PREPS OF THE WEEK: Oct. 8 edition
Published 6:28 pm Monday, October 11, 2010
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 and two sisters. We would have ice cream.
Greatest athletic moment: Winning the Class 4A state basketball championship last winter.
Most current book read/author: AP Psychology text book.
What’s on your iPod?: “Just a dream” by Nelly.
Also noted: Johnson sports a 3.8 grade-point average and plans to play basketball in college.
MADDI AGNEW, Kentridge
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Volleyball.
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.
Favorite class: English and Leadership.
Greatest athletic moment: Beating Kentwood as a junior on varsity.
STEPHON VAIFALE, Kentlake
Grade: Junior.
Sport: Football.
Accomplishment: Vaifale rushed for 115, helping the Falcons knock off Tahoma 33-21. The win helped Kentlake improve to 5-0.
Favorite class: Spanish 3.
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’d most likely serve a really big dish of my favorite Samoan foods.
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.
Most current book read/author: “Winter in the Blood,” by James Welch. What’s on your iPod?: Classical music, preferably Al Green.
ALEX HORTON, Kentridge
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Cross country.
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.
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.
Greatest athletic moment: Qualifying for state.
Most current book read/author: “Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men’s Cross Country Team,” by Chris Lear.
What’s on your iPod?: Far Away.
DAVID MARDAKOV, K-M
Grade: Freshman.
Sport: Tennis.
Accomplishment: Mardakov edged Kentlake’s 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.
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.
Favorite movie: Bruce Almighty.
