| GLENDALE
HIGH SCHOOL - December 14, 2002 |
By
Jeanne Flores
Saturday, December 14, 2002 marked the last game
in 2002 for the Hollywood Knights. Alfonso
Ribiero, Arlen Escarpeta, Cylk Cozart, the
Goodfellas, Dion Basco, Jesse Metcalfe, Josh
Henderson, Kiko Ellsworth, Mike Mizanin, and
newcomer Shedrack Anderson III suited up for the
court as they faced off against the Glendale
Police Association and the Glendale High School
Nitro’s Faculty. The game was to help raise
money for the Glendale High School Associated
Student Body. Guests Lena Cardwell, Chrystee
Phariss, A.J. Trauth, Melissa Schuman, and Jeff
Licon watched on from the stands while new
recording artist Joanna sang the National Anthem
to open up the game.
The Nitro’s were the first to score, but
Alfonso responded with a jump shot of his own.
While another Nitro foiled Alfonso’s attempt
at a lay up, Chrystee went around the stands
talking with fans and signing autographs. The
second quarter started off with a fan in bounding
the ball for the Knights. Ron T and Joey Nicks
kept the crowd excited by giving away Snoop Dogg
shirts and Power 106 sweatshirts. Some fans may
have noticed an unannounced David Nicoll was
there as he sang to J.C. Chasez’s
“Blowin Me Up (with her love).” While
David sang the chorus, Ron T and Kiko took an
extra mic and attempted to sing along. As the
first half winded down, Seth Hall and his friends
encouraged their side of the stands to do the
wave.
Halftime consisted of performances from At Last
and newcomer CJ, followed by the autograph
signing. The guys of At Last announced good news;
they will be opening up for acts like Avril
Lavigne and Justin Timberlake at this year’s
KIIS FM Jingle Ball at the Arrowhead Pond. A.J.
helped students bring out tables for the
autograph signing, David hyped up the crowd
before CJ’s performance by giving away CJ
shirts and ushered people to get off the courts
to watch the show. CJ wowed the crowd with his
rendition of the Jackson 5’s “Dancing
Machine,” and some fans may have noticed
that David posed as one of CJ’s back up
dancers. After both performances, the autograph
session caused fans to flood the tables.
The second half of the game kicked off with a
special appearance by the “Queen of
Hollywood Knights” (as said by Romeo) Vicky
Mirisch, who’s been absent from the games
taking care of her new baby, Princess Chloe. All
of the Knights welcomed her with open arms, and
the Goodfellas commentated for a while. While Ron
T and Joey Nicks were giving away free stuff, one
fan got the attention of Ron T because she wanted
to rap. However, all she ended up saying was
“Yo, yo, yo. Josh, I love you! Where are
you?” Josh was found on the sidelines,
teasing fans by giving away his almost eaten
lollipop. The fourth quarter had the Knights
struggling to maintain a steady lead over the
Nitros, Michael Mirisch dancing to Justin
Timberlake’s “Like I Love You,”
and Josh dancing at mid court with Kiko at the
free throw line.
“Guys, get a room,” said Joey Nicks
jokingly as Kiko dog-piled on Michael at the
sidelines.
Fans reached out for the DJ’s, excited to
snag movie passes for Disney’s ‘The
Lion King’ at the Bridge in Santa Monica.
Eddie Karibyan tied the score up at 89 a piece
with 3 minutes left in the quarter causing the
Nitros to double team the Knights in hopes to
keep the lead.
“Can you smell it? It smells like a
victory” announced Ron T and Joey Nicks
while Romeo made a three point shot from downtown
as the Knights won 102-94.
The Knights chowed down on an Italian meal in the
Glendale High cafeteria after the game. The food
was delicious! Fans tried to get Josh’s
attention through the windows by holding up a
sign that said “Josh can we take you
home?!”. While Josh was hamming it up for
the excited fans at the other side of the
windows, I got to talk with several of the
Knights.
One on One with the
Knights
Me: What are you thoughts about
opening up for Jingle Ball?
JP (At Last): Rick Dees
suggested that we’d be part of Jingle Ball
in our interview, and we went crazy because it
wasn’t expected. We were just going to come
in, say “what’s up” to Rick Dees,
and him doing that was really, really cool.
M: How the preparation for this
concert going to be different from preparing for
the half time performances?
JP: Honestly, it’s the same
thing. Small show, big show, it’s the same.
We just go out there and do our best.
M: As a newcomer to the group,
how did you sign on with the Hollywood Knights?
Shedrack Anderson: A few buddies
of mine, basically told me “Man, you got to
come to this thing, it’s hot. It’s
going to be fun, you play basketball right?”
I told them “Yea, I play a little bit”
and that’s how I found out, and from there
all they had to do was call.
M: What was it like to come out
there and play ball?
S: It was a lot of fun. I had a
wonderful experience, but… I had to be
honest… I was surprised, all these guys
could play. I was tired by the end of the game.
M: Do you ever get tired of the
fanatic atmosphere?
Josh Henderson: It’s a lot
of fun, and I appreciate all of them.
M: There is a saying “A
team can easily loose a game if they miss the
easy shots like free throws and lay-ups.” In
tonight’s game, there were several misses
like those, could you comment on that.
Cylk Cozart: I think it’s a
level of concentration is the key. Because when
some guys have an easy shot, like a lay-up,
it’s so easy, they don’t even think and
put it up there. And then, the next thing you
know, the game is tied, and then it’s
behind, and you’re not thinking about the
shot you missed because you’re in the
moment. That’s what I like about basketball,
it’s kind of like life…you’re in
the moment, and you stay in the moment.
M: Did you feel intimidated
knowing that some of your opponents came from the
Police Association?
Mike Mizanin: Are you kidding
me? (the Miz voice) “I’m the Miz. The
Miz isn’t going to get intimidated by a
couple of police officers! Are you kidding
girl?”
M: Why have you been coaching
the past couple games instead of Coach Smith?
Michael Mirisch: Because Coach
Smith and Coach Williams are with the Orange High
basketball team and they have games during this
part of the season. So I sub in, and I’ve
coached several years.
M: Towards the end of the fourth
quarter, the defense decided to double-team your
men? What instructions did you give the Knights
to get around that?
MM: I decided to have them play
a passing game at that point. Move the ball out
of the area that they were trying to guard and
find an open man and take the shot.
| Quote
of the Knight:
"Jesse’s hot, but now they said
Josh is hot. Now Josh is hot,
wait...Jesse’s really hot." -
Ron T (Power 106) |
|
By
Sue Kim
Saturday night’s game was hosted by Glendale
High School as the Hollywood Knights went up
against the Glendale High School faculty members
and the Glendale Police Association. The police
association gave a helping hand as they shot,
dribbled, and scored against the Knights.
Hollywood Knights is always the one to bring you
the latest and newest stars and tonight was no
exception. For instance take A&M Records
artist Joanna who sung the National Anthem or
solo recording artist CJ that performed at
tonight’s half time who just also recently
opened for JC Chasez from the group you might be
familiar with, ‘N Sync. And I can’t
forget to mention A.J. Trauth from Disney’s
“Even Stevens” and Melissa Schuman,
former member of Bad Boy Records’
‘Dream’, and Shedrack Anderson III, who
were at their first game of the season. Call me a
namedropper if you must, but everyone gets so
excited when they see and hear of the new celebs
that show up week after week!
But now it’s time for the real scoop…
what happened at tonight’s game. While Cylk
was getting ready for the jump ball, Alfonso,
Kiko, Jesse, and DeJai were on the court for the
Knights. Glendale was the first to score in the
game but Alfonso came right back for the Knights
and scored a two pointer. In the middle of the
first quarter, Arlen arrived with gear in hand
just as Shedrack Anderson stole the ball from a
Glendale faculty member. By the end of the first
quarter, the Knights were barely leading with a
score of 21-23.
Going into the second quarter, Jesse was first to
score for the Knights with nothing less than a
three point shot. While Arlen was going for a
rebound, he was fouled and that sent him to the
line. Later Jesse got the rebound and passed it
to Arlen who made a two-point shot on behalf of
the Knights. Romeo, Josh, DeJai, Shedrack, and
Cylk were rotated in during the second. Dion made
his entrance in the second quarter and with less
than a minute left in the quarter, Glendale team
members struggled to make a two point shot as
various members went in for the shot and finally
made it. Romeo scored last for the Knights in
this quarter and the score was left at 43-52 when
the buzzer sounded.
With the end of half time came the start of the
third quarter. Kiko, Alfonso, Arlen, Dion, and
Cylk were up first. At the beginning of the
quarter, Dion passed to Cylk who then went for a
three point shot but missed. Later, Cylk was
fouled while trying to get a pass from Kiko.
Glendale member went down court for two but Kiko
blocked it. In the middle of the third, a time
out was called to do a little strategizing. After
the time out, The Miz, Josh, and Romeo all made
points for the Knights and when the quarter
ended, the score was 69-72.
The fourth quarter was much like the rest in the
sense that the Knights led for the majority of
the quarter. Dion took a fall while trying to get
a pass but nothing that kept him away from the
game. Arlen was fouled this quarter and made both
his free throws. Once again it was Romeo that
made the last shot of the quarter and of the game
with a nice, clean three pointer to end the game
at 94-102, Knights. Tonight was the last game of
2002; come help us start off the New Year at
January 18’s game at Westlake High School! |
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