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The rest of the world might have been watching a certain basketball game on Saturday, but black-wardrobed, hoodie-wearing competitors by the dozen filled up Blairally Vintage Arcade in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood to vie for cash prizes in a classic game that’s all but disappeared. We’re talking pinball.

The story of Wiley Griffon, one of the first black people known to live in Eugene, gave a University of Oregon scholar the opportunity to detail local racial attitudes in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day-related presentation on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES — Oregon scored eight consecutive points inside of three minutes left in the game as the 21st-ranked Ducks defeated No. 24 UCLA, 76-67, on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion.

A 27-year-old Halsey man who tried to rob two other men after hiding in their car on Villard Street early Saturday morning, ended up paying for attempted crime the hard way, according to Eugene police.

A 46-year-old woman was taken into custody about 2:30 a.m. today after a standoff on Keller Street in the River Road area, Eugene police said.

FLORENCE — The webs of trails that border vast expanses of open sand in sections of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area slice through woods, shrubbery and beachgrass. Some of the trails are wide and well-established.

A 29-year-old man was stabbed about six times just before midnight Friday at the intersection of Broadway and Olive Street in downtown Eugene, police said. The victim was transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

A fourth-floor apartment fire just east of Autzen Stadium Friday night caused a scare for many residents, some of whom were trapped on their balconies for a bit, but resulted in no serious injuries.

A house fire off Crow Road west of Eugene Friday morning caused about $100,000 damage, Eugene Fire Department Battalion Chief Matt Ennis said. About a dozen fire engines and trucks responded to the 9:23 a.m. blaze at 87456 Dukhober Road, he said.

After Sheldon made just three shots from the field in the first half, Ashley Land matched that total on three-pointers in the second half.