EUGENE, Ore. -- When handing out tickets to Wednesday's basketball game against Portland's Jefferson High, North Eugene High School administrators included a half-sheet of directions and guidelines for sportsmanlike behavior.

It's clear that 2007 has not been forgotten.

It was one year ago this week that the Class 5A state tournament -- won by the boys from North Eugene -- was tarnished because black students from Portland's Roosevelt High were subjected to racial slurs and taunts from fans of North Eugene and Churchill high schools.

"It took the negative actions of a few people to put a black cloud over the whole tournament," said Tom Welter, executive director of the Oregon School Activities Association.

To prevent a repeat, officials have focused on diversity training and improved crowd management.

Among many steps to promote understanding between students of different races and cultures, a combined 35 students from Roosevelt, Churchill and North Eugene met in Salem last May for a daylong retreat.

"The retreat was very, very powerful," Churchill Principal Dennis Biggerstaff said. "It was a little awkward at first because nobody knew each other. But after a while, the kids said, 'Let's just get real."'

As for crowd management, fans from North Eugene and Jefferson will be escorted in and out of McArthur Court on opposite sides, and the North Eugene crowd won't be anywhere near the buses transporting Jefferson players and fans after the game. Such proximity proved combustible last year, with many of the exchanges occurring while buses were loading.

Also gone is the Eugene custom of turning backs when the visiting team is introduced. Yelling at individual players or displaying negative signs is also no longer tolerated.

"We've learned a lot of lessons," said Laurie Henry, North Eugene's campus administrator. "Racial things happen, inappropriate things happen, but our students know there is absolute zero tolerance for everything like that."