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Benson had the final shot in both
regulation and the first overtime,
and led 66-64 in the second overtime
when the Spartans went on a 10-0
run to take control of the game.
Andrews played all 48 minutes of
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lection to the all-tournament team.
Despite a dominating perfor­ Junior Bryce White also earned a
mance from senior Andrew Andrews, spot on the al 1-toumament first team.
the Benson Techmen had to settle
Benson's playoff run was its first
for second place at the OSAA/U.S. that reached a state final since 2001.
Bank/Les Schwab Tires Class 5A The final was the fifth straight year
boys basketball state tournament a team from the Portland Interscho­
Saturday night at the M atthew lastic League has reached the 5A
Knight Arena in Eugene.
final following three straight titles
Andrews scored 41 points and by Jefferson and a runner-up finish
grabbed five rebounds, but Benson by Roosevelt in 2007.
lost 79-73 to Corvallis in double
Andrews, who is headed for the
overtime in the championship game. University of Washington, led the
tournament in scoring at 27.3 points
per game. Earlier Saturday, Wash­
ington won the Pac-10 Conference
title with an overtime win against
Arizona.
In other tournaments, Roosevelt
played to within five seconds of the
Class 4A boys state final at Gill
Coliseum in Corvallis and placed
fifth.
Lincoln finished fourth in the
Class 6A boys tournament at the
Rose Garden.
Jesuit won both the boys and
girls titles in the Class 6A tourna­
ment, becoming the largest school
to win both titles in the same year.
Jefferson won both titles in the Class
5A tournament last year.
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Mercy Corps Bolsters Relief Efforts
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T he g lo b a l h u m a n ita ria n
agency Mercy Corps is sending
its first em ergency responder into
Japan’s earthquake zone.
Veteran aid worker Randy M ar­
tin, who directs the Portland based
agency’s Global Emergency O p­
erations team, left for Japan T ues­
day.
M artin will work to bolster the
relief efforts of Mercy Corps’ part­
ner agency Peace W inds, which is
distributing vital resources in the
earth q u ak e -d ev a stated city o f
Kesennuma, in Jap an ’s Miyagi
Prefecture.
“The ch allen g es facing the
Japanese people are immense, and
our partner Peace W inds is doing
an incredible jo b getting vital sup­
plies to fam ilies trapped in a very
hart-hit and d ifficu lt-to -access
area,” noted M artin.
M artin is a veteran o f disaster
resp o n se , h av in g c o o rd in a te d
Mercy C orps’ relief efforts after
crises including the earthquake in
B am , Ira n (2 0 0 3 ), C y c lo n e
Nargis in Myanmar (2008), the hu­
m a n ita ria n c r is is in D a rfu r,
and last y e a r’s earth q u ak e in
Haiti and m assive floods in Paki­
stan.