{"id":4049,"date":"2011-01-14T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T01:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/preps-of-the-week-jan-14-edition\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T22:40:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T05:40:35","slug":"preps-of-the-week-jan-14-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/preps-of-the-week-jan-14-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"PREPS OF THE WEEK: Jan. 14 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
NATHAN MEEKS, Kentlake<\/b><\/p>\n
Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
Sport: Wrestling.<\/p>\n
Accomplishment: Meeks served up the quickest pin of the night last week against Auburn Riverside, needing just 45 seconds to dispatch Larkin Williams in a 46-17 victory on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n
Favorite class: Auto shop.<\/p>\n
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Alexa Felchlin and she would make me homemade fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Greatest athletic moment: Winning the Graham and Snohomish tournaments.<\/p>\n
Favorite movie: Step Brothers. Most recent book read\/author: \u201cThe Scarlet Letter\u201d by Nathaniel Hawthorne.<\/p>\n
In 10 years I will be …: Married with kids running my business. Also: Meeks sports a 3.2 grade-point average and will be attending Oregon State University next year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
TYREE BAGLEY, Kent-Meridian<\/b><\/p>\n
Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
Sport: Basketball.<\/p>\n
Accomplishment: Bagley scored 10 points, five in the pivotal fourth quarter, helping the Royals knock off Kentwood 47-42 in an SPSL North game. The win helped K-M end a 12-game losing streak against Kentwood.<\/p>\n
Favorite class: History.<\/p>\n
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: My mom because she is the world to me, and I would serve macaroni because it\u2019s her favorite.<\/p>\n
Greatest athletic moment: When I helped my team come up with a win against Kentwood.<\/p>\n
Favorite movie: Above the Rim.<\/p>\n
Currently playing on your iPod: Ashton Martin music from Rick Ross. In 10 years I will be … : Out of college in the NBA or overseas playing basketball.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
CASSIDY MEYERS, Kentwood<\/b><\/p>\n
Grade: Sophomore.<\/p>\n
Sport: Wrestling.<\/p>\n
Accomplishment: Meyers showed she\u2019s one to watch as state nears, ripping through the girls 125-pound weight class at the All-SPSL Championships with two pins and a technical fall en route to grabbing the title.<\/p>\n
Favorite class: Photography.<\/p>\n
Greatest athletic moment: Being able to play with my sister in state (soccer) and winning the state championship.<\/p>\n
Currently playing on your iPod: \u201cPocket Full of Sunshine\u201d by Natasha Bedingfield.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
JORDAN JOHNSON, Kentwood<\/b><\/p>\n
Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
Sport: Gymnastics.<\/p>\n
Accomplishment: Johnson delivered a superlative performance in a meet against Auburn, Federal Way and Kentridge last week, winning the vault, floor and the all-around.<\/p>\n
Favorite class: Early Childhood internship.<\/p>\n
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Shawn Johnson, the cast of \u201cStick it\u201d and my friends so they could meet them. I would serve Jamba Juice and Mexican.<\/p>\n
Greatest athletic moment: Making it to state on vault my junior year.<\/p>\n
Currently playing on your iPod: \u201cMine\u201d by Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
GARY BELL, Kentridge<\/b><\/p>\n
Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
Sport: Basketball.<\/p>\n
Accomplishment: Bell delivered a game-high 30 points and added six rebounds, five steals and four assists, leading the Chargers past No. 7 Auburn 61-51 Jan. 4.<\/p>\n
Favorite class: AVID.<\/p>\n
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: If I could take anyone out to dinner, I would take my grandma.<\/p>\n
Greatest athletic moment: Scoring 55 points against Auburn Riverside.<\/p>\n
Favorite movie: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins.<\/p>\n
Most recent book read\/author: \u201cTuesdays with Morrie\u201d by Mitch Albom. In 10 years, I will be …: In the NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NATHAN MEEKS, Kentlake<\/b>
\nGrade: Senior.
\nSport: Wrestling.
\nAccomplishment: Meeks served up the quickest pin of the night last week against Auburn Riverside, needing just 45 seconds to dispatch Larkin Williams in a 46-17 victory on Jan. 6.
\nFavorite class: Auto shop.<\/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-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049"}],"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=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}