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BLACK HISTORY MONTH and the American Experience
The Benson Girls Basketball team poses for a photograph after an exciting 56-46 win in overtime last week against Grant. The win
put the Techsters in the sub-state tournament, but their season came to an end Monday with a 56-49 loss to Mountain View.
Highs and Lows for Benson Girls
T he season cam e to an abrupt
end for the Benson H igh School
G irls B asketball team M onday in
a sub-state tournam ent loss to
M ountain V iew.
T he T e c h ste rs, th ird p la c e in
th e P o r tla n d I n te r s c h o la s t ic
L e a g u e , led 4 5 -4 0 g o in g in to
th e fo u rth q u a rte r at h o m e , b u t
th e C o u g e rs o u ts c o r e d th e m
16-4 in th e fin a l p e rio d to w in
the c o n te s t, 5 6 -4 9 .
M o u n ta in V iew a d v a n c e s to
th e s ta te to u rn a m e n t to p la y
C e n tra l C a th o lic in so u th e a s t
P o rtla n d on T h u rs d a y in a 7
p .m . c o n te st.
In o t h e r p l a y o f f g a m e s
T h u r s d a y , S u n s e t v is its P IL
C h a m p io n F ra n k lin in a g am e
b e g in n in g at 6 p .m .; L in c o ln
p la y s at P e n d le to n at 6 :3 0 p .m .
an d J e ffe rs o n v is its J e s u it at
7 :3 0 p.m .
Telfair Fined for Gun
T elfa ir ex p lain e d to local a u ­
The Portland Trail Blazers has
th
o
rities that the gun belo n g ed
fined guard Sebastian Telfair after
to
his
g irlfrien d and that he had
a loaded gun was found on the
team 's private jet at B oston’s L o­ inadvertently grabbed the w rong
bag w hen leaving for the te a m ’s
gan Airport.
The Trail Blazers say the hand­ road trip.
The team fined T elfair an undis­
gun was found in a pillowcase
belonging to T elfair as the team closed am ount for violating league
plane was being prepared for a and team policy. The NBA is re­
viewing the m atter
Hight from Boston to Toronto.
DO YOUR THING.
Battle of the Bands
The Jackson State University "Sonic Boom o f the South ” march­
ing band takes to the field at the 4'” annual Honda Battle o f the
Bands. The sold out event on Feb. 10 in Atlanta, Ga. was a
testament to the tremendous community pride in historically
black colleges and universities.
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that gave the East a chance after
it trailed by as many as 21 points
early in the period.
Jam es finished with four 3-
pointers and shot 12-for-21 from
the floor.
He trails Kobe Bryant and Allen
Iverson in the N B A ’s most excit­
ing scoring race in years, with all
three averaging m ore than 30
points. Both had already been
M V Ps o f the A ll-Star gam e, so
perhaps it was Jam es' turn.
Jam es was expected to be an
N BA su p e rsta r ev en in high
school, when he was featured on
a m agazine cover with the title
"T he Chosen O ne." He went on to
be the No. 1 pick in the 2003 NBA
draft out o f high school.
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LeBron James led ab ig second-
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from the W est and probably the
M VP award away from hometown
favorite T racy M cGrady.
Jam es finished with 29 points
in the E ast’s 122-120 victory while
show ing the all-around skills that
have made hi in perhaps the N BA ’ s
most talented young player. The
21 -year-old Cleveland star became
the youngest M VP o f the gam e,
surpassing O scar Robertson, who
was 22 when he won the aw ard as
a rookie in 1961.
“LeB ron and the rest o f the
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