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March 16. 2005 <1,H IJortlanò (ß b seru er_____________________ Page B6 S ports Jeff, Benson Finish With OSAA Wins Illinois ’ Deron Williams directs his teammates in the second half against Wisconsin during the championship game o f the Big Ten tourna ment Sunday in Chicago. (AP photo) Schools Earn Third and Fourth Place Trophies Jefferson and Benson added wins to their final games of the season at the OSAA Class 4A boys basket ball tournament in Eugene. Jefferson bounced back from a sem ifinals loss the day before against Lake O sw ego and beat W estview, 77 to 64, Saturday, to capture the Third Place trophy. The Democrats entered the tournament trying to win their first state title since 2000. Benson won both consolation games in route to a Fourth Place finish with a 59-57 win against South Medford. Benson won their last title in!990. Illinois Starts Tourney No. 1 (A P) — Illinois was No. 1 in The A ssociated Press’ college basket ball poll for the 15th straight week M onday, and the Illini w ere back to being a unanim ous choice. Illinois, North Carolina and Duke were the top three seeds in the NCAA tournament announced Sun day, and they held the sam e spots in the final poll o f the season. W ashington was the fourth No. 1 seed, but the H uskies w ere eighth in the final poll. That is the low est a No. 1 seed has been ranked since the field expanded to 64 in 1985. The pre vious low for a No. 1 seed was Duke, w hich was ranked sixth in the final poll last season. Illin o is’ run to clo se the se a son on top o f the ra n k in g s w as the lo n g est since K ansas w as a lso No. 1 for the last 15 w eeks in 1 9 9 6 -9 7 . T h o se J a y h a w k s w ere also the last team to be a u n anim ous No. 1 in the final poll o f the season. Marshall Ties NBA Record Jesuit Basks in State Championship Tarver brothers named to all-tourney team (AP) — Top-ranked Jesuit rallied back from a 17-point deficit to beat Lake Oswego 57-53 Sat urday night in the championship game of the OSAA Class 4A boys basketball tournament at McArthur Court in Eugene. With 49 seconds left in the game, Jesuit’s Steve Jones missed on a jum p shot, the rebound was tipped by Tarver to Grodahl who laid it up and in to give the Cnisaders a 54-53 advantage - their first lead of the game. Grodahl then hustled down to the other end and blocked a lay up by Bill Slade with 29 seconds left, giving the ball back to Jesuit. Josh Tarver made three free throws in the final seconds to give the Crusaders (28-1) their im- Gambling Treatment Available More women suffer addictions A new 30-second ad designed to persuade women with gambling problems to seek free treatment will begin airing this week on tele vision stations across the state. The ad, paid for by the Oregon Lottery, was prompted by new data showing that fewer women than expected are seeking help for gambling addictions. In Oregon, women with gam bling problems outnumber men, according to Jeffrey M arotta, problem gambling services man ager in the Oregon Department of Human Service. He said of an estimated 2.3 per cent of Oregon adults who are problem gamblers, about 32,000 are women and 29,000 are men. Marotta said a key to under standing the greater share of fe male problem gamblers is ready access to video poker and slots. “Eighty-nine percent of women in tre a tm e n t re p o rte d b ein g hooked to electronic m achine g a m e s," M a ro tta said , “ and women were significantly more likely than men to report slot ma chines as their game of choice.” There are also environmental factors. Free and confidential treatment is paid for by the Oregon Lottery. Marotta said about 4,000 people a year call the toll-free problem gam bling helpline (1 877 2-STOP- NOW), where certified gambling counselors provide information and assist callers with choosing a resource to help them quit or re duce their gambling. i Josh Tarver shoots around Nick Lomax in the final game of the OSAA Class 4A boys basket ball tournament in Eugene. (AP photo) probable victory. Kevin Love recorded 24 points and 23 rebounds for the Lakers (21-7), who led 29-12 at halftime but had 17 turnovers in the second half and struggled to fend off Jesuit’s pres sure defense. Tarver and his brother, Seth, were named to the first all-tournament team, the first broth ers to make the team together since 1926. The Tarvers are from northeast Portland’s Trinity Lutheran School where three Tarver brothers played on championship teams in grade school. Portland Interscholastic League players named to the all-tourney teams, were Benson senior Jeremy Lathan, a first team selection; and Jefferson senior Mac Hopson and JeffersonjuniorLathen Wallace, second team selections. Local Label flits It continued fro m Metro Truth Hurts, Cool Nutz and Ma niac Lok. He said the messages on the re cording are varied. “It’s kind of split. This record is split between Bosko as an artist and 816 Bosko as a producer," Bosko said. ting down with a homie telling them "Some of the rappers that are on there ‘We’ll go hang out at this spot and are gi ving you more their message and meet some girls’ or whatever. Just guy I'm b inging the music. It’saboutstuff talk. Wefeel like thisrecordisgoingto like relationships, situations, telling break open a lot of doors. To show that stories. It’s between that and trying to talent is not defined by your location.” For more inform ation, visit communicate about parties, stuff that www.jusfamilyrecords.com. people want to do that’s exciting, sit- Toronto forward Donyell Marshall celebrates one o f his NBA record-tying 12 three pointers against the Philadel phia 76ers in Toronto on Sunday. In the same game he tied the record set by Kobe Bryant, his Raptors hit a league-record 21 three pointers in the 128-110 victory over the 76ers. (AP photo) Randolph Out for Rest of Season Trail Blazers Forward Zach Randolph received a second o p in io n on h is knee injury Monday from Dr. John Bergfeld of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Health System. Dr. B ergfeld confirm ed a bone contusion to the articu lar surface o f the right femur, first diagnosed last week by team physician Dr. Don Rob erts. Randolph will undergo an arthroscopic procedure next week in Portland by Dr. Roberts. He will be out for the rem ainderof the 2004-05 seaso n . The Trail Blazers return to the Rose G arden this S at urday, M arch 19 to take on the O rlando M agic. T ip-off is at 7 p.m. m ac 1 or k u tc h e r Some in-laws were made to be broken. who Franklin Senior on State Panel continued fro m M etro e lu d in g th e F ra n k lin b a n d , n e w s p a p e r , an a b s tin e n c e g ro u p , an d s e v e r a l sc h o o l clu b s and o rg a n iz a tio n s. She w orks in the school c a fe te ria , v o lu n teers at the O regon Food Bank and helps out at Red C ross e v e n ts. S he h a s s e rv e d on th e M ultnom ah Youth Com m ission for four years. “I think the m ost im portant is sue facing students at my school and in the state o f O regon is teen pregnancy,” she said. “So m any young people do not look ahead to their future and plan. They only see the im m ediate and fall in and out o f relationships. Low ex pectations and minimal adult sup port and supervision help make this a crisis.” u Get Ready For • I AT Music Millennium COUPON BELOW spring 2005 M ID © Save 25% on All Used CDs & DVDs 6PM - 10PM Both Locations Monday March 21 & March 28 l i m i / Pick up I REE The Portland O bserver 4747 \ E M l k movie passes at: - i C annons Rib Express 5410 \ E M r d I rcc Preview screening will he mi Wednesday. M arch 27 rd. 7 PM at die C entury Eastport Theater Limit one pass per person. No purchase necessary. No phone calls. While supplies last. _ _ « m i M IL L E N N IU M i . . i This film is rated PG-13 lor sex-relaled humor C O L U M B IA .• I I L I U l\ L 3 I GUESS WHO OPENS NATIONWIDE ON MARCH 2 5 1
