Hoop Talk on Latest Edition of CCC Podcast
PORTLAND, Ore. – The latest edition of Cascade Connections, the weekly podcast featuring student-athletes, coaches and administrators in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, is now available.
You can access this week’s episode (#32), along with previous episodes, by clicking this link. Or, you can subscribe for free via the Apple iTunes store (just search “Cascade Connections”).
In this week’s episode:
-- The 20th season of CCC basketball tips off this weekend, with men’s and women’s games taking place across the conference footprint. Cascade Connections caught up with head coaches from two of the hottest teams in pre-conference play – Oregon Tech women’s coach Scott Meredith, and Northwest men’s coach John Van Dyke.
-- Six CCC teams are rated in this week’s NAIA Top 25 polls.
-- College of Idaho’s Matt Ballenger and Corban’s Katie Steigleman were honored as Red Lion Players of the Week in basketball.
-- Corban’s women’s basketball team captured the Verizon Team of the Week honors after winning its eight-team holiday tournament in Salem. Head coach Terry Williams and junior Tess Bennett talk about the Warriors’ 3-0 week.
-- In the Les Schwab Champions of Character segment, hear about a unique community outreach effort coordinated by Corban women’s basketball coach Terry Williams to benefit local school kids as well as at-risk families in the greater Salem area.