Paye 8, Portland Observer. January 23, 1985
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• SPORTTALK• SPORTTALK•
Super Bow l XIX
Grant spotted the Democrats I puinl
to begin the game when the referee
called a technical foul on the (ienerals
for dunking in the warmups. G rant
then settled back into a 2-3 zone de
fense and quickly stole the ball and
headed down the flo o r. Tony Ross
penetrated the m id dle for a short
jumper and got things going for Grant.
Jefferson seemed a little tight at this
point and was just about to fall into
the trap o f trying to rip and run with
G ra n t. Coach H a rris w ould have
none o f that. As soon as his charges
moved the ball past the bench area.
Coach was up and telling them to set
their offense Harris made sure that
the only limes his team would run the
floor was when there was a numbers
advantage o ff the transition.
Offensive breakdowns by the Jef
ferson weak side fo rw ard s was the
only thing that kept the Generals in
the driver's seat during the first half.
The problem was that the wcakside
forwards would not come up to meet
the ball and G rant stepped in to kill
the patterns. A n th o n y B u tler, o f
Jeff, came from the strong side with
deadly accuracy o ften enough to
keep the Demos close. Tony Ross and
Butler (allied 13 points apiece in the
first half and Grant had a 34-31 lead
going into the locker room.
During the first h a lf the Generals
were not playing as a cohesive unit
and Tony Ross couldn't get his hands
on the b all. T h e D e m o crfa ls were
playing good defense but the defense
wasn't really denying Ross the ball, it
was his teammates. W ith that fact in
m ind and the num ber o f runs that
Jeff made at G ra n t, Coach Stillw ell
o f G ran t never called a tim eout. It
was right here that I would have bet
my last money on Jefferson, remem
ber this was before the Super Bowl
and I still had some.
A fte r a great h a lftim e show by
the Jefferson dancers, the gym was
rocking and the teams were coming
back on the flo o r. It was prophetic
that the music fo r h a lftim e was,
“ C an't Slow D o w n ." Grant did and
Jefferson didn't. Coach Harris began
the third quarter with a straight man
to man defense and began to pick up
the Ciencrals quicker and forced them
to start their o ffen se fu rth er aw ay
fro m the hole. C oach S tilw ell was
watching the game like the other spec
tators and changed nothing.
The Democrats picked o ff G ran t’s
first pass and Kelvin H a ll converted
a short inside jum per Another steal
and Ron Nolle popped a foul line ex
tended jum per fo r tw o m ore. J e ff
made another steal but no conversion
this tim e but no tim eout by G ra n t,
eith er. By this tim e Coach H a rris
I like straw b e rry soda w ith my
humble pie! The best thing I can say
about Super B ow l X I X is that I ’ m
glad it's over W hen your team gets
jum ped on the way M ia m i d id , not
only do you go broke, but you get this
tceling o f nausea and it affects your
writing ability.
I w on't recap the game but I will
get my gnpc down in print. IXm Schula
just couldn't handle Bill Walsh. When
Schula had his offense come out and
not huddle I thought that the game
was over and M ia m i w ould walk
from there, and I'm convinced that
they w ould have, but Schula only
used that tactic as a gim m ick and
backed away M arin o was pressured
all day and that alone might have
kept the D olphins on the short end
o f the score, but w o u ld n 't it have
been a hell o f a game if the Dolphins
had gone without a huddle and kept
the 49ers o ff balance? Archie “ G un
s lin g e r" C o o le y , head fo o tb a ll
coach at M ississippi Valley S tale,
played the en tire year w ith o u t the
huddle and his Delta Devils averaged
70 points per game in 1983.
M iam i just never seemed to adjust
to anything that the 49ers were throw
ing at them . M a r in o stayed in the
pocket through three quarters and
when the defense forced him to roll
out he had m arg in al success but
Schula d id n 't stay with that, either.
There is much to be said for going with
w hat got you there, but you d o n 't
continue to throw spitballs at a bat
tleship while yo u ’ re sinking. Coach
Schula took the loss philosophically
and accepted (he fact that his team
was beaten by a better team •• but
I'm mad.
Jefferson 72, Grent 63
For me it w asn't a hard choice to
make, so I decided to cover the Grant
versus Jefferson game as opposed to
the Roosevelt versus W ilson game.
T h e reason was very sim ple: when
you gel the o p p o rtu n ity to watch
Coach Bobby H a rris o f Jefferson
with his back to the wall your decision
is made for you.
F rid a y night at Jefferson H igh
School was full o f excitement and fun
for all that attended, except of course
the Generals' boys varsity. When the
G ran t boys came into the gym they
were strutting like peacocks and flash
ing smiles for all the young ladies that
couldn't help but look M eanw hile,
the Jefferson varsity was sitting across
the fltNir looking as though they had a
jo b to go to. In the end th at's pre
cisely what transpired. The Demixrats
went to work that evening.
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Boy» Player of the Week
W ils o n ....................
Anthony butter
Jefferson High School
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Benson........................ I
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Roosevelt..................... I
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Girla Player of the Week
Laura Jenkins
Orant High School
PIL S TA N D IN G S
January 21. 1986
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G rant........................... 7
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Roosevelt.................... 5
Jefferson.................... 5
Benson....................... 4
M arshall..................... 3
Franklin...................... 3
Lincoln........................ 3
Madison......................2
Cleveland.................... 0
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FAT LEVER BACK IN PORTLAND LINEUP And through it for 2 points
The past came beck to haunt and defeat the TrailBlazers last Satur
day. Four of Denver's five starters were ex-TrailBlazers: Calvin Nett,
31 points; Lafayette Lever. 14 points; T. R. Dunn. 13 points and Wayne
Cooper. 12 points. The score: Denver 123. Portland 120
(Photo: Dan Long)
was orchestrating his team like a sym
phony conductor and with Jefferson
ahead 43 -4 0 and 4:42 to go in the
quarter, timeout: Grant. The way that
Tony Ross was insisting that the ball
be rotated to him, it’s understandable
why Stilwell is reluctant to call tim e
outs. Ross was right in what he was
saying, but the huddle was mass con
fusion and the team went back on
the floor with nothing settled.
if you have a prxir attitude about the
game, you ath letic ab ilities w ill be
quickly overlooked.
Kelvin fla il made a good steal and
an even better pass to Butler for 2 and
the Demos were right back where they
left o ff. A nthony Butler was giving
M ark West the blues down low and
Tony Boradus and Jcrrell Spires were
playing basketball Things started to
go so w ell fo r the D em ocrats that
instincts started to take ovet and they
wanted to run again............. no gixxl,
Coach H arris called aquick timeout
and pulled that nonsense to the curb.
Charles Warren took care of things
for Jefferson down the stretch during
the fo u rth period w ith some clutch
free throws but more im p o rtan tly ,
he kept his team in the offense that
Coach wanted.
W hen I asked C oach H a rris his
thin kin g durin g the h a lftim e co n
cerning his change of defenses for the
second h a lf, he responded, " O u r
scouting report indicated that Van
was not a good outside shooter but
when he started to hit those jumpers
from the corner we had to adjust and
make a change .”
It was obvious at game's end that
there are a few Grant players that are
good at dishing it out but they can't
take it. Basic basketball fundamentals
is what beat you and if you guys arc
going to play collegiate ball you had
better get your poor attitudes together
It docs not matter how gtxd you arc.
Jefferson ........13
G ra n t..............17
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Jefferson 72
Anthony Butler 24, Warren 8, Nolte
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Grant 95, Marshall 51
Jefferson 68. Roosevelt 61
Lincoln 63, Madison 61
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Lincoln 57, [Jenson 55
Madison 77, Cleveland 66
Marshall 60, Franklin 52
Wilson 58, Roosevelt 53
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