{"id":2683,"date":"2010-10-11T18:28:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/preps-of-the-week-oct-8-edition\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T05:45:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T12:45:41","slug":"preps-of-the-week-oct-8-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/preps-of-the-week-oct-8-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"PREPS OF THE WEEK: Oct. 8 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

COURTNEY JOHNSON, Kentwood<\/b><\/p>\n

Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n

Sport: Soccer.<\/p>\n

Accomplishment: Johnson, a goalkeeper, worked her fourth straight shutout, helping the Conquerors turn back Auburn on Sept. 30, 2-0.<\/p>\n

Favorite class: Peer Tutoring.<\/p>\n

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite my mom, dad and two sisters. We would have ice cream.<\/p>\n

Greatest athletic moment: Winning the Class 4A state basketball championship last winter.<\/p>\n

Most current book read\/author: AP Psychology text book.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s on your iPod?: \u201cJust a dream\u201d by Nelly.<\/p>\n

Also noted: Johnson sports a 3.8 grade-point average and plans to play basketball in college.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

MADDI AGNEW, Kentridge<\/b><\/p>\n

Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n

Sport: Volleyball.<\/p>\n

Accomplishment: Agnew collected 13 digs and served up eight aces on Sept. 28, leading the Chargers past Mount Rainier in an SPSL North match 25-21, 25-13, 25-9.<\/p>\n

Favorite class: English and Leadership.<\/p>\n

Greatest athletic moment: Beating Kentwood as a junior on varsity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

STEPHON VAIFALE, Kentlake<\/b><\/p>\n

Grade: Junior.<\/p>\n

Sport: Football.<\/p>\n

Accomplishment: Vaifale rushed for 115, helping the Falcons knock off Tahoma 33-21. The win helped Kentlake improve to 5-0.<\/p>\n

Favorite class: Spanish 3.<\/p>\n

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (New Orleans Saints running back) Reggie Bush. He has been my idol since his years at USC. I\u2019d most likely serve a really big dish of my favorite Samoan foods.<\/p>\n

Greatest athletic moment: Making a half-court shot in a varsity basketball game or scoring two touchdowns within 50 seconds in the fourth quarter to lead our team to a big rivalry win.<\/p>\n

Most current book read\/author: \u201cWinter in the Blood,\u201d by James Welch. What\u2019s on your iPod?: Classical music, preferably Al Green.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

ALEX HORTON, Kentridge<\/b><\/p>\n

Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n

Sport: Cross country.<\/p>\n

Accomplishment: Horton delivered a strong performance on the trail Sept. 29 in a 3-team meet that also included Tahoma and Jefferson, completing the 3.1-mile race in 16:36 to take second place.<\/p>\n

Favorite class: P.E. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Ryan Hall. We would eat pasta.<\/p>\n

Greatest athletic moment: Qualifying for state.<\/p>\n

Most current book read\/author: \u201cRunning with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men\u2019s Cross Country Team,\u201d by Chris Lear.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s on your iPod?: Far Away.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

DAVID MARDAKOV, K-M<\/b><\/p>\n

Grade: Freshman.<\/p>\n

Sport: Tennis.<\/p>\n

Accomplishment: Mardakov edged Kentlake\u2019s Kyle Thomas 6-2, 6-3, a score that helped the Royals upend the Falcons 3-2 overall in an SPSL North match. Favorite class: World History.<\/p>\n

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Roger Federer because he is funny, not proud and an inspiration. I would serve Russian dumplings. Greatest athletic moment: When I took a set off Toshiki Matsuya, the No. 6 nationally ranked player.<\/p>\n

Favorite movie: Bruce Almighty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COURTNEY JOHNSON, Kentwood Grade: Senior. Sport: Soccer. Accomplishment: Johnson, a goalkeeper, worked her fourth straight shutout, helping the Conquerors turn back Auburn on Sept. 30, 2-0. Favorite class: Peer Tutoring. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite my mom, dad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}