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The Mary M. Knight girls' basketball team holds friends after losing to Taholah in the final game on Monday, Feb. 20, in Montesano. S Journal photo by Emily Hanson its second-place trophy up for family and of the District IV Girls' Basketball Tournament oms are 98% effecti in preventing pregnancy. More than half of us will get an STD at some point in our lives. ...... ,, : Condoms reduce the risk. MMK girls will play Northwest Yeshiva on Saturday in Lacey By EMILY HANSON The Mary M. Knight girls' basketball team lost its fi- nal district game, taking second place this week. On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Lady Owls defeated King's Way Christian 44-42 in Montesano. "We started out a little sluggish after not playing a game in a week," head coach Lance Valley said. "Our de- fensive intensity wasn't there and they were getting easy baskets." The Lady Owls were down 30-19 going into halftime. "In the second half, we switched to a zone defense to force outside shots," Valley said. "We were down by 13 midway through the third quarter. Our defense picked up and we started taking care of the ball." Down by four, the Lady Owls entered the final quar- ter, where they outscored King's Way Christian 12-6. "Sophomore Hannah Frost made one of two free throws to tie the game at 42 with one minute left," Valley said. "Our defense made a stop on defense and we had the chance to win with 23 seconds left." He said King's Way ChriStian deflected the ball from freshman Miranda Sowle but eighth-grader Jaycee Valley dove for the ball and passed it to senior Linda Cook. "Cook passed to senior Emily Johnson on the free throw line and she drove for a left-handed layin with 10 seconds left," coach Valley said. Freshman Lauren Dierkop led the Lady Owls with 12 points while Sowle scored nine and sophomore Ashley Kiliz put up seven. Johnson grabbed 14 rebounds, three steals and passed out five assists while Jaycee Valley snatched four re- bounds, two steals and handed out four assists. Sowle grabbed eight rebounds and gave out two assists. N"I am really proud of the girls' never- quit attitude," coach Valley said. On Monday, Feb. 20, the Lady Owls played for the District 1B Girls' Bas- ketball Championship against Tahoiah, losing 48-43 in Montesano. FRIDAY: "This game came down to taking care Taholah ....... 48 of the ball and making our kill shots MarylV[~_43 and neither happened," coach Valley said. "The first quarter we handled TOMORROW: their press and ended up by nine at the Mary M. Knight end of the quarter. In the second quar- vs. Northwest ter, we made errant passes and missed Yeshiva, easy shots and they climbed back in the 8:30 p.m. at game." Timberline He said the Lady Owls did a good job using the zone defense to force outside shots but gave Taholah too many sec- ond-chance points. "We shot ourselves in the foot all night with costly turnovers," Valley added. "I give them credit for hitting big shots when needed." Sophomore Carlie Adsero led the Lady Owls with 12 points and seven rebounds while Jaycee Valley scored 10 points and grabbed four steals. Cook put up six points and snatched eight rebounds while Johnson grabbed 15 rebounds and passed out three assists. "We came out really strong and confident because we've been preparing for these situations all year," Ad- sero said. "We didn't meet our goal but we're not going to hang our heads becfiuse we still have a couple games left. I think this game was an eye-opener that it's still possible for us to lose and it'll push us in our dedica- tion." Lance Valley said he was proud of the girls and the way they played and never quit. The Lady Owls begin the 2012 1B Girls' Basketball Regional Tournament this weekend with an 8:30 p.m. game against Northwest Yeshiva on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Timberline High School in Lacey. CALL NOW FOR 0% APR FOR UP TO 60 MONTHS ON QUALIFYING TRANE EQUIPMENT OAC. Hurry! Limited time only! 360-426-9945 Call for more intbrmation lit[ S['[ Milrgal! Rd.,Shzltof!. WA 98554 360-426-9945 v,~w.ol~ rapit'heafingandcooling, cam OLYMPHC986BA Arena proposal could keep basketball tradition alive It was as big a moment as any middle-school basketball player could imagine. My seventh-grade YMCA basketball team had just won our league's championship. After fours years of mediocriW, our group often 13-year- olds did what we never expected -- topped our most bitter rival in the biggest game of our young lives. It was a moment I'll always remember. It was just like that afternoon I heard that the Seattle SuperSonics -- the reason I laced up my sneakers and practiced free throws in my front yard in the first place -- were leaving town. In 2008, the Sonics moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City, taking with them a legacy of basketball that I feared would never return to the Northwest. Those fears were replaced by cautious optimism last week. On Thursday, Feb. 16, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Executive Dow Constantine unveiled a $490 million arena plan that, if approved, would likely bring By ADAM back the NBA to RUDNICK the Northwest. The arena could also bring an NHL team to Seattle. While the particulars of the deal are still nebulous, I'm embracing the idea. When the Sonics moved, I was upset that a generation of 13-year-olds would not have the same experience that I did. I worried that a generation of children would miss out on basketball. I feared they the would not practice flat-footed 3-pointers like "Big Smooth" Sam Perkins used to shoot; the idea of kids not knowing about "The Glove" G:::~3, PaY~'c~ was a w(~ i~,~ ! d:-~'~ want to live in. This new arena deal gives me hope -- with a healthy dose ofjournalistic skepticism I've developed in the years since we won our Y league -- that our young basketball fans will not miss out on what myself and many others had to look up to when we were younger. I hope that young Mason County middle-schoolers are enthusiastic at the idea of having another professional basketball team in the area. And who knows? Maybe the addition of an NHL team in Washington will encourage a new generation of children to take to the ice and become enraptured by a sport they hadn't otherwise considered. While the new arena is by no means a slam dunk yet, I'm hopeful that elected officials and private parties can come together to make my dream a reality. If not for me, then they should do it for the 13 :z-old version of me. Shelton-Mason JOURNAL CLASSIFIEDS Call 426-4412 County Journal IX PAIN' - Thursday, February 23, 2012 - Page C-3