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Previews galore

December 17th, 2009 at Thu, 17th, 2009 at 5:19 pm by Tim Watanabe

Hope everyone’s been enjoying the winter sports previews so far, on tap for this issue is Girls’ basketball featuring Redmond High School’s team and their new head coach Sara Goldie, and sidebars previewing the Overlake Owls and Bear Creek Grizzlies who are currently tearing it up at 5-1.

Although I obviously love getting paid to attend basketball games, I really do enjoy this chance I have at the beginning of each season to get the community excited about the upcoming year, which represents a fresh start for some teams and the continuation of great things for others.  No one ever knows exactly how a season will turn out with so many intangibles involved (player development, injury, etc) but it should be great fun to watch our basketball teams into the new year, as well as boys’ swimming, wrestling and gymnastics at Redmond.

After today all teams will take a well-deserved hiatus for the holiday break, with some even getting the opportunity to travel (many out-of-state) to tournaments to gain some vital experience and team bonding heading into the heart of the season.  I was fortunate enough to be able to go on similar trips while bowling for the University of Washington team, and some of my greatest memories stem from these events.

On tap for next week we’ll wrap up previews by showcasing two Mustang teams, wrestling and boys swimming (of course on Christmas morning the FIRST thing you’ll do is pick up the Redmond Reporter and grab a cup of coffee, right?  RIGHT???)

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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