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V • • * . • .• ¿ z* •< .’ * » < •-•. ‘ e* i .• * . * * > '* * • «• , *«*♦*•* P age A8 Suns re-sign Chapman, Williams, Llamas The Phoenix Suns re-signed their second, th ird and fourth free agents Tuesday, as guard Rex Chapman, forw ard/center John Peninsula all-stars H ot Rod” W illia m s and center H oracio Llam as all agreed to one-year contracts. Chapman av eraged 13.8 points and 2.8 as sists in 65 games last season, but exploded du rin g the p la yo ffs fo r The Peninsula minor league all stars pose for a picture before going on to 28-7 victory Monday night in a first round game against Kenton at a Little League tournament in Scappoose. (Photo by Michael Leighton) 24.2 p o in ts in fiv e contests. W illia m s has spent the last tw o years w ith the Suns after p laying his first nine seasons w ith the Cleveland Cavaliers. Llamas, the firs t M e x ic a n -b o rn p la y e r in N B A h is to ry , was o rig in a lly signed to a 10-day contract on February 20th from Sioux Falls o f the C B A Sampress wins 4th Wimbledon title T op seed Pete Sampras o f the U nited States captured his fourth W im bledon title in the last fiv e years, s to rm in g past unseeded Frenchman C edric P ioline, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 today in the final o f the Tiger Woods back on top $9.62 m illio n tournam ent at the A II-E n g la n d C lu b . T h e 2 5 - y e a r - o ld S a m p ra s needed ju s t one hour and 34 m in utes to earn his 1 Oth career Grand Slam title , w hich ties B ill T ild e n fo r fourth on the a ll-tim e list. Fie picked up $667,250 fo r his sec ond Grand Slam title o f the year, h a vingw on the Australian Open in January. Sampras, becomes the seventh Zealand. Woods leads the PGA Tour T ig e r W oods, fresh from a week away from g o lf, had three birdies over a fo u r-h o le stretch on the back nine today to claim his fourth v ic w ith fo u r w ins and padded his lead a to p th e m oney lis t w ith the $360,000 first prize. Justin Leonard, tied w ith Woods and Loren Roberts after Saturday's to ry o f the year, a three-shot w in at the $2 m illio n Western Open in 67. It was another stroke back to Jim Furyk, w ho matched Leonard's 72. Woods broke a three-way tie w ith Low ery and Leonard w ith a birdie on the par-3 12th hole B irdies at the 14th and 15th holes Lem ont, Illin o is . W oods began the day in a three- way tie fo r the lead, but fire d a 4- under-par 68 fo r a fo u r-ro u n d total th ird round, never got untracked and his even-par 72 left him tied for th ird w ith Steve Low ery and J e ff S lu m a n a t9 -u n d e r2 7 9 . Low ery had helped N o b ilo catch Woods at 11- under b e fore W oods d u p lic a te d N o b ilo ’ s feat w ith back-to-back b ird o f 13-under 275 that was three shots a I-u n d e r 71, w h ile Sluman recov ered from a th ird -ro u n d 74 w ith a ies to open a tw o-shot lead. “ T w e lv e w a s p r e t t y better than Frank N o b ilo o f New W o o d s sa id . " A f t e r m is s in g an o p p o r tu n ity on I I and b o g e y - in g 10, I needed s o m e th in g p o s itiv e to get me sta rte d on the b a ck n in e .” N o b ilo bogeyed the 18th, g iv ing Woods a three-shot m argin “ I b irdied 14 and 15, so did he." N o b ilo said. “ He seems to birdie the holes he needs to. T iger, when he’ s in p o sitio n, he doesn’ t go b ig ,” backwards.” male to w in W im bledon at least fo u r times. State Games of Oregon open Friday Johansson falls, Larsson advances T he S tate G am es o f O re g o n , a m u lt i- s p o r t f e s t iv a l, o ff e r s a v a rie ty o f sp o rts fo r a th le te s o f T o p -s e e d e d Thom as Johansson was an upset v ic tim to a fe llo w Swede, q u a lifie r Marcus S a rs tra n d , w h ile th ir d seed a ll ages and a b ilit y le v e ls . Team and in d iv id u a l s p o rts w il l be o f fe r e d . M e d a ls a re g e n e r a lly a w a rd e d fo r f ir s t , se c o n d and th ir d p la ce fin is h e rs in the fin a l Magnus Larsson won in straight sets today to advance to the sec ond round o f the $303,000 Swed ish Open in Bastad. The 1 8 -ye a r-o ld Sarstrand. c o m p e titio n . K ic k o f f a c tiv itie s b e g in at n o o n on F rid a y , J u ly I I at the p la yin g his first-ever A T P l o u r event, knocked o f f Johansson, 6- T u a la tin H ills A t h le t ic C e n te r in B e a v e rto n and in c lu d e : P acket P ic k -u p fo r p re -re g is te re d a th letes, a H e a lth and F itn e s s F a ir, 4, 3-6, 6-2. Sarstrand w ill next m eet c o u n try m a n P a trik Fredriksson Tyson title yanked lengers,” Sarm iento said. Tyson, w ho un til the ill-fa te d title fig h t occupied the num ber one chal said Tuesday. The decision to remove Tyson from the July 28 rankings followed the Ne vada State Boxing Commission's deci sion to suspend the former world title holder and withhold his $30 m illion purse pending a final ruling on the case, W B A c o m m itte e m em ber Israel Sarmiento told Reuters. " O u r g u id e lin e s in d ic a te that w h ile a boxer is suspended he is m ile s ) and O p e n in g C e re m o n ie s . O p e n in g C e re m o n ie s b e g in at 7 pm and w il l c lo s e w ith the V o lu n te e r s are n e e d e d f o r S tate G am es o f O re g o n . Each v o lu n te e r w il l re c e iv e a fre e t- s h irt. S p o n so rs in c lu d e G ra n d lig h t in g o f the to rc h . S a tu rd a y m o rn in g the c o m p e P a tro n : N IK E , G o ld Patron Pa c if ic P o w e r, K O IN C h a n n e l 6, titio n s w i l l b e g in at v a rio u s v e n ues th ro u g h o u t the P o rtla n d M e t r o p o lita n area. C o m p e titio n w ill c o n t in u e th ro u g h Sunday and S a fe w a y. State Games o f Oregon is another e v e n in g . E n try fo rm s are a v a ila b le in N a u tilu s P lus F itn e ss C e n te rs, area s p o rtin g g o o d sto re s and S a fe w a y S to re s. program o f the Oregon Amateur Sports Foundation, Inc., a program participant o f the United States Olympic Commit tee. 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