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J une 23, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age B?
The M cDonald's Far West Sum
mer Basket Ball League for women
started i t ’s tenth year last week in a
very big way.
The top women players in the
state o f Oregon play in this league So
the games arc very close and fu ll o f
excitement.
After the first week o f play three
o f the eight teams in the league
are unbeaten Bleachers G rill Pub.
sponsored by Terr McCowan, won
both o f i t ’ s games in the opening
week
Bleachers scored a easy win over
Pn mo-Limo, 66 to 4 7 as Carol Drovet-
Rawlings led the way w ith 22 points
Next up was a hard fought game agai nst
last years league champs, Tire Head
quarters, sponsored by Bud Holden.
B e h in d M ik i G r a f’ s 17 p oints.
Bleacherwon65-58 Ram Light Truck
Salvage also got o ff to a fast start with
two wins. A close 61-56 w in over
Oregon Nail Distributors, sponsored
by Gene Rosling Alisa Robinson
scored 21 points for Ram Robinson
and came up w ith a big game, going
for 26 points against Everlast Sports
D rink, 67 to 55.
Last year’ s runner-up, D r Flow
ers, sponsored by D r B illy Ray Flow-
BY ERIC NOON
The new boys o f sum
mer, the Portland Pride
in d o o r soccer team ,
kicked in their inagraual
season opener w ith a 11-
8 victory over the v isiting
Sacramento Knights last
Saturday night.
The Pride not only
won the game but maybe scored
a bigger victory w ith the fans and
the city o f Portland W ith such
events as the Quarterback Shoot
o u t g o lf to u rn a m e n t, the Rose
Cup Race, the Troutdale Airshow,
the Big Balloon Race out in Tigard
and a b rig h t sum m er day, the
Pride hosted 7,947 fans to some fast
paced and high scoring soccer that
should give the fans some pride for the
future o f professional soccer in Port
land.
H e re’s How Playing
G olf Can Im prove
O regon’s Schools
Oregon Nai I Disibutors 70-48 TH I got
a win by running by Shilo Inns 61-58
Ivy Safranski scored 24 points for
TH I Prim o-Lim o also got in the win
column w ith a 63-59 victory over Shilo
Inns Katie Rose o f Portland State
University scored 21 points for Primo-
Limo. The line-up for this weeks
games, looks like this:
Wcdnesday-Dr Flowers vs Ram
Light Truck Salvage at 6:15 P M and
Everlast Sports D rink vs Oregon Nail
Distributors at 7:30 p m .
Thursday - Ram Light Truck Sal
vage vs Tire Headquarter at 6:15 p in.
and Shilo Inns vs Oregon N ail D is
tributors at 7:30 p.m
Friday-Prim o-Lim o vs Dr. Flow
ers at 6:15 p m and Bleachers G rill
Pub vs Everlast Sports D rink at 7:30
p.m.
Washington Mutual, which recently
acquired Pacific First Bank, has pul
a new spin on putting: Anyone who
sinks three putts at one o f ihe bank’s
traveling p ulling greens wins a $50
contribution to the school o f their
choice.
Washington M utual/Pacific First
Bank arc s|X>nsoring the pulling con
test as part o f their involvement in
the annual Fred Meyer Challenge.
I t ’s free to participate and all equip
ment is provided.
Nine-foot,kidney-shaped greens w ill
travel throughout Oregon and South
west Washington to 47 Washington
M utual/Pacific First financial cen
ters located in Fred Meycror Safeway
stores from June 12 through August
7.
Schools w ill be the real winners
during the summer putting contests.
Washington M utual created the
“ Challenge Education Fund” to help
schools purchase much needed
equipment and supplies for their
students. People who make three
putts may make a $50 contribution
from the fund to any public or p ri
vate elementary school, m iddle
school, high school or university.
Contribuí ions may be designated for
such things as a library fund or
computer equipment. There’ s no
lim it to the number o f people who
may participate in the contest.
For each putt a person makes, a
name w ill be entered into to drawing
for two tickets ( a $60 value) to The
Fred Meyer Challenge Aug. 22-24
at the Oregon G o lf Club in West
Linn, Ore. Winners w ill be drawn at
the end o f the day at each financial
center.
Washington Mutual, the sponsor o f
this year’ s Pro-Am at The Fred
Meyer Challenge, is a leading sup
porter o f education in the N orth
west.
Standing as of 6*21*93:
ers. looked very good as a team in the
first week. Beating Everlast 63-52 as
Amy Jones scored 19 points for the
Doctor On Friday night it was Verna
G uild's 20 point that lead the way past
Team
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1) Dr. Flowers
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1) Ram Light Truck Salvage 2
1) Bleachers G rill Pub
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4) Prim o-Lim o
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4) Tire Headquarters
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6) Oregon Nail Distributors
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6) Shilo Inns
0
6) Everlast Sports D rin k
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“ I f you run w ith the ball
people can catch you,”
said Gorsek on the Pride’s
offensive let up in the sec
ond and fourth quarter.
Although it ’ s a little
early to expect the Pride
to be sharp on defense,
their offensive firepower
looked to be intact, and
well executed with player/coach John
Bain making the calls.
The Pride lost a squeaker Sunday
to L A United 4-3 in sudden death
overtime as the back-up goal-keeper
Jim Brazeau took the tough loss w ith
33 saves.
W ith soccer the new sport in town
the Pride should bring not only an
action packed sporting event to town
but also another team Portland sports
fans can have some pride o f their own
follow ing their team
Opening Night
The Pride's 11 goals were scored
by nine different players in just over
two periods. Five goals in the first and
third periods fueled the Pride victory ,
w hole goalkeeper Jim Gorsck played
a monster game after pulling a ham
string in the first period Gorsek had
18 saves on 33 shot attempts by the
Knights.Most o f the K night's goals
were a result o f a defensive breakdown
or second chance rebounds
“ Anything over 12 is too many,”
said Gorsek on his number o f saves.
ulls Win Historic
Three-peat
M ichael Jordan
Chicago Bulls w in historic three-
peat w ith 99-98 victory over Phoenix
Suns PHOENIX (JUNE 20) UP1 -
Michael Jordan scored 33 points and
John Paxson sank a 3-pointer w ith 3.9
seconds left Sunday night, complet
ing the Chicago B u lls’ march to their
th ird consecutive N B A title w ith a 99-
98 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
By taking the best-of-seven N BA
Finals scries 4-2, the Bulls became
only the third team in league history -
and the first in 27 years - to w in three
straight championships.
The trium ph assured the Bulls -
once thought o f as a team made up o f
Jordan and 11 bit players- their place
in N B A history.
Nobody had won more than two
consecutive titles since the Celtics
completed their nin o f eight in a row
in 1966. The only other team to take
three straight was the Minneapolis
Lakers from 1951-54.
Some o f the great N BA teams
over the years - the Los Angeles Lak
ers o f Jerry West, W ilt Chamberlain
and Elgin Baylor and then Magic
Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar;
the New York Knicks o f B ill Bradley,
W alt Frazier and W illis Reed; the
Abdul-Jabbar-ed Bucks and the De
troit Pistons o f Isiah Thomas never
managed to accomplish the feat.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
STANDINGS
Northern Division
PORTLAND BEAVERS (MINNESOTA)
EDMONTON TRAPPERS (FLORIDA)
CALGARY CANNONS (MARINERS)
VANCOUVER CANADIANS (ANGELS)
TACOMA TIGERS (OAKLAND)
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