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GIRL’S TRACK IN THE PORTLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
BRIEFS
BASKETBALL
Final Four:
S unday The L ast o f the
final four won b erth s to play
in S eattle for a ch an ce to win
the n atio n al ch am p io n sh ip .
A rkansas last y ears cham -
p io n w ill be r e t u r n i n g .
U .C .L .A . w ill be m aking its
first serio u s final fo u r bid in
15 years. T he field is ro u n d ed
out by N o rth C a ro lin a and
O k lah o m a state.
Vikings play in
Final
The hot sh o o tin g P ortland
S ta te w o m e n ’s b a s k e tb a ll
team c o u ld n ’t q u ite keep up
w ith N orth D akota S tate (3 2 -
0) in the fin als o f N .C .A .A .
D ivision II b a sk e tb a ll, lo sin g
98-85.
The B isons w ent on to win
th e ir th ird c o n n e c tiv e tittle
and fo u rth in th e last five
years, d esp ite P o rtla n d (2 6 -
6) sh o o tin g .630 for the gam e.
The tw o team s p o sted the
sam e am ount o f field g o als
m ade, but the c ru c ia l d iffe r
ence was at the freeth ro w line
w here B isons v isited the c h a r
ity strip e 29 tim es and m ade
27. P o rtlan d only had six teen
freeth ro w ch ances.
Naismith
Awards
Joe Sm ith, a so p h o m o re
from M aryland and R eb ecca
Lobo, a sen io r from C o n n e c t
icut w ere nam ed the w in n ers
o f the N aism ith A w ard as the
p la y e rs o f the y ear in co lle g e
b a sk e tb a ll.
FOOTBALL
Falcons
Acquire
Metcalf
Eric M etcalfhas been traded
the Atlanta Falcons, in a trade
at involved swapping the team s
rst round draft picks.
Watters
Becomes An
Eagle
R icky W atters form erly o f
the San F ran cisco 4 9 ers b e
cam e a P h ila d e lp h ia E ag le
w hen San F ra n c isc o refu sed
to m atch a $6.9 m illio n deal
o ffe re d by the E agles.
BASEBALL
The N atio n al L ab o r R ela-
ons B oard in a rare Sunday
ession voted 3-2 to seek an
^junction ag ain st the b ase-
all ow ners. T hat co u ld lead
3 an end o f the 7 1/2 m onth
trike.
P lay ers say they w ill end
ie w alk o u t, if a ju d g e issues
n in ju n ctio n , w hich w ould
estore salary a rb itra tio n , free
gent b id d in g and a n t-c o llu -
ion ru les.
M any ow ners how ever are
i favor o f lo ck in g out the
layers if the union en d s the
trik e w ithout ag reem en t
Udeme Elijah (right) crosses the finish line to win the relay race for Benson Tech
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participate - in track and field.
This is further amplified by the
fact that spring is the third athletic
season o f the school year and many
students can not afford the com
pounding cost.
“This pay for play is really hurt
ing turnouts “Franklin coach Dan
D anny B ell
With the budget cuts that came
as a result o f measure 5. The conse
quent repercussions resulted in low
er turn out at some schools due to
recently instituted pay to play plan.
Now students must pay $50.00 to
Kendig said’’ many kids just can't
afford to pay the extra money for the
spring season.
However some programs are
fairing better than others Lincoln last
years P.l.L. power still looks to be on
top. with strong athletes returning.
Other programs that promise to
be competitive are Grant and Benson.
Leading Lincoln’s girls squad is
senior distance runner Marie Davis
This year she will compete in the
1,500 and 3,000 meter races, she
finished second in state in the 3,000
meters last year. Davis is joined in
the distance events by Christy Lacey
Krietz.
Along with Davis and Lacey-
Krietz, sprinters Larisa Pennington a
senior, and Maren Elliott a sopho
more compose the 1,600 meter relay,
team which placed second in last
years state meet.
W here Lincoln has strength in
the distance events Benson has the
same in the sprinting events.
Tech has the returning state
champion in the 100 meters in senior
Udeme Elijah.
“Udeme is really focused and
has set goals to repeat her city and
state tittles this year,’’ Benson coach
Leon McKenzie said. "W e have great
competitors great talent and great
versatility.”
McKenzie pointed out that he is
encouraged because o f the potential
he see’s in track members: sprinter
K atrina Hopkins, distance runner
Ginnette Marbury, triple jum per Itoro
E lijan, pole vaulter Shei-M eaka
Newman and hurdler Wanjeria Wash
ington.
Then there is the perennial track
team from Grant.
“We graduated a lot o f girls who
routinely pulled out a lot o f points for
us, “Grant coach Gary Noble said.
Even so Emily Pokornv and
Megan Farris return to the track while
Caroly n Johnson and Kristy W arren
are back in the field events for the
Generals.
“ Were very young, but we also
have quality older kids" Noble said.
Still we have over 30 freshman girls
who turned out for track’’.
Although they had to field teams
without the luxury o f a large turn out.
coaches Bill Franzke o f Madison,
Dan Kenig o f Franklin, and Dan
Malone o f Roosevelt still have man
aged to recruit some young and tal
ented athletes who have the promise
to make a mark in the P.l.L.
F ra n k lin so p h o m o re K ate
Kaufman set a school record last year
as a freshman, running the 1,500
meters in 4:57. Quakers sophomore
Nuki Mills sprinted the 100 meters in
12.5 last year.
clocking in at 5:45 Amber Haw
thorne, a freshman is another Quaker
to watch in the 1,500 meters.
B a s k e tb a ll p la y e rs , M a d i
s o n ’ s, L e s lie D u k a r t K a tie
H o lifie d , and T am i P ow ers w ill
run on the c in d e rs and K risti
P ow er re tu rn s to throw the d is
cus, ja v e lin , and shot put.
“ Were going to have a good
short relay because we have good
team speed” Franzke said.
Even though overall turnout
numbers are up at Roosevelt the girls
numbers are down” Malone said.
Even so the one to keep your eye
on is senior thrower Kehau Kahaloa.
“She’s expected to throw (the dis
cus) well over a 100 feet.
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BLAZERS UNVEIL LEGENDARY LINE-UP
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tory.
E ric N oon
The Portland Trail Blazers put
the best players on the court, but the
problem was only two o f them were
dressed down to play.
Oh how could the Blazers have
used Bill W alton’s interior passing
or how about a little o f Maurice
Lucas’ enforcing, when high-flying
Shawn Kemp came up the middle.
Those days are past and last
Friday was a night o f reminiscing for
the fans and organization o f Port
land.
The Trail Blazers introduced
their “Legendary Line-Up" during
half-time as the current squad went
head-to-head with the Seattle Super-
sonics and came up just short with
the 122-118 defeat. Gary Payton led
the Sonics, going 15-17 from the
field.
Along with Lucas and Walton,
the fan-balloted team was strung with
many Blazer greats.
The fan’s all-time Blazers line
up: Mychal Thompson and Walton
at center; G eoff Petrie, Clyde “The
Glide" Drexler, Terry Porter and Jim
Paxson at guards; and Lucas, Calvin
Natt, Buck W illiams and Sidney
Wicks at the forward positions.
A great line-up with many great
players and even more memorable
moments in the Blazers' 25-year his-
Speaking o f 25 years, one man
has seen them all come and go and for
him, this night was very special. That
m an, also le g e n d a ry , w as Bill
Schonely who continues to be the
voice o f the Blazers and one o f the
original seven people to start the
franchise back in 1970.
“It’s a very humbling experi
ence now to reflect on it after 25
years,” said Schonely. "Just to think
that I was apart o f it too, and also to
be apart o f their life.”
Schonely is truly one o f the best
in the business and one o f the nicest
men in the Blazers organization.
Although the line-up was filled
with a great many stars, the big one
had to be “Big Red" Bill W alton who
was introduced first to the half-time
crowd.
"This is where I played my best
basketball. I’ve had a lot o f special
moments in my life, in some o f the
great basketball arenas around the
country, but none more special than
here,” Walton said.
The former All-American from
UCLA, led the Blazers to their only
world championship in 1976-77.
“The fans, the unique teams, the
legendary Jack Ramsay , all the mem
ories were great,” Walton said.
There have been many great play
ers that have come and gone through
Portland, but when you look up and
down the line-up, it’s hard to find one
that was treated fairly in the end.
It’s not so much management’s
fault, but the nature o f the game that
these play ers are used for their skills
and then let go and then the business
and the ugly side o f the game takes
over.
Sure a lot o f fans w anted to see
Drexler retire here. Sure we didn't
want to see Calvin Natt go in a trade
that proved that in business, like life,
we ail make mistakes.
This sport is loaded with lessons
in life. Sports has always reflected
life and the accomplishments you get
with hard work and discipline.
Award-Winning Film Hardwood Dreams' Comes To Fox: Bhnging the March Madness of
basketball into April, FOX will present a one-hour documentary narrated by actor Wesley Snipes,
Hardwood Dreams, that chronicles the aspirations and hardships of five members of a high school
basketball team, Sunday, April 2 (7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT). The players pictured are (L to Ft) Corey
Saffold, Stais Boseman, Sean Harris, Dwight Curry and Donminic Ellison.
IRON MIKE TYSON RETURNS FROM THREE YEARS OF INCARCERATION
by
MC Hammer and hundreds o f oth
ers.
Among the entourage that greet
ed Tyson on his return was promoter
Don King who still figures to be an
influential individual in T yson's
comeback bid in the world ofboxing.
Tyson took his brute force in
stincts into prison, but ran into early
discipline problem s, how ever he
seemed able to adjust to the strict
regimen and discipline that prison
demands. He failed his highschool
equivalency exam, and he never apol
ogized or admitted to raping Desiree
W ashington, the beauty pageant con
testant he was convicted o f raping.
But he did read regularly, recit
ed Maya A ngelo's poetry to her when
she visited him
He also became a student o f
Islam, and was tutored in Islam by
Muhammad Siddeeq. who led Satur
day's service
D anny B ell
Early Saturday morning former
heavy w eightboxingcham pion Mike
Tyson was released from the Indiana
Youth Center where he has spent the
last three years.
Awaiting him was a throng o f
promoters, city stadiums, networks,
boxers and fans.
"The first thing you prepare Mike
for is the people coming at him" said
promoter Butch Lewis, a periodic
visitor. “The leeches and so forth.”
However the media was mildly
surprised when instead o f catching a
plane and fly ing to his estate in north
ern Ohio, he elected to first visit a
mosque o f the Islamic Society o f
North America, where he got down
on his knees and prayed for half an
hour There he was joined by former
champion Muhammed Ali, NFL Hall
o f fame member Mel Blount, rapper
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“ H e's learned about respecting
himself, which is how you respect
others,” said Rev. Charles Williams
a longtime friend who visited Tyson
regularly . “ I think he's going to be
very selective o f the persons around
him.”
Tyson took a private jet to his 66
acre farm about 45 miles southeast o f
Cleveland, after he said pray ers at the
mosque
He has not made any public state
ments, other than to say he is very
happy to be out, and that he appreci
ates the support that he has received
Now that Tyson has been re
leased speculation is swirling as to
how he will pursue his quest to gain
another crown.
Among a crowded landscape of
tittles and boxers, only Tyson stands
out as the great boxing heavy weight
o f the era.
Tyson lost his crown to Buster
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In the five years and three months
since the Douglas upset five new
boxing organizations have come into
existence to join the other three
Eighteen new champions have
been crowned, among them are peo
ple like, Herbie Hide, Michael Bentt,
Lionel Butler, Jimmy thunderto name
a few. Two former champs over 40
are still active Larry Holmes 42, and
George Foreman 46.
Foreman even holds two o f the
titles and is considered the most at
tractive (ie: the most money) if not
the most legitimate match.
It is estimated that Tyson could
generate between 75-100 million a
year in income as an active boxer
On his list o f potential oppo
nents includes G eorge Forem an,
Riddick Bowe. Evander Holyfield,
another possibility is Buster Dou
glas.
“The key is Tyson is going to
have to want it," said Angelo Dundee,
the trainer for Ali and Foreman. “Ev
erybody wants to get in line and
fight."
Tyson hasn’t fought since June
28, 1991, when he won a decision
over Razor Ruddock.
Tyson was sentenced to 10 years
with four suspended. He received
one day good time for each day served
shortening his time to three years.
He still has four years proba
tio n ,
p lu s
c o u rt
m a n d a te d
pschoanalysis and must put in a 100
hours o f community service for each
year o f his probation.
T y so n p o lic e re c o rd d a te s
back to 1978 w hen 12 y e a rs o ld .
He w as p ic k e d for p u rse s n a tc h
ing He d isc o v e re d b o x in g in r e
form sch o o l w here C us D 'A m a to
d isc o v e re d him and g ro o m e d him
into a ch am pion
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