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BY DANNY O’NEIL
The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — The Seahawks’ off ense ran out of options early on Sunday.
Like the fourth play of Seattle’s fi rst possession against Kansas City. Seattle needed one yard on fourth down, just one, and the Seahawks opted against the run.
On the one hand, it’s hard to second guess that decision, considering Marshawn Lynch had just been stopped for no gain on third-and-1. But Seattle wound up attempting a fade route to Golden Tate, a 5-foot-10 rookie, which is not exactly a high-percentage alternative.
The pass fell incomplete, which is perhaps the best description of Seattle’s off ense at this point, given the Seahawks’ running game. Or, more accurately, their lack of one.
Seattle is averaging 77.9 yards rushing, which is
the worst in the league and historically awful in the franchise’s history. The Seahawks have never averaged fewer than 87 yards per game rushing
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Their ballUW fl exes muscle in hoops winPage B4
Quotable“Hey, ref! They’re TSA-ing him!”
Angry fan at the Great Alaska Shootout college basketball tournament, as overhead by the Anchorage Daily News
Sidelines
Quiz timeWhich team won the fi rst football game between Washington and Washington State?
Answer in today’s Scoreboard, Page B5
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PREVIEWSTUESDAY: WENATCHEE TODAY: EASTMONT THURSDAY: CTL FRIDAY: BS WEEKEND: CWAC
Saturday
Alaska Avalanche at Wenatchee Wild
Junior hockey
7 p.m.
The Wild wrap up their two-game series with the Avalanche in their final home game before the holiday break.
Friday
Alaska Avalanche at Wenatchee Wild
Junior league hockey
7 p.m.
The Wild open a key two-game series against West Division leader Alaska at Town Toyota Center. Wenatchee is part of a three-way tie for second in the division, four points behind the Avalanche.
Bellevue Christian at Cashmere
Prep boys basketball
7 p.m.
The Cashmere boys team welcomes the powerhouse Bellevue Christian program to town.
Today
Chelan at Eastmont
Prep girls and boys basketball
5:45 p.m./7:30 p.m.
The Class 3A Wildcats host the Class 1A Goats in a girls and boys doubleheader in East Wenatchee.
Huskies at Cougars
Saturday, 4 p.m.TV: Versus
World photo/Mike Bonnicksen
Eastmont girls basketball coach Brent Darnell, entering his fi fth season, instructs his players in a late November practice.
Beyond the rim Wildcat girls have sights on a playoff appearance
BY BRENT STECKER
World sports writer
The rebuilding eff ort is about to pay off for the Eastmont Wildcats.
A season ago the Wildcats struggled to fi nd an identity, and though they eventually fi nished the year on a three-game win streak, they fell short of postseason play.
This year’s group isn’t about to let that happen again.
“We are very excited about this year. We think we’re gonna go far into the playoff s,” said returning leading
scorer Kendra Scott.“Last year we were so young.
We had to fi ght and scratch and claw every single game. It was a big learning curve,” said Brent Darnell, who is entering his fi fth season as Eastmont coach. “Now they under-stand the mental toughness that it takes to win. We won our last three straight, and I think we’re going to take off where we left off .”
While Scott, a senior wing, was relied upon for most of the scoring last year, improvement across the board will add more dimensions to the Eastmont off ense. Senior post Charity Degman, sophomore guard Nikki Gilbert and junior guard Bekah Waterhouse are just a few of the names Darnell expects to provide punch in his fast-paced off ense.
Junior Shae Telford, who averaged
6.2 points per game as a point guard last season, decided not to play this season. The absence of Telford gives an opportunity to Gilbert and Water-house, both of whom can play the
point.“Nikki and Bekah running the
point are doing a fantastic job for us,”
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Eastmont boys making noise
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Two Kamiakin teams look to make a dent in Big Nine races
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Nikki GilbertSophomore guard is quick, can shoot from outside
Kendra ScottExperienced scorer; second team all-league at wing
Charity DegmanSenior post Improved over 2009-10 season
Three potent Wildcat weaponsKendra Scott is the top player back for Eastmont. She will receive help from Charity Degman and Nikki Gilbert, among others.
Please see EHS GIRLS, Page B3
Apple Cup run ThursdayWENATCHEE —
Washington and Washing-ton State’s chapters of Kappa Sigma will run the Apple Cup game ball through the Wenatchee area on Thursday.
Annually, Kappa Sigma transports the game ball from one campus to the other prior to the Apple Cup, and the visiting team hands off to the home team in Wenatchee.
The runners will be on Highway 2 through the Leavenworth area during the morning commute, and will stop at the Wenatchee Rotary lunch meeting to exchange the ball on the way to Saturday’s Apple Cup in Pullman.—Brian Adamowsky, World staff
College football
From horrible to, well, worse
AP photo
Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch gets crunched by Kansas City Chiefs’ Eric Berry (29) and Derrick Johnson in last Sunday’s game in Seattle.
Hawks’ running attack a mess with fi ve games to go in season
BY DON RUIZ
The (Tacoma) News Tribune
PULLMAN — If the Washington Huskies are going to close their regular season Saturday with an Apple Cup win that will catapult them on to a bowl game, they’ll have to overcome a better quarterback than they’ve seen for a while.
Washington State sophomore quarterback Jeff Tuel stands fi fth in the Pacifi c-10 Conference with an average of 226 passing yards per game. And unlike the fi ll-in quarterbacks Washington
Can Tuel stop UW’s bowl bid?Cougar has quietly developed into one of the league’s best QBs
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