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Page B3 {Jurtlaiiò ¡November 8, 2OÖÜ (Elje JJartlanh ©beeruer Sports ■ M M RMMHi Jefferson Wins PIL Title With 2-Point Conversion B y T im S ullivan Jullian Littleton and Evan M artin saved Jefferson in the closing m in utes and lifted the D em ocrats to their second straight Portland Interscho lastic Ixague football title Friday night with a 23-22 victory o ver Franklin at M adison H igh School. Littleton, a seniortight end, caught a pass from A aron M iles for a two- point conversion w ith 1 m inute, 58 seconds rem aining to give the D emo crats the win. Jefferson (6-3,6-1 PIL) will be the league’s No. 1 seed going into next w eek’s playoffs; Franklin (7 -2 ,6 -1 ) is the No. 2 seed. M artin, a sophom ore defensive linem an, intercepted a pass w ith 1:04 left to h a lt a F ra n k lin d riv e at Jefferson’s 30-yard line. L ittleton’s conversion catch w as caught despite tight defense by a Franklin player. “ I m ade a cut and cam e across the field and knew it w as a big play and I had to catch it,” L ittleton said. “ It feels great.” L ittleton’s catch follow ed a 10- Jefferson Begins the State Playoffs Against Lakeridge at Jefferson Friday at 7 p.m. yard touchdow n pass from M iles to Isaiah Jackson that cut Franklin’s lead to 22-21. Jefferson coach Tim Price did not hesitate in going for the tw o-point conversion instead o f try ing for the extra point and possibly sending the gam e into overtime. “ I believe in these kids; I knew they w ere going to dig dow n deep and give it to m e,” Price said. “ I put the ball in m y athletes’ hands, and they alw ays seem to do som ething great. I told them to ju st keep fighting, and the outcom e is going to go in our favor.” Until the final m inutes, it w as a battle o f turnovers. Jefferson had five fum bles, including tw o inside the Franklin 20-yard line in the first half. T he D em ocrats started the second h a lfb y fum bling aw ay their first two possessions, and Franklin appeared to be in control. W h en Q u ak e rs re c e iv e r M att L afollette caught a 34-yard touch dow n pass from Legedu N aanee with seven m inutes left in the third quar ter, it appeared Franklin had a 22-7 lead and appeared to be on its w ay to the city title. B u t J e ff e r s o n ’s M ic h a e l L ee caught a 62-yard touchdow n pass from M iles late in the third quarter to cut the lead to 22-15. D uring the play, a Jefferson personal foul penalty was w aved o ff w hen it looked like L ee’s score m ight be called back. Franklin made its share o f mistakes in the second half, hurting itself with two fumbles and two interceptions. Oregon Rolls Over Cougars Josh Frankel kicked a career-best 47-yard field goal in overtim e as No. 7 O regon beat W ashington State 27- 24 on Saturday. It was the third overtim e loss this season for the C ougars (3-6, 1-5 Pa cific-10 C onference), w ho also lost starting quarterback Jason G esser to a broken left leg. A fter Frankel ’ s kick, J e d B o ic e b lo c k e d A n o u s ith W ilaikul’s 39-yard field-goal attem pt to give the Ducks their second con secutive overtim e victory. TheD ucks(8-l,6-O )trailed 17- 16at the half, but Joey H arrington threw a 3 8 - y a r d to u c h d o w n p a s s to M arshaun Tucker, then hit M aurice M orris for the 2-point conversion to tie it at 24 w ith 9:08 rem aining in the fourth quarter. T he gam e w as billed as a m atch betw een the top quarter Blazers Fall to Kings, 79-75 B obby Jackson stripped the ball from Scottie Pippen and hit tw o free throw s w ith 11 seconds left as the Sacramento Kings beat the Trail Blaz ers 79-75 M onday night for their first w in over Portland in nearly three years. Thanks to a revolutionary attitude exem plified by new K ings Jackson and D oug Christie, the N B A ’s m ost pass-happy, run-and-gun team o f the last tw o seasons has held all five o f its opponents this season under 50 p er cent shooting. “W e beat Portland because w e played defense,” said V lade D ivac, w hose layup w ith 22 seconds left put the K ings up for good. “ W e d id n ’t shoot the ball w ell, and w e d id n ’t rebound great, but w e stopped them. Ifw e can do that in future gam es, w e ’ 11 beat anybody.” T he B lazers shot poorly, passed only sporadically and got ju st 20 points from their vaunted bench. backs in the Pac-10, but Harrington was left to battle Cougars backup M att K egel after G esser fractured the tibia in his left leg as he was sacked w ith 11 m inutes rem aining in the sec ond quarter. H arrington com pleted 18 o f 39 passes for 212 yards and a touchdow n as the D ucks m oved a step closer to the Rose Bowl, with gam es against California and Oregon State remaining. K egel, w ho had a 1-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter, com pleted 10 o f 20 for 107 yards in relief o f G esser, w ho was 2 -o f-10 for 35 yards and an interception. W ashington State led 17-16 after D ave M innich’s 2-yard touchdown run that capped a 54-yard drive with 1:47 left in the first half. M innich carried 25 tim es for 108 yards and a touchdown. The D ucks had gone up 16-10 on a 46-yard field goal by F rankel after R ashad B aum an picked o ff G esser’s pass and ran it back 42 yards for a touchdown. O regon scored on its first posses sion on an 8-yard touchdow n pass to M orris from H arrington. The touch dow n w as set up by a 48-yard pass play from H arrington to T ucker on the Ducks ’ first play from scrim m age. T ucker caught nine passes for 142 yards and a touchdown. W ashington State answ ered with a 56-yard pass play. G esser pitched to w ide receiver Collin Henderson, who threw to Nakoa McElrath streak ing dow n the left sideline to the O r egon 3. A dam Hawkins scored on a 1 - yard touchdown. W ilaikul hit a 41 yard-field goal to m ake it 10-7. Benson 18-0 in League The Benson tech volleyball team has had a great season. Atterasummerwhere the lady Techsters placed second in the nation in the Starling National tourna ment in San Diego, the women o f Tech began to focus on the P.I.L. champion ship. Boy did they ever, win the league in dominating fashion. They finished the season 18 wins to 0 losses, losing only one game in league play. CoachDennisCarlineisveryproudof his team which includes: Mari Nelson, I an Evers, Brandy Gales as outside hit ters, Courtney Hamilton. Emily Marquez. Suzanne Hansonas middleblockers. 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