March 12. 2008
Page A6
Five
Years
ofWar
con tin u ed
Lady Demos Win
First Championship
Jefferson 67,
Hermiston 58
(A P) - Top-ranked Jefferson over­
cam e a 13-point deficit in the second
half and defeated No. 4 Hermiston 67-58
in the fin also f the OS AA Class 5 A state
cham pionships Saturday.
Nyesha Sims scored 16 points and
had nine rebounds to lead the Lady
Democrats ( 27-0) to their first state cham­
pionship in school history.
" I'm so proud o f these girls, " Jefferson
coach M ichael Bontem ps said. "We
show ed a lot o f poise and represented
the city o f Portland well."
It was the first state cham pionship
appearance for both teams.
The Lady Dem ocrats, the top seed
fro m the P o rtla n d In te rsc h o la stic
League, had to overcom e another strong
perform ance by H erm iston's Shoni
Schimmel. The 5-foot-9 sophomore fin­
ished with 16 points, 12 rebounds and
nine assists, but also com m itted 12 turn­
overs.
"We just w ent m an-to-m an and I put
my best defender on her," Bontemps
said. After a strong first half, Schimm el
was held to two points on 1 o f 11 shoot­
ing in the second half.
Denaya Brazzle added 15 points and
eight rebounds for the Lady D em o­
crats.
The Bulldogs jum ped out 17-13 lead
after the first period. Schim m el was a
crow d-pleaser in the first quarter scor­
ing nine points, including a three-
pointer from seven feet beyond the arc.
Hermiston (24-5) slowly began to
pull away in the second quarter, shoot­
ing 8 -fo r-16 from the field in the period.
The Bulldogs, who were the top seed
fro m F ront
a reso lu tio n ag a in st the war.
T he m unicipal governm ent has com ­
m itted resources for engaging citizens of
various neighborhoods and backgrounds
with national policy. Efforts have focused
particularly on groups that have been
historically underrepresented in advocacy
work.
“ It’s really exciting to have that conver­
gence o f voices," says Pam Phan, who
was an organizer with local m inority activ­
ist group United V oices for seven years.
"B ecause the press is really tow ards m ili­
tary recruitm ent in this particular (presi­
dential) adm inistration, youth are starting
to see that their options are lim ited."
T he byproducts o f w ar for m any at the
planning m eeting highlighted the w eak­
ening o f support especially affecting m i­
nority and other disadvantaged popula­
tions.
“ Youth o f color d o n 't get a voice in so
m any issues,” says Vy N guyen o f the
American Friends ServiceCommittee. "The
w ar affects m ore fam ilies o f color who
d o n ’t get the access to enough represen­
tation.”
Saturday’s March 15 protest will feature
workshops, activities and exhibits in the
South Park Blocks near Portland State Uni­
versity, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Starting at 2
p.m., a series o f about 10 speakers will rally
the crowd for a march through the city.
photo bv R aymond R endleman ZT he P ortland O bserver
Madison High School freshman Terell Wilson (left) helps build a papier-mache
flower in Portland Community College 's Cascade Campus cafeteria to prepare
for Saturday's Iraq War protest.
Mathis to Visit Portland
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N A A C P A lask a-O re g o n -W ash in g to n
State A rea Conference said “The NAACP
has m ade reducing the incarceration rate
o f this segm ent o f our population its prime
initiative.”
Portland N A A C P Branch President
C harlene M cGee is responding to the is­
sues by hosting the convention. A ttend­
ees can participate in training and forums
addressing educational advocacy, racism
and disparate treatm ent, fairness in police
stops, court sentences and incarceration.
from the Intermountain Conference, built
their lead to 35-23 on a Schim m el coast-
to-coast layup with 18 seconds to go in
the half.
T h e L ady D e m o c ra ts s tru g g le d
shooting in the first half, going 10-for-
35, while the Bulldogs made 15 o f 30.
"W e ju st w eren't there m entally,"
Bontem ps says.
T he Bulldogs extended their lead to
39-26 early in the third but the Lady
Dem ocrats finally gained some m om en­
tum. Jefferson chipped away, and took a
48-47 lead going into the final quarter
when a Janita Badon 15-footer bounced
in at the buzzer.
Sim s scored nine points in the third
quarter for the Lady D em ocrats, who
held Schim m el w as held scoreless in the
period.
The lead changed three tim es in the
first m inute o f the fourth quarter. After
the Bulldogs took a 58-55 advantage, the
Lady Democrats went on a 8-0 run, capped
by a pair o f free throws by Dequise
Hamm ick with 1:27 left in the game. The
Bulldogs were forced to foul and the
Lady D em ocrats sealed the gam e at the
free-throw line.
S chim m el w as the fan fav o rite o f
the to u rn am en t — w ith her betw een -
th e -leg s d rib b lin g , b eh in d -th e-b ack
p asses and sev eral deep th ree -p o in t­
ers. T he 5 -fo o t-9 sophom ore ended
the to u rn am en t av erag in g 20.3 points,
7.7 rebo u n d s and seven assists and
w as a u n an im o u s selectio n to the all-
to u rn am en t team .
"She's a great talent," Bontem ps said.
S am m an th a M cC lo u d sco red 17
points for the Bulldogs.
Jefferson beat H erm iston three times
last season, including 79-72 in the state
quarterfinals.
Grant, Jefferson Boys Advance
G rant beat W estview on Saturday
73-57 to advance in the boys 6A bas­
ketball tournam ent. The G enerals will
face Tualatin in Eugene on Thursday.
In the boys 5A tourney, Jefferson
will take on North Eugene on W ednes­
day, also in Eugene, following its 69-51
T h e key n o te sp eak er at the co n v e n ­
tion banquet S aturday night is O regon
S tate Sen. M arg aret C arter. T he c o n ­
vention w o rk sh o p s are open to the p u b ­
lic; how ever, if you w ish to attend either
the luncheon o r b anquet, co n tact T odd
A llen at 5 4 1 -7 5 7 -2 3 9 0 for reserv atio n s.
win over W ilsonville last Friday.
Three other Portland teams were elimi­
nated in the 5A playoffs; O n Friday,
Roosevelt lost to Century 60-43, and
M adison lost to Thurston 53-50, and on
Saturday, Central Catholic elim inated
Benson 58-55.
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