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Summation of W-K Shootout offered

January 7, 2013 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter I didn’t quite make it to all of the W-K Shootout. I decided not to go to last Friday’s final round, which was reduced from [...]

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Reversed fortunes

December 26, 2012 Mike's Column
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By Mike Philips Contributing sportswriter When Cole Camp’s Emily Pritzel made two free throws to put Cole Camp ahead of the Crest Ridge Lady Cougars 47-46 with five seconds left [...]

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Basketball coach honored with gym dedication

December 17, 2012 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter Congratulations Coach Farrington. The long-time Cole Camp basketball coach was honored at Cole Camp Saturday night when the new basketball gym was named in his [...]

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Return high school basketball to its roots

December 10, 2012 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter After attending the Northwest Tournament boys’ championship between Green Ridge and Otterville Saturday night, it’s time to get on my soapbox again. For a long [...]

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Kind gesture brightened his night

December 3, 2012 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter I was in the depths of despair when something happened to me late Saturday night that really lifted my spirits. I had been taken in [...]

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Soccer, football & basketball thoughts

November 25, 2012 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter Randy and I went and covered a La Monte-Green Ridge soccer match several weeks ago. The game started at 5:00, meaning it should have been [...]

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Looking back at SFCC’s 1993-94 season

November 5, 2012 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter Basketball season is almost right on top of us. That means it is time to break out one of my oldies but goodies. Local and [...]

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