Saturday, January 22, 2005
TORRENT
Well, it's another weekend.
In local news that wouldn't fit anywhere else in the post, Stanford's women's swimming team had their first Pac-10 meet last night (a 177-117 win over Arizona State) and Bremerton's Dana Kirk swept the 100 and 200 butterfly (yards) with times of 54.50 (her season-best) and 2:00.78, respectively. Both times are NCAA "B" qualifying times. She also helped out on the victorious medley relay team. I was in time to chime in on this meet, but I missed the boat on Stanford's warmup 159-96 win over Pacific a week ago, where Dana also posted a "B" time of 54.70 in her 100 fly win and was on the winning medley relay team. Hooray, Dana. The team has another meet today at Arizona (1p).
On TV today -- Gonzaga at San Diego (4p, KONG 6/16 Seattle, Q6 NBC Spokane).
MARINERS
We are drawing ever closer to spring training. Just about 25 days until pitchers and catchers report, and even closer to the first full day of camp.
SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks are biding their time to make the right hire, since the president and VP of football ops posts are highly important and because they'll pilot the direction of the freanchise for now. Again, if they don't hire at least one of Mueller and Reinfeldt, I'm not going to raise a huge stink, but...I'm going to be looking back all the time and wonder what could have been. Hopefully at this point it's just a matter of trying to decide which one of them gets what post. Or maybe it's just not likely that both of the guys get brought back. I hope Paul Allen can manage to make three good moves in a row here. Canning Whitsitt was the first. While the Seahawks should make sure they do this right, time is a-wastin' here.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
The Tar Heels are home against Miami today.
Huskies
Watching the game tomorrow might be like seeing schizophrenia on the basketball court. The Huskies play fast, faster, and fastest, while the Cougars are slooooow. Well, the game itself might be schizo, not just one team in particular.
The Huskies are home against Washington State tomorrow (FSNNW).
Bulldogs
The Zags are at San Diego today (4p, KONG 6/16 Seattle, Q6 NBC Spokane).
Sonics
For my take on the game, scroll down a post or click here if you're in the archive.
Ray held the ball a lot. This would explain the utter lack of assists in the boxscore last night for the Sonics. Once again, a team found a way to match up small (no center) with the Sonics, and once again they got burned. O'Neil also points to the Sonics' ability to let the Timberwolves to get off some quick runs at the ends of quarters.
Wally's record last night for points off the bench was a Minnesota franchise record. Coach McMillan said that teams are starting to figure them out (ya think?). Vladimir Radmanovic and Antonio Daniels both say that the team needs to crank it back up defensively. It's a bit funny to hear that from Vladimir because he's an average defender at best, but still. The run that cost the Sonics was the aforementioned run between the first and second quarters, a torrid 17-2 span by Minnesota. Similarly, Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis combined for a stellar 0-for-9 from the floor in the first quarter. The Sonics lost consecutively for only the second time this season.
Upcoming...
Tomorrow vs. Utah
Tuesday at Lakers
Wednesday at Utah
HOCKEY
Spokane beat Everett 5-2. The first period was all the Chiefs needed, as they peppered Leland Irving with 7 pucks and put three past him before he was chased. Mike Wall stopped the other 7 shots Spokane took in the first period. Everett only managed four shots in the period. Spokane scored another goal in the second period before Ivan Baranka dented the scoreboard on the power play. Spokane ended the second period with a late goal to take a 5-1 lead. Alex Leavitt tallied a third-period goal for the 'Tips. Spokane badly outshot Everett 36-15, and Mike Wall stopped 27 of 29 for the Silvertips.
Kelowna beat Portland 2-1. Portland was beat on a goal with a mere 11 seconds remaining in the third period, losing out on at least a single point. With the win, Kelowna is now an insane 14-0-1 in their last 15 home games, an unbeaten streak dating back to October 29th. As can happen with Kelowna's airtight defense, Portland's first shot didn't come until 11 minutes into the first period, and Portland went without a shot on their first two power plays. Kelowna got the first goal of the game in the third period, and Portland tied it halfway through on a Cody McLeod deflection of a shot by Dan DaSilva. Portland lost the game with the late goal after the defense was late getting back, enabling Troy Bodie to clean up a rebound. Kelowna outshot Portland 30-26, and Blake Grenier stopped 28 in his second start after coming back from injury.
Tri-City beat Vancouver 2-1. The only Vancouver goal came with two seconds left with the Giants having pulled Marek Schwarz for an extra skater. The one bright side is that it was Gilbert Brule's 26th goal of the season, and he now leads the WHL in scoring. Tri-City's two first-period goals held up to the end, though Brule ruined Carey Price's shutout bid. The Americans outshot the Giants 35-33, and Marek Schwarz stopped 33 in net for Vancouver.
Edmonton beat Manitoba 3-1. Manitoba had a streak snapped -- 14 games without a regulation loss. The Road Runners scored once in every period. The Moose had tied the game 1-1 at one point in the second period on a skate redirection by Lee Goren on a Kevin Bieksa shot. The tie game last until Alex Auld got beat five-hole off a rebound. Edmonton badly outshot Manitoba 39-26, and Alex Auld stopped 36 for the Moose.
Upcoming...
Tonight: Portland at Seattle, Everett at Kootenay
Tomorrow: Vancouver at Portland, Manitoba at Edmonton
Tuesday: Seattle at Spokane
Wednesday: Everett at Kelowna, Vancouver at Kamloops, Tri-City at Seattle
Friday: Kamloops at Seattle, Portland at Everett, Tri-City at Vancouver, Manitoba at Utah, Spokane at Puget Sound
Saturday (29th): Everett at Seattle, Tri-City at Portland, Kelowna at Vancouver, Manitoba at Utah, Spokane at Puget Sound
Sunday (30th): Everett at Tri-City
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Have a great start to your weekend, o great readers of ours.
In local news that wouldn't fit anywhere else in the post, Stanford's women's swimming team had their first Pac-10 meet last night (a 177-117 win over Arizona State) and Bremerton's Dana Kirk swept the 100 and 200 butterfly (yards) with times of 54.50 (her season-best) and 2:00.78, respectively. Both times are NCAA "B" qualifying times. She also helped out on the victorious medley relay team. I was in time to chime in on this meet, but I missed the boat on Stanford's warmup 159-96 win over Pacific a week ago, where Dana also posted a "B" time of 54.70 in her 100 fly win and was on the winning medley relay team. Hooray, Dana. The team has another meet today at Arizona (1p).
On TV today -- Gonzaga at San Diego (4p, KONG 6/16 Seattle, Q6 NBC Spokane).
MARINERS
We are drawing ever closer to spring training. Just about 25 days until pitchers and catchers report, and even closer to the first full day of camp.
SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks are biding their time to make the right hire, since the president and VP of football ops posts are highly important and because they'll pilot the direction of the freanchise for now. Again, if they don't hire at least one of Mueller and Reinfeldt, I'm not going to raise a huge stink, but...I'm going to be looking back all the time and wonder what could have been. Hopefully at this point it's just a matter of trying to decide which one of them gets what post. Or maybe it's just not likely that both of the guys get brought back. I hope Paul Allen can manage to make three good moves in a row here. Canning Whitsitt was the first. While the Seahawks should make sure they do this right, time is a-wastin' here.
BASKETBALL
The Marvin Williams Watch
The Tar Heels are home against Miami today.
Huskies
Watching the game tomorrow might be like seeing schizophrenia on the basketball court. The Huskies play fast, faster, and fastest, while the Cougars are slooooow. Well, the game itself might be schizo, not just one team in particular.
The Huskies are home against Washington State tomorrow (FSNNW).
Bulldogs
The Zags are at San Diego today (4p, KONG 6/16 Seattle, Q6 NBC Spokane).
Sonics
For my take on the game, scroll down a post or click here if you're in the archive.
Ray held the ball a lot. This would explain the utter lack of assists in the boxscore last night for the Sonics. Once again, a team found a way to match up small (no center) with the Sonics, and once again they got burned. O'Neil also points to the Sonics' ability to let the Timberwolves to get off some quick runs at the ends of quarters.
Wally's record last night for points off the bench was a Minnesota franchise record. Coach McMillan said that teams are starting to figure them out (ya think?). Vladimir Radmanovic and Antonio Daniels both say that the team needs to crank it back up defensively. It's a bit funny to hear that from Vladimir because he's an average defender at best, but still. The run that cost the Sonics was the aforementioned run between the first and second quarters, a torrid 17-2 span by Minnesota. Similarly, Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis combined for a stellar 0-for-9 from the floor in the first quarter. The Sonics lost consecutively for only the second time this season.
Upcoming...
Tomorrow vs. Utah
Tuesday at Lakers
Wednesday at Utah
HOCKEY
Spokane beat Everett 5-2. The first period was all the Chiefs needed, as they peppered Leland Irving with 7 pucks and put three past him before he was chased. Mike Wall stopped the other 7 shots Spokane took in the first period. Everett only managed four shots in the period. Spokane scored another goal in the second period before Ivan Baranka dented the scoreboard on the power play. Spokane ended the second period with a late goal to take a 5-1 lead. Alex Leavitt tallied a third-period goal for the 'Tips. Spokane badly outshot Everett 36-15, and Mike Wall stopped 27 of 29 for the Silvertips.
Kelowna beat Portland 2-1. Portland was beat on a goal with a mere 11 seconds remaining in the third period, losing out on at least a single point. With the win, Kelowna is now an insane 14-0-1 in their last 15 home games, an unbeaten streak dating back to October 29th. As can happen with Kelowna's airtight defense, Portland's first shot didn't come until 11 minutes into the first period, and Portland went without a shot on their first two power plays. Kelowna got the first goal of the game in the third period, and Portland tied it halfway through on a Cody McLeod deflection of a shot by Dan DaSilva. Portland lost the game with the late goal after the defense was late getting back, enabling Troy Bodie to clean up a rebound. Kelowna outshot Portland 30-26, and Blake Grenier stopped 28 in his second start after coming back from injury.
Tri-City beat Vancouver 2-1. The only Vancouver goal came with two seconds left with the Giants having pulled Marek Schwarz for an extra skater. The one bright side is that it was Gilbert Brule's 26th goal of the season, and he now leads the WHL in scoring. Tri-City's two first-period goals held up to the end, though Brule ruined Carey Price's shutout bid. The Americans outshot the Giants 35-33, and Marek Schwarz stopped 33 in net for Vancouver.
Edmonton beat Manitoba 3-1. Manitoba had a streak snapped -- 14 games without a regulation loss. The Road Runners scored once in every period. The Moose had tied the game 1-1 at one point in the second period on a skate redirection by Lee Goren on a Kevin Bieksa shot. The tie game last until Alex Auld got beat five-hole off a rebound. Edmonton badly outshot Manitoba 39-26, and Alex Auld stopped 36 for the Moose.
Upcoming...
Tonight: Portland at Seattle, Everett at Kootenay
Tomorrow: Vancouver at Portland, Manitoba at Edmonton
Tuesday: Seattle at Spokane
Wednesday: Everett at Kelowna, Vancouver at Kamloops, Tri-City at Seattle
Friday: Kamloops at Seattle, Portland at Everett, Tri-City at Vancouver, Manitoba at Utah, Spokane at Puget Sound
Saturday (29th): Everett at Seattle, Tri-City at Portland, Kelowna at Vancouver, Manitoba at Utah, Spokane at Puget Sound
Sunday (30th): Everett at Tri-City
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Have a great start to your weekend, o great readers of ours.
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