| GARDEN
GROVE HIGH SCHOOL - May 7, 2003 |
By
Sue Kim
Wednesday night’s game at Garden Grove high
School was one game closer to the end of the
’02-’03 season. But that doesn’t
mean tonight’s game was any less exciting
than usual. Tonight’s game benefited Grad
Nite 2003 and with the strong turnout, I’m
sure the end result wasn’t disappointing.
What also wasn’t disappointing was
tonight’s roster of Hollywood Knights. New
to the team is Paul Malbry who is one of the
featured stars in the new spring break movie
“The Real Cancun.” It was a special
night for Evolution as they got the chance to
perform in their hometown. Jillian started the
game with her acapella version of the National
Anthem.
The Knights took a group huddle before Kiko,
Thad, Cylk, Dejai, and Romeo took the court.
Romeo went to give the fans in the stand in some
hugs and quick pictures before he got ready for
the tip off. Kiko went up against Argonauts
faculty member for the jump ball. The faculty got
the ball following the tip off but it was the
Knights who were first to put points on the
board. Kiko got fouled while going in got a two
point shot and that sent him to the free throw
line. Out of his two free throws, he made both
shots, making the first shots of the game. Later
Thad threw the ball into play to Romeo who sent
the ball to Cylk and then back to Thad who
attempted a two point shot that went out of
bounds rather than in the basket. Kiko tried
something new and decided to sit on a fan’s
lap as he throws the ball into to Dejai. Soon
after, Kiko made a two point shot with an assist
from Romeo. Paul Malbry got his chance to play in
this quarter, and although he is new to the
Knights, he sure isn’t new to the game. He
wasted no time making a two point shot after
being rotated in the middle of the first quarter.
The Knights were up a significant amount of
points by the end of the first with a score of
9-26.
With such a lead at the end of the first quarter,
the Knights fought to keep that up. This quarter,
the fans couldn’t complain about the lack of
attention. The Knights seemed to be spending more
time paying attention to them than the game…
But it was okay because no one was complaining.
At the beginning of the quarter, Josh threw the
ball into an awaiting fan on the court who
dribbled down the court a bit before passing the
ball back to Josh. Stoney helped out the Knights
this quarter as he passed the ball to Eric after
a pass from Josh. After stealing a hat from an
unsuspecting fan in the stands, Stoney refereed
with the hat on before Josh stole it from him to
play the game in. Paul was in the stands with
fans who couldn’t wait until half time to
get their autographs and pictures while Josh made
one of his two free throws after a foul was
called. All the quality time gave a chance for
the faculty to catch up to the Knights. By the
end of the second, the Argonaut faculty was only
ten points behind the Knights with another half
of the game to go.
Tonight’s halftime brought out Jillian and
Evolution to perform. Then it was Michael Mirisch
who waved the crowd to the autograph tables. Fans
ran and rushed to get their chance for pictures
and autographs. Before the start of the third
quarter, a lucky raffle winner got the chance to
try and make a half court shot for two tickets to
the post game party that night. Unfortunately
they didn’t make it, which still left the
chance for those ever-so-popular tickets to be
won before the start of the fourth quarter. As
the third quarter got underway, it was Kiko who
had to be escorted away from the fans by
security. Paul started the quarter off strong by
consecutively making two two-point shots in a
row. Before handing the ball over to the faculty
to throw-in, Eric and Stoney took a time out from
basketball to brush up on their volleyball skills
as they volleyed the ball back and forth to each
other. Romeo passed the ball to Thad who was in
the key, and he proceeded to make two points. A
time out was called late in the quarter and
afterwards, Cylk, Romeo, and Kiko tried their
best to distract a female faculty member as they
danced around. The same faculty member was sent
to the free throw line for a foul called on her
and it was Cylk who tried to distract her again
with his dancing. His efforts to distract were
unfruitful as she made one of the two. The
Argonauts had inched their way up to the Knights
by the end of the third, trailing with only three
points- 53-60.
Thad, Romeo, Dejai, Cylk, and Kiko started off
the last quarter of tonight’s game. Cylk
made one of his famous three point shots very
early in the quarter along with Thad making a two
point shot after an assist from Romeo soon after.
Later in the period, Josh tried to make a shot
from under the basket and missed but did gain two
free throws. At the line he made one of his two,
distancing the Knights’ score from the
Argonauts’. After there was pass to Paul
that came from down court, he made a two pointer
just as the buzzer rang, leaving another victory
for the Knights, 65-68. |
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