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NHS plays well but denied win in jamboree |
Coach Rod Cook is happy Newberg debuts with
intensity at David Douglas Monday |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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Newberg High School boys basketball
coach Rod Cook was worried about one thing Monday — intensity.
Cook said he wasn’t sure how much intensity the Tigers would play
with at the David Douglas Jamboree. Despite not notching a win in
any of the three quarters, Cook was pleasantly surprised, however.
“We made some mistakes, but they’re fixable,” he said. “The thing I
was worried about most was what kind of intensity we would come out
with. We came out with some solid intensity and that was good to
see.”
Newberg opened the jamboree against Wilson of the Portland
Interscholastic League (PIL). The Tigers got out to an 7-2 lead, but
Wilson rallied. A Trojan tip-in as time expired handed the Tigers an
11-9 loss in the eight-minute session.
The Tigers then took on McKay, a team from the Valley League. Once
again, the Tigers got out to an early lead, this time 8-1. But just
like the first game, Newberg’s opponent rallied and the game ended
in a 10-10 tie.
“I thought the first two quarters we played, we played really
well,” Cook said. “I was really pleased the effort and level of
intensity we came out with and to be completely honest, I wasn’t
quite sure what to expect.”
Newberg had 45 minutes before its final contest. That, paired with
a hot-shooting David Douglas team, combined to hand the Tigers a
15-6 loss.
Cook said he doesn’t look at the quarters as games.
“They’re just a quarter,” he said. “(David Douglas) scored more points
than us in a quarter. We gave up a couple of easy ones at the end
and you don’t want to do that in any quarter, though.”
Cook said he will use the jamboree as a way to figure out player
rotations.
“It was nice because when we had certain players out there they
played extremely well and then we were able to get some different
substitution patterns so it was nice to get everyone in there and
have different lineups,” he said.
“These jamborees are weird. You want to win each quarter but the
bottom line is that we’re trying to get these kids some playing time
because for some of these kids it’s their first time at the varsity
level.”
The Tigers tip off their season today (Wednesday) in a 7:30 p.m.
matchup at Century.
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From
Dec. 1,
2004, Newberg Graphic
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