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What a game! aka “Why I love hoops”
January 4th, 2010 at Mon, 4th, 2010 at 1:46 pm by Tim Watanabe
6-foot-6 forward Ryan Strandin goes to the hoop for two of his 13 points during Saturday's game against Eastside Catholic. The Grizzlies, led by the 27 points of Jamie Meyer, won a nail-biter 57-53.
I normally don’t work weekends, but when I got a personal invite from Bear Creek coach Scott Moe to attend the Grizzlies’ highly anticipated matchup with 3A Eastside Catholic, I couldn’t pass it up.
It was a packed house, standing room only, and every person in the building got what they paid for in this battle. The Grizzlies fell behind early and were down by as many as 13 at one point, but the Crusaders’s shooting got cold as the beleaguered home squad started to claw their way back into contention in the second half, setting up a fourth quarter for the ages.
With both teams trading blows, the Grizzlies found the answer in clutch three-point shooting by junior guard Lucas Peterson and their go-to guy Jamie Meyer, the reigning league MVP, to just edge out the Crusaders.
Since I’ve been bogged down with previews, this was my first basketball game since I covered the most exciting game in the history of high school basketball last spring and it definitely reminded me how exciting high school hoops can be.
This was our featured game for this Friday’s issue of the Redmond Reporter so if you missed the game look for the full recap there!
Tim Watanabe Hi there! I graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a degree in Journalism and have been the sports writer for the Redmond Reporter since May of 2008. When I'm not covering the local high school sports scene I enjoy bowling, anything related to African lions, and performing as a lion mascot for community and charity events.
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