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Serena Williams to Face
Clijsters in WTA Finals
the season as the No. I player in
w om en’s tennis.
W illiams will face No. 5 Kim
Clijsters in the final of the WTA
Championships on Monday night
at Staples Center.
Although her ranking is secure
regardless o f the outcome, W ill
iams will try toextend her 18-match
winning streak, improve her 56-4
record, defend the title she won last
Serena Williams
year in Germany and take home the
(AP) — T here’s one more top prize of $765,000.
match to play before Serena W il
If she does, the 21 -year-old Flo
liams can call it a year, go count ridian would become the first player
her millions and revel in ending in women’s tennis to top $4 million
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A Roosevelt player
makes a run for a gain
during the 7th and 8th
grade B Championship
game between Whitaker
and Roosevelt Middle
Schools. Several teams
competed last weekend
in the Police Activities
League Championships
at Lincoln High School.
in yearly earnings.
“Tomorrow is my last day and
I’m hanging up the racket for a
week and I don’t want anyone to
ask me any questions about ten
nis,” she said.
W illiam s overcam e 54 un
forced errors to defeat No. 3
Jen n ifer C apriati 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
She h it 42 w in n ers ag ain st
Capriati, but won ju st four more
total points.
“Our intensity levels were so
high,” W illiams said. “She re
turned very well and hit some
amazing shots.”
photo by D avid P i . kchl /
T hk P ortland O bserver
Vikings Lose To Weber Top Athletes to Compete in Nike BorderClash
Portland State will not
advance to NCAA 1-AA Playoffs
F o r the seco n d tim e in th ree
y ears, a trip to O g d en , U tah
w ill h a u n t the V iking fo o tb all
team .
O n a day in w h ich a soggy,
soft tu rf bog g ed d o w n R yan
F u q u a and the P o rtlan d S tate
ru n n in g g am e, the V ik in g s
c o u ld n o t o v erco m e W eb er
S tate, losing 20-14, and e ffe c
tiv ely elim in atin g any h ope o f
re a c h in g th e N C A A 1-A A
p lay o ffs. In 2000, PSU lo st to
the W ild cats, 41 -9, a fte r c o m
ing in to the gam e at O gden
w ith a 6 -0 reco rd and ran k ed
second in the nation.
P S U h ad co m e in to th is
gam e ran k ed 13th in the n a
tio n and had w on fo u r o f five
gam es. B ut the loss d ro p p ed
th e V ik in g s to 6-4 on the se a
son, 3-3 in the B ig Sky C o n
fe re n c e. M ean w h ile, W eb er
S tate en d ed a fiv e-g am e lo s
ing streak and im p ro v ed to 3-
5, 1-5 on the season.
P o rtlan d S tate gained ju st
20 y ards on the ground, and
o n ly a 3 1 8 -y ard passin g p e r
form ance by Juston W ood kept
th e V ik in g s c lo se . W o o d ’s
p a ssin g to tal w as a season
high and threw fo r a p air o f
touchdow ns.
W eb er S tate ran 87 o ffe n
sive plays, com pared to ju st 57
fo r the V ikings.
W ood was 18 o f 38 passing
and had tw o balls intercepted as
each team m ade three tu rn
overs. Fuqua m anaged ju st 27
yards rushing on 11 carries. Wide
receiv er Jesse L evin caught
seven passes for 131 yards -
both season highs. Shinen made
12 tackles to go w ith his inter
cep tio n . L in eb ack er M arcus
G reen had 13 tackles in the
gam e.
Portland State will conclude
the season next w eek in a Big
Sky C onference game at M on
tana State.
Runners from Oregon and Washington High School will face off
The top boys and girls cross
country runners from Oregon and
Washington will team up and race
to prove which state truly rules
the border on Sunday, Nov. 17 at
N ike’s World Headquarters for
Nike BorderClash IV.
The high school that brings
the most student spectators will
win a visit from Olympic super-
star M arion Jones. Last year
Jones paid a visit to Beaverton
High School.
All attendees will have the op
portunity to meet a handful of
Nike athletes including Alan
W ebb, N ational high school
record holder for indoor mile, out-
or
A middle school co-ed bas
ketball tournament to support
the Youth Center for Police Ac
tivities League o f Greater Port
land will take place on Nov. 29,
30 and Dec. 1 at Reynolds
Middle School, 1200 NE 201“.
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door mile and 1,500m, 2001 BigTen
Conference Cross Country cham
pion and2002BigTen l,500mcham-
pion, Bob Kennedy, two-time Olym
pian and four-time US Outdoor
5000m cham pion, Suzy Favor
Hamilton, three-time Olympian,
nine-time NCAA champion and
c ta tc c a d u
mui a w< 1
The tournament is double elimi PAL Youth Center Director Beth for each team will benefit the
nation, but a consolidation game Faulhabersaid. “At the same time Youth Center. Registration is due
will guarantee each team three this event is enabling us to better by Wednesday, Nov. 20. For
support and serve our PA L more inf ormation on the tourna
games.
ment or registration, contact Phil
“We think it is important to youth.”
Kent
at 503-823-2098 or Beth
The
money
raised
through
col
provide youth teams with com
Faulhaber
at 503-256-3479.
lection
of
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tournament
fees
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