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Page 8, Portland Observer, February 27, 1966
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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
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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.
Lewis, who was named Track and
Field Athlete o f the Year for the third
straight year by Track and Field News,
gave a preview o f his Olympic heroics
when he w on three gold medals at
the inaugural W orld Track and Field
Championships in Helsinki in 1983.
Previous recipients o f the Jesse
Owens International Amateur Athlete
A w ard were E dw in Moses in 1984,
Mary Decker in 1983, Sebastian Coe
in 1982, and Eric Heiden in 1981
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