September 2, 1992...1 he Portland Ü t e e n e r
The Portland Saints W omen’s Bas
ketball (A AU) Team starts season num
ber four, beginning November 1, 1992
when they meet Seattle Troup. H ow
ever, tryouts for the Saints start Sep
tember 9, 1992 at 6:00 p.m. at the
W hitaker Middle School Gym on N.E.
42nd & Killingsworth. Tryouts will
also be held on Friday, September 11,
1992 at 6:00 p.m.
In three years the Saints have a
record o f 71-22, playing against D ivi
sion I and 11 and NA1A colleges. The
Saints have played in W ashington,
Idaho, Utah, M ontana, Nevada, C ali
fornia and Canada. This season, the
Saints make their first airlines trip to
play University o f Arizona and Grand
Canyon University in Phoenix.
The Saints is the only team o f its
kind in the United States; so the young
women which com prise the Saints are
truly blessed to have this team in Port
land, Oregon.
Players returning from last year’s
team that finish the season 30-8 arc:
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John
P h illip s
T h r e e - y e a r te a m c a p ta in D ia n a
DeYoung, a 5 ’11" off guard: Miriam
Jenkins, a 5’4" point guard; Sandra
Howell, a 6 ’2" center; and Shelly hand,
a 6 ’2" forward. All have been members
of the Samis since it inception.
Other returning players arc Vicki
Channel a 5 ’8" guard, her sister Lisa, a
5 ’ 11” guard; 6 ’ 1" center Lori Robinctt;
and 1991-92 S a in is M V P A lisa
Robinson, a 6 ’ 1" center, and the sister of
Portland Trail Blazer C liff Robinson.
Players trying out for the Saints this
year are Portland Slate All-American
5 ’ 11" forward Laurie Northrop, and
Jocelyn McIntire, a 5 ’9" guard who
hails from the University of W ashing
ton.
Portland Saints Basketball, Inc., is
a nonprofit organization, and is sus
tained by tax-deductible gift donations.
If you would like to help support the
Saints with a donation, you can write to
Portland Saints Basketball, Inc., PO
Box 5156, Portland, OR 97208, or call
(503) 282-5494 for more information.
Portland Collectors Can’t Seem To Get Enough of Their Blazers,
Making Them the League’s Runaway Leaders in Regional Premiums
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Evaluating regional prem ium s re
mains one of the toughest tasks facing
the Beckett Price Guide analysts.
Although the Beckett Price Guide
is intended to reflect the national mar
ket, sales based on regional premiums,
since they are actual transactions, can’t
be dism issed. In the most extreme ex
ample, a player’s card may move well
in his home team ’s city, but you couldn’t
give them aw ay anywhere else. But
when it com es to regional premiums,
the Portland Trail Blazers are the undis
puted leaders.
Still Blazing
Portland may have lost in the 1992
NBA Finals to Chicago, but that hardly
dampened the phenomenon known as
Blazermania. the cardsol Portland start
e r s , key
b a c k u p s and
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benchwarmers always are popular lo
cally, often for eye-popping premiums.
Portland’s lone superstar, Clyde
Drexler, reached folk hero status long
ago in the area. Consequently, he’s
becom e a Hot list veteran whose XRC
(1983-84 Star #100) and RC (1986-87
fleer #26) demand top premiums in
Oregon.
It’s important to note, though, that
Fabric Depot opens Fall Fashion Season
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Even oft-maligned center Kevin
Duckworth has discovered that his RC
(1988-89 Flccr#93) moves well locally
when he’s playing well.
super reserve C liff Robinson may
be one of the best young big men in the
league, but his playing time is limited
by the presence o f Duckworth, Kersey
and W illiams. R obinson’s RCs are in
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nationwide, the percentage markup that
Portland dealers can get for them has
decreased. That may not seem logical,
yet it makes sense that the higherpriced
a card is, the more resistance there is to
regional premiums.
The RCs o f two other standout
Blazers starters, Jerome Kersey (1985-
86 Star XRC #107,1987-88 Fleer #60)
and Terry Porter (1987-88 Fleer #89),
have experienced similar price move
ment.
Buck W illiams, who toiled in ob
scurity for so long in New Jersey, fi
nally is getting his due in the Pacific
Northwest. His RCs (1983-84 Star XRC
#145 and 1986-87 Fleer #123) were
greeted by an enthusiastic new audi
ence after he was traded to Portland in
the plentiful 1990-91 sets (Fleer #159,
Hoops #250, SkyBox #239), but they
still sell in Portland.
Popular Pack
Robert Pack’s rookie season put
tered out near the end as the Blazers
used the experienced Ennis W hatley
for backcourt bench help in the play
offs. But Pack’s 1991-92 RCs (Fleer
Update #345 and Upper Deck High
Series #407) attract double or triple
book value at Oregon card stores and
shows.
W hy, even Danny A inge (RC;
1986-87 Fleer #4), after arriving in
Portland in 1990 and evolving as a
reliable three-point threat and backup
guard, commanded Portland prem ium s.
So did his 1981 baseball RCs (D onruss
#569, Fleer #418 and Topps Traded
#737).
Now that he’s signed with Phoe
nix, w e’ll see if Blazer collectors re
member him for his contributions in
Portland or if the signing kills his sales
in the area. Regardless, Ainge already
has made an im pact on Pacific N orth
west basketball.
Then again, w hat Blazer hasn’t?
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Media Alert/Photo
O pportunity
Terry Porter of the Portland Trail
Blazers will be on hand at the Tigard
Public Library with a group of young
people to officially tip-off National
Library Card Sign-up Month. Copies of
anew national American Library A sso
ciation public service announcem ent,
featuring Porter as its spokesman, will
be available at.
Tigard Public Library, 13125 SW
Hall Blvd.. (503) 684-6537.
September is National Library Card
Sign-up M onth, a time when the Ameri
can Library Association and its 50,000
members rem inds parents (and grand
parents) that a library card is the most
important school supply o f all.
The 30-second PS A, featuring Por
ter, was produced by Blazers Broad
casting and will be distributed nation
ally by the American Library Associa
tion and the National Basketball A sso
ciation.