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¡enson Girls Are Still Rolling
B enson had two easy w ins last
w eek-75 to 32 over M arshall and 55 to
28 over C leveland C enter M fann
L'daka scored 21 points in the win
over M arshall Forw ard Kim G reen
had a season high o f 16 points against
the W arriors
W ilson stayed one full gam e be
h in d B enson w ith two w ins over
Roosevelt, 55-44 and 53-36 overG rant
R achel F ergusen’s 15 points paced
the T rojans over the Rough Riders,
w ho w ere led by A m onda C am pbell’s
16 points A gain it was Ferguscn with
18 p o in ts in th e w in o v e r th e
G enerals Jefferson won one and lost
one last week T he loss cam e from
L incoln 57-52 in overtim e Jennifer
W ilson led the C ardinals w ith 10
points T his weeks O bserver "Player
o f the W eek” , K enoris B lackm an
scored 23 points Blackman also added
24 points in tech 61 -24 win over M adi
son.
Lincoln also won over M arshall
P.I.L.
Basketball
Scores
for Boys
HighSchool Basketball Highlites
47-23 behind Jennifer Stout s nine T rojans’ got 17 points from Tyron
M anlovc W hile the Rough Riders
points and upped it record to 6-5.
F ranklin is also at 6-5 after losing were led by Dav id F cris’ 13 points O n
to Roosev elt 52-46 and beating Clcv e- Friday the T rojans ju st got by G rant
la n d 45 -4 0 . C a m p b e ll a g a in led 75-73 as D errick Gcas had 18 points.
Roosevelt w ith 25 big points , and T he G enerals were led by the O b
M elanie Rose led the Q uakers w ith 12 server “ P layer o f the W eek, K J
points. M ichelle M cD ad e's 12 points D aw kins’ 20 points
In o th e r gam es Jefferson im
led the w in over C leveland T he W ar
proved
to 5-4 w ith w ins over Lincoln
riors Julie G rahn scored 25 points in a
75-40
and
over M adison 92-60. T he
losing effort. Both Benson and W il
son won two gam es last week to stay Demos were led by M itchell Jackson,
tied for the lead in the P.I.L w ith 8 and 27 points and D enm ark Reid w ith 23
points. Joel G reene was the high m an
2 records.
Benson beat M arshall 75-69 on for the Senators w ith 17 points.
G rant beat M adison 76-53, as
Thursday is Richy B riggs scored 23
points for the techm en. Rob Buen led D aw kins again led the way w ith 16
the M inutem en w ith 21 Tech cam e points. T im C o n k lin ’s 19 points led
back the next night to win in overtim e the Senators. Cleveland got a season
at C leveland 67-66 Jeff N ailar was high 27 points from B randon Maye in
the high scorer for Benson w ith 21 a 111-63 beating o f Franklin T he
points Jam ain B ranch scored 22 for Q uakers were again led by Nate W il
liams, w ho scored ISpoints. W illiam s
the W arriors
W ilson kept pace w ith Benson had 19 points that led his team s w in
after beating Roosevelt 81-46. T he over Roosevelt 76-51.
Jan. 29, 1993
Boys
Jan. 30, 1993
Boys
G rant76, M adison 53
W ilson 81, Roosevelt 46
C leveland 111, Franklin 63
Benson 75, M arshall 69
Jefferson 75, Lincoln 40
Jefferson 92, M adison 60
Benson 67, Cleveland 66, O T
M arshall 44, Lincoln 33
W ilson 75, G rant 73
Franklin, Roosevelt 51
photo by Veronica Green
An Open Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Super
Bowl XXVII - No-Freedom-Bowl”
D ear Dr. King:
"T he m ore things change, the
m ore they rem ain the sam e.” On
M onday, January 18th, the nation cel
ebrated your 64th birthday. Dr. K ing,
in 1947 Jackie Robinson integrated
M ajor League baseball, in 1952, Earl
Lloyd became professional basketbal 1 ’s
first B lack to play in an NBA game. In
1989, A1 Davis becam e the first NFL
ow ner to hire a Black Coach, w hen he
hired A rt Shell Now 46 years after
Jackie Robinson, we found Jesse Jack-
son in D allas m eeting with baseball
ow ners, to express concerns about
m inority hiring In New York City,
directors of 3 player unions met to
discuss ways to encourage minority
job advancem ent, that in itself is a sad
com mentary on behalf o f professional
sports.
T he NBA is 75% Black, of the 27
team s, there are only 5 Black head
coaches, 3 hired in the last month. The
NFL is 62% Black, has only 2 Black
coaches. D r K ing, would you believe
that M ajor League baseball is only
17% Black, Jackie Robinson must be
turning over in his grave.
Sports arenas around the country
are the field o f play for thousands of
Black athletes, at the professional
sports level. History reports as early as
th e 17th c e n tu ry , th a t w e w ere
A m erica’s first professional athletes
T he plantation ow ners who had be
com e fat and rich as a result o f slave
labor, decided there was a need for
excitem ent and recreation to fulfill
their lives. D uring those tim es, the
plantations were div ided into two di-
visions, NFC South an d AFC N orth
T he N FC was know n as the N egro
Farm Conference and AFC was the
African Farm Conference. All the play-
ers were Black, and the owners, gen
eral m anagers, coaches an d team doc
tors were all w hite T he players car
ried the colors o f the plantations on to
the playing field, in the plantation
verses plantation ball gam es Some o f
those play ers were such great athletes,
they were given their freedom, after
playing for the NFL cham pionship
(N igra Fun League)
Dr. K ing, 25 years ago y ou gave
your life in an effort to free your
people, but the struggle for freedom
continues today. T he Super Bowl
XXVII was played in Pasadena, C ali
fornia, the NFC met again for pro
football's biggest prize, the NFL cham
pionship T hree centuries later, there
has been little change in the decision
m aking and pow er structure o f the
NFL. T he team ow ners and general
m anagers are still all white. "T he
m ore things change, the more they
rem ain the sam e.” T he NFC is now
the National Football Conference, AFC
stands for A m erican Football Confer
ence and NFL, the N ational Football
League. T he nam es havechanged, but
the gam e rem ains the same. The best
exam ple: A recent settled labor dis-
putc betw een team ow ners and play-
ers, over free agency As a result some
players will be given their freedom
since SuperbovvlXXVIl is over, sound
fam iliar? The sad part o f this scenario,
the play ers actually think they are free.
D espite the racial strife in profes-
sional sports, w hich many say is a
reflection o f our society, Dr. K ing,
your dream is still alive. But it is on a
life support system, thanks to the ev ents
m arking your birthday and President
C lin to n ’s inaugural in W ashington,
D C., w hich should have brought a
sm iletoyourface, w henournevvP resi-
dent Bill C linton reached out and
hugged all o f A m erica’s people, giv-
ing us all a reason to dream again.
W hat a great day and way to celebrate
your birthday, by keeping hope alive. 1
find it ironic, that our new President is
from a little town in A rkansas called
“Hope.” Dr. K ing. 1 m ust confess, this
is the first tim e since your death, I have
felt the urge to celebrate.
Someday we will all be free, Happy
belated B irthday M artin.
Sincerely,
H arold Bell
Inside Sports
(Harold Bell has a sports talk show
on W UST-FM Radio in W ashington,
D C. and w rites for the W ashington
New -Observer in the D C. area.
Harold has been a very close friend
o f m ine for m any years and 1 w anted
the readers o f the Portland O bserver to
see his T alents He is a very gifted
speaker an d w riter, and I’d like to
thank him for his many years o f sup
port
John Phillips, Portland O bserver
Left - #20 Brandon Moye for Cleveland goes up for the slam dunk during last Friday’s match up with
Benson. Benson beat Cleveland in overtime 67-66.
Right - It was a fierce competitive battle between Tubman and Portsmouth last Saturday with Tubman
winning 48-43. Smooth shooting forward Kendall Smith sank about four long range shots to help his
team win.
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