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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:57)NASCAR: Kahne Breaks Track Record, Takes Las Vegas Pole Salem-News.com SPORTSIt was no surprise the track record would fall. (LAS VEGAS) -  Qualifying for Las Vegas Motor Speedway's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 is reminiscent of a famous quote by baseball great Yogi Berra: "It was deja-vu all over again."
After the banking in the superspeedway's turns was increased from 12 degrees to 20, the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series cars were running at least 10 mph faster than Kahne's record during NASCAR Preseason Thunder Las Vegas testing in January.
David Stremme qualified second at 29.317 sec. (184.193 mph).
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:48)McKay to Bring Hardware Home to Salem Mark Gilman FullAccessSports.comScots beat Westview, advance to 4th place game. (EUGENE) -  On paper, it didn't look promising for McKay in their Friday consolation game with Westview of Beaverton.
While the Scots feature nobody taller than 6'5 on their roster, the Wildcats start 6-11 Andy Poling and 6-9 Trevor Seifken down in the blocks.
Fortunately, the Scots had an answer to the Westview goliaths -- scrappy team rebounding and the slingshot shooting of Greg Plater.
Plater had 23 points, including 11 in the third quarter, as McKay beat Westview 60-51 at Mac Court in Eugene Friday.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:41)No. 16 Oregon Cruises Into Pac-10 Championship Game Salem-News.com SPORTSThe Ducks will meet USC in the championship game. (LOS ANGELES) -  Tajuan Porter led a balanced offensive attack with 24 points and No. 16 Oregon built a 21-point halftime lead on its way to an 81-63 victory over California in the Pac-10 tournament semifinals Friday night.
The fourth-seeded Ducks (25-7) advanced to Saturday's championship game for the first time since winning the 2003 title.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:36)Rice Hurls Oregon Past Miami (Ohio), 5-0 Salem-News.com SPORTSFreshman shortstop Jennifer Salling hit her fourth home run of the season. (LAS VEGAS) -  Sophomore right-hander Melissa Rice twirled a three-hit shutout, lifting the No. 15 University of Oregon softball team to a 5-0 win over Miami (Ohio) in Friday’s late game at the 2007 Eller Media Stadium Classic hosted by UNLV.
Rice (11-2) was on top of her game, striking out seven and walking one to help Oregon improve to 23-3 overall and 3-1 at the tournament.
The Ducks used an 11-hit attack, led by freshman Blair Williamson’s 3-for-3 outing.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:32)OSU`s Haruguchi Earns All-American Honors Salem-News.com SPORTSHaruguchi’s time of 53.28 in the finals is the second fastest in school history. (MINNEAPOLIS) -  OSU sophomore Saori Haruguchi set the school record in the 100-yard butterfly (53.17) during Friday morning’s preliminary round for the Oregon State swim team.
Haruguchi was 11th after the prelims and finished 11th overall (53.28), earning All-American honors for the second year in a row.
Haruguchi finished sixth in the 200 fly last season to earn the award.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:26)Grand Slam Boosts No. 8 Oregon State Past Evansville Salem-News.com SPORTS“It was a really ugly swing, and thank God the wind kept it fair,” Canham said. (CORVALLIS) -  Mitch Canham’s grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted eighth-ranked Oregon State to a 6-2 win over Evansville in non-conference baseball Friday afternoon at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
Joe Paterson pitched seven innings and allowed one earned run for OSU (16-3 overall), which won its fifth straight game before a crowd of 1,787.
On Friday, Canham’s homer -- just OSU’s second hit of the game -- clanged off the rightfield foul pole to put Oregon State in front 4-2.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:22)Home Run Lifts Beavers Over Liberty, 3-1 Salem-News.com SPORTSThe Beavers will play in Saturday’s tournament championship game against host University of Hawaii. (HONOLULU) -  Oregon State catcher Tarah Black came up big again as the freshman roped a seventh inning 3-run home run over the left-center field fence to help the No. 14 ranked Beavers rally back for a 3-1 victory over Liberty in Friday’s action at the Hawaiian Airlines Spring Fling Tournament.
Black, from Portland, OR, has three career hits – all three have been home runs, including a grand slam earlier in the week against Boston College.
The Beavers (15-8) headed into the seventh inning trailing by a 1-0 margin after Liberty’s Jessica Moore belted a sixth inning solo home run off of the right field scoreboard.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 23:15)Bearcats Down Menlo, 6-4 Salem-News.com SPORTSSundlee throws final seven innings, improves to 3-1. (SALEM) -  Junior pitcher Tye Sundlee allowed just one run in seven innings of relief, as Willamette University held off Menlo College for a 6-4 victory on Friday at John Lewis Field.
Willamette improved to 4-9 with the non-conference win.
Menlo dropped to 5-8.
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Salem-News.com Sports (March 09, 2007 08:18)Scots Fall to Sheldon, 60-51 Mark Gilman FullAccessSports.comMcKay faces Westview in consolation game Friday. (EUGENE) -  Things looked good very early for the McKay Royal Scots in their opening game of the 6A Boys basketball tournament at Mac Court in Eugene.
Star point guard Greg Plater scored, was fouled, and completed a three point play to give the Scots the early 3-0 lead over Sheldon of Eugene.
It was the last time that the Scots were on top in the contest, as the taller Irish took advantage of their size with strong inside play, and forced 18 McKay turnovers to win the quarterfinal matchup 60-51.
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