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Page 4 March 11, 2015 S PORTS Grant Girls Soar Undefeated The Grant High School Girls Basketball team is headed to the state playoffs after beating Franklin 86-37 last week to fin- The Grant High School Girls Basketball team goes undefeated to win the PIL Championship. The Generals play host to Newberg Wednesday as they enter the 6A state playoffs. ish 16-0 in the Class 6A Port- land Interscholastic League and win their first league title since sharing it with Jefferson in 1997. It’s also the first outright league title for the Generals since 1986. The team has won by an av- erage margin of 34.9 points over the season, improving from a 6- 18 win loss record from last year. Grant, 13th in the OSAA power rankings, plays host to Newberg in a first-round play- off game Wednesday, March 11. The Generals have been se- lected as team- of- the-week in the Oregonian twice this sea- son. A few of the players also have played in the Portland Observer’s Joyce Washington All-Star Classic. Wesley Matthews Season Ending Injury Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews ruptured his left Achilles tendon in Portland's game against Dallas on Thursday night and will miss the remainder of the season pending surgery and the recovery from the injury, officials said. Matthews was running with the ball when he fell to the court two minutes into the third quarter and was helped off the floor. An MRI confirmed the injury. Matthews was third on the team with an average of 15.9 points per game, along with 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Blazers this season. He started all 60 games. His teammates lamented the loss of the player fans call "Iron Man" for his toughness. The injury comes as the Blaz- ers (41-20) fight for playoff posi- tion in the Western Conference with 19 games to go in the regular season. Blazers Spring Break Clinic A spring break hoops clinic sponsored by the Portland Trail Blazers for youth ages 7-14, will be held Monday, March 23 at 1:30 p.m., and feature guard Allen Crabbe and forward Joel Freeland. To secure a spot in the two hour clinic, scheduled for the Tualatin Hills Park and Recre- ation Center in Beaverton, 15707 S.W. Walker Rd., contact Mike North of the Trail Blazers office at 503-963-3978 or via email at mike.north@trailblazers.com. Participation in the clinic also in- cludes two tickets to Portland’s April 11 game at the Moda Center when the Trail Blazers take on the division rival Utah Jazz. For more information, visit trail- blazers/hoopscamp. T Advertise with diversity in he Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 ads@portlandobserver.com
