http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126859447967170700 2010-03-14 12:21:19 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126859447967170700 en-us It took the half of Southridge’s life Saturday night at the Rose Garden to grab the state championship from Jesuit with a 47-38 victory. Trailing 26-16, Southridge clawed and scrapped away at Jesuit’s lead. With 7:23 remaining in the fourth quarter, Callie Mikesell drained two free ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126859401203023900 2010-03-14 12:13:32 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126859401203023900 en-us Jesuit’s 66-44 state championship victory Saturday night over Westview left no doubt that the Crusaders are the best Class 6A team in the state. Westview was the only Oregon team to beat the Crusaders (26-2) this season. From beginning to end of the 6A final at the Rose Garden, though, ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126854645832743000 2010-03-13 22:00:58 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126854645832743000 en-us EUGENE – The Jefferson Democrats overcame themselves and their own horrible shooting Saturday night and scored a gutty, come-from-behind 57-48 victory over Mountain View in the Class 5A boys basketball final at McArthur Court. The Demos became the first school to win three straight state ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126854154742650800 2010-03-13 20:39:07 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126854154742650800 en-us EUGENE – Jefferson High led all the way Saturday night in capturing the Class 5A girls basketball championship with a 50-40 win over Wilsonville. Jefferson center Ariel Reynolds had a game-high 19 points and nine rebounds, and the Democrats forced 25 turnovers, making 17 steals, eight by ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126853288113752100 2010-03-13 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126853288113752100 en-us Lincoln High boys basketball coach David Adelman had called the Class 6A third-place match “a legacy game” for his team. On Saturday afternoon, the Cardinals lost that game to South Eugene 56-48 at the Rose Garden. The Cards were able to leave the court with a different kind of legacy ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126853245790031000 2010-03-13 18:07:37 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126853245790031000 en-us Franklin's girls ran out of gas Saturday morning. The Quakers fell to McNary 61-50 in the fourth-place game of the Class 6A basketball tournament at the Rose Garden. The Quakers finished sixth. “Playing as a team, being patient and executing on offense were our keys,” McNary coach ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845827368509500 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845827368509500 en-us SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Brandon Roy hit 10 of 13 shots and scored 28 points to lead the Trail Blazers over the Sacramento Kings 110-94 Friday night at Arco Arena. LaMarcus Aldridge added 18 points and Andre Miller 15 for the Blazers (40-28). Portland leads the season series 3-0. The Blazers' ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845582623705800 2010-03-12 20:50:26 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845582623705800 en-us Wilt Chamberlain vs. Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Bill Walton, Elizabeth Brenner vs. Mackenzie Kerins. On Friday afternoon at the Rose Garden, two of the state’s top post players – Brenner of Jesuit and Kerins of South Eugene –squared off against each other in the Class ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845526823809900 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845526823809900 en-us EUGENE – It took three pressure free throws by Jhazmine Smith late in regulation and then a nail-biting overtime, but the Jefferson Democrats advanced Friday night to the Class 5A girls basketball championship game. Jefferson (18-2) fought off the Crater Comets 62-57 at McArthur Court. The ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845308453419100 2010-03-12 20:04:44 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126845308453419100 en-us Jesuit’s Jeff Elorriaga did not allow Lincoln High’s boys very long to entertain thoughts of revenge Friday after falling to the Crusaders in last year’s Class 6A championship game. Elorriaga drained three 3-pointers in the first quarter and another in the second quarter. He ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126844188879004600 2010-03-12 16:58:08 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126844188879004600 en-us EUGENE – The Jefferson Democrats' march to an unprecedented third consecutive boys basketball state title continued Friday, without much resistance. Jefferson (25-2) dominated fourth-ranked Silverton in an 83-57 semifinal victory at the Class 5A tournament in McArthur Court. Terrence Jones ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126840553434008600 2010-03-12 06:52:14 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126840553434008600 en-us OAKLAND, Calif. – Brandon Roy scored 41 points and Rudy Fernandez hit two big 3-pointers at the end Thursday night, as the Trail Blazers rallied fora 110-105 road victory over the Golden State Warriors. Portland won for the fifth time in six games and moved a season-high 11 games above the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126840488458243200 2010-03-12 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126840488458243200 en-us Jesuit was too fast, strong and tall for Newberg in their Class 6A quarterfinal at the Rose Garden Thursday afternoon. The Crusaders easily handled the Tigers, winning 74-36. “We have some pretty good athletes with some length,” Crusaders coach Gene Potter said. “We were able to ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126840445372581600 2010-03-12 06:34:13 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126840445372581600 en-us Lincoln's JD Esters tied the Class 6A quarterfinal against McKay at 56-56 Thursday afternoon with a pair of free throws with 3:43 remaining. Just 27 seconds later, Esters saw Peter Williams open in the corner. Esters drove the lane as Williams broke to the middle. Esters flipped Williams a shovel ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126835999891328900 2010-03-11 18:13:18 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126835999891328900 en-us You can say this about Franklin High’s Shoni Schimmel: She is a superstar. On Thursday morning, 16 hours after Franklin’s crushing 83-70 loss to Jesuit, the Quakers were back on the court at the Rose Garden. Battle-worn and weary, Schimmel still scored 38 points and gave the Quakers ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126835902433684400 2010-03-11 17:57:04 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126835902433684400 en-us EUGENE – Two-time defending Class 5A boys basketball champion Jefferson led from start to finish Thursday in knocking No. 2 Wilsonville out of title contention at McArthur Court. Stephen Madison's game-high 28 points and 10 rebounds led the Democrats to a 49-41 victory in the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826774231340300 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826774231340300 en-us Talking a little NBA, Trail Blazers and other hoop-la as we head into the weekend ... • Of all the bad streaks the Blazers have amassed in various arenas throughout the NBA — Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Pepsi Center in Denver, TD Garden in Boston, US Airways Center in Phoenix, ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126828781462736000 2010-03-10 22:10:14 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126828781462736000 en-us Central Catholic’s girls lost a heartbreaker in the final minute of their Class 6A quarterfinal at the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon. Leading 46-45, the Rams watched South Eugene's Mackenzie Kerins hit a jump shot in the paint after retrieving her own rebound with 43 seconds remaining. ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126828696096549500 2010-03-10 21:56:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126828696096549500 en-us The Franklin High girls’ dream of a Class 6A championship ended Wednesday afternoon with an 83-70 loss to Jesuit at the Rose Garden in the state tournament quarterfinals. As the game clock hit zero, the Quakers' two biggest stars, sisters Shoni and Jude Schimmel, watched from the bench, and ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826304897077400 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826304897077400 en-us Gavin Dawson, host of the Morning Sports Page segment on KXTG (95.5 FM The Game), is leaving to accept a job in Dallas. Dawson, 34, will play host to an afternoon drive show on KRLD (105.3 FM The Fan). A graduate of Mountain View High in Vancouver, Wash., Dawson worked seven years at KFXX (1080 AM ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826302888173900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826302888173900 en-us The number 54 was lucky for Portland Christian High basketball Saturday night. The girls defeated St. Mary’s of Medford 54-31, while the boys topped Central Linn 54-38 as each won a Class 2A state championship at the Pendleton Convention Center. With the victories, Portland Christian will add ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826300714878900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826300714878900 en-us The 1992 movie staring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes popularized the expression “white men can’t jump.” The movie-makers did not happen to see Jefferson’s 6-5 Stephen Madison toss an alley-oop to himself off the glass and throw down a windmill dunk, as he has been known ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826298591931000 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826298591931000 en-us Not everything has gone smoothly for Marcus Camby since he became a member of the Trail Blazers on Feb. 16. The veteran center, acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, sprained his right ankle and missed a Feb. 24 game against Toronto. He sprained his left ankle and missed last ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826296351354700 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826296351354700 en-us Andre Miller was never much of a reader as a kid. “Read my schoolbooks,” says the Trail Blazers’ point guard, “and that was about it.” Later, Miller says, he got into magazines and newspapers and the occasional book for recreational purposes. And somewhere along the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826294363144900 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826294363144900 en-us The Class 6A boys and girls basketball tournaments are on the big stage at the Rose Garden for the first time this week. The big-school boys tourney hasn’t been played in Portland since 2003, when Redmond won and capped a 38-year run at Memorial Coliseum. The last six big-school boys tourneys ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826292202689600 2010-03-11 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126826292202689600 en-us This weekend, the Portland Winterhawks conclude their most successful regular season in years. But the coaches and players hope that was only a beginning. The playoffs await the Hawks for the first time in four years. They are likely to finish fifth in the Western Hockey League’s Western ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126820414554472000 2010-03-09 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126820414554472000 en-us For a player heralded as a bit of a savior since coming to the Trail Blazers in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers three weeks ago, Marcus Camby had been an early disappointment. Until Tuesday night. For the first time, Camby displayed the game that made Portland target him before the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126801996251517400 2010-03-08 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126801996251517400 en-us BAKER CITY – It’s 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and the Baker High gym, capacity 2,500, is packed to the gills. It’s an hour before the Class 1A girls basketball championship game, and there’s not an empty seat in the house. In fact, there is overflow seating available in the ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126813647609787100 2010-03-09 04:07:56 http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=126813647609787100 en-us Touching on a number of subjects in our local sporting universe ... • It’s not how you win, it’s only if you win that counts. Vince McMahon emphasized his favorite creed again in the feature match during a Monday Night Raw show before a sellout crowd at the Rose Garden. Pro ...