WE HAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND WE JUST HAD SOME LIGHT SNOW A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS LOST TO TRAYNOR THIS AFTERNOON AT THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT, IN THE LAST 2/10THS OF A SECOND. HERE'S HOW THE GAME ENDED UP. THE GAME WAS TIED. BELLEVUE HAD THE BALL WITH 40 SECONDS LEFT. THEY WENT DOWN COURT....SHOT AND MISSED AND TRAYNOR GOT THE REBOUND. TRAYNOR WAS WORKING TO KEEP THE BALL UNTIL TIME RAN OUT AND THEY COULD GO INTO OVERTIME. BUT THEN, WITH 2/10 OF A SECOND LEFT, UNEXPECTEDLY, A BELLEVUE GIRL FOULED TRAYNOR. TRAYNOR MISSED THE FIRST FREE THROW AND MADE THE SECOND AND THE GAME WAS OVER.
A REAL TOUGH ONE TO LOOSE....AND A HEARTBREAKER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GIRL THAT COMMITTED THE FOUL. PERSONALLY, I'M DISAPPOINTED A REFEREE WOULD CALL A FOUL WITH LESS THAN A SECOND LEFT. I BELEIVE HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE TEAMS GO INTO OVERTIME. THE GOOD NEWS TO END THIS STORY IS THAT THERE WAS NOT A SENIOR ON BELLEVUE MARQUETTE'S TEAM, TO THEY HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR FOR A 3RD YEAR IN A ROW. LAST YEAR, THEIR FIRST VISIT, THEY ALSO LOST THE FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME AND ALSO TO TRAYNOR. IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL, IF YOU LOOSE THE FIRST GAME, YOU ARE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT AND GO HOME EARLY. BUT, IF YOU WIN THE FIRST GAME, YOU GET TO PLAY TWO MORE AND SPEND MOST OF THE WEEK IN DES MOINES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS ON A GREAT SEASON.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS WON THEIR GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AND FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW, WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. THEY
WON ON TWO FREE THROWS BY BRIAN MOORE WITH SECONDS LEFT.
THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY. ALSO, GOING TO STATE, THE NORTHEAST BOYS OF GOOSELAKE. THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES, AS WE DID THE GIRL'S GAME TODAY.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SHORT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ONE DEATH, BUT OBIT NOT COMPLETE, SO WILL HOLD OFF ON IT UNTIL TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS MONA REICHLING. A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE AT
www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
