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PIL Player of the Year
Benson senior
Amanda
Boggan goes far
Ready fo r Tip-off
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A dd an o th er ho n o r to B enson
senior A m anda B o g g an ’s list o f
achievements: PIL play ero f the year.
B oggan, a 5-foot-9 outside hitter
earned that title in volleyball when
she led her team to an 18-()winforthe
Portland Interscholastic L eague’s
title for the fourth tim e in five years.
V olleyball is n 't even B o g g an ’s
m ain sport. She adm its softball is
her favorite and has been singled
out in that sport fo r h er range and
skill. She has been a first team all-
PIL pick in softball fo r the last tw o
se a so n s.
B esides being a standout leaper,
B oggan also runs at a state level,
though she has not jo in e d B enson’s
track team in exchange for success
ful seasons in softball, volleyball
and even basketball.
B oggan w as a second team all-
PIL pick last w inter for B en so n ’s
b asketball team .
B ut the quality o f B o g g an ’s vol
leyball gam e had set up B enson for
a PIL ch am p io n sh ip title. B enson
and Lincoln were the only PIL team s
Community
Assist Winner
Stoudamire
honored for
helping kids
T rail B lazer guard and P ort
land native D am on Stoudam ire is
being honored for his civic in
volvem ent in helping kids as the
N B A 's C om m unity A ssist Award
w inner for O ctober.
S toudam ire w as recently on
hand for the grand opening o f the
A lbina H ead Start M cC orm ack
M atthew s center serving north
a n d n o rth e a s t P o rtla n d , c o
nam ed after S to u d am ire’s g ran d
m other, W anda M atthew s.
With his $250,000donation that
w as m atched by the Trail Blazers,
A lb in a H ead S ta rt p u t M rs.
M atthew s nam e on the building
in D am o n 's honor.
S toudam ire has been a long
tim e supporter o f the local H ead
Start, adopting a classroom each
(A P) K ansas stood atop The
C hristm as to provide gifts and
A ssociated P ress’ T op 25 on M on
clothes for the preschoolers and
day, the 13th straig h t season the
their fam ilies, visiting classroom s
Jayhaw ks have been ranked 1 1th or
and donating gam e tickets.
hig h er in the first poll, but the
A dditionally, Stoudam ire has
sch o o l’s first preseason N o. 1 ran k
partnered w ith S choolhouse S up
ing since a player nam ed W ilt C ham
plies fo r five years to help them ( berlain suited up for the Jayhaw ks
w ith th eir m ission o f collecting
in the 1950s.
and distributing supplies for both
K ansas received 25 first-place
teachers and students in low -in
votes and 1,697 p oints from the
com e schools.
national m edia panel, edging W ake
“I have been blessed w ith the i Forest, w hich had 22 first-place
o p p o rtu n ity to sp en d a g reat
votes and 1,680 points.
portion o f m y career in the tow n {
F o u r starters are back for K an
I grew up in. T here are a lot o f j sas, w hich lost to G eo rg ia T ech in
people in the Portland co m m u
the N C A A to u rn am en t’s regional
nity w ho have helped m e along
finals last season. T he Jayhaw ks
the w ay,” said Stoudam ire.
w ere ranked No. 1 fo ro n e w eek last
A s the recipient o f the N BA j season and they have been ranked
C o m m u n ity A s s is t A w a rd , [ No. 2 in five o f the last 12 preseason
Stoudam ire will receivethe David
polls.
R obinson Plaque, w ith the in- j
T hey hope they can do even
scription "F ollow ing the standard
better than the last tim e they w ere
s e t by N B A L e g e n d D a v id j No. 1 in the preseason: In 1956-57,
R obinson w ho im proved the com - J C ham berlain led them to the n a
m unity piece by piece."
tional cham pionship gam e, a triple-
ABA TEAM
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continued J k from Front
Benson senior Amanda Boggan is PIL Player o f the Year for
volleyball.
com p etin g in last w eek en d ’s 16-
team state tournam ent at the U ni
versity o f P o rtlan d 's C hiles C enter.
B enson’s hopes for a state ch am
pionship title w ere lost w hen it suf
fered d efeats by R o seb u rg and
R eynolds.
B ut B oggan’s individual titles
should take her far. She is co n sid
ering a college career in softball at
G ram bling State U niversity in Loui
siana.
A w ell rounded student, she
holds a 3.67 grade point average.
sity o f C incinnati, John O utlaw ,
related to T rail B lazer T ravis O ut-
law, Brandon Payton o f O regon
State U niversity, M ike M cShane
from South Salem H igh and Ha
Seung-Jin, the first p layerdrafted
from South Korea.
Liss says the high am ount o f
local talent com posing the team is
by design.
It w as absolutely a goal o f
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Kansas guard Aaron Miles, a former Jefferson High School
player, joins Kansas coach Bill Self and referee Steve Weimer
during Sunday's exhibition game against Emporia State in
Lawrence, Kan.
overtim e loss to N orth C arolina.
A s fo r W ak e F o re st, it has all
fiv e sta rte rs back fro m th e team
that lo st to S ain t J o s e p h ’s in the
ro u n d o f 16.
G eo rg ia T ech and N orth C aro
lina w ere third and fourth in the
balloting. Illinois w as fifth. S y ra
cuse w as sixth, follow ed by O k la
h o m a S tate, d efen d in g national
CATERING ALL EVENTS
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and A rizona.
A fter D uke cam e M ississippi
State, M ichigan State, L ouisville,
M aryland, T exas, Pittsburgh, A la
bam a, N orth C arolina State and
Notre Dame.
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w e re W is c o n s in , W a sh in g to n ,
Florida, M em phis and G onzaga.
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