Beacons win in opener.Byline: The Register-Guard OKLAHOMA CITY - Robin McMahon and Emily Gray scored nine points apiece to lead Northwest Christian College Northwest Christian College is a private, liberal arts college located in Eugene, Oregon and is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ. to a 47-44 victory St. Joseph's College (N.Y.) in the first round of the USCAA USCAA United States Corporate Athletics Association USCAA University of Southern California Alumni Association national women's basketball tournament on Wednesday. REGIONAL ROUNDUP NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). will face Presentation College of South Dakota in a second-round game today. Lynette Reyes led St. Joseph's with 18 points. Stacy Cordell added eight points for Northwest Christian, and McKenzie Gambee had seven points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Beacons, who held the Bears to 22 percent shooting in the first half on the way to a 23-12 halftime lead. Beavers make bid to host WNIT WNIT Women's National Invitation Tournament (college basketball) game CORVALLIS - Oregon State officials said earlier this week that a bid to participate and be a host team for the opening rounds of the Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year. It is operated in a similar fashion to the men's NIT. had been submitted. The Beavers, who meet the WNIT criteria for eligibility with a .500 regular-season record or better at 15-14, are expected to learn late Monday if they will join the 40-team, single-elimination event. The WNIT field will be determined following Monday's NCAA Tournament selections. Oregon State has participated in six previous WNIT events. The Beavers won the tournament twice - in 1980 and 1982 - when it was called the National Women's Invitational Tournament. Springfield to host Special Olympics Oregon The Special Olympics Oregon State Games continue this weekend in Springfield, with 800 athletes competing in basketball and powerlifting pow·er·lift·ing n. A weightlifting competition in which participants compete in the squat, dead lift, and bench press. Saturday and Sunday. The Games began last week in Bend, with 140 athletes competing in ski, snowboard and snowshoe Snowshoe a recently recognized cat breed; it is a medium- to large-sized cat with blue eyes, and coat color similar to a sealpoint or bluepoint Siamese, but with a white nose, chin, and ventral midline, and white boots on all feet. events. Almost 600 volunteers will assist the athletes, who range in age from 8 to 87, this weekend in Springfield. Special Olympics Oregon is a year-round program for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. |
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