NAIA and Junior College teams.

 

For more information, to follow the team and to watch live streaming of the event check out the link below.  It will direct you to the 2009-10 CCC Wrestling schedule where you will find links to the event under the event date: January 9-10. 

 

http://depts.clackamas.edu/athletics/Wrestling/schedule.htm