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Pac 10 Champion Ducks Prepare for NCAAs
(A P) — For winning their con­
ference tournament, the Oregon
Ducks were rewarded with a return
trip to the NCAAs.
But a potential second-round
inatchup with Kentucky is their
penalty for a so-so regular season.
The NCAA Selection Com mit­
tee on Sunday made Oregon an
eighth seed and placed them in the
Midwest Regional. Oregon (23-9)
will open the tournament Friday in
N ashville, Tenn. w ith a gam e
against Utah (24-7).
The winner likely gets the top-
seeded Kentucky Wildcats, win­
ners o f 23 straight and the favorite
to win the national championship.
The Ducks were on the bubble
before securing an automatic berth
by winning their first Pacific-10
Tournament on Saturday.
Luke Ridnour had 18 points and
nine assists and Luke Jackson
added 17 points as the Ducks de­ UCLA coach Steve Lavin walks o ff the court after UCLA's 75-74 loss to Oregon Friday in the
feated Southern California, 74-66 in semifinals of the Pacific 10 tournament in Los Angeles. Lavin was fired as UCLA's basketball
the championship game.
coach Monday after the team's first losing season since 1948. (AP photo)
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A u to s
The two Lukes average a com­
bined 36 points per game.
Oregon will be making its sec­
ond straight appearance and third
in fouryears in the NCAAs, where
the Ducks lost to Kansas in the final
eight last year.
O reg o n sta rted the season
strongly, winning its first six games
and ranked fifth in the nation. But the
Ducks faded from the Top 25 after
losses to Cincinnati and Pac-10 ri-
vals Arizona,California and Stanford.
The Utes were the regular sea­
son champions o f the Mountain
West Conference, but the Univer­
sity o f Nevada at Las Vegas blitzed
them 64-41 in the conference tour­
nament.
No other Oregon team - m en's or
w om en’s - made the NCAAs, but
Oregon State earned a bid to the
W om en’s NIT. The Beavers (14-
14) will host UNLV on Friday.
Redmond Wins Championship
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The Redmond Panthers took the
boys 4A championship Saturday
with a narrow win over the Hillsboro
Spartans.
It was the first state title for the
Panthers, who survived the fast
pace o f H illsboro’s run-and-gun
offense to win, 50-47.
Redmond, ranked first in the In­
termountain Conference, played
consistent basketball to defeat
Hillsboro in the 7'h game that team
played in 12 days.
Redmond coach Kelly Boknsaid
the win proved that small town teams
could play with the best in the state.
“ I’m happy for smalI towns,” he
said. “I hope this will show other
teams that they have an opportu-
nity when they go to the state tour­
nament.”
Hillsboro’s 5-11 junior guard
James Loe led the tournament with
24.3 points a game but scored just
2 o f 10 from three-point range.
On the consolation side o f the
bracket, the Jefferson boys could
not be stopped after a first round
lossagainst South Medford, 52-53.
Devastation turned to determi­
nation as the Demos destroyed
Springfield and South Eugene then
topped South Salem by a point to
take 5"' place.
Expectations were high for Lin­
coln, but they too suffered a first
round loss and were eliminated af­
ter losing to Grants Pass, 67-68.
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Department of Athletics
2003 WOMEN S BASKETBALL ALL LEAGUE
1SITEAM ALL LEAGUE
PLAYER
NUMBER
SCHOOL
HEIGHT
Cicely Oaks
23
Grant
5 ’6"
12
Brittney Davis
20
Jefferson
5 ’7"
11
Jessie Shatters
43
Wilson
6 ’6"
12
Lauren Grelf
IS
Lincoln
5 ’ 10"
9
Hannah Oken-Be rg
30
Lincoln
6 ’2"
10
Unanimous
Co-Ptayerofthe Year. Brittney Dads (Jefferson) A C/cefy Oaks (G rant)
Coach o f the Y ear Velalda Hards (Lincoln)
2ND TEAM ALL LEAGUE
Suzzane Hanson
30
Benson
511"
RosaundaJackson
42
Benson
6 ’0"
10
Korina Pongracz
32
Franklin
5 ’9"
12
12
Simone Jordan
11
Jefferson
5 ’8"
9
Tabitha Boyd
15
Wilson
60"
12
Amy Foster
25
Wilson
60”
11
12
HONORABLE MENTION
Karla Boston
10
Benson
5*2"
Brea Douglas
44
Benson
5 '3 "
10
Chelsl Allen
33
Benson
5 1 1 .5 "
12
M iaSkolnIck
13
Cleveland
5 ’9"
9
Sarah Clement
30
Cleveland
5 ’7 ”
12
Katie Curtis
10
Cleveland
5 ’6"
10
UndseyNolf
5
Franklin
5 '5 "
12
Amanda Peterson
11
Franklin
60”
11
BrookelleBoddle
21
Jefferson
5 '8 "
11
Joyce Nicholas
12
Jefferson
5 ’8"
12
Nicole Nelson
1
Jefferson
5 '3 "
12
JeQualaWarren
30
Jefferson
50"
10
Jordan Koklch
3
Lincoln
5 '9 "
11
Joyce Onlah
45
Madison
10
Celeste Campbell
12
Marshall
510"
5 -4 ”
BrittanyGrizzard
20
Marshall
5-9"
12
9
MaygenSpokely
20
Roosevelt
Kathleen Coolman
12
Wilson
5 '9 "
5-4"
11
Jamie Bauman
22
Wilson
5-4"
11
12
2003 MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL LEAGUE
1 st TEAM ALL LEAGUE
PLAYER
NUMBER
SCHOOL
HEIGHT
YEAR
Kevin Green
22
Benson
6 '4 "
12
Thomas Gardner
23
Jefferson
Neal Zumwalt
23
Lincoln
6 ’5"
6 -2"
12
12
OmarLeary
11
Lincoln
510"
10
Bobby Lester
50
Madison
6 ’8 ”
12
Donnie Harrison-Davis
42
Grant
6 ’2 ”
11
Unanimous
COACH OFTHEYEAR: Tony B m adousf Grant)
PLAYER OFTHEYEAR: ThomasGardner(Jefferson)
2ND TEAM ALL LEAGUE
John Cavalli
12
Grant
11
Madison
60"
6-2"
12
Geno Quinones
Charles Woodruff
52
Roosevelt
610"
12
12
Tyler Monk
15
8enson
60”
12
TerranceTwoTwo
31
Jefferson
6 '6 ”
12
HONORABLE MENTION
Diet Confirmed Herb in Player’s Death
(AP) — The diet supplement
ephedra contributed to the heat­
stroke that ki I led Baltimore Orioles
pitcher and Oregon native Steve
Bechler, a medical examiner in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. said Thursday.
Toxicology tests confirmed that
“significant amounts” o f an over-
the-counter supplement contain­
ing the herb ephedra, along with
other factors, led to the heatstroke
that killed Bechler on Feb. 17,
Broward County medical examiner
Dr. Joshua Perper said.
Ephedra is banned by many
sports leagues but not M ajor
League Baseball.
Perper said in a news release that
the toxicology analysis “revealed
significant amounts o f ephedrine”
in B echler’s blood along with
smaller amounts o f two other stimu­
lants, pseudoephedrine and caf­
feine.
T hat’s consistent with taking
three tablets o f the weight-loss
supplement Zcnadrine, Perper said.
Zenadrineand other risk factors
contributed to B echler’s death,
P erper said. But the an aly sis
showed no other drugs or alcohol
in Bechler's system when he died,
other than those used to treat him
at a hospital, he said.
In the wake o f b ech ler’s death,
commissioner Bud Selig banned
players with minor league contracts
from taking ephedra.
Quincy Sanders
23
Benson
6 -2 -
12
Deshawn McKenzie
1
Benson
510"
11
11
Ben McAnnls-Entenman 11
Cleveland
6-3"
Avery Rosen
33
Cleveland
61”
11
Mike Willis
1
Cleveland
60”
11
JCAfexander
25
Franklin
5 ’9"
11
Sam Mowe
30
Grant
6 '4 ”
12
Dominic Waters
11
Grant
61”
10
Aaron Dickson
20
Grant
6 '2 ”
11
Jarae Nelson
24
Jefferson
6 '3 "
12
Ray Peterson
44
Jefferson
6 ’7"
12
Mac Hopson
1
Jefferson
5 ’9 "
10
LatravisTumer
15
Lincoln
6 '4 "
10
Shawn Thomas
3
Marshall
12
Mitchell Jones
23
Marshall
6 -1 "
6-2"
Jerrell Allen
23
Roosevelt
6 -0 ”
11
Andre Ferguson
10
Roosevelt
60"
11
Gates Anderton
12
Wilson
6 ’2 ”
12
KyleRatoza
44
Wilson
6 ’5"
12
Cody Aker
32
Wilson
6 ’4"
11
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