Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, November 25, 1998, Page 11, Image 11

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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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