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Heartbreak for Scott Macartney
January 28th, 2010 at Thu, 28th, 2010 at 1:45 pm by Tim WatanabeSome of you may remember the feature I did on two-time Olympic skier and Redmond native Scott Macartney a few months ago… at the time he had his sights set on making his third consecutive Winter Olympics, which begins next month in Vancouver. Unfortunately, his injury-ridden past came back to haunt him at the worst possible time, with his hip and back flaring up, along with repercussions from a freak injury in January 2009 and a star-studded list of Olympic hopefuls this year, caused him to just miss the cut for the 2010 games.
This must be a crushing blow for him with all the hard work he’s put in to rehab and get ready for this moment, but I know everyone in the community is pulling for him to make a full recovery and be a threat in 2014. Even the U.S. Men’s ski team coach, Chris Brigham, said, “He’s as fast as any guy in the world.”
Things will get back to normal here (12-hour day yesterday laying out the newspaper, FUN!) starting next week as our editor gets back from a two-week cruise in the Caribbean. On tap for next week will be the RED-HOT Bear Creek Grizzlies, who have outscored their opponents 248-92 in their last three games, all blowout wins, against a legitimate threat Seattle Lutheran (7-2, 12-4) which has won five of its last six.
And you gotta tip your cap to the Redmond boys who ended their skid of eight games with a 63-52 win over Roosevelt on Tuesday. Hopefully they can add some credibility in the upcoming weeks and close out with a few more “W”s on the board.
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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