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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. Lind
say Smith, Lane Kersey as back side
hitters, Esther Taylor, Tram Le Lindsay
Louie, Rachel Benton as defensive spe
cialists and Denetia Carline as the setter.
They are an excellent team whowork very
hard and enjoy playing the game.
The Techsters open up the state tour
nament Friday at the University ofPort-
land at 1:30 p.m against S t Marys.
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