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« •. ,*.x. ■ •' • £■.*.* «*í*. » •*. I » • • •<w « •Si /•/»•»♦ NOV. 25,1998 Page B3 lift» $forthmfr <Ob#?rwr points and four steals , w hile her back court mate, Elaine Powell, added 13 points, six rebounds and five as sists. Portland’s Katy Stedm g scored 10 points and recorded a career -best seven assists. San Jose’s Charlotte Smith led the Lasers with 21 points o ff the bench, including 17 in the fourth left in the game on a jum per by Danielle McCulley. San Jose’s next tw o p o ssessio ns, and W illiam s nailed eight-straight free throws down the stretch, sealing the vic tory. W illiams hit nine o f 11 from the field and 12 o f 13 from the line in recording her fourth career 30 point game. Sonja Henning added 15 U of P proves once again they will have to be reckoned with The U of Portland continues to get stellar performaces out of different players at key times as was the case with Jenna Johnson in getting (3) assist that set up lethal scoring in UP's defeat of San Diego State. Next up, Quarter Finals against Notre Dame quarter C larisse M achanguana added 19 points (7-for-8 Fag’s and six rebounds, whilejennifer Azzi and Kendra Holland-com chipped in with 12. Portland 93-2), in the midst o f a five-game homestand, won for the second-straight night. It shot .554 for the game and hit 22-of-25 (.880) free throws. » Despite shooting .607 in the fourth quarter, San Jose (4-3) was unable to hit key free throw s down the stretch in having its tw o-gam e winning streak snapped. The Power next play on Saturday, Nov. 27, when they host the W est ern C o n fe re n c e -le a d in g S eattle Reign at 7 p.m. in M emorial Coli seum. (I * Natalie Williams Central Catholic Football The C entral C ath o lic football I team is h aving a fine seaso n this I year and a n u m ber o f sch o lar [ath letes from inner city P ortland | have m ade sig n ific a n t co n trib u - 1 tions. The R am s, u n der the d ire c tion o f first year coach Joe Bush- | man, have co m plied a 7-2 record [(th ird place in the M ount hood | C onference) and play C hurchill [ o f E ugene in the first round o f | the state playoffs. D erek B row n [h as led the o ffen se at the re- I ceiver p o sitio n fin ish in g second [ in the league w ith 34 catches for 13.9 yards a catch. C oach B ushm an had th is to Isay a b o u t th e firs t team all [le a g u e se le c tio n s, “ D erek is a [b ig play re c e iv e r w ho has been [ a real lead er on our team . H e is ] a fine young m an w ho e x cels in | the classroom and on the field. ’ [ H asani M ilton, second team all | conference, has also m ade a sig- | nificant co n trib u tio n s for the of- [ fense as he leads the team in | rushing. Both M ike R ennie (W R ) and ¡M ax H an ley (O L ) h av e also played w ell o ffe n siv e ly . The Ram d efense has been led by the [c o -M o u n t H ood co n fe re n ce | p lay er o f the year B rian M oore. ‘B rian is a big tim e ta c k ie r who I loves to h it.” said C oach Bush- DerekBrown man. S e n io r N ic k A rn erich and ju n io rs L uke H u ffstu tte r and G abe B u tto n have had a ste lla r year for a d efen se th at had 26 takeaw ays fo r 6 to u ch d o w n s and 2 safeties. T he Ram d efen se is also aided by the p la y o f T im B ertalo t w ho is only a sophom ore. T he Ram s are excited about the se a so n they are h aving and ex p ect the success to c o n tin u e in the upcom ing years. “ We are w inning football gam es but we are also developing young m en w ho value academ ics and know | how to treat people w ith re sp e c t.” said C oach B ushm an. S enior D erek B row n had this to say, ‘M any people d id n ’t think that a 2 and 7 team last year] could be a 7 and 2 team the follow ing year, w ell, here we are in the P layoffs. T h e u ltim a te a d id a s IVI L K & A l b e r t a - I co I •v in »#>. 4 * .7 , .• : t r ’ú r' ' ?• . ‘ 'u v , „ r. t Williams leads Power over Lasers, 91-83 PORTE AN D, Ore. - Williams re corded her 5 5 th career double-double with 30 points and 11 rebounds, lead ing the Portland, Pow er to a 91-83 victory over San Jose Lasers in American Basketball League action Saturday in Memorial Coliseum. Portland, which entered the final stanza holding a seven-point lead, pushed its advantage to 10w ith8:20 » ■' - à . .