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®lje Çortlanô fl&bseruer Page B6 December II, 2002 S ports /M ETRO RECORD CROWD SEES OREGON DEFEAT KANSAS Hall of Fame Tribute Portland boxing great Ray Lampkin stops by the Portland Observer offices on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard with his con gratulatory presidential plaque from President George W. Bush in honor o f his recent selection to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. (A P )— Luke R idnour had 25 points, nine assists and seven rebounds S atur day as No. 7 O regon avenged last season’s N C A A tournam ent loss with a 84-78 victory S aturday o v er N o. 14 Kansas. Fellow guard Luke Jackson had 26 points and nine rebounds for the D ucks, w ho fought o ff a se co n d -h alf K ansas photo by M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver rally to m ake their record a perfect 5-0 this season. T he tw o team s played before 20,762 fans at Portland ’ s Rose G arden Arena, a P eninsula L ittle L eague record for a college gam e in the state. Application for Board, Committees & Manager/Coach Positions L ast season, the team s m et in the Be the “U” in Your Community: Looking for a few dedicated people! M idwest Regional final in Madison, Wis., and K ansas em erged w ith a 104-86 The Peninsula Little League of Portland Is now accepting applications for Board members, Committee members, managers, and coaches to oversee the 2003 baseball and softball season. victory and their first trip to the Final Four since 1993. T he victory snapped O regon ’ s three- since beating them tw ice in the 1947-48 Applications are being accepted for all League positions. If you are interested in being considered, please complete the following and return it to Peninsula Little League, P.0. Box 11581, Portland, Oregon 97211 or by fax to 503-284-1910 season. The Ducks, w ho led by ju st four at the Name: half, stretched their lead to as m any as 11 Address: points when Andre Joseph’s free throw s State/Zip Code: gam e losing streak against Kansas. The D ucks had not defeated the Jayhaw ks m ade it 72-61 w ith 8:40 left. Phone Number: But the Jayhaw ks cam e back to tie it Email:________ at74-all. Occupation:. Speedy O regon inched aw ay, going on a 10-2 run that w as punctuated by Organization affiliations: R idnour’s 3-pointer and a foul shot that m ade it 84-76 w ith 49 .6 seconds left. It w as the 99th career w in for D ucks coach Ernie Kent. Oregon frustrates Kansas point guard and former Jefferson High School All-American Aaron Miles into a 1 -fo r-ll shooting night. (AP photo) I am interested in serving on the Peninsula Little League Board/ Committee/Manager/Coach or Umpire because: Portland Pilots Celebrate First National Title University of Portland forward Christine Sinclair connects with the ball during the NCAA Women 's College Cup final in Austin, Texas. (AP photo) (AP) — W hat a win for C hris tin e S in c la ir and h er P o rtlan d P ilot team m ates. The so ccer team is c e le b ra t ing a 2-1 v icto ry o v er S anta C lara in the second o v ertim e period o f the N CA A W om en’s C ollege C up gam e fin a l S u n day in A u stin , T exas. The w in m arks the first n a tio n al sp orts title for the U n i v ersity o f P o rtlan d . Sinclair scored her second goal in sudden-death overtim e. S in c la ir, a C a n a d ia n n a tional team player, had already tied the gam e at o n e-all w ith a goal in the 61st m inute. H e r g a m e -w in n in g sco re cam e w hen she put back a re bound o f her ow n shot. S in c la ir set an N CA A to u r nam ent record w ith 21 points on ten goals and one assist. N orth C a ro lin a ’s M ia Hamm set the prev io u s m ark o f 16 in 1993. D evvyn H aw kins scored for Santa C lara, w hich w on the 2001 national title. My primary community interests are: For more information call 503-702-7043 or visit our web site www.peninsulalittleleague.org and complete our volunteer applica tion. Thank you for your support. Ducks, Beavers Headed to Bowl Games (AP) — Oregon State heads to sunny Phoenix for their postseason, while Oregon will make the short jaunt to Seattle. Arizona State. “I think it would have been tough for the Holi day Bowl to invite us since we finished behind Oregon on Sunday accepted an invitation to Arizona State and they defeated us - 1 didn’t expect play Wake Forest in the Seattle Bowl on Dec. 30 to play in that bowl,” Oregon State coach Dennis while Oregon State will play Pittsburgh in the Erickson said. “The Insight Bowl was the next best Insight Bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 26. thing as far as we were concerned.” Oregon State (8-4,4-4) will be going to a bowl It will be Oregon’s sixth-straight postseason for the third time in four years. The Beavers tied appearance and its 11th bowl invitation in the last for fourth place this season in the Pac-10 with 14 years. The Ducks also faced Wake Forest in the UCLA, California and W ashington, and had lob 1992 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., which bied to go to the Holiday Bowl - which went to the Demon Deacons won 39-35. Local Boys Headed to Nationals The Portland Elite United Salad eighth grade Racks 85-18, the Laguna Hills M VPs 71-39, and the boys basketball team won the AAU Super-Re Rancho Cucamunga Bulls 80-55 to get to the gional Tournament last week in Riverside, Calif. championship game. The 63-31 victory over the Riverside Tarhills will All of these teams will play again in Portland send the team to the national tournament in during the Presidents Day All-American W eek Orlando, Fla. in August. end tournament at Jefferson High School on Feb. The local team also beat the Pasedena Hoop 1 5 ,1 6 an d l7 . 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