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Local Team to Host All American Tourney
Top players from
around the
country slated for
weekend play
InnerC'ity Players are hosting an
all-American basketball tournament
this weekend in addition to an
achievement banquet fundraiser.
The tournament at Grant High
School will feature some o f the top
basketball talent in the country.
The Players are a mentoring pro­
gram founded by Canaan Chatman
in 1997 to help local youth build
basketball ski I Is for the col lege level
and develop good character and
academic achievement.
The local team will play the Hous­
ton Superstars and Oakland Sol­
diers at the Rose City Showcase
basketball tournament, tipping off
at 5 p.m. Friday and continuing
through Sunday, June 15.
Other games will feature the Port­
land Elite Legends. Atlanta Celtics,
ing Jefferson High School’s Tho­
mas Gardner, who wi 11 play for Mis­
souri; Jefferson’s Jerae Nelson, who
w ill p lay fo r W eb er S tate;
Jefferson’s Jonathan Jackson, who
will play for Eastern Washington;
J.R. Moore from W orcester Acad­
emy who will play for Rhode Island;
Carl Appleton from Jefferson, wno
w ill p lay fo r W eb er S ta te ;
Jefferson’s Isaiah Allen, who will
play forCoffeevilleC'ollege; Marcus
B roussard from B enson H igh
School, playing for Cascade C ol­
lege; Aaron Col lins from Lake O s­
wego, who wi 11 play for San Diego;
Tyler Monk from Benson who will
play for B akersfield C ollege;
Michael Richmond from Jefferson,
joining Western Oregon State; and
The Inner City Players use basketball as a motivational vehicle to Quincy Sanders from Benson who
will play for Prairie View.
prepare them for the ultimate game: life.
The banquet keynote speaker
ICA Panthers and Seattle Rotary
The team ’s Achievement Ban­ is Q uin Snyder, m en’s basketball
Styles.
quet fundraiser takes place at 6 p.m. head coach from U niversity o f
Tickets to the tournament are $5 Thursday at the Center for Self M issouri.
Tickets to the fundraiser ban­
daily and a portion o f the proceeds Enhancement, 3920 N. Kerby Ave.
will benefit the Inner City Basket­
The event highlights players in quet are $75 and can be purchased
the 2003 graduating class, includ- by calling503-282-4073.
ball program.
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Robinson Says Best of NBA Finals to Come
(AP) — David Robinson says the
b estisy etto co m ein th eN B A Finals.
“I just d o n 't think two teams who
are this good can keep playing like
this,” the San Antonio Spurs’ center
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out at the New Jersey N ets' training
complex.
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best-of-seven series, with G am e 4
set for W ednesday night at New
Jersey.
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year-old French point guard - m an­
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Chicago Cubs ’ Sammy Sosa
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Yankees Friday. Major League
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game suspension for using an
illegal bat in a game against
the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but
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a mistake. ’ Chicago Cubs
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