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•f. •' I og» u IW I— Page 8, Portland Observer, February 27, 1966 • SPORT TALK * SPORT TALK * * Prep Playoffs Class AAA ONCE. TW ICE. THREE T IM E S A C H A M P IO N Saturday night at the U.S National Bunk-O S A A Class A A A stale lour nament at the U n iv e rs ity o f P o rt land’s Earle A Chiles Center, Benson High School's Travis West won his third straight state wrestling title. West w on his title w ith an 1,-3 m ajor decision over Newberg’ s Neil Kusso in the 123-pound ch a m p io n ship fin a l. In his ju n io r year Travis won at 106 pounds and as a sopho more he to o k the 98-pound crow n. That makes three and only tw o other PH. wrestlers have accomplished that feat R ick Sanders p u lle d it o f f in 1961 62-63 fo r L in c o ln and M arc Sprague, fro m M a d iso n , d id it in 1960-81-82. T ra vis pinned his firs t three o p ponents on his wa> to the semifinals, where he defeated B a rlo w 's Kevin Campbell with a 9-2 decision In his fo u r years at Benson, West has carved out a record o f 93-7-1 and went undefeated this season at 22-0. A well deserved C O N G R A T U L A I IONS, C H A M P ! THE SPINKS JIN X the I ight Heavyweight Champion ship crown still rests upon the head o f Michael Spinks. A t 1:02 o f the third mind, referee l arry Haz/ard slopped the light and awarded Michael, what '»e came to defend, his title Always a low starter, u n til he figures his o p ponent o u t, M ichael unleashed a slu sh in g stra ig h t rig h t hand to the tem ple o f challenger D a vid Sears, that sent Sears to the canvas for ari 8-counl early in the th ird . A lte r tak ■ng some more solid hits to the head. Seats was out o f it and L a rry H a / /aid did the proper thing by slopping the bout. ■ here was rightside talk o f Michael lighting Larry Holmes fo r the heavy weight title, hut I'm sure Michael will come to his senses concerning that alter a good night's rest. BREAKERS GET BAD BREAK Boys basketball Far worse than the 9-7 loss to the Arizona (Outlaws, the Portland Breakers may have lost Marcus Dupree for the season Marcus went down with 2:31 to play in the game, when he dove out o f bounds, after picking up 8 yards on a draw play. Prelim inary X-rays in d i cated he had lorn the collateral ligament in his left knee The Breakers open their home schcd ule against the Los Angeles Express at C ivk Stadium Saturday night so maybe their fortunes w ill take a turn for the better. Buford Jordan now has the ball I'm going to go and see if he can run with it. STATE PLAYOFFS Fob. 2B and March 2 Sub-Tournament A Lebanon ,11-9, o f McNary <10-10, at Putnam (IS IS, Glencoe (1 1-9) at South Eugene (12-9, Sub-Tournament B David Douglas (11-9, at La ( irande (13-7) Clackamas <12-8, at Sunset (13-7, Sub Tournament C Redmond ( 12-8, at ( anby (12-7, Benson ,12-8, at K lam ath U nion ,13 7, Sub Tournament D Molalla (10-10, at Grant (16-4, Gresham (14-6, at Crescent V a l ley, 13 7, A TEAM LOOKING FOR SOME HOOP COMPETITION Clayton Howard, head coach o f tlie O.S.P. Jr. Blazers, is looking lo r some competition for his team His team can rwtly play home games, so it you have a basketball team and want to play one on die mad, contact inc at the (Mnervtr and I w ill set it up. D on't think that it w ill be an easy game, either Ron Martin tells me that these guys can fill it up Oner things arc set, I w ill cover the game A ll players must be 18 and over. BAD KNIGHT Indiana's Bobby Knight, basketball coach, apologized publicly for throwing a chair in a game last Saturday against Purdue U. I ’ll say it again, let a player throw a chair o r rant and rave like Knight and that player is gone. This is the great coach that teaches sports manship and attempts to build char- actcr. Apology my car. . . . He should be made to do much more than apolo gize I think that he is a disgrace to the coaching profession. Anyone think that he will be fired? Sub Tournament E Head Coach Bobby Harris of Jefferson High School.......................... No one does it better (Photo: Richard J. Brown, C h u rch ill (13-8, or N o rth Eugene ( I I 11,at M edford,12-8) C entral C a th o lic ,13-7, at C en tennial (13-7, Sub-Tournament F Crater (12-8, at Sheldon ,13 7, Baker (10-10, at Roosevelt (16-4, STATE TOURNAMENT March 5 9. Portland " A " w inner vs. W ilson (IK 2», Tuesday, 1:30p.m " B ” w inner vs. A shland (17-3), Tuesday, 3 p.m " C ” w inner vs. C o rva llis (20-0), Tuesday, 7 p.m. Parkrose (20-0, vs. S p rin g fie ld ,17-3, Tuesday, 8:45 p m “ D " winner vs. Lakeridge (18 2), Wednesday, 1:30 p.m " E " w inner vs. O n ta rio , 16 3), Wednesday, 3 p.m “ E " winner vs. M cM innville (12-7) Wednesday, 7 p.m M cK ay (14-6, vs. Beaverton (17-3), Wednesday, 8:45 p.m. Observer PIL coach of the year Bobby Harris Jefferso n H igh School I have never believed that achieve ments in sports can or should be made on the basis o f won and lost records. ( oach Harris epitomizes that ideology. Bobby H a rris has taken a team that began as marginal individual ball players and transformed them into a very co m p e titive basketball team. Individually and collectively his team improved their abilities both on and o ff the basketball floor. Jefferson H igh School should be proud to have a man o f ( oach Hams’ compassion and ability on their staff. No other coach in the P II came close Io m atching Coach H a rris ' a b ility on the hardwixid; they ,ust had more field goals. New PIL champions of hoop When you live by the ju m p shot, you can die by the ju m p shot, and th a t's what k ille d the G ra n t G en erals F riday night at W ilson I he defending PIL champs lost their final season encounter w ith the T ro ja n s 55-51 but this team has the talent to come through the sub-tournament to reach the finals at the M C, March 5-9 W ith the victory, the Trojans laid claim to their first league basketball title since the 1980 season Grant had won the c h a m p io n sh ip lo r the last tw o seasons. W iison now has the luxury ol silting back and waiting fix the w inner o f sub-tournam ent “ A " to bring their show to the Glass Palace. The gym was packed and the kids were ready to rock by the time the two teams hit the floor. Once the game got started the only one rocking was W il son'» 6 -fo o t-l center I affaire Taylor. T aylor took on the fro n t line o f the Generals and grabbed 22 rebounds to insure second and th ird o p p o rtu n i ties fo r the W ilson shooters. The kid was cleaning the glass like Windex during the second period when WTI son turned a 5-point deficit into a 10- point lead Taylor ended the quarter with 4 offensive boards and 3 on the defensive end. Not to be totally o u t done, the Generals gathered them selves for a run at the Trojans' during the fin a l m inute, and narrowed the margin to 27-21 to close the hall Grant wanted to run but the T ro ians would have none o f that Wilson co n tro lle d the tem po w ith their re bounding advantage and Grant was never com fortable playing from be hind. Ihe game was a contest through out but Grant just couldn't nail those outside jumpers that they thrive on. Combine that with Taylor's one shot allowance and you have the outcome. W ith 7:22 rem aining the score- board read 41-35, home, and sud denly it was Gary Rubin for Wilson R ubin hit nothing but net fro m the corner, converted a layup o ff a steal and canned another jumper from the corner, and it was 48-35 w ith 5:00 to go. G rant made another run but they could only get w ith in fo u r fo r the rest o f Ihe contest. Grant 51 Tony Ross I7, West I2, S M ith 6, Roberts 6, I awrcnce 6, McEernn 2. Van 2 W ilion 56 Gars Rubin 22, Smith I I , Johnson 7, Taylor 6, Allen 6, Shaw 3. Grant...............I2 9 I2 I8 —5I Wilson IO I7 I2 I6 - 5 5 PIL Boys' final standings Laagua W L I6 2 Wilson.......... 3 G rant............ I5 4 14 Roosevelt. . . 7 II Benson 7 II Jefferson___ 7 II Marshall . . . 12 6 Lincoln........ 14 4 Madison . . . 14 4 F ra n klin .. . . 16 2 Cleveland... Jefferson 85, Franklin 66 I incoln 63. Cleveland 57 Marshall 77, Madison 62 Roosevelt 77, Henson 70 Wilson 55, Grant 5 1 Season W L 18 16 16 12 12 8 6 5 4 2 2 4 4 8 8 12 14 15 16 18 Tournament Bound 1. 2. 3. 4 Wilson Grant Rixisevelt Benson Friday. March 1 Basketball Girls Only — 7:30 p.m. Rixisevclt at Benson, 5:00 Lincoln at ( lev eland Jefferson at Franklin Wilson at Grant Marshall at Madison P l.A YER OF THE WEEK AN D R E GEORGE Roosevelt High School NOW ACCEPT NG APPLICATIONS for KIRKLAND UNION MANOR II 3530 S.E. 86th Avenue 75 One Bedroom Units for Seniors All Utilities Except Telephone Included Dining Room; Beauty Salon;Individual Kitchens; Activities; Convenient to Shopping, Bus, etc., etc. Rent Assistance Available Call: 777 8101,10:00 A M 4:00 PM (Mon.-Fri.) t£f IOUO< MOV**. O»»O6»„Si1» Carl Lewis (canter), proud winner of the 1966 Jesse Owens Interna tional Amateur Athlete Award, stands w ith Mrs Jesse Owens daft) and Herbert P Douglas, founder of the award and Vice President. Ur ban Market Development for Scnieffeiin 4» Co. Lewis wins Owens Award Quadruple O lym pic gold medalist Carl Lewis has been named the w in ner o f the fifth annual Jesse Owens International Amateur Athlete Award The award, which is named after the legendary O ly m p ia n w ho won four gold medals at Berlin in I936, is given to the athlete who best personi fies excellence in a th le tic p e rfo rm ances as well as sincere coojieration and understanding among peoples o f all nations. Lewis was chosen from a list o f 21 candidates w ho were selected by a w o rld w id e panel o f electors fro m North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Central America, the Carib bean and A frica. Lewis was awarded the award at the Jesse Owens In te r national A m a te u r A th le te A w a rd dinner F ebruary 6 at Ihe W a ld o rf- Astoria in New Y ork. The event co- benefitted the United Stales Olympic Committee and ihe Jesse Owens Me morial Foundation. Lewis regarded by many as the w o rld ’ s premier athlete, became the first track and field com petitor since Owens to w in fo u r g old medals in one Olympics. A 23-year-old member o f the Santa M o n ica T rack C lu b , Lewis captured his gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters, the long ju m p and the 4x100 relay. In the latter event, he ran the anchor leg o f A m erica's world record 37.83 performance. P rio r to the O lym p ics, Lewis in January o f 1984 broke his own world indoor record in the long jum p by an astonishing 9'/« inches when he leaped 28-IO'A at the W anamaker M illrose Games. The distance equalled his o u td o o r best and fe ll short by 4'zi inches o f Bob Beamon's seemingly unbreakable record set in the high altitude o f Mexico City in 1968. In February o f 1984 Lewis won his th ird consecutive long ju m p title at the U S A /M o b il In d o o r T rack and Field Championships. 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