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Snoqualmie Valley Record • December 5, 2012 • 11
High SChool winter Sports preview Real determination
Courtney McKinney, Molly Hammontree, Kaelyn Campbell, Sarah Stauffer
Who’s got game? Experience is the hallmark of the Red Wolves boys’ basketball team this year. This group of seasoned athletes, led by six seniors and last year’s league MVP, are counting on their experience to lead them through a challenging season, all the way to the Sundome in Yakima. “Everybody’s going to be tough this year,” said senior and cocaptain Zach Taylor, a strategic guard whose strong shooting, averaging almost 20 points per game, helped him to the honor of Cascade Conference MVP last season. “There are no bad teams,” added senior Brett Young during a recent practice. Not many teams will have the same seniority as Cedarcrest’s, though, with half a varsity lineup of seniors who’ve played basketball together since grade school, backed up mostly by juniors. “We have a solid team,” said head coach Mark Prince, “and these kids have high expectations this year.” Last year’s near miss at the regional tournament -- Cedarcrest lost by one point in a first-round heartbreaker -- has inspired the 2012-13 Red Wolves, and their coach, to be ready for all comers, from their perennial rival Kings, to their love-hate Clockwise from bottom left, left, Zach Taylor, John Soule, Jerry Gates, Bennett Minnie, Austin match-ups with the Sultan Turks. Patsy, and Brett Young. Co-captains are Taylor, Minnie, and Jordan Corpus, not pictured.
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Wednesday, Dec. 5 • Cedarcrest at Lake Washington, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 • Cedarcrest at Coupeville, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 • CHS hosts South Whidbey, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 • Cedarcrest at Sultan, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 • Cedarcrest hosts Shorecrest, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 • Cedarcrest hosts Archbishop Murphy, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22 • Cedarcrest at Mount Si, 7:30 p.m Wednesday, Jan. 2
• Cedarcrest at Granite Falls 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 • Cedarcrest hosts Kings, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 • Cedarcrest at Lakewood, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 • Cedarcrest hosts Coupeville, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15 • At South Whidbey, 6:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 • Cedarcrest hosts Sultan, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 • At Archbishop Murphy, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 • Cedarcrest hosts Granite Falls, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 • Cedarcrest at Kings, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 • Cedarcrest hosts Lakewood, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 7 • Cedarcrest hosts Coupeville, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 • Cedarcrest at S. Whidbey, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 • Cedarcrest hosts Sultan, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18 • Cedarcrest at Archbishop Murphy, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 • At Bellingham, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2 • Cedarcrest hosts Granite Falls, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 • Cedarcrest at Kings, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 8 • Cedarcrest hosts Lakewood, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 • Cedarcrest at Coupeville, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15 • Cedarcrest hosts Whidbey, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 • Cedarcrest at Sultan, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 • Cedarcrest hosts Archbishop Murphy, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 • Cedarcrest at Granite Falls, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29 • Cedarcrest hosts Kings, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 • Cedarcrest at Lakewood, 7 p.m.
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The basketball court at Cedarcrest High School has been a virtual stomping grounds for seniors Molly Hammontree, Courtney McKinney, Sarah Stauffer and Kaelyn Campbell. For four years, these four seniors have started on varsity. This year could well be their year, to do things the Red Wolf girls team has never done. “We want to be the first Cedarcrest girls team to win the league championship, and the first to go to state in the history of the school,” says head coach Brad Knowles, who’s helmed the program for two years. “We hold ourselves accountable in practice, and work hard against each other to get better,” McKinney says. With their time on varsity, “we’ve helped build up the program,” says Campbell. “It’s been through hard work.” Campbell, ar post, is personally working to rebound and score when she gets the shot. “We’re really fast,” she says. “We can run teams to death.” Hammontree, who spent the fall hustling as a cross country athlete, says basketball is the most team-oriented sport she plays. “We’ve played together since fifth grade,” she adds.
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