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Jones Challenges Youth
New spokesman
for alternative
high school
NBA star and University of O r
egon graduate Freddy Jones has
agreed to be the spokesperson for
the Oregon National Guard Youth
ChalleNGe Program (OYCP), the
only statewide alternative school
for high sch o o l d ro p o u ts.
“The Oregon National Guard Youth
ChalleNGe Program provides edu
cation and life-skills training for
high school dropouts who want to
become productive and responsible
adults,” said Jones, a guard with
the Indiana Pacers and a graduate
of Gresham High School. “I am
pleased to represent the program
because it provides the structure
and educational opportunity for at-
risk
you th
to
su c c e e d .”
Jones, the Pacer’s 2002 first-round
draft choice and the 2004 NBA
Sprite Rising Star Slam Dunk Cham
pion, was chosen to be a spokes
person for the program after stu
dents in a recent OYCP class iden
tified him as an Oregonian teens
admired and respected.
“Freddy Jones is an excellent
role model who values hard work
and education which are at the core
of our program,” said COL Mike
Caldwell, deputy director for state
affairs at the Oregon National Guard.
“We are delighted to be associated
with Freddy and very pleased and
appreciative that he has agreed to
represent our Oregon National
Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program."
Cadets work through a two-phase
17-month curriculum, beginning
with an intensive fi ve-and-one-half
month residential program during
Former University of W ash
ington basketball player and
Tacoma native Curtis Allen is a
driving force at Portland State
University this fall.
A llen was hired by PSU
Coach Ken Bone, an assistant
coach for the Huskies in the last
two years Allen played for the
Seattle school from 2000to 2004.
“Curtis is a quality person
with great character and som e
one I am excited to have on our
staff,” said Bone. “Since w e’ve
been around each other for a
few years he understands and
has the ability to communicate
and teach the philosophies and Curtis Allen
Son of UCLA
Great at UP
Rasheed Hazzard, the new full
tim e assistan t coach for the U ni
v ersity o f P o rtlan d m e n ’s b as
ketball team , is the son o f form er
U C LA great W alt H azzard.
R ash eed p layed fo u r years at
T he G eorge W ash in g to n U ni
v ersity from 1995-98 and was
m ost recen tly the head coach at
V enice High School in Los A n
g eles.
He also served as a head coach
and d ire c to ro f the W alt H azzard
A ll-S tars from 2001-05. W ith
co n trib u tio n s from fo rm er c o l
lege and NBA p lay ers such as
U niversity of Portland alum D ar
w in C ook, his fu n ctio n was to
prep are stu d e n t-a th le te s for the
a th le tic and acad em ic dem ands
o f a m ajor D ivision I program .
H azzard received his Bachelor
o f A rts d eg ree in h isto ry from
T he G eo rg e W ash in g to n U ni
v e rsity in June o f 1998, a fte r
helping the C o lo n ials to a pair o f
N CA A T ournam ent appearances
d u rin g his fo u r-y e a r career.
F o llo w in g his g ra d u a tio n , he
foun d ed a pro g ram to a ssist at-
risk you th in te re ste d in p u rsu
ing an o p p o rtu n ity to p lay high
school sp o rts, and ach iev e the
s k ills , p h y sic a l c o n d itio n in g
and acad em ic p re p a ra tio n to be
su c c e ssfu l.
strategies I believe in. Because
o f his personality, work ethic
and passion for the game, I
believe he will be very suc
cessful in the coaching pro
fession.”
A llen co m p e te d in 117
games for the Huskies, start
ing in 51. He was the most
accurate free throw shooter in
University of W ashington his
tory, making 202 o f 233 for an
.867 mark. Allen also made 151
career three-point field goals
to rank second i n that category.
He was eighth all-time in as
sists (286) and tenth in steals
(99).
Vikings on a Roll With 45-0 Shutout
Junior quarterback Sawyer
Smith threw five TD passes as
Portland State rolled to a 45-0
win over Northern Arizona in a
Big Sky Conference game Satur
day evening, in front of 7,243 at
PGEPark.
With the win, the Vikings took
over sole possession o f first
place in the Big Sky, improving
to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the con
ference.
Senior running back
and W a lte r P a y to n
Award candidate Joe
Rubin added 131 yards
rushing as Portland State
o u t-g a in e d N o rthern
Arizona 410-273 on the
evening. Rubin is the na
tional leader in rushing
at the 1-AA level. He
has 1,273 yards for the
Joe Rubin
season.
Freddy Jones has been named spokesperson for the Oregon
National Guard youth challenge program.
which they develop life-coping
skills, perform community service
work and attend academic classes
leading to a high school diploma,
GED, or recovery o f as many as 11
h ig h
sc h o o l
c re d its.
In the 2004-05 season, Jones aver
aged 10.6 points per game, includ
ing a career high 31-point perfor
mance against the Orlando Magic.
During his senior season at O r
egon, he averaged 18.6 points and
5.4 rebounds per game as the Ducks
went 26-9 and won their first out
right PAC-10 conference title in 63
years.
Details about the Oregon Na
tional Guard Youth ChalleNGe P ro
gram are avai lable at www.oycp.com
or541-317-9623.
Trail Blazers Open Season on Road
The Portland Trail Blazers will
open the 2005-06 NBA Regular
Season with a two game road trip
beginning Wednesday, Nov. 2 at
Minnesota. Following a game Nov.
4 at Denver.
The Trail Blazers will open their
home portion of the schedule by
hosting the Atlanta Hawks Satur
day, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Rose
Garden.
I n the second year o f the N B A ’ s
six-division format, the Trail Blaz
ers will play four W estern Confer
ence teams only three times. They
will face the Memphis Grizzlies and
the Sacramento Kings once each
at home, and twice each on the
road and the Houston Rockets and
LA Clippers twice each at home
Basketball Assistant Helps PSU
and once on the road. Every other
Western Conference foe will visit
the Rose Garden twice while host-
ing the Trail Blazers twice. As in
past seasons, the team will face all
15 Eastern Conference teams twice,
once at home and once on the
road.
Sophomore free
safety Jordan Senn
re g is te re d seven
tackles to lead the
Viking defense.
Portland State will
return to action this
weekend when the
V ikings travel to
Missoula, Mont, to
face the No. 9 Mon
tana Grizzlies.
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