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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