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State
Champions !
Jefferson rallies to win 5A title
Victor Sanders had 22 points and
Churchill came back with a 7-0
five rebounds and Jefferson rallied run. Smith scored the last five points
from a five-point deficit at the start to put the Lancers ahead 41 -36 after
o f the fourth-quarter to defeat three quarters.
Churchill 59-53 for the OS AA Class
Jefferson kept it close early in the
5A boys championship at Matthew fourth then tied it at 45-all on Hall’s
Knight Arena in Eugene on Satur­ free throw with 4:32 remaining.
day night.
Hall gave the Democrats the lead
Silas Melson and Devaunte Pas­ back at 47-46 on a medium-range
chal added nine points apiece and jumper with 2:58 left. Hall added two
Hayden Hall scored all of his nine free throws with 1:57 remaining for
points in the final five minutes for a three-point advantage.
Jefferson (24-4), which won its
Churchill shot 2 0 of 48 (41.7 per­
fourth state title in the past six years. cent) overall, while Jefferson was 16
Keidren Johnson had 13 points of42 (38.1). The Lancers had a 29-26
and David Shedrick 11 points and rebounding edge, but also had more
nine rebounds for Churchill (23-5), turnovers (12-8).
o f Eugene.
Jefferson won three straight 5A
Jefferson, which trailed 41-36 titles from 2008 to 2010, the first
e n te rin g the fo u rth q u a rte r, under Marshall Haskins and the next
outscored Churchill 14-5 in the last two under current head coach Pat
three minutes to claim its seventh Strickland.
state title.
It was the third state title game
Both teams entered the game appearance for Churchill coach Kelly
undefeated against 5 A competition Bokn, who coached Redmond to a
this season. It was a rematch of the 4 A boys championship in 2003 then
1995 4A championship game won lost in the championship game with
by Churchill.
Redmond in 2004.
Jefferson, of Portland, scored the
Churchill trailed 9-5 early be­ Jefferson's Victor Sanders, Hayden Hall and Daio Papa-Vicente (right), battle for a rebound with
first six points of the second half - fore running off 10 straight points. Churchill’s David Shedrick (center) during the first half o f the 5A Championship game Saturday in
the first four by Sanders - to pull F our differen t L ancers scored Eugene. Jefferson won, 59-53. (AP photo)
even. Sanders, a senior forward, during the run, w ith D eShone the first-quarter buzzer.
Churchill answered with five in a on the all-tournam ent first team
gave the Democrats their first lead Brooks' layin finishing it for a 15-
T h e te a m s tra d e d sc o re s row, including an Andrew Smith along with C hurchill's Emanuel
since the first quarter with two free 9 Churchill lead.
throughout the second quarter be­ 3-pointer, and led 29-23 at half- M organ and M alik M organ and
throws to make it 36-34 with 2:12 left
Sanders cut the Jefferson deficit fore Jefferson scored four straight time behind Johnson's nine points. Silverton's Zach Gengler.
in the third period.
to three with a 3-pointer just before points to close w ithin 24-21.
Sanders and M elson was joined
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First Title for
Central
Catholic Girls
(AP) — Kailee Johnson had 22
points and 12 rebounds and Central
Catholic won its first girls basketball
state title with a 57-36win over South
Medford in the OS AA Class 6 A cham­
pionship game Saturday night.
Johnson, a 6-foot-4 senior who
signed at Stanford last November,
hit 9 of 18 shots and helped Central
Catholic (26-3) to a 35-21 edge in
rebounding.
Tennessee-bound guard Jordan
Reynolds also contributed a double­
double for Central Catholic with 15
points and 13 rebounds.
Defending state champion South
Medford (24-5) lost to an Oregon
6 A school for the first time since the
2010-11 season. Junior forward
Ashley Bolston led the Panthers
with 18 points.
Chess for Success Tourney
The 46th annual State Chess Oregon Convention Center.
Championship, sponsored in part
The tournament is the largest,
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March 15 and Saturday, March 16 tournament in the state. Over 1,400
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the students competed in one of 24 re-
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and February to qualify, represent­
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Chess is a challenging game that
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classroom and in life.
Many of the players who will par­
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are members of Oregon’s Chess for
Success Clubs which serve K-8 stu­
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