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} Portland Observer Thursday, December 2nd. 1976 Page 5 r TED NOTOS General* ready to march by Ron Syken The Grant Hi Generals, last year's Cinderella team of the State tourney, will open their 76 77 season December 1st, against David Douglas from the always tough metro league. Hut who can forget Grant’s exciting play in the past State meet? When the pairings were made no one, but no one, gave Grant a chance. After all. their first round draw was Sunset, the #2 seed of the tour icy. The Generals, however, forgot to look at the ratings and went on to destroy the Apollo* 66 53 . . . Coaches and fans around the state were stunned. The Generals were sparked by Junior SXIurk Radford, who scored 39 pts., ^Burniment high A W and pulled down twelve rebounds against Sunset. TOM JONES When Grant took the floor the follow ing night the MC crowd was buzzing. You could feel the electricity in the air as the cool Grant underdogs took the floor against West Linn, a team that was 24-0 and the number one ranked team in the State. West Linn's Lions just weren't ready for what the Generals put on them. Grant, playing the best ball of their lives completely dominated the Lions finally winning 74 53 . . . a big upset. 12,095 fans showed up the next night to watch what promised to be the game of the year. Grant vs. North Eugene. North Eugene opened quick and had the game out of reach before the Generals got untracked. Grant's Generals played them even for three quarters, but even tually lost to the eventual tourney champs 70 60 Radford wowed the coli seum crowd with his fantastic all around play. "I'm looking forward to this seasonf* said Coach Tom Jones, "not only that, I'm optimistic about it with the kids we have returning.” Jones goes on to say, “The improvement I've seen in Sophomore Gil Flowers makes me truly excited about the coming season." Flowers is the 6’6” forward who played 10 games with the varsity last year as a Freshman. With seven returning lettermen. Grant will be heavily favored to win the P.I.L. crown. Grant's J.V. team had a fine season last year posting a 16-1 league record and 17-3 overall. But when asked if he expects any help from the J.V. team, Jones replied, "Other than Gil, I don’t see anybody getting much playing time." Jones figures the younger kids will have a chance to adjust by watching the veterans. Coach Jones thinks that his back court is as strong as any he’s ever had in his entire coaching career, “Welton Jordan is one of the better outside shooters I've ever coached." And that has got to mean something because Tom Jones has certainly had some »me fine shooters at Washington wasningion High. nign. Jerry Stilwell is a leader he comes off .he bench, if he doesn t start, and he sees the situations, also has a court sense to involve everybody in the action.” Jones says it's also a possibility that All-State forward Mark Radford will see some time in the back court. Grant will be stronger this year up front with the moving of All League 6'6" center Robbie Lewis from center to forward. This will allow Grant to play, 6’6" Robert Kennewell and Flowers at center. Depth and heighth are the Generals strong points. Weaknesses . . . I can see none. Jones has depth at guard in Jordan. Stilwell, Larry Jackson and Kevin McMillen. Top four forwards would be Radford, Ijewis, Ricky Gulledge and Clifford White. Coach Jones sees Benson, Jefferson, Wilson, and Madison as his toughest competition. This looms as the year of the Generals and Grant student body is ready and R O W D I E. PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS a NX. 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