Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, August 11, 2004, Page 8, Image 8

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The quest for a Little League
World Series bid by the Peninsula
boy’s junior all-star team ended
with fierce com petition against
teams from Nevada, Hawaii, South­
ern California and Arizona.
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from north and northeast Portland,
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“The playoffs proved to be a
challenge we w eren’t quiet pre­
pared for,” said head coach Bryan
Butcher. “It was great that our guys
got the opportunity to come face to
face with some of the best teams on
the W est Coast. The competition
was great and even though we
d id n 't win, we still came out on top
as first class winners.”
A highlight o f the tournament
included a rally game against team
Hawaii with a tie score o f 1 to 1 until
the last inning when the opposing
team scored a shocking 10 runs.
“W e’re thankful for the experi­
ence we had to play and for all the
support w e go t fr o m pa re n ts and
families. The team has definitely
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(A P)— The Los Angeles Lakers
resumed their makeover by trading
Gary Payton and Rick Fox to the
Boston Celtics for Chucky Atkins,
Marcus Banks and Chris Mihm.
The Celtics also received a con­
ditional first-round draft pick and
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round pick to the Lakers.
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N BA ’s fiercest rivals, but Boston
has fallen on hard times since win­
ning its I6thcham pionshipin 1986.
Since then, the Lakers have won
five titles and lost three times in the
Finals, including this year’s upset
by the Detroit Pistons.
The Lakers then traded Shaquille
O ’ Neal to Miami and replaced coach
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w ith
R udy
Tomjanovich. Derek Fisher left for
Golden State and Vlade Di vac, Los
Angeles’ center from the early '90s,
was brought back for another stint.
A nine-time All-Star who aver­
aged 18.3 points per game over his
first 13 seasons, Payton averaged
14.6 points - his lowest since the
1992-93 season - and a career-low
4.2 assists in the regular season last
year.
The former Oregon State great
was selected to the N BA ’s all-de­
fensive team eight times and was
voted the defensive player of the
year in 1996. He is fifth on the
league's all-time list with 2,243 steals
and sixth with 8,039 assists; he
needs 44 points to become the 29th
player in NBA history to score
20,000 points.
(A P )— The Greek premier and
head of the International Olympic
Com mittee say Greece is ready for
the games to begin. Now, they just
want more people to show up.
Preparations by Athens dragged
after the IOC awarded the games to
Greece in 1997. IOC officials wor­
ried when construction ran behind
schedule.
The delays are being blamed for
sluggish ticket sales, with ju st
slightly less than half of the 5.3
million tickets still unsold. Organiz­
ers hope to sell 3.4 million before
Friday’s opening ceremony.
“I call upon the Greek public to
come to the venues and to cheer for
their teams and to cheer for the
o th e r te a m s ," IO C p re sid e n t
Jacques Rogge said Monday after
a tour of the main Olympic complex
w ith c h ie f o r g a n iz e r G ia n n a
Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.