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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.
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(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.