Red-hot Sports in Redmond

Covering last night’s 4A Kingco boys’ basketball game, Redmond vs. Bothell at Bothell High, was painful. Not phyiscally, but emotionally, as I lived and died with this team last year as I followed them all the way to the state tournament. But when you graduate all five of your starters along with most of your bench, as coach Jeff Larson had to do last year, the lows can get pretty low.

It was a competitive game that the Mustangs definitely had a chance to win in the fourth quarter, as the Cougars made a plethora of mistakes, from bad passing to missing shots (they were scoreless for the first five+ minutes of the quarter) but the Mustangs were unable to close the deal and were handed their fourth straight loss and seventh of their last eight games.

You could just see the pain on Larson’s face after the game, I know how much the game of basketball and coaching at Redmond means to him and he’s doing the very best he can and not getting the return in the win/loss column.  But it’s a tremendous learning experience for his young team about what it takes, and the work ethic need to succeed in one of the toughest leagues in the state.

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And I’m sure some of you have seen a lot of Matt Campbell’s work – he’s our freelance photographer and owns and operates his own Web site, www.sportspixs.com where you can purchase prints of his fine work.

Matt’s been very graciously donating his time and effort to attend games and capture some of the most memorable moments of any athlete’s prep career to print in our newspaper so please if you see a shot or two that you like, take a moment and buy them from him as a way of saying “thank you” for his support of our local schools’ athletics.

Here’s a shot he took of last night’s game – sophomore guard Jason Harrington posting up for a jumper.

Photo Courtesy of Matt Campbell

Click the following links to browse galleries of our local teams’ most recent hoops games:

Redmond High School boys (vs. Bothell)

Redmond High School girls (vs. Skyline)

Overlake School boys (vs. Auburn Adventist)

Overlake School girls (vs. Auburn Adventist)

Bear Creek boys (vs. Eastside Catholic)