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March 9, 2005
Congratulations Southridge Girls
S ports
Southridge High School o f Beaverton is 4A State Girls Basketball C 'hampions. The Skyhawks went
undefeated on the season and beat Central Catholic, 56-45, in the championship game Saturday at the
Chiles Center.
Benson, Jefferson Advance to Elite Eight
B enson and Jefferson High
Schools have both advanced to the
Elite 8, the final eight teams in the
Oregon Class 4A State Boys Bas
ketball Tournament.
Jefferson beat Beaverton Satur
day, 57-45, in a home playoff game
to make it into the main tournament
beginning Thursday in Eugene.
The victory was a sweet return
to state title hopes for the second-
ranked Democrats (23-3) who lost
the chance to make the final eight a
year ago when they were defeated
by Sunset.
Jefferson faces McNary Thurs
day at 8:15 p.m. at Mac Court in
Eugene.
In the other sub tournam ent
games involving teams from the
Portland Interscholastic League,
Benson scored a 62-50 victory Sat
urday against Hermiston.
The Techman (20-6), playing on
the road, snapped Hermiston’s 18-
game winning streak in advancing
to the semi-finals.
Next up for Benson is Westview
Thursday at 1:30 p.m., also at Mac-
Court.
The only other P1L contender,
Lincoln lost its tournament hopes
S aturday w hen Lake O sw ego
scored a 92-71 win.
After Thursday's schedule, the
to u rn a m e n t m o v es in to the
quarterfinals on Friday and finals
Saturday at Mac Court.
he cheerleading squads o f both Benson and Oregon City join forces to bring fun and excitement to the 4A State Boys Basketball Tournament at venson i-iign
'.chool. The Techmen beat the Pioneers last Wednesday at home and scored a victory against Hermiston Saturday on the road to make the final tournament pairings
eginning Thursday at Mac Court in Eugene.
Basketball Fans to Apologize
‘Mo’ Cheeks Era Comes to End
Maurice Cheeks
With losses on the court mount
ing, the Portland Trail Blazers re
lieved Maurice Cheeks of his coach
ing duties last week and named
D irectorof Player Personnel Kevin
Pritchard interim head coach.
“We made this change in order
to evaluate the entire roster and to
put the franchise in the best posi
tion as we head towards the draft
and free agency .’’Trail Blazers Gen
eral Manager John Nash said. “We
appreciate all of M aurice’s efforts
during adifficult time and wish him
well in the future.”
The 37-year-old Pritchard is in
his first season with the Trail Blaz
ers. He spent a year and a half as a
scout with the San Antonio Spurs.
Prior to that, he was with the Kan
sas City Knights of the American
Basketball Association where he
served as the team ’s general man
ager, head coach and director of
playerpersonnel. In 2(X) 1-02, he led
the Knights to the AB A Champion
ship.
Cheeks was named the Trail Blaz
ers l()lh head coach on June 27,
2001, after serving seven seasons
as an assistant coach at Philadel
phia. In his three-plus seasons with
the Trail Blazers, Cheeks led the
clubtotheN B A playoffs twice. His
2002-03 team finished tied for sec
ond place in the Pacific Division
with a 50-32 record.
All the current assistant coaches
Lake Oswego Principal has apologized tor his school and has
ordered his students to apologize for chants deemed racist at Saturday 's
playoff game against Lincoln High School. When Lincoln Senior Omar
Leary went to the free throw line, a group of Lake Oswego students
seemed to put down the academic quality of Portland students by
chanting “You can’t read "and “Sixth-year senior.” Lincoln students
shouted back, “You are racist. And "That’s racist." Leary is a fourth
year senior and one of five black starters on Lincoln s team.
Kevin Pritchard
will remain on the bench with
Pritchard with a search for a head
coach beginning immediately, the
Blazers said.
Congress Honors Jackie Robinson
Congressional
medal awarded
> majors’ first
lack player
¡AP) — Jackie Robinson was
ithumously awarded a Congres-
nal Gold Medal on March 2, more
n half a century after breaking
ieball’s color barrier.
President Bush gave Congress’
>hest h o n o r to R o b in so n ’s
dow, Rachel Robinson, in a
tely ceremony in the Capitol
tunda. The Democratic and Re-
ttlican leaders of the House and
tiate and the commissioner of
jo r league baseball looked on.
“His story is one that shows
iat one person can do to hold
nerica to account to its founding
,mise of freedom and equality,”
sh said. “It’s a lesson for people
m ng up to see. One person can
ike a big difference in setting the
le of this country.”
W hen R obinson jo in e d the
ooklyn Dodgers in 1947, profes-
inal baseball was segregated. He
:d in 1972 and his No. 42 was
ired throughout baseball in 1997.
“This medal confirms what we
ow ,” Rachel R obinson said,
ackie Robinson stands as a he-
ic role model for all Americans
io believe in justice and equal-
, »♦
Speakers extolled Robinson as a
urageous athlete who suffered
ints and slurs from fans and fel-
w players, ignoring them as he
Baseball was
segregated
when Jackie
Robinson broke
the color barrier
by joining the
Brooklyn
Dodgers in
1947.
four-sport letterman at UCLA.
The legislation to give him the
medal was sponsored by Sen. John
Kerry, D-Mass., and Rep. Richard
Neal, D-Mass. It was awarded on
the same day Bush honored the
Boston Red Sox at the White House
for winning the World Series last
year.
The Red Sox, the last major
league team to integrate, gave
Robinson a tryout before he signed
with the Dodgers, but chose not to
sign him.
The Congressional Gold Medal
is the highest honor the legislative
branch can bestow on a civilian and
must be co-sponsored by two-
thirds of members in the House and
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proved both a brilliant ballplayer
and a civil rights hero. The latter
role w asn't one he sought but it
became inevitable after Dodgers
owner Branch Rickey bucked much
of popular opinion and signed him.
“He knew he was a symbol and
a barrier-breaker, and that staying
the course w ould have conse
quences for millions of people to
come," said Rep. Mel Watt. D-N.C.,
chairm an o f the C ongressional
Black Caucus.
Robinson was rookie of the year
in 1947, and was voted the league’s
Most Valuable Player in 1949 when
he batted .342 and drove in 124
runs. He played 10 seasons with
the Brooklyn Dodgers, often at
second base.
He was elected to basebal I’s Hal 1
of Fame in 1962.
Bom in Cairo, Ga.. Robinson was
raised in Pasadena, Calif, and was a
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