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S PORTS
Showcase Features Top High School Talent
In clash of the classes
B y P atrick G ruhler
T he P ortland O bserver
will feature D errick Favors from
A tlanta and Lance Stephenson out
T he fifth annual A didas Rose ofB rooklyn.
City Show case will take place this
The showcase has featured some of
w eekend at G rant High School in the best future college and NBA play
northeast Portland, show casing the ers over die last years. All-star center
top prep players in the nation.
Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic
The event will tip off at 7:30 p.m. is one of the biggest names to have
Friday, June 15, with the first ever played in this Portlandevent. The Blaz
"C lash o f the C lasses,” pitting the ers’ Martell Webster also played in the
next crop o f college and NBA stars showcase.
across the nation from the class o f
G am es on Saturday and Sunday Tyreke E va n s
L u ke B a b b itt
Jrue H oliday
200« vs. the class o f 2009.
will feature an eight-team tourna
The 2(XJ8 team will feature Jrue ment with team s from across the P ortland’s Team Jones.
land and played high school ball for
Holiday from C alifornia and B.J country, including G eorgia, Ohio,
Team Jones is nam ed after Blazer Barlow High School.
M ullens from Ohio. T he2009team C alifornia, Indiana, S eattle and Freddie Jones w ho grew up in Port
This y ear’s tournam ent has been
L a n ce S te p h e n s o n
expanded to showcase players from
ages 11 -16, with teams from Oregon
and W ashington. But the main
Derrick Flavors
show will be the Clash o f the Classes
and the A AIJ team s m ade up o f the
older players.
Little Leaguers Finish Big
Win four of
six games at
Williamsburg
Jamboree
O regon S ta te p la y ers m o b B raden W ells (9) a t h o m e p la te a fte r
W ells s c o r e d th e only run o f th e g a m e in th e to p o f th e nin th
inning a g a in st M ichigan S u n d a y. (A P P h o to )
World Series Bound
O regon State is keeping its bid to
The Beavers will face Cal State
win back-to-back national baseball Fullerton in their opening game of
cham pionships alive. The Beavers the College W orld Series on Satur
advanced to the C ollege W orld day
Series for the third straight time
The eight game double elimina
M onday after beating U niversity tion tournament starts off Friday in
o f M ichigan 8-2, to sw eep their Omaha, Neb. The other first round
s u p e r-re g io n a l se rie s w ith the gam es include Rice vs. Louisville,
W olverines.
North Carolina vs. Mississippi State
OSU won the first gam e 1-0 Sun and U.C Irvine vs. Arizona State.
day night in a pitchers battle, scor
Last year the Beavers lost their
ing their only run on their only hit opening gam e to University of
o f the gam e in the ninth inning.
M iami, 11-1. They then w ent on to
O regon State shortstop Darwin win six straight elimination games,
Barney, who went 3-for-5 with three including a rematch against Miami
R BI for the Beavers, helped awaken and beating Rice twice and then
the te am from th e ir o ffe n siv e U N C twice, to capture the college
struggles in gam e 1.
w orld series title.
S ports C ommentary
Grow Up, Athletes
B y P atrick G ruhler
T he P ortland O bserver
O ver the last few w eeks I have
w atched a lot o f T V . I have w atched
a case built against M ichael Vick,
quarterback o f the A tlanta Falcons,
for his role in a dog fighting ring.
A pparently 66 dogs were found on
V ick’s property in Surry, Va.
I have w atched the N FL sus
pend A dam "P at m an" Jones o f the
Tennessee Titans for an entire sea
son for m ultiple offenses. In fact,
Jones has been arrested five tim es
since he w as drafted in 2005 with
five other encounters with the po
lice ending with no charges.
T here are ongoing investiga
tions in Las Vegas involving a fight
and shooting at a strip club during
the NBA A ll-Star w eekend that left
one person paralyzed.
I have also w atched N FL players
Tank Johnson and Chris Henry re
ceive eight gam e suspensions. I
have w atched Kobe B ryant act like
one o f the m ost im m ature and self
ish people I have ever seen in his
attem pt to get what he wants.
W hy do pro athletes want to act
like this?
Even T im D uncan, golden boy
o f the basketball world, has trouble
acting like an adult. In alm ost any
Spurs gam e, you w ould think that
D uncan has nevercom m itted a foul
in his life from his reaction as his
eyes alm ost pop out o f his head.
Professional athletes, if you want
respect from the fans who buy the
tickets, p urchase je rse y s, video
games, shoes and support you, then
you need to grow up. I understand it
is fun to go out and drink and many
people d on’(think weed is a big deal,
but a, least be smart about it.
D o n 't drive drunk. D o n 't carry
guns around with you. D on’t get
into fights. D on’t buy underage
girls alcohol. D o n 't walk through
the airport with w eed or guns in
your bag.
A nd act mature. D o n 't run right
to the m edia when y o u ’re unhappy,
and d on’t react like a spoiled 16-
year old who ju st got grounded
every tim e a foul is called.
T he second point o f this is to the
Blazers.
I am begging you, m anagem ent,
to continue what you have started.
You have gotten rid o f the m ajority
o f the rule breakers and the im m atu
rity that dom inated our locker room
since the mid 90s. L et's finish the
job. Draft G reg O den, who is the
ultim ate good guy and team player.
T rad e Z ack R an d o lp h and cut
D arius Miles loose. D on’t let these
guys infect our locker room.
Let the ultim ate professional
Brandon Roy take over the locker
room . Let the guys w ho d o n ’t quit
and d o n ’t w hine play.
Let the fans o f Portland be proud
o f our team, and keep them out o f
the news. T hat is, until we win the
NBA cham pionship!
B y P atrick G ruhler
T he P ortland O bserver
O v er M em orial D ay w eekend,
the E n terp rise baseball team from
n orth an d n o rth east P o rtla n d 's
P e n in su la L ittle L ea g u e c o m
peted in the U rban In itiativ e Ja m
bo ree in W illiam sb u rg , Pa.
T h is y ea r w as the fourth an
nual urban in itiativ e ja m b o ree,
w h ich is sp o n so re d by L ittle
L eague B aseb all, M ajo r L eague
B aseball and players and co ach es
such as T orii H u n ter and D usty
Baker.
P en in su la L ittle L eague w as
ch o sen by D avid Jam es, D irecto r
o f the U rb an In itiativ e, because
the league is a m em b er o f the
in itiativ e. T h e league w as able to
choose betw een a m ajor team (11-
12 y ear o ld s), o r a ju n io r team (13
y ear olds).
"T he decision was an easy one,”
said M ary Dunn, president o f the
local little league. “W e only have
one m ajor team right now, so it was
not hard for me to choose.”
T he ja m b o ree featured 13 other
team s from acro ss the natio n , in
clu d in g team s from A kron. O hio,
The E n terp rise b a s e b a ll te a m from n o rth a n d n o r th e a s t P o rtla n d 's P en in su la Little L ea g u e p o s e for
a te a m p h o to in W illiam sburg, Pa., h o m e o f th e Little L ea g u e World S e r ie s .
T am p a Bay and S acram ento.
E n terp rise p la y ed six g am es,
w inning fo u ro f them . They played
gam es F riday, S atu rd ay and S u n
day, having a d o u b le h ea d er on
both days.
"B oth gam es w e lost w ere very
c lo se ,” D unn said. “ W e lost one
gam e 9-7, an d the o th er 3-2 in a
very clo se, g o o d g am e.”
T he P en in su la gro u p w as the
o nly team from O regon to c o m
pete in the ja m b o re e .
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