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Celebrating
March 15. 2006
Women's History & Careers
S ports
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Cheryl Miller sent
game to new heights
M any basketball follow ers say that
Cheryl M iller did for w o m en 's basketball
what Julius Erving did for m en 's basket­
ball: she took the gam e o ff the court and
put it into the air. W ith trem endous grace
and athletic ability, M iller established a
legacy throughout her high school and
college career that may never be equaled.
A s a sch o lastic stan d o u t at R iv er­
side (C alif.) Poly H igh S ch o o l, M iller
av erag ed 32.8 p o in ts and 15.0 rebo u n d s
th ro u g h 9 0 g am es, d ish ed out 368 a s­
sists and o n ce sco red an in cred ib le 105
p o in ts in a gam e.
In guiding Poly High to a four-year mark
o f 132-4, M iller becam e the first male or
Cheryl Miller led USC to NCAA titles in 1983 and 1984
female nam ed a Parade
A ll- A m e r ic a
fo u r
straight years. As a co l­
legiate forward at South­
ern California from 1982-
86, Miller helpedtobring
w o m en 's basketball to
the forefront o f A m eri­
can sports.
She led the T rojans
to a 112-20 record and
NCAA titles in 1983 and
1984. At the in tern a­
tio n a l le v e l. M ille r
guided the United States
to a gold m edal in the
1984 O lym pic G am es,
and gold m edals at the
1983 Pan A m erican and
1986Goodwi 11 G am es.
Duke’s Josh McRoberts shoots over Boston College's Jared Dudley In
Sunday's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship basketball
game in Greensboro, N.C. Duke has the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tourna­
ment beginning Thursday. (AP photo)
NCAA Tourney Begins Thursday
Duke No. 1 seed
(AP) — No. 1 seed Duke opens the
NCAA tournament Thursday in G reens­
boro, N.C., against Southern University.
The Blue Devils (30-3) break a record
as the top seed in the m en’s D ivision I
tournam ent for a l()th time. T op seeds
with Duke are Connecticut, Villanova
and M emphis, follow ed by a 65-team
lineup.
M emphis (30-3), which lost one game
in Conference USA this season, leads
the O akland Regional and plays Oral
Roberts. UCLA, the No. 2 seed and Pac-
10 cham pions, face tournam ent new ­
com er Belmont at San Diego. At Salt
Lake City, third-seeded G onzaga goes
against A tlantic-10 cham pion Xavier.
C onnecticut is the top seed in the
W ashington Regional. T he Huskies (27-
3), who were beaten by Syracuse in the
Big East quarterfinals, play A lbany,
which is making its first appearance, in
Philadelphia. At Dayton.defendingcham -
pion North C arolina is the third seed
against M urray State.
V illanova (24-4) is the top seed in the
M inneapolis Regional. The W ildcats will
open in their hom e city o f Philadelphia
against the w inner o f Tuesday night’s
o p e n in g -r o u n d
gam e
b e tw e e n
M onm outh and H am pton. T he other
gam e in that doubleheader has eighth-
seeded A rizona against No. 9 W iscon­
sin.
First round gam es begin Thursday
and continue all weekend. The Final Four
is April I and the cham pionship April 3 in
Indianapolis.
Olympic Hopefuls Faceoff
O lym pic-style am ateur boxing
featuring up and com ing northwest
am ateur boxer takes place Satur­
day, M arch 18 starting at 7 p.m. at
Chinook W inds C asino Resort in
Lincoln City.
Sanctioned by USA Boxing, the
fight card is set for 10 bouts o f three
to four rounds, with each round
lasting one or two minutes. A few of
the exciting matches include Jonte
W illis against national cham pion
M ike W ilson o f M edford: third
ra n k e d T ro y W o h o s k y fro m
M edford against Juan Ibanez o f
Hillsboro; and the light heavyweight
bout featuring Pete Rodriquez from
B end ag a in st Ja v ier T o rre s o f
M edford.
For more inform ation or to o b ­
tain tickets,call I-888-M A IN -A CT
(624-6228).
Youth Basketball Team Looks Great
The Open Meadow basketball team from north Portland wears new uniforms donated by Nike's Portland Factory
Store. The uniforms were part o f the NikeGO program, awarding $100,000 in grants to neighborhood non-profits.
Hall of Fame Coach Retires
(A P) — John C haney retired
M onday afte r 24 seaso n s as
T em p le's basketball coach, end­
ing a Hall o f Fame career.
The 74-year-old C haney, a fi­
ery sideline presence adm ired as
much for his m entoring as his
success on the court, guided
Tem ple to live NCA A regional f i ­
nals and 17 N CA A tournam ent
appearances and w as tw ice the
national coach o f the year.
T h is season. T em ple (17 -1 4 )
m ade the NIT fo rth e fifth straight
season, a d ram atic d eclin e from
w hen it w as an N CA A tourna-
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One year after finishing thecham-
pionship gam e in tears. Lake O s­
w ego used near-perfect free throw
shooting in the fourth quarter to
hold o ff top-ranked South M edford
and win its first O SA A C lass 4A
boys basketball cham pionship Sat­
urday in Eugene.
The final score was 59-57.
Junior Kevin Love scored 24
points and had nine rebounds and
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The Lakers made 11 o f 12 free throws
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