Portland Observer. December 22, 1962 Paae 5 Metro League basketball faces top season by Sian Sykes of Oregon. Taylor, along with a 6-5 senior Steve Fedler, w ill give Bea verton the strength that it needs to claim that no. 2 spot in the M etro League, if not challenging Glencoe for No. I . A team not to be overlooked this year w ill be the Jesuit Crusaders. Jesuit, although they only have one player re tu rn in g fro m last year's varsity team , w ill be surprising to many. The Crusaders are currently 4-0 . T his team , which carries tw o sophom ores, seven ju n io rs , and o nly tw o seniors, co u ld very w ell have the best fast break in the M etro League. The Crusaders are led by 5- I I Junior guard Danny Niedermey- er, who averages 17 points a game, and also by 6-1 Junior sharpshooter M ark Steger, who averages about the same. Jesuit will be a highly compc- tive team this year in the M e tro League race, and depending on how well their 6-7, Junior center, Scott C h e rn o ff does in the games ahead will determine how far Jesuit will go this year in the state playoffs. The M etro League, although it is very tough, is not invincible. A ll of these teams can be beaten. A good exam ple o f a team that could very well best all of these teams is Benson Tech o f the P IL . Benson is led by their big men, 6-5 Steve Adams, and 6-4 All-American U lf Spears. Spears has traveled all around the country, playing on all-sta r team s, such as the D u n k Kings, his sophom ore year and is expected to be highly re cruited, along with Dave Im m el, as one o f the top players in the state. Benson is a highly com petive school, and somehow always m an ages to make it to the state playoffs. They are undefeated right now, and w ill give teams fro m the M e tro League fits in the playoffs. So the question is still to be asked, Over the years many people have claimed that the M etro League is the toughest and most co m p etitive league in the state o f Oregon. This may be because o f its consistency of showing up in the state cham pion ships and s e m i-fin a ls . O ne thing th at m akes the M e tro League so great is its high quality o f coaches There are a num ber o f coaches in the M etro League who have coached college b a s k e tb a ll. F o r exam ple: Glencoe's Barry Adam s, and Jesu it's Steve Rolph. This year's M etro League basket b all teams loo k as co m p e titiv e as ever, and it w ill und o ub ted ly be a tough league to play in. It is no big secret that the predicted number one team in the state this year is G le n coe’s Crimson Tide. After all this is the team that many said should have been in the state championship Fin ishing with a 24-2 record. Unfortun ately they met and were defeated by the Parkrose Broncos, the eventual state cham ps, 42-41 in the second round o f the p la y o ffs . Glencoe is back this year after losing just two people o f f its 81-82 team , and re turning three kids from their start ing lineup, including A ll-A m erican Dave Im m el, who signed a letter o f in te n t last S ep-tem ber to attend U C L A next year, and another A ll- A m erican 6-7 center Jim Beatie. There is no doubt that this team will be tough to beat. Although the center o f attention in high school b asketb all w ill be around Glencoe, the Beaverton Bea vers are a team to be reckoned with. These Beavers, w ho just recently beat Jefferson High School by over 20 points, have 6-4 junior Anthony Taylor, who is said to be one o f the best prospects produced by the state is the M e tro League the toughest league in the state o f Oregon? N o one can ever be sure. A ll that can be said is that with its high quality o f players and coaches, along w ith its tough competitiveness, a lot o f the M etro League teams w ill be hard to beat. Key m atch-ups to lo o k fo r are Glencoe vs Beaverton, Beaverton vs. Jesuit on Jan. I t , and Jesuit vs. Glencoe on Jan. 28. Rounding o f f the M e tro League w ill be teams such as the H illsbo ro Spartans led by senior guard John Bass. Bass started on H ills b o ro 's J .V , team last year, w ho finished w ith a 15-5 re co rd , leading them into a tie for First place in the league with Jesuit's J.V .'s. Look for H ills boro to finish 4th in the league be hind Glencoe, Beaverton and Jesuit, The remaining four teams in the league are all in a rebuilding year; A lo h a , C e n tra l C a th o lic . Sunset, and Tigard. A ll o f these teams lost a large num ber o f seniors fro m last year, and are now just trying to pick up the pieces lo o k in g fo rw a rd to next year. 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