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MARINO HIGH SCHOOL - March 8, 2003 |
By
Sue Kim
After the mass hysteria at Burbank High School a
few nights before, it was time for the Knights to
play a back-to-back game as they traveled to San
Marino High School on Saturday. Tonight, the
Knights take on the Titans facultly with proceeds
helping to benefit San Marino High School’s
freshman class. With HK regulars ‘At
Last’ singing tonight’s National
Anthem, it was time to play ball and hopefully
make the Knights’ two game wins into three.
In the first quarter both teams played well
enough to make their fans proud. Arlen was the
last to try and make a shot in this quarter but
his attempt failed while stumbling on the gym
floor as the buzzer rang to end this quarter. In
this period the Titans were more on the ball than
the Knights as they held the lead with a score of
21-14.
In the second quarter, the Titan faculty started
out strong as they made the first two points in
this quarter. Dejai tried to make a shot for the
Knights but Titan faculty number 32 blocked his
shot. Being a true team captain, Cylk was on the
court making a name for himself (as he always
does). In this period he intercepted a faculty
pass while getting the rebound from Titans number
39’s shot. Titan number 24 went in for a two
point shot where the ball seemed temperamental as
it made a lap around the rim but with a little
tip from Titan number 1, it went in for a two
point shot. For the Knights, Sammy, Cylk, Kiko,
and Dejai helped as far as the points went but by
the end of this quarter, the Knights were still
down, 31-33.
The Nade, At Last, and Jillian put on a wonderful
halftime show (as usual) before the ever so crazy
autograph session that eventually led to the
second half of the game. Dion, Kiko, Arlen, Brady
Harrell, and Cylk were in for the first part of
the third quarter. The Knights tied up the score
early in the quarter with a two point shot to
make it 33-33. Dion struggled with Titans 20 and
23 on the floor as he tried to gain possession of
the ball. While going for a lay-up, Josh was
fouled which sent him to the free throw line.
There he made both of his free throw shots
putting the score at 40-40. After Josh’s
free throws, he helped the Knights score by
making a few more shots as so did Sammy and Romeo
to put the Knights in the lead for at the end of
the third quarter with a score of 46-50.
The Knights had the last 10-minute quarter to
maintain their lead but a lot can happen in 10
minutes of a basketball game so the Knights
weren’t so quick to celebrate. The faculty
had possession of the ball at the beginning of
the quarter. The score during this period was
consistent with no team drastically leading the
other. So it was down to the last few seconds of
the game that really counted. With about 30
seconds left in the game, the score was 68-65,
Titans. With just eight seconds remaining in the
game, Kiko was fouled which gave him and the
Knights a chance to catch up to the Titans. He
did just that by making both his free throws,
which put the Knights just one point behind the
Titans. Titan number 39 was fouled soon after,
which gave him two chances to gain points for his
team. He made one of his two free throws making a
2-point gap in the score just as the seconds were
winding down. Just as the buzzer rang, Cylk went
to make a three point shot to try and win it for
the Knights but tonight just wasn’t the
night. The Titans were the ones to celebrate
their win with a score of 69-67. It’s back
on the court this Saturday as the Knights travel
to Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucamonga to
play yet another exciting game. |
By
Jeanne Flores
Saturday, March 8, 2003, San Marino High School
welcomed Josh Henderson, Arlen Escarpeta, Kiko
Ellsworth, the Goodfellas, Dante Clark, Sammy
Lopez, Anthony Harrell, Grady Harrell, Dion
Basco, Cylk Cozart, Ron Lester, Mischa Mandel,
Jeff Licon, Jillian, At Last, Deanna Wright, and
Josh Keaton in the city of San Marino.
Tiffany Huang, freshman, was the coordinator who
brought the Knights to San Marino High School.
“It’s basically because of Jared
Padalecki, he was one of my favorite celebrities,
and we started going to the Hollywood Knights
games. Then we found that the games were really
good, so we invited them to our school.”
Thus, after the guys of ‘At Last’ wowed
the crowd with their five-part harmony for the
National Anthem, the Knights bounced and danced
around to Clipse’s “When the Last
Time” to get themselves hyped up for the
game.
Ron Lester spent most of his time entertaining
and interacting with the crowd by continuously
encouraging them to stand up and make some noise.
On the other side of the gym, Driver Dave, gave
away free shirts to the fans. The crowd cheered
on their Titan faculty as Kazuko Uyeda,
girls’ varsity basketball coach, tried to
lose Josh with her quick dribbling. She was able
to make a lay-up and got fouled. In fact, both
female Titan players impressed the crowd, Josh,
and Dion (who had to guard the girls) with their
basketball skills.
“It was a piece of cake!” joked Josh,
“No actually, they were very good. So it was
a challenge.”
“They’re good,” added Dion,
“They took the ball strong to the hole and
they got the points on the board.”
More shirts were thrown into the crowd, and Ron
picked several fans to do some outrageous stuff
for a shirt. One fan ran up and down the
sidelines with his pants at his ankles, while
another ran around the court several times acting
like a chicken.
The Nade kicked off the half time performances
with a song off their album and a little dance
presentation to 50 Cent’s “In Da
Club,” which ended with Anthony attempting
to slam-dunk a ball. Next was Jillian,
accompanied by her dancers. Jillian sang two
songs, including one entitled “722.”
Finally, ‘At Last’ hit the court with
their a cappella version of “Killing Me
Softly” and another song off their album
Driven.
Mike Lee explained how he learned how to beat
box. “I basically started hearing rappers
doing it and stuff outside of school. Then one
day I just kind of tried it, and it just came
naturally.”
Amy Ubovich, freshman, was one of many fans who
enjoyed the performances. “I thought they
were very organized, and they sang well. I really
liked ‘At Last’.”
More free stuff was given away during the second
half of the game. Wilson Zheng, freshman,
successfully got Ron T’s attention, after
screaming his head off several times in order to
win a pair of active shoes, a Power 106 shirt,
and socks. If fans couldn’t get anymore
excited, Josh pulled a cheerleader from the
stands and allowed her to inbound the ball for
him and shoot the ball – unfortunately she
missed.
Between the third and fourth quarter, Romeo won
Michelle Alvarado, senior, two tickets to the
after party by making a basket from half court in
one shot.
While Grady was calling out raffle ticket
numbers, Ron T had one guy and one girl arm
wrestle for another pair of action shoes. As
expected, the guy won, but he had to arm wrestle
Bert Baker, HK security, in order to win the
shoes. Students watched on as the fan struggled
to bring down Bert’s arm, but he lost,
allowing the girl to win the shoes, and the guy
received a shirt as a consolation prize. The game
finally ended with a missed buzzer shot by Cylk,
allowing the Titan faculty to win 69-67.
Tiffany Huang, was very pleased with
tonight’s turnout. “It was good. It was
more than I expected, and we thank the Knights a
lot for that. Power 106 came on Thursday and help
promoted the game.”
One on One
What qualifies a person to receive his or
her own personalized jersey?
Michael Mirisch: They must be currently
starring or co-starring on a television series,
major motion picture, or in a group that has a
current album in rotation.
At Last has been getting a lot of
publicity as of late. You’ve gotten to
perform and KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball and were
on the Wayne Brady Show. How has this changed you
guys?
Mike Lee (At Last): If anything,
it’s made us hungrier, and we want to work
harder. We’ve gotten a little bit of a taste
on what we could accomplish, all the exposure
just makes us want more.
What was going on in your head when you
missed those several free throws? (Josh missed 3
out of 4 free throws from a technical foul)
Josh Henderson: I was very surprised.
Not to brag, but I don’t miss free throws
that often. |
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