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U OF P HANDLES SANTA CLARA
W est Pleads
Guilty
Mark West Former Grant
I High and University of Washing
ton basketball player, pleaded
guilty to third degree assault after
spending six months at a mental
hospital, being treated for schizo-
] phrenia.
West pleaded quality to as-
I sault in King C ounty Superior
| Court, appearing before Judge
Picardo M artinez who released
I him. M artin ezsaid th at the time
in the hospital fulfilled the sen-
| tence o f the conviction.
U niversity o f W ashington
I police arrest W est last June
after responding to calls o f loi
tering. After a chase through
cam pus that ended in Lake
W ashington a struggle ensued
during which W est knocked
over an officer. It took seven
officers to put the 6 ’7" West
into a police car.
All S tar
Coaches
Paul Westphal will steer the
I West All Star in the N.B.A. All-
| Star game this year.
With a win over the Philadel-
| phia 76ers.
The Suns clinched the confer-
| ence’s best record, which gave
I Westphal the coaching for the sec-
I ond time in three years.
Brian Hill o f O rlando is
pegged to coach the East All-Stars
in the Feb. 12 game.
Baylor Head
Coach
The interim basketball coach
I at Baylor for the past months Har
ry Miller has been chosen to fill the
vacancy permanently. In doing so
Miller becomes the first minority
to head any sports program at
Baylor in the school's history. He
replace Darryl Johnson who fired
| for alleged N.C.A.A. violations.
BASEBALL
President C linton has set
| Feb 6 as the d e a d lin e for
progress to be settled for the
| baseball strike.
U S. Senate called a new
I hearing on the sports anti-trust
| exem ption.
C linton ordered both sides
I back to the bargaining table;
and union leader Donald Fehr
] said talk will probably resume
W ednesday. Clinton said if a
I settlem ent is not im minent by
his deadline he will ask the
m ediator W.J Usery to recom
mend a solution.
SOCCEB
Soccer Fan
Stabbed To
Death
A 25 year old soccer fan
I was stabbed to death ju st b e
fore S unday’s soccer game in
| Genoa, Italy
It ignited a ram page and
I forced the cancellation o f the
game against A C Milan.
Hours after the stabbing of |
I Vincenzo Spagnolo o f G enoa
youths m illed outside t.uiqi
Ferraris Stadium Police kept
A C. Milan inside for their
own protection
D avte C he
In the spirit of its original mis
sion to provide healthy and safe
recreation to youth of the commu
nity.
The Grace Collins Memorial
Center since 1957, and located at
128 N .E. Russell continues to reach
out to the youth of the inner-city.
Under the guiding hand of
Evelyn Collins who founded and
serves emeritus at the center with
her late mother Grace a variety of
programs are offered to children
usually at no cost.
The center piece of the pro
gram is the Shoot for Hope monthly
basketball competition. This pro
gram entails the use of basketball
competition in the form of one on
one contest, free throws, a role mod
el speaker who addresses the issues
o f drug abuse, education,
Christianity and choices one can
make. Awards and prizes are pre
sented at this event as well a light
refreshments to those who partici
pate.
However there are other facets
in what the Youth Outreach of the
center offers. The in house gym is
available to various agencies and
individuals seven days a week. Some
of those who take advantage of this
are Roy Washington, community
activist, Mondays, Youth With A
Mission; Tuesday, The Collins Cru-
saders( a 6th grade basketball team);
BASKETBALL
« T ul P ortland O bserver
COLLINS CENTER PROVIDES
RECREATION TO YOUTH
by
BRIEFS
1Q9S
Wednesday and Friday. The gym is
open on a reserved basis Monday
Through Friday after 6:00 p.m. on
Saturday and Sunday the gym is
opened to the general public, Satur
day from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00pm.
“Our main thrust right now is
working with kids 7-14, said Danny
Bell the outreach Coordinator for
the center.
We take the kids to the movies
every other month thanks to tickets
provided by Act III. We have been
lucky or more aptly blessed to have
the support of Tim McGuire, Pres
ident of McGuire Bearing who sup
ports a number of our outreach en
deavors, such as our summer pro
gram Shoot-Out tor Christ, field
trips to Oregon State University
sporting events and our 6th grade
basketball team.
We also have other activities
on the drawing board, but we're
waiting to interact with some things
to materialize with the older kids to
implement them.’’
The center advocates network
ing and to those ends has recently
made effort to contact like minded
organizations and churches in the
community to explore the possibi 1
ities that may exist.
Bell says that if anyone is inter
ested in getting involved or interest
ed in getting their children involved
please call 281-6930 or 249-3750
ask for Danny. The center is a non
denominational Christian facility.
STARTS WEDNESDAY!
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Laura Sale, #45 (center) from University of Portland makes another winning shot for The Pilots.
by
D anny B ell
Starting forward Wendy Toonen
came up lame before the game so
who should step into her place but
Laura Sale who turned in a solid
performance.
The University of Portland went
on to win 80-61 over Santa Clara.
Sale a junior guard from Red Bluff
California moved to forward last
Thursday night to substitute for
Toonen who had partially separated
her shoulder in the previous week
road trip to Santa Clara. She came up
with a game high 22 points and 10
rebounds playing before a crowd of
655 at the Chiles Center.
Senior center Amy Claboe add
ed 20 points and 12 rebounds Port
land (14-3 overall, 5-0 in the WCC)
ran its winning streak to 8 with over
Santa Clara (10-7, and 3-2 confer
ence,) to remain on top of the West
Coast Conference for two weeks in a
row.
Portland has got off to a bam
burner start this year has arrived at
number I in the conference and is off
to its best start ever.
“We’re 5-0, said Sale, who was
9 of 16 from the floor and 4 of 5 from
ITS LITTLE
LEAGUE
SiGN UP
TIME
Peninsula Little
League sign-ups and
try-outs will be Feb.
11,18,19 and 25th at
Peninsula Park 10:00
to 4:00.
half and never seriously threaten the
Pilots again.
They did have numerous oppor
tunities to convert inside the paint
but couldn’t quite capitalize and make
the conversions.
“We have had problems offen
sively this year and have had to rely
on our defense to make up the differ
ence said Santa Clara coach Caren
Hostmeyer. Portland out rebounded
Santa Clara 50 -34 and shot at 49.2
percentage clip from the field. The
Broncos were 36.6 precent.
U of P coach Jim Sollars attrib
uted the win to the skill level o f his
players and the depth ofhis bench. “1
think we had a little too much for
them.”
Santa Clara was led in scoring
by Laine Gonzales with 19 and Silacci
contributed 12 points and 10 re
bounds.
the freethrow line. “1 try not to be too
excited because I know we have a
bunch of games left. But I'm really
excited.”
Portland controlled the play of
the game during most of the first half.
The Pilots led by as much as 12 point
with about 4:30 left in the first half.
But then they started to rush their
shots and Santa Clara turned up the
defense a notch to climb within 4
with 5 seconds left on the clock on
the play of Nicole Silacci who pro
vided a offensive and defensive spark.
But Christy Stein hit a bucket from 3
point range at the buzzer. Making the
margin 7 points at half-time.
•'We were trying to do too much
in too little time, said Sale. When we
■make those shots then we start to try
to force them.”
Santa Clara came out lethargic
and apparently tired in the second
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