Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, September 23, 1992, Page 5, Image 5

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Marshall Upsets Wilson In PIL
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
M a rtin d a le scored on a one-yard run fo r
a 22-20. S te w a rt’ s run fo r the extra
p o in t gave M arshall a 2-0 record.
N ext up fo r the M inutem en are the
Techm en fro m Benson at m a rsh a ll’ s
home fie ld on F rid a y at 4 :0 0 p.m .
In o ther P IL action, C leveland be­
h ind D erek Johnson, came back from
14 -0, to beat Jefferson 21 -14 at Jef ferson.
L in c o ln , a fte r lo sin g last w eek, got
The M a rshall M inutem en handed
the W ils o n Trojans their second loss in
a ro w w ith a 23-20 upset at M a rs h a ll’ s
home fie Id. marshall scored a ll its touch­
downs on short runs. T om S tew art’ s
three yards made it 7-0. N e xt, R obby
Buen scored on a fo u r-ya rd run as the
M in u te m e n w ent up 13-0 after the firs t
quarter.
The Trojans tied the game by h a lf­
tim e, and took a 20-13 lead in the fourth
quarter. B u t w ith 8:20 le ft in the game,
by F ra n k lin 19-12 on their hom e fie ld .
G rant evened its record at 1-1 w ith a 2 0 -
13 w in o ve r m adison as Greg Dumas
ran fo r tw o scores on runs o f 12 and 17
senior linem an Steve G eisler scored a
yards.
In a nonleague game R oosevelt
dropped to 0-2 after losing to C entral
safety on James W a rd o f W ils o n to fiv e
the em otional edge to m arshall. Then
w ith a little m ore than fo u r m inutes to
go in the game, ju n io r halfback D am ion
C a th o lic 31-25.
"Shoot For
Hope"
Meet New Blazer Tracy Murray
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
Youth Outreach
Last week I began a four-w eek
series on P o rtla n d ’ s n e w ly acquired
T ra il blazers in w h ich I introduced you
to the Rod S trickland. T h is week 1
w o u ld like you to get to kn o w another
"S hoot For Hope" a popular youth
outreach program aim ed at gang a f­
fected, and a t-ris k youth provides an
alternative to gang a c tiv ity , and drug
T ra il B lazer -- T ra cy M u rra y.
Tracy M u rra y, a tw o -lim e all-P a-
c ific 10 C onference p la ye r at U C L A
and the 18th selection in this year’ s
N B A D ra ft, was acquired by the P ort­
land T ra il Blazers from the M ilw a u ke e
Bucks in exchange fo r fo rw a rd Alaa
abuse.
In 1988, a youth program was in i­
tiated by c o lla b o ra tin g agencies u tiliz ­
ing the gym at the G racc,C ollins M e m o ­
ria l Center.
The in te n t was to reach a tg -risk
youth and g ive them a co n stru ctive
alternative to gang in vo lve m e n t and
A bdclnaby.
M u rra y, a 6 -fo o t-7 ,2 2 8 -p o u n d fo r­
drugs.
A ftc ra p c rio d o f in a c tiv ity fo r seven
ward le ft U C L A as a ju n io r after earn­
ing firs t team all-conference honors the
past tw o seasons. He surpassed B ill
W alton and moved into fifth on U C L A ’ s
a ll-tim e scoring lis t w ith 1792 points in
m onths, the Grace C o llin s M e m o ria l
C enter decided to once again p ro vid e
the youth o f o u r co m m u n ity this a c tiv ­
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ju s t three seasons and finished as the
second-best three-point shooter in Pac-
10 history w ith 197 (.411). N oted as one
o f the n a tio n ’ s best shooters, M u rra y
averaged 21.4 points in 33 games this
season, shooting .538 from the fie ld ,
.500 fro m thre e -p o in t range and .800 at
The program offe rs a fo rm a t o f
in d iv id u a l one on one basketball, and
the best out o f 15 freethrow s. Speakers
address topics o f drug abuse, gangs, and
education. A w ards and prizes are also
given. The center provides snacks d u r­
ing interm ission between the co m p e ti­
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tion and speaker.
Several area merchants; such as
Fred M e ye r, One Slop Records and
M cD o n a ld s have con trib u te d m erchan­
the free th ro w line.
“ M u rra y is a te r rific p erim eter
shooter w ith a very b rig h t future in the
N B A , ” s a id B u c k y B u c k w a lte r ,
P o rtla n d ’ s vice president o f basketball
dise fo r prizes.
R ecently the House o f U m oja has
jo in e d in partnership in the operation o f
operations. “ M o st observers feel that
T racy w o u ld have been a lo tte ry p ick in
the program .
"S hoot For H ope" is scheduled fo r
next year’ s d ra ft had he not come o u t
early this year. He has the potential to
be an outstanding player in o u r league
once a m onth cu rre n tly . H ow ever, plans
are to expand it to tw ice a m onth by
fo r m any years to com e.”
December.
"S hoot F or Hope" is open to a ll
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to e ffo rts o f P acific Pow er employees.
F o r the th ird year, local P acific
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P ow er em ployees have donated new
school supplies in a “ Send Them Back
to School W ith the R ig h t T o o ls ” cam ­
paign to help e le m e rta ry school c h il­
dren w h o may not otherw ise be able to
gel new supplies.
Notebooks, paper, penc ils and other
item s necessary fo r a successful school
year are a ll included in the donations.
The P ortland area cam paign proceeds
w ill go to Sabin E lem entary School in
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N ortheast Portland.
Several oth e r P a cific Pow er o f­
fices th ro u g h o u t the N orthw est also
participate in school supply drives each
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n ity mem bers, w ho have responded
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Park,
Do it alone, or do it with pals
7:30 A.M.
against the tw o O re g o n program s.
A gainst the U n ive rsity o f Oregon last
February 15, he converted six o f eight
three-point fie ld goals attempts, one
shy o f the U C L A record, en route to a
team -high 22 points. H is seven steals
against Oregon State on ja n u ary 18 tied
a s c h o o l re c o rd h e ld b y P ooh
Richardson, Reggie M ille r and Tyus
Edney.
T h is season, M u rra y scored at least
20 points in 24 o f his 33 games, notched
19 points in tw o others and led U C L A
D u rin g his h igh school career at
Glendora H igh School, M u rra y amassed
3,053 points, the highest total ever re­
corded by a C a lifo rn ia prepster. A s a
senior, he led the nation w ith his 44.3
scoring average and set C a lifo rn ia state
records w ith 1,505 points and 125 three-
p o in t fie ld goals. He was selected firs t-
team a ll-A m e ric a by M c D o n a ld ’ s; sec­
ond-team a ll-A m e ric a by B asketball
T im es; earned a third-team berth by
H oop Scoop; was selected Gatorade
p a cific R egion P layer o f the Year; C al-
H i Sports C a lifo rn ia P layer o f the Year;
earned all-state firs t team honors fro m
in scoring on 19 occasions (in clu d in g
ties), and U C L A logged a 35-11 record
C a lifo rn ia n B asketball m agazine; was
voted C IF D iv is io n I I I P layer o f the
year, San G abriel V a lle y P layer o f the
in those contests (20-4 last season).
A s a sophomore, M u rra y earned
Y ear by the Los Angeles T im e s and a ll-
Soulhern C a lifo rn ia b y the H e ra ld -E x­
all-Pac 10 firs t team honors after aver­
am iner after his senior season.
7:30 P.M. to 9 P.M.
I nstructors
Roy Pittman
and
Fred Carter
For more information call Peninsula Park (503)-823-3620
item s were gathered lo r lo ca l children.
Do your part to support our private, historically Black colleges
and their students. Recruit a team from your place of
employment, church, club or organization
Portland Observer encourages our readers to write letters
to the editor in response to any articles we publish.
A d vertise
Earn valuable prizes.
Contact the United Negro College Fund
Walk Starts
and G o o d rich (19.0).
M u rra y ’ s b rillia n t collegiate ca­
reer in c lu d e d stro n g p e rfo rm a n ce s
and th ird in scoring and rebounding.
generously w ith donations. F o r ex­
am ple, in Coos B ay, m ore than 700
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G oo d rich ). H is career scoring average
o f 18.3 points per game ranks fifth in
U C L A histo ry, behind A bdul-Jabbar
(26.4), M acLean (20.6), W a lto n (20.3)
league games.
In 1990, M u rra y was named to the
Pac 10’ s a ll-fre sh m a n team after aver­
aging 12.3 pointsand5.5 rebounds w hile
starting 18 o f 33 games. He led the
B ruins in blocked shots w ith 26, ranked
second in fie ld goal percentage (.442)
Registration for Fall Classes
will begin
Sept. 21
10:00 A.M. to 5 P.M.
at
Peninsula Park Community Center
Fitness and Aerobic Classes
will begin
Sept. 21
from
M any local students w ill have new
supplies to begin the school year, thanks
THE U N ITE D N E G R O CO LLEG E F U N D
600 points in tw o seasons (Kareem
A b d u l- J a b b a r , B i l l W a lto n , D o n
M a cL e a n , R eggie M ille r and G a il
.794 at the lin e and .386 fro m three-
p o in t distance. T h a t season, he became
the second-hightest scoring sophomore
in school history behind A bdul-Jabbar’ s
29.0 average in 1967. He fin ish e d the
year ranked fifth on the conference scor­
ing lis t and to ta lle d 20 p oints in 14 o f 18
R oy P ittman is back
at P eninsula P ark
249-3750.
to savea mind
fie ld goal percentage, free throw per­
centage and steals (53). A n e a rly entry
candidate fo r the 1992 N B A D ra ft, M u r­
ray finished his collegiate career as the
sixth player in U C L A h isto ry to total
aging 21.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per
game and shooting .503 fro m the fie ld ,
He Is Back
ages, both boys and g irls. I f you have
any questions regarding "S h oo t F or
Hope" contact Dan B e ll at 2 8 1 -6 9 3 0 o r
$»onsor«d bv Th« Privi
M u rra y led the P acific 10 C o n fe r­
ence in three-point shooting and ranked
th ird in scoring last season. He also
ranked among the conference’ s top ten
in rebounding (7.0), blocked shots (30),
(503) 223 8890 for more details.
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