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Oregon City
Girls Win 4A
Championship
Pioneers Stop Crater to win
7th Title in 10 Years
Jefferson Top Seed in Boys 4A Title Bid
Jefferson all-American Michael Lee (left), in a recent game against Benson, is expected to help the Democrats
defend their state title this week in the Boys Class 4A Basketball Tournment. Jefferson is seeded number one in
the championship series with its first game at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday against No. 16 McMinnville.
(Photo by David Giezyng/Portland Observer)
Fire Acquires Kristin Folkl
From Minnesota
T he Portland fire have acquired
forw ard Kristin F olkl and the 12 th
overall pick in the 2001 W N BA Draft
in exchange for guard L ynn Pride and
center M ichele V an Gorp.
A 6-2 forw ard o u t o f Stanford,
Folkl averaged 7.6 points, 4.8 re­
bounds, 2.1 assists, 450 FG and 26.4
minutes, playing in all 32 gam es o f the
2000 season. A solid contributor
throughout last season, she led the
team in blocks, ranked second re­
bounds, and third in scoring w ith the
Lynx w hile establishing a franchise-
high . 11 defensive rebounds and
notching 2 double-doubles.
“A cquiring Kristin is an incredible
opportunity for our team,” said Head
C o a c h /G e n e ra l M a n a g e r L in d a
H argrove “ She already has the versa­
tility to score in the post, rebound, and
step out and shoot the three, but is also
continuing to develop her game as she
gains m ore experience in this league.”
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(A P) - W ith all the titles O regon
C ity has been busy w inning over the
years, the Pioneers hardly had the
tim e to add up their victories. But
Saturday, w hen the Pioneers beat
C rater48-30 for their seventh champi­
onship in 10 years, there w as another
num ber that stuck out: 500.
“N obody knew it w as the 500th
w in for us,” O regon C ity coach Brad
Sm ith said o f hitting the milestone.
“N obody took the tim e to add them
up.”
T h at’s because adding the Pio­
n eers’ w ins up isn ’t nearly as easy
adding up their losses. In the past 10
years, O regon C ity (26-1) has been
one o f the m ost dom inant team s not
only in the state, but in the country.
L isa Faulkner scored 11 points to
lead O regon C ity to its first title since
1998, as C rater lost in the cham pion­
ship gam e for the third tim e in four
years.
“T his w as very special because
the kids earned it,” Sm ith said. “They
really w eren ’t the best players all-
around, but they w orked on w hat
they did best and stayed aw ay from
their w eaknesses.”
O regon City used tough defense
to w ear dow n C rater’s six-player rota­
tion. Sm ith and co-coach C arl Tinsley
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dipped deep into their bench in the
second quarter, w hile C rater stayed
m ainly with its starters.
Jody McLeod led Crater (25-2) with
14 points.
The Pioneers took a 22-15 halftime
lead after Faulkner and Lacey M ills
each hit a pair o f 3-pointers in the first
half. Oregon City then broke the game
open in the third quarter. Kelli Spen­
cer, who finished with seven points
and seven rebounds, scored three
points to start a 14-2 run that put
O regon C ity up 36-17 w ith 47 sec­
onds left in the quarter. Faulkner had
four straight in the run.
K erra W odarski’s steal and layup
pushed the Pioneers’ advantage to
42-23 w ith 4:46 left in the gam e, and
w hen A lison G roves hit a free throw
to m ake it 46-28 w ith 2:38 left, both
c o a c h e s b e g a n to e m p ty th e ir
benches.
Crater’s Amy Denson, who finished
the tournament second in scoring and
rebounding, was held two points and six
rebounds on 0-for-10 shooting.
The Pioneers held their four tour­
nam ent opponents to an average o f
30 points, h alf o f w hat C rater, the
tournam ent’s top scoring team, had
averaged com ing into the cham pion­
ship game.
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