{"id":9372,"date":"2009-01-16T17:37:01","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T01:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/preps-of-the-week-for-jan-17\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T18:35:26","slug":"preps-of-the-week-for-jan-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/preps-of-the-week-for-jan-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Preps of the Week for Jan. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALEC WILSON<\/p>\n

Kentwood<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grade: Sophomore.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sport: Basketball.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Accomplishment: Wilson, a sharpshooting guard, delivered a season-high 15 points, including three 3-pointers, in a 64-43 win over fifth-ranked Auburn Jan. 6.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Favorite class: Algebra 3-4.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Michael Jordan. (I\u2019d serve) Panda Express because everyone likes Panda Express.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

RUBEN NAVEJAS<\/p>\n

Kentwood<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grade: Sophomore.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sport: Wrestling.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Accomplishment: Navejas, one of the state\u2019s premier 103-pounders, racked up four pins and one decision, winning the title at last weekend\u2019s Panther Classic at Snohomish High. It was Navejas\u2019 second tournament title in two weeks.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Favorite class: P.E.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (I would invite teammates) Hayden Peterson, Teddy Zografos, Billy Creighton and Eric Alonzo. (We would have) Taco Bell.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

GREG ELEY<\/p>\n

Kentlake<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sport: Wrestling.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Accomplishment: Eley, a 160-pounder, pinned three opponents and earned a 13-11 decision to take the championship at last weekend\u2019s Panther Classic at Snohomish High.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Favorite class: Material Science.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Mel Gibson to a man\u2019s country-fried steak breakfast\/dinner with hearty biscuits, gravy, sausage, eggs, pancakes, back, hash browns and orange juice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

JEFF BUDINICH<\/p>\n

Kentlake<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sport: Basketball.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Accomplishment: Budinich has been one of the SPSL North\u2019s top scorers all year. On Jan. 9, he poured in 24 points in a 62-47 loss to Kentwood.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Favorite class: Business Math.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (Actress) Kim Kardashian and I would have steak and she would have a Caesar salad.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

BRIANA SHANNON<\/p>\n

Kent-Meridian<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grade: Junior.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sport: Basketball.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Accomplishment: Shannon, one of the SPSL North\u2019s rising young stars, scored a game-high 21 points in a 45-42 win over Kentridge last Friday. It was Shannon\u2019s second straight 21-point performance.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Favorite class: Marketing.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: President-elect Barack Obama. I would serve him fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy with pink lemonade.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

DYLAN ZYLSTRA<\/p>\n

Basketball<\/p>\n

\u2022 Grade: Junior.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sport: Basketball.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Accomplishment: Zylstra poured in a season-high 28 points last Friday night, leading the Chargers past Kent-Meridian, 73-59.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Favorite class: Business Law.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Barack Obama and I would serve something Italian because I heard that\u2019s what he likes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ALEC WILSON Kentwood \u2022 Grade: Sophomore. \u2022 Sport: Basketball. \u2022 Accomplishment: Wilson, a sharpshooting guard, delivered a season-high 15 points, including three 3-pointers, in a 64-43 win over fifth-ranked Auburn Jan. 6. \u2022 Favorite class: Algebra 3-4. \u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would […]<\/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-9372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9372"}],"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=9372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9372"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=9372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}