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Page 8 April 06, 2022 s ports Caddie Signups Kansas Rallies for Championship Comeback was three years in the making Young people from diverse backgrounds gain professional experience, learn about golf, and see firsthand some of the other opportunities available in the EAGLE Caddie Program held in association with Portland Parks & Recreation. Black, diverse students encouraged to apply Ninth graders are encour- aged to apply as an EAGLE Caddie, a program giving young people valuable work experience, a pathway to higher education and valu- able lessons in golf. The Early Adventures in Golf for a Lifetime of Enjoy- ment program is a venture between the city of Portland, the Western Golf Associa- tion Evans Scholars Founda- tion and high schools. Students who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, female/non-binary, and/or immigrants or refu- gees are encouraged to apply. Scholarship opportunities may be available to partic- ipants. The students do not need experience in golf. Par- ticipants are paid an hour- ly wage as golf caddies on Portland Parks Golf cours- es. The caddies also receive work credit hours with men- tors who help guide their success. “The EAGLE program is a wonderful way for young people from diverse back- grounds to gain profession- al experience, learn about golf, and to see firsthand the other wonderful opportuni- ties available with Portland Parks & Recreation,” says PP&R Director Adena Long. “Dozens of students have had great success during and after being EAGLEs. The program is a great way to ad- vance equity and expand the game of golf to the next gen- eration of players.” The deadline for applica- tions is May 13. For more in- formation and to apply, visit portland.gov/parks/sports/ eagle or contact PP&R Golf Program Manager Vincent Johnson at vincent.john- son@portlandoregon.gov or call 503-318-1432. Ernest J. Hill, Jr. Agent Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 311 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211 Phone: 503 286 1103 | Fax: 503 286 1146 ernie.hill.h5mb@statefarm.com 24 Hour Good Neighbor Service (AP) — The Great Kansas Comeback, as it will be known in the history books, is about more than just one stifling, scin- tillating 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU cap- tured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jay- hawks were a team that looked very much on track for the pro- gram’s fourth national title. Instead, it was KU’s come- from-behind 72-69 victory over North Carolina on Monday in New Orleans that will bring that fourth championship banner back to Allen Fieldhouse. The Jay- hawks insisted they’d share it with the 2020 team, too. Most of the key players in Monday’s title game — David McCormack (15 points), Ochai Agbaji (12), Christian Braun (12) and Jalen Wilson (15) — were on that team, too. The players who remained formed a poised, veter- an group that came into the game with a mind-boggling 973 games of college experience. Kansas players celebrate an NCAA basketball championship after beating North Carolina Monday night in the finals of the Men's Final Four in New Orleans. (AP photo) If any group was built to not lose its composure when things turned bad, this group might have been it. But, boy, things sure looked bleak for the Jayhawks as the first half wound down. Led by a dominating in- side game by Armando Bacot and an 18-2 advantage in sec- ond-chance points, the Tar Heels ran off 16 straight points to take a 16-point lead. Kansas looked stuck in cement. Kansas Coach Bill Self used the long halftime break to calm things down and breathe some fire into his players. He tweaked the defense, getting DaJuan Har- ris Jr. to apply more pressure early to UNC ballhandler R.J. Davis. Kansas clogged up passing lanes, forced the Tar Heels into rushed shots and boxed out. That led to more running and more fast-break points (8) and turned a 16-point deficit into a six- point lead with 10 minutes left. When it was over, Kansas held on and completed the biggest come- back in title game history, surpass- ing Loyola Chicago’s 15-point rally against Cincinnati in 1963. Scoring Outburst Wins Title to a 64-49 victory. South Carolina’s senior point guard followed a UConn bucket in the second half with a driving layup, slicing her way through the lane, using her slight frame to shield the ball from a defender as she approached the hoop. On the next trip down the court, the Gamecocks’ Aliyah Boston — the AP National Player of the Year — blocked a shot at the top of the key. Henderson sprinted behind the defense, hauled in Boston’s outlet pass, and made another layup — uncontested this time. Later, Henderson scored again South Carolina's Destanni Henderson smiles after making a on consecutive possessions, with a basket during a scoring outburst she had in the second half long jump shot and another layup. that led her team to a NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Henderson finished with a ca- Sunday against UConn in Minneapolis. (AP photo) reer-high 26 points, shooting 9 of (AP) — The smallest player on Basketball Championship Sunday 20 from the field. the court came up huge in the big- against UConn in Minneapolis. “She was super aggressive on gest moments for South Carolina 5-foot-7 Destanni Henderson both sides of the basketball,” Game- to help win the NCAA Women’s stepped up and led the Gamecocks cocks coach Dawn Staley said.
