Well, not quite Shaq’s size 23 Nikes, but almost.  Our fearless editor, Bill Christianson, is now basking in the warm Caribbean sun in the midst of a 10-day cruise and by default I’ve become the interim editor-in-chief since I’m the only one that can lay out our newspaper in Adobe InDesign.

Kinda like a bench warmer being asked to step up and perform late in the fourth quarter with the game on the line, so to speak.

But we have a tremendous staff here, albeit small, and I was able to get the job done.  Hope everyone enjoyed today’s Redmond Reporter – and also hope that everyone that read the paper couldn’t tell that our usual editor is 3,500 miles away!

Looking forward to next week – I’ll feature the Overlake Girls basketball team as they challege the Northwest School on Tuesday night at home. The Owls have really come into their own as of late, playing a number of tight matches including their 61-60 double-overtime thriller last Tuesday against Cedar Park and are sitting in a tie for 3rd in the 1A Emerald City League at 4-2 (6-3 overall).

And congrats to both Bear Creek teams as they steamroll through league play (they’re a combined 11-1, with the boys undefeated). Keep it up Grizzlies!

Everyone try and get out to some high school hoops games and cheer on your local teams!