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Posted Dec. 12, 2002
Week 10: Pasco to keep state track/cross-country meets
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Week 7: Some playoffs get quick makeover
Week 6: Othello starts slow, gets hot
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Week 4: Special plays spark Burbank
Week 3: Kennewick football celebrates
Week 2: When is too much?
Week 1: Kennewick volleyball spikes up
Pistoljevic finds shooting touch
Hanford senior Husein Pistoljevic wasn't exactly struggling during the Falcons' first two games of the season. The 6-foot-3 guard scored 18 points in a victory over Othello and 22 in a loss to Kiona-Benton.
Still, Pistoljevic hadn't found his shooting touch.
"Husein and I talked about letting the game come to him," said Hanford coach Paul Mayer. "I think he felt the pressure of having to be the guy every night, so he was forcing things."
Pistoljevic, a first-team All-Mid-Valley selection last season, agreed with his coach.
"I was taking shots that just weren't there, so I focused on moving the basketball around, and that opened up my game. Everything started to click."
The Pendleton Buckaroos will attest to that. Pistoljevic sank seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 38 points Tuesday night in an 86-80 victory over the Intermountain Conference school.
"We moved the ball so beautifully and Husein caught the ball in rhythm and knocked down his shots," Mayer said.
Pistoljevic, who had 23 points at halftime, praised his teammates for his big scoring night.
"We have a lot of players who can shoot, not just me," he said. "All we need is one guy to get hot. When that happens, everybody plays well.1
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The Davis boys basketball team, picked to finish ninth by Big Nine coaches in their annual preseason poll, played like conference contenders in the first week of the season.
The Pirates opened Friday night with a 66-61 victory over visiting Richland, then hit the road Saturday and knocked off Wenatchee 73-68.
"I thought we were going to take our lumps and bumps early because we're so young, so this is a surprise," said Davis coach Shag Williams. "I think we opened a lot of eyes around the Big Nine."
Williams, whose team has no player taller than 6-2 on his roster, said defense was the key to both victories.
"We run 10 guys in and out and they all get in your face," he said. "We take a lot of pride in the way we play defense."
Jeremy Mangum, a junior point guard, led the way with 14 points against Richland, then scored 20 against Wenatchee.
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With its victory over Elma in Saturday's 2A state football championship, Connell completed an unusual trifecta - adding the state title to its earlier CWAC South and state academic titles.
"You couldn't ask for more," said senior Steven Stoker, proudly clutching the framed certificate awarded for the academic honor.
The Eagles had a team GPA of 3.318.
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With Archbishop Murphy winning the 1A title Saturday, Terry Ennis became
the third coach in state history to win championships with different schools.
He also won one at Cascade (Everett) in 1991, matching the feat shared by
Steve Gervais (Eatonville in 1985, '90 and '92 and Skyline in 2000) and
Tom Ingles (Liberty in 1988 and Kentwood in 2001).
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