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The preps blog is designed to fill in the gaps of our high school sports coverage, providing insight into some of the stories and projects we are pursuing, and to serve as a forum to talk about some of the significant high school sports stories happening in our community.

Doug Pacey joined The News Tribune in 2007 after covering prep sports at The Bellingham Herald for five years. He graduated from Issaquah High School in 1998 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Kansas in 2002. E-mail Doug.


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Friday, June 12th, 2009
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 12:47:41 pm

If basketball's your thing, you'll want to be at Wilson High School on Saturday, June 13. Some of the best players from the NBA, WNBA, NCAA and local high schools are coming together for a series of "rivalry" games and a showcase all-star contest.

According to one of the event's organizers, Chris Davis, the lineup includes Brandon Roy, Jamal Crawford, Nate Robinson, Jason Terry, Marcus Trufant, Shawn Kemp, Will Conroy, Tre Simmons, Marcus Williams, Isaiah Thomas, Justin Dentmon, Peyton Siva, Abdul Gaddy, Avery Bradley and Tim Ellis.

An autograph session starts at 5:30 p.m. and the all-star game will begin at 6:45 p.m., Davis said. Tickets are $10 and children under 6 will be admitted free.

Earlier in the day, alumni from three Seattle high schools -- Garfield, Rainier Beach and Franklin -- will take on three Tacoma schools -- Lincoln, Mount Tahoma and Foss -- in a series of games.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Motivating Our Children 2 Honor Academics organization. Davis said he wants to raise enough money to take 10 kids to visit the campuses of Morehouse College and Louisiana State University in August.

Here's the rivalry games schedule:
1:30 p.m. -- Franklin vs. Lincoln
2:15 p.m. -- Garfield vs. Mount Tahoma
2:45 p.m. -- Rainier Beach vs. Foss
3:15 p.m. -- Dunk contest
3:45 p.m. -- Franklin vs. Foss
4:15 p.m. -- Garfield vs. Lincoln
4:45 p.m. -- Rainier Beach vs. Mount Tahoma

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 10:28:36 am

Auburn Riverside senior Amanda Fitzsimmons was named the Gatorade Washington Softball Player of the Year today.

Fitzsimmons, who also earned The News Tribune's All-Area Player of the Year honors, finished her senior season with an 18-6 record and a 0.40 earned run average. In 124 innings, she struck out 227, walked 20 and allowed 78 hits. Offensively, she batted .625 and had a .828 slugging percentage.

Fitzsimmons, who has a scholarship to play at the University of Washington, is a finalist for the national player of the year award, which will be given later this month.

Categories: Softball