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Green Bay and Pittsburgh set for final showdown, Journal staff challenge gets more interesting By DEAN SIEMON My friend said it best on his Facebook account on Sunday as he removed his Chicago Bears hat after the game and replaced it with a Chicago Cubs cap with a sigh. "Let's go Cubs!" he ex- claimed. It was not the best week- end for me, mostly because Bears quarterback Jay Cut- ler seemed to have given up on the team as they lost 21- 14 to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. While it is revealed that Cutler apparently suffered a torn MCL, I still feel he had no passion in the game as he only threw for 80 yards in an 2010 Winter Varsity Standings BOYS BASKETBALL 4A Narrows League Team Lea. Ove. Olympia 9-0 14-1 Bellarmine 7-3 8-7 Mt. Tahoma 6-3 9-5 Gig Harbor 4-4 7-7 Central Kitsap 2-6 4-10 South Kitsap : 2-6 4-10 Stadium 2-6 4-10 Shelton 2-7 4-11 3A/2A/1A Olympic League Team Lea. Ove. Kingston 11-0 12-3 Bremerton 8-3 11-4 Pt. Angeles 8-3 11-4 Sequim 8-4 12-5 Olympic 7-5 8-7 North Mason 4-8 5-11 Klahowya 3-8 4-10 Pt. Townsend 4-9 5-11 North Kitsap 0-12 0-16 GIRLS BASKETBALL 4A Narrows League Team Lea. Ove. Bellarmine 9-0 13-2 South Kitsap 6-2 11-2 Mt. Tahoma 6-3 12-3 Olympia 5-4 7-7 Gig Harbor 4-4 9-5 Central Kitsap 3-5 6-6 Stadium 1-7 2-10 Shelton 0-9 0-15 3A/2A/1A Olympic League Team Lea. Ove. Pt. Angeles 11-0 12-3 Kingston 9-2 12-3 Sequim 7-5 10-7 Olympic 7-5 8-8 Pt. Townsend 7-6 6-8 Bremerton 4-6 6-8 North Kitsap 4-7 5-9 North Mason 3-9 5-11 Klahowya 0-11 1-12 offensive unit that couldn't take advantage of an Aaron Rodgers interception. But I want to send my congratulations to the Pack- ers, most importantly Rodg- ors, who has been under the shadow of Brett Favre and has finally cemented his own Lambeau Legacy. Green Bay hasn't ap- peared in the big game since Maybe Rex Ryan should have been his regular, loud- mouthed self because the whole nice Rex approach didn't turn out well for the Jets. Maybe it is true that nice guys finish last. Now the biggest game of the year pits two great de- fenses against each other, the Steel Curtain against that removed Indianapolis and New England in succes- sion. So who has more momen- tum? I have to give an edge to Pittsburgh, despite al- most losing their 24-3 half- time lead as the Jets scored 16 unanswered points. I also don't see the rookie sensation John Starks com- piling many yards against 244 yards with two inter- ceptions. Then again, at this point, the numbers don't matter and it's going to come down to not only which team makes the least mistakes but who takes advantage of the key opportunities. My pick for the Journal's NFL playoff challenge will also be based on the fact Bay-Pittsburgh champi- onship game being worth five points, I decided to go against the fact the Steelers are favored and that I want to at least not finish bottom of the barrel in my own com- petition. Note: Points for last week's picks were worth three points each. Super Bowl prediction worth five. 1998 when Favre was de- feated by Hall of Fame quar- terback John Elway and the Denver Broncos. Facing them are the Pittsburgh Steelers, who were able to hold off a late rally from the New York Jets to win the AFC Cham- pionship 24-19. the Pack Attack. You could argue that Green Bay has all of the mo- mentum in the world after going on the road to defeat Philadelphia, Atlanta and Chicago. But Pittsburgh defeated a talented Baltimore Ra- vens squad and a Jets team the top-ranked rushing de- that I have to prevent my- fense. Many will say the Pack- ers were on fire entering the postseason. But I feel there might be some concerns of offensive consistency. Rodgers threw for three touchdowns and 366 yards at Atlanta and then only self from finishing in last place. While Kelly Riordan leads with eight points, fol- lowed by Natalie Johnson with seven, I stand in last place with one point, behind Kevan Moore's two. With the pick of the Green Bulldogs advance to districts after finishing fourth at Olympic League Journal NFL pick contest .... ~!~::i ~ ............. ::~:: Kelly NRiordan 4-2 (8 points) Pick: Pittsburgh NNatalie Johnson 3-3 (7 point) Pick: Green Bay ~Rick Kennedy 3-3 (5 points) Pick: . Green Bay By DEAN SIEMON North Mason High School girls bowling advanced to the West Central District 3 tour- nament after finish- ing fourth in the 2A/3A Olympic League champi- onships on Thursday at All Star Lanes in Silver- dale. The Bulldogs finished with a total of 2,492 pins for the final berth to dis- tricts, which is scheduled for January 29 at Bowle- ro Lanes in Tacoma. Bremerton High School (3A) won with a total of 3,229 pins, fol- lowed by Klahowya Sec- ondary School (2A) with 3,028. with a three-game series of 450, highlighted by a second game score of 179. But her other two games of 126 and 145 brought her average to 150. April Griffiths ~tart- ed off with a first game score of 166 before games of 123 and 132 for a 140 average in her series, fin- ishing 14th individually. Taya Vandevelde fin- ished with a 385 series, while Sarah Mundell's high score of 134 led to a 368 series. Kyra Erckert finished with a 114 aver- age in her 342 series. The 2A/3A districts will include the top four teams from the 3A Nar- rows League and either Anacortes High School or Journal photo by Dean Siemon North Mason High School's April Griffiths was one of the team leaders during the Olympic League tournament on Thursday. 1) Bremerton 3,229; 2) Klahowya 3028; 3) Olym- pic 2903; 4) North Mason 2492; 5) Sequim 2398; 6) Peninsula 2280 Jesse Mullen 3-3 (5 points) Pick: Green Bay Kevan Moore 2-4 (2 points) Pick: Pittsburgh // ]/ ~Dean Siemon 1-5 (1 point) Pick: Green Bay Last year's 2A/3A dis- Everett High School. trict champions, OlympiCHigh School (2A) finished January 20 at All ...... ~i~ third at the league tour- Star Lanes in Silverdale ~ana ~nderson, former nament witl~ a total of ~ ~[ 2,903. 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