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lu n e 15, 2011
Future College, NBA Stars Ready for Battle
NIKE’s Rose
City Showcase
this weekend
Before D w ight H ow ard becam e
an NBA A ll-star, before Josh Sm ith
and Gerald Green won the N BA Slam
D unk C ontest, before O.J. M ayo,
M ichael Beasley, and Kevin Love
becam e A ll-A m ericans and before
B randon R ush and M ario C halm ers
led Kansas to the 2008 N CAA C ham
pionship, they all had one thing in
com m on - they participated in the
R ose C ity Show case by N IK E.
On Friday, June 17 through S u n
day, June 19 at Lew is and C lark
C ollege, the 9th annual event will
bring the n a tio n ’s top grassroots
basketball players and future col-
Trey Lyles
lege and NBA stars to a battle for the
2011 R ose C ity Show case crow n.
O pening night will kick o ff with
four Super 17 m atch-ups including
Kaleb Tarczewski
BeeJayAnya
A A U national pow erhouses Spiece
Indy H eat (Ind.), B altim ore Elite
(M d .), Team 94 (Calif.), T eam T ake
over (D.C.), 1CP Portland, California
Suprem e, B oo W illiam s S um m er
League (V a.) and Seattle R otary
Select.
The w eekend’s top featured play-
ers in the co u n try from the high
school classes o f 2012 and 2013
include D ’Vante Sm ith-R ivera, Trey
L y les, Jam e s R o b in so n , B eeJay
A n y a , J u s tin A n d e rs o n , J a m a l
Ferguson, Sam uel C assell, A aron
Parham , R oschon Prince, T orren
Jo n es, A n th o n y Jan u a ry Jr. and
A nrio A dam s.
T he R ose C ity S how case c h am
pion will be cro w n ed at 7 p.m . S u n
day, June 19 at L ew is and C lark,
w here all S u p er 17’s feature g am es
w ill be held. All oth er divisional
gam es w ill tip o ff Saturday m orning
at Lew is and C lark, B eaverton H oop
Y M C A and W arner Pacific College.
A portion o f the proceeds for this
y e a r’s event w ill benefit local n o n
profit, Inner C ity P lay er A thletics.
For m aps and d etailed schedules
visit ro secity sh o w case.co m .
Free Fishing at Trillium Lake
Y oung fishing enthusiasts up to age 13 are invited to sharpen
their skills at a free j unior fishing clinic on Saturday, June 18
from 10 a. m. to 2 p.m . at T rilliu m L ake, about 3 m iles east o f
G overnm ent C am p.
M t. H ood N ational F o rest sponsors the annual event w ith
support from the O regon D epartm ent o f Fish and W ildlife and
local m erchants. Chi ldren should bring w arm clothing, a rod
and reel, and a cooler to bring hom e their catch o f the day. Bait
and refreshm ents w ill be provided.
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For LeBron
James, the wait
continues
(A P) - For D irk N ow itzki, the
resum e is com plete. H e's an N BA
cham pion.
For LeB ron Jam es, the agonizing
w ait continues for at least one m ore
year.
A seaso n th at b eg an w ith M i
am i c e le b ra tin g th e sig n in g s o f
Jam e s, D w y an e W ad e an d C h ris
B osh — a lo n g w ith the p ro m ise o f
c h a m p io n sh ip s — e n d e d on the
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Mavs Depth, Teamwork Clinch NBA Title
(503)228-6140
v ery sam e flo o r, w ith the D allas
M a v e ric k s h o istin g th e title tro
phy fo r the first tim e in th e ir fra n
c h ise h isto ry a fte r b e a tin g th e
H eat 105-95 on S u n d ay n ig h t. T he
M av e ric k s w on fo u r o f th e series'
Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd and Jason Terry
last five g am es, a tu rn a b o u t th at
celebrate after Game 6 o f the NBA Finals in Miami Sunday. The
c o u ld not h av e b e en sw e e te r.
Mavericks won 105-95 to win the series. (AP Photo
"I really still can't believe it," said
N ow itzki, w ho had 21 points and
and T -shirts. B osh had 19, M ario D ecision" and all the anim us that
took hom e finals M V P honors.
C halm ers 18 and W ade 17 for the g e n e ra te d no t ju s t in O h io but
H e an d Ja so n T e rry , w h o led
Heat.
around the entire league, the only
th e M av s w ith 27 p o in ts, w ere the
"W e w orked so hard and so long w ay he could silence som e critics
tw o re m a in in g p la y e rs fro m the for it," N ow itzki said. "The team has
was w ith a title.
D a llas team th a t lo st to M iam i in
had an unbelievable ride."
M avs coach R ick C arlisle jo in e d
th e 2 0 0 6 fin als.
So did the H eat. U nlike D allas, an elite group, those w ith N B A titles
"T onight," T e rry said , "w e go t
theirs w asn't a jo y rid e.
as both a p lay er and a head coach.
v in d ic a tio n ."
"It goes w ithout saying," H eat O thers on that list include the p re
Ja m e s d id not. N o t e v en c lo se ,
coach E rik S poelstra said. "Y ou're sum ably retired-for-good Phil Jack-
an d a y e a r u n lik e an y o th e r e n d ed
never really prepared fo r a m om ent son, one o f C arlisle's m entors in
th e y w ay th ey all h a v e so fa r —
like this. ... N eith er team deserved K.C. Jones, and H eat P resident Pat
w ith him still w a itin g fo r an N B A
this ch am p io n sh ip m ore than the R iley — w ho led M iam i past D allas
title.
other, but D allas earn ed it."
in 2006, and the m asterm ind o f w hat
H e scored 21 points fo r M iam i,
M ake no m istake: M iam i lost the M iam i did last su m m er by getting
shook a few hands afterw ard, and
finals, but the blam e w ill be directed Jam es, W ade and B osh on the sam e
departed before m ost o f the M avs
at Jam es. Even he knew that after the team w ith an eye on becom ing a
tugged on their ch am p io n sh ip hats
w ay he left C leveland w ith "The d y n a sty .