"Trucking by Water!" Container Port revisited.

Stas Margaronis did a presentation about the possibility of "Short Sea Shipping" in the form of a new 4,000 ton Container Ship that would cost about 30 million dollars shipping containers from Stockton to Eureka. Currently there are about 400 trucks from Stockton area distribution plants travelling to Eureka. And about 200 local trucks heading to Stockton. Stas said that the turnaround time for his concept was 25 hours and all those trucks could be replaced by this Ship that would travel to our port 2 times a week. This would actualize a 66% reduction in emissions compared to trucks. Also there is cost savings. It costs $1,500 per truck to haul goods from Stockton, compared to $1,100 by ship. A saving of $400 a load!

Currently there is a successful pilot project working from Oakland to Stockton that travels 75 miles. Stockton to Eureka would be around 300 miles.

There were arguments in the room about the use of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) use of the ship over the use of diesel fuel.

Financial obstacles were also identified. 15 million for container dock with 7 acres upland properties for temporary storage. All together Stas felt it would probably initially take a 60 million dollar investment. He felt a joint partnership between the Port of Stockton and Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District would be mutually profitable.

BST Train Feasibility presentation tonight!

The Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District will be hosting a East/West/North/South Rail Analysis presentation by BST engineering out of the state of Washington. At Woodley Island. Meeting starts at 7pm and the presentation is at the end of the agenda.

Worst songs you probably heard of!

I am a self-avowed radio channel surfer and many times I will turn to songs that I will quickly change to the next when these songs come up. Some are older and some newer. Links for them are here on my blog.  

10. "Macarena"  Los Del Rio-Can’t turn it off fast enough!

9. "Hollaback Girls"  Gwen Stephanie. I loved early Gwen, this one is just irritating.

8. "Rumour has it" Adele-Love some of her stuff but this just bugs me. Make the skin crawl.  

7. "Ebony and Ivory"  McCartney and Jackson-I don’t know who thought this would be a good idea, it was not.

6. "My Humps"  Black Eyed Peas-Really. Have you ever listened to this? Unbearable.

5. "Your having my baby" Paul Anka-Didn’t anybody tell Paul this would be the cheesiest of songs of all time?

4. "Seasons in the sun" Terry Jacks-Will change the channel every time this comes on. And this made it to #1?

3. "My Sharona"  The Knack-When Robin and I first got married our new neighbors played this full blast for what seemed months! Ironically their next door neighbor ended up touring with Rush with an opening band called the Boogies.

2. "Hotel California" Eagles-I just don’t get their appeal overall.

1. "The Joker" Steve Miller- I pretty much could have put any Steve Miller Band song here. I hate em all.

North Coast Rail Authority meeintg July 2013

The first order of business was the appointments of the new Directors to NCRA committees. Alex Stillman and I were appointed to the Finance Committee. Alex was also appointed to the Properties Committee.  

Next up was a Resolution supporting CalTrout Fisheries Restoration of Bridge Creek, which is about 12 miles south of Scotia.  The removal of rails was not a big issue since that part of the line had “Blown Out.” Restoration preemption was also a big issue. North Western Pacific company (NWPco) operator John Williams said he was in favor of an excursion train with this rail line. After much discussion and amendments to resolution the item passed unanimously 9-0.

CalTrout’s second Resolution concerned Restoration of Woodman Creek near Laytonville.  The 200ft of rail that was proposed to be removed is classified as “active railroad.” NCRA project engineer Dave Anderson pointed out that obstacles were in the 29 miles between Willits and Woodman Creek that needed to be addressed, namely:

14 slides
 

 6 tunnels
 

22 bridges

The project is well isolated and far into the future. In both restoration cases it was pointed out that this would help mitigate the issues for the future use of the rail, so why not address this now? Operator John Williams said that “money is the root of this issue!” He said he would support the project if it was well defined. He also pointed out that the 1 million dollar estimate for the replacement bridge would likely be 7-10 million and that the project would affect 2,000ft and not 200ft. The resolution with amendment’s passed unanimously 9-0.  

Last conduct of business for the day was whether to approve an agreement with Parallel Infrastructure (PI) to audit the Rail Line for Right of Ways (ROW) and to identify encroachments.  Passed unanimously 9-0.

NWPco Operator John Williams announced that the company has survived 2 years of rail service. He said the Federal Rail Authority had removed the Emergency Order from the rail also.  So far there is 62 miles of service in Marin and Sonoma Counties. He passed out pictures of rail and passenger cars delivering 500 passengers to Sears Point Raceway. He was proud to point out that there have been no injuries on the rail line. He was still hoping for TIGER grant funding to help completion of rail line to Cloverdale.

Oh yeah, by the way, the NCRA is broke. That was pointed out repeatedly during the meeting. Hope this last meeting won't literally be the last!

 

Operating Engineers Local 3 endorses Richard Marks for Harbor Commissioner!

The Operating Engineers Local 3 Executive Board endorsed my Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation District Commission Re-election. Besides a more than kind monetary donation, they also offered phone banks with phone bankers! With literature and public backdrop for the press. I was overwhelmed with their decision. I hope to garner the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Northern California Regional Council next! (I collect retirement from the UBC from past service.)

Plan "B" would be for me not to have an opponent but I am not counting on that.

NCRA meeting quote by Alex Stillman: “Where we come from we don’t hold our fish hostage!”

So last Wednesday was my first meeting since I was appointed by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors as a Director of the North Coast Railroad Authority. There are 8 other Directors from Marin to Humboldt County. The other Directors seemed to be familiar with playing in this sandbox forum and I didn’t know where the shovels were hidden. So endure with my report.

The first report of the day was by Merritt Perry Senior Project Manager with GDH Consulting. He has been working on the study of the Rail/Trail between Arcata and Eureka. He said the project could run about 18 million. I asked if there had been any discussion on potential plans with Cal Trans to include Samoa to Arcata and was told there were no plans currently or in the future for that portion.

The next item on the agenda was the “Skunk” train tunnel collapse issue. It looks like it will cost $300,000 to reopen. According to past studies the “Skunk” has over 20 million dollars impact in Mendocino County.  Director Hemphill spoke of riding the “Skunk” since 1952 and pointed out that it was the only way for his Boy Scout troop to get to their camporee location. We approved a Resolution to go out to Mendocino governmental entities to help finance repairs.

We had much discussion over the possible sale of land adjacent to the Ukiah Railroad Depot. North Western Pacific Co. (NWPco.) is going to pay to clean up the property to the tune of $250,000. A representative for Cal Trans claimed that for NWPco. to help clean up property and then get paid back loan debts was actually a conflict of interest. The possible remediation and loan paybacks are moving forward.

Next we discussed the Development and Issuance of a Request for Proposals for Restoration Work in the Eel River Canyon. Cal Trout wants to do some creek restoration at Woodsman Creek near Laytonville. The project would include removing 200 feet of rail and future bridge installation once the rail is restored in the area. (On one side of this project has a collapsed rail tunnel and a landslide that has taken out the rail bed completely) Miles of trout habitat fixed until that time. Director Alex Stillman said, “Where we come from we don’t hold fish hostage!” California Trout was on the agenda just for discussion. There seemed to be procedural questions as to whether this was supposed to be on the agenda as an action item. No action was taken on this item and the petitioner Darren Mierau and NCRA Executive Director Mitch Stogner would work on language to bring back to the Directors in the future.

Property Specialist Doug McCorkle updated on filing for a 3 million dollar Tiger Grant Application with the US Transportation office for rail service restoration from Windsor to Redwood Valley. He said the odds were about 5% to for the grant to be approved.

Operator John Williams expressed his desire to have rail service in the near future to Cloverdale. Main products to railed from there would be Lumber and Aggregate. He is working on private funding besides the Tiger Grant. He feels the Ukiah Depot “Dirty Dirt” is actually owned by Union Pacific’s (UP). But it looks like the “Dirty Dirt” has been handed down to the NCRA, and he said he will clean the “Dirty Dirt”.  Mr. Williams said current NWPco. business volumes were low and his company was at a “Negative Cash Flow” and blamed that in part by lack of consistent delivery due to “Turnout” issues created by Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) line. He felt that the completion of the SMART would lead to more business next year.  

I have heard that people have been testifying at public meetings that Alex Stillman and I are rail obstructionists and anti-rail. Could you at least call and ask?  

Samoasoftball......King of Softball. Another season starts.

Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m Richard Marks the best friging softball player you’ve ever met.

Just ask the opposing teams in the 4 leagues I’m in this summer. I flat out rake. You could populate a small country with all the pitchers I've taken deep.

I just spent three hours in the batting cage and hit the @#%$ out of the ball. Line drives, big flies, opposite field shots. I can do it all. Some kids next to me in the cages were staring and pointing at me. I can’t blame them. They’ve probably never seen a late 50’s man wearing Oakley Blades and batting gloves who can hit bombs like me. Especially not with shorts this tight.

This season, I’m making sure we sweep all 4 leagues. Especially the Men’s League at Arcata. We were two outs away from winning that baby last year and now I can taste it. I’ve gotta get my hands on that 10-foot plastic trophy and tee shirt. It’s all I think about.
Rumor has it the league winners get 2 free pitchers at Big Pete’s Pizza after the season. No way we lose with the trophy, shirts and 78 ounces of Bud on the line.

I just bought all new equipment for this season and you should see the extra long stripped baggy baseball pants I got. Super tight. I picked up a new set of wristbands, a tube of eye black and a pair of 3-inch mud cleats, you know, just in case I need to break up a double play. I also got to get my hands on one of those $350 Miken Ultra II bat for a little extra power. It may cost me a week’s retirement pension, but screw it, when I start cranking 400-foot shots it will be worth it.

I can’t wait for that first at bat. I’m bringing a tape deck to the game, so that I can blast The Scorpions when I walk to the plate. Nothing gets me fired up to play ball more than The Scorpions. Except maybe Metallica, but I’ll save that for the playoffs.

I feel sorry for the other teams. They have no idea what I’m about to unleash on them. Actually, I don’t feel sorry for them. You think that anyone felt sorry for me when that bastard coach cut me from the Babe Ruth baseball team? You think Babe Ruth or Dave Kingman felt sorry for the other team when they took them deep? They should have known better than to get into a league with me.

This year I’m focused. I practiced like a son of a bitch in the winter at Samoa Field with Les Charter and I got the call to play catcher. That’s right, the main show baby. Only the best play behind the plate. I have to be sharp, so no more beer during the games. I’m going to wait until after the game to starting pounding cold ones and I’m still going to drink you under the table.

My initials might as well be M-V-P. That stands for Most Valuable Player for all you non-softball players. The League starts next week. I may take the week before off to prepare.

Why do I take softball so seriously?

You kidding me? You’re just jealous! See you at the ball park!

King Richard

President Mad River Softball Association

Man Assaulted with Chain in Old Town. Humboldt Politics. Welcome back to the Jungle Stevie!

My buddy Steve Harris has just moved back last week to Humboldt County after a 5 year stint of working the San Jose area for the Operating Engineers local 3 Dist. 90. He is now the District Representatve for District 40 and lives in Rio Dell. I let him know Tuesday that I was going before the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors to ask for consideration for a board appointment to the North Coast Railroad Authority and it might be contentious. So Steve being the friend he is, showed up and spoke on my behalf. I was honored to be selected. Someone locally was upset about my appointment and called Steve's boss to complain! Not here a few days and I am getting him in trouble. So today we are going to lunch and I turned on A street in Eureka to go to Old Town. Two guys were running in front of my truck and one of the guys was wielding a chain and beating the crap out of some guy who finally just rolled on the ground yelling. Steve (About 6'3" and big build) jumped out of the truck and got between the guys. (The guy with the chain was every bit as big as Steve.) He yelled that he was ripped off by the guy he was beating and jumped on his bike and took off. The victim kept yelling at the guy but made no sense. Welcome back to the Jungle Stevie. Or as Merle would say, "What a hell hole!"

Skunk Train in jeopardy.

Skunk Train needs your help! Collapsed tunnel is the big issue.

Samoasoftball appointed to North Coast Rail Authority (NCRA) board.

Hank Sims reports on my appointment as NCRA board member. Controversial? Didn't mean to be. Rumor flying around is that I threatened 4th District Supervisor Virginia Bass that I would run against her if she didn't support me. Pure BS. I would never run against Virginia and have a great working relationship professionally and socially with my fellow past Myrtletown neighbor.

March against Monsanto!

Caught this on Tom Sebourn's blog. 2nd and I at 10:30am in Eureka. I will be out of town so someone cover for me!

Sign hanging over our bed says it all. Nearly 40 years later.

2013 Softball Tournaments

May 18^th & 19^th-SOP’s Memorial Classic: Fortuna. 3 game Guaranteed $250. Metal bat. (Note this is a 2 day tournament.) Contact Sam at 707-845-3064 or Toye 707-599-5928 for more information.

May 25^th-Doctor Bob and “Scatman” Memorial Tournament: Weaverville. 3 Game Guaranteed $200. Metal Bat. One Day. Contact Todd at 530-739-5681.

June 1^st & 2^nd-“Lewiston Bash” : Lewiston.$200. Metal Bat. Contact Jesse Para at 530-227-0541.

June 2^nd-“ 0-2 & Barbeque!”:  McKinleyville. $125. CO-ED Wood Bat. Contact 707-839-9003.  

June 15^th-SAC “First Chance” Invitational: Arcata. 3 Game Guaranteed. $199. USSSA Metal Bat. One day. Contact Richard Marks 707-445-3432.

June 22^nd NSA Invitational: BLD Redding.  Contact www.nsacal.net.

June 29^th & 30^th-“Firecracker” Invitational: Crescent City. 3 Game Guaranteed. $250. Metal Bat. Contact John Horner at 707-951-2397.

July 13^th & 14^th-3^rd Annual “Redwood Coast Grand Slam”: Eureka. 3 Game Guaranteed. Freaking only $125! ASA and USSSA metal bats! Contact Steve Enes at 707-441-4245.

July 6^th and 7^th-“Belated 4^th of July Invitational”: Arcata. (Tentative) 3 Game Guaranteed. $199. Metal or Wood Bat. Contact Richard Marks 707-445-3432

July 13^th &14^th-“Budwieser Shoot Out!”: Ukiah. 3 Game Guaranteed. $300. ASA. (Better bring your “A” game and team for this.) Contact 707-463-6714

July 20^th & 21^st-“Battle of the Border!” Invitational: Crescent City. 3 Game Guaranteed. $250. Metal Bat. Contact John Horner at 707-951-2397.

July 20^th & 21^st-“Mountain Bash”: Weaverville. 3 Game Guaranteed. $220. Metal Bat. Contact Jesse Para at 530-227-0541.

August 10^th & 11^th-“Del Norte Wood Bat Invitational”: Crescent City. 3 Game Guaranteed. $250. 11” ball in use. Contact John Horner 707-951-2397.

August 10^th & 11^th-“Samoa Athletic Club Invitational”: BLD Redding. 3 Game Guaranteed. $199. USSSA “E” & “D” Division. 1 home run per inning.  Contact Richard Marks at 707-445-3432.

August 17^th & 18^th-Humboldt Domestic Violence Services (HDVS) 3^rd annual “Heart of the Redwoods Invitational”: Arcata. 3 Game Guaranteed. $225. USSSA Metal Bat.

August 23^rd thru 25^th-“Coors Light Boneyard Bash”: Medford. 48 Hour Tournament. Metal Bat. Lots of teams! Jesse Horning 775-997-8000.

Sept 7^th & 8^th-“Tomaso’s Wood Bat Invitational”: Willow Creek. $250. Wood Bat. Contact Richard Marks at 707-445-3432. Can only handle 10 teams. Full each year. First 10 to pay up front.

Sept 7^th & 8^th-“SAC Valley Invitational”: BLD Redding. USSSA “E” & “D” Division. 3 Game Guaranteed. $199. Contact Richard Marks at 707-445-3432.

Sept 14^th-“TMS Softball Invitational”: BLD Redding. Metal Bat. Contact Mark Madrone at 530-941-8463 for more information.

Sept 21^st and 22^nd-“SAC Last Chance!” :Invitational: Arcata. 3 Game Guaranteed. $199. USSSA Metal Bat. Contact Richard Marks at 707-445-3432

I am sure I have missed some and I know that Medford and Redding will be hosting tournaments almost weekly in October thru December. If you want to play most of these, you have my number!

Mad River Softball Metal Bat Update.

To answer some confusion: The proposed metal bat division will be held on Tuesday or Thursday nights. Yes, you or your teams can play in both wood bat and metal bat leagues. Doubleheaders can be arranged for Southern Humboldt or Crescent City teams. USSSA sanctioned bats with sticker are the legal metal bats. Seniors over 50 are allowed Mikan Ultra's. We will be using Dudley Thunder 44 core balls with .375 Compression tentatively. Home Run rule will most likely be 1 per inning or 5 per game and then equalizer. I will let managers decide the best fit.

Metal Bat Teams so far! Tentative of course. Meeting May 22nd at Arcata Community center.

1. Lets Play Ball!

2. Ofer's

3. SAC

4. Snow Leopards

5. SOP

6. Bear River

7. Monster

8. Batting Cages

9. Solo Sports

10. Les Schwab

Am I missing any team moving from wood bat to metal?

They are Back! Indian Island Egrets!

Their back! Driving across the Samoa Bridge I noticed a flock of Egrets in the Monterey Cypress trees on Indian Island. Summer must be around the corner! Every year they show back up to nest. There is some concern about how much longer that they can use the island, as the trees are not native and were planted in the 1860's. They might be closing in on their life span.

Best Foo Foo Burger places in Eureka.

This last weekend I was in a softball tournament in Redding. While there I had a chance to go to Five guys burgers and the next day go to In N Out burger. (Just what is in that In-N-Out special spread?!) I know we don't have these places but it made me wonder once again, what is the best places for a burger, besides the fast food places. Here is an updated list for best places in Eureka! (Not elsewhere in the county.)

10. Waterfront Cafe. Want blah foo foo? This is it. Needs something to perk it up.

 

9. Village Pantry. Can be really good, or really so so. Hit and miss.

8. Kristina's. This place is trying too hard to go classy. But they are consistent.

7. Fresh Freeze. Good sloppy burgers!

6. Stars. Funny how one bad experience can turn you off on a place. Many think this is the best though.

5. Mike Drive up. Love their fries. Burgers are up and down. They sure are grumpy there! Be sure to wear an Obama shirt to see their reaction!

4. Amy's Delight. Go there at lunch time and be shocked at how many burgers they sell! No frills but good old style burgers.

3. Double AA. Double good or what's with that? You just don't know what you will get each trip.

2. Surfside Burger Shack. I used to think this place was just all right. But the longer they have been open the better they get! Even though they serve grass fed beef.

1. Cafe Nooner. The King of the Eureka Foo Foo! You won't be disappointed. Way under my radar, but this place is classy and good!

Yes, there are others that deserve notice like Cafe Marina, Ingomar Club, Sizzler, Adels, Golden Harvest, Avalon, Lost Coast........but this is just one man's opinion. And we all know samoasoftball loves his food!

Batter up! Spring League starts May 5th!

The Mad River Softball Association is hosting an adult wood bat Sunday softball league starting May 5th at the Arcata Community Sports Complex. Teams play double headers starting no earlier than 12:30pm. Free agent players without teams will be placed on teams. Players must be at least 16 years or older. For more information contact (707) 445-3432 or email Samoafog@aol.com.

Are Our students too Drugged to learn? How do we fix the broken education system?

I don’t know what happened over the years to dummy down our educational system. Or did we drug it down?

When I went to school in the 60’s and 70’s the system seemed pretty straight forward. You came to school, you listened to the teachers, who were usually working alone and were graded A through F on your ability. Or by Grade point average which was 0-F, 1-D, 2-C, 3-B or 4-A. There were no above 4.0 point averages. You could not go over 100%! Whoever started this trend of giving scores higher that perfect have done a disservice to students. If kids were in need of special attention they were a small percentage and had their own class. Students were disciplined physically, (Spanked or swatted) and knew the repercussions of their actions.

What has changed? The over active or “hyper” kid of my time has been diagnosed as “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. Now here is something to blow you away, around 20% of students in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD. Add the 2% Autistic Autistic children and 1.3% with Mental Retardation and other physical special needs and you have almost 25% of the students in the US designated as “Special Needs!” 11% of these kids are on the drug Methylphenidate (Ritalin) and others are on other drugs! Each school district is mandated under law to have 1 on 1 teacher aids to help with education. And with a 22% of the general population of students coming from impoverished families, doesn’t this put poor school districts at a disadvantage in teaching the public?  

Even with such help, our students lag way behind other industrial nations in education. Is it drugs? Why do our students use 5 times the amount of Ritalin compared to other countries? Why has the drug use of Ritalin risen 700% over the last 10 years? Wrong diagnosis? Push by Pharmaceutical companies?

What are the solutions? I don’t know if our education system is too broke to fix. Help me out here.

Happy Easter and City of Eureka votes to apply for funding for East/West Railroad Feasability Study.

 

Went to todays “Special Meeting” of the Eureka City Council about sending a resolution to Cal Trans and apply for a grant in the amount of $295,000 for an east/west rail feasibility study. City of Eureka Consultant David Hull gave a presentation to the Council and said they were under a time crunch and needed to file the necessary paperwork by a April 2^nd deadline. City staff was contributing $17,500 as a cash support or “match” for their time provided. Newly formed Organization Land Bridge Alliance would be kicking in $35,000 as a matchinf fund themselves. David felt a “Privately” financed only would fail with garnering permits in the future and that is why “Public” funding was being solicited.

Councilperson Linda Atkins wanted to know why there was such an emergency for this funding and felt it was inappropriate to call a special meeting on “Good Friday.” She felt there was a need for more public input and pointed out the funding would not be available until 2014 anyways.

The Public was invited to speak after other councilmembers spoke briefly of their support to the resolution:

Loraine Parnell- Why the special meeting? Was the Consultant to blame for short notice?

Pete Oringer- Member of the Timber Heritage Association and Land Bridge Alliance felt it was proper to apply for Public Grants to “augment” and “foster” the process and that it would give the project an advantage with environmental issues.

Jessica Hall- Baykeeper’s representative had some concerns about the concept. She was questioning what Eureka’s role in the project and what the ramifications the city may face.

Susana Munzell- Member of the Land Bridge Alliance and Chair of the Humboldt Bay Harbor Working Group spoke in favor of the study.

Debbie Provolt- Pointed out the constraints of transportation, and the “Freight in, freight out” disadvantage that drives goods prices up for Humboldt. Felt this was a great step forward.

John Grobey- Former HSU Economics Professor pointed out that he was assigned in the 80’s to look into this for the Army Corp of Engineers and came to the conclusion that linkages between the Port and Land made no sense without each other. His observation of the North/South after the closure of rail service led him to believe that continuing rail service in the that direction make no sense. Supports the East/West concept.

Sid Berg- Said it was long shot, but we needed to do something to keep workers local.

Dave Schneider- Dock owner. Pointed out the loss of hundreds of jobs around the bay. Blamed some of problem on regulation and some on transportation structure and bad goods movement.  

Back to Council for deliberation:

Linda Atkins- Had problem with using Public funds for this project and felt the decision should be put off to a further date.

Marian Brady- Felt our weaknesses with “In and out” transportation halts prosperity and would support the project.

Melinda Ciarabellini- Was supporting resolution and didn’t want a “Missed Opportunity. “

Lance Madsen- (By remote) Wanted to see further harbor development. Supported Resolution.

Mike Newman- Eureka Mayor Pro Tem. “Baykeepers don’t want Harbor Development or more business! We need wages and jobs!” He pointed out that the short notice was not that important to him and said getting the “Rail Connect” committee together was a hard to do even once a month because of their geographic issues.

Linda Atkins- Closed council discussion by saying she had problems with the calling for a “Special Meeting” and felt there was no emergency. She said she was all for business, but this project would be something for her Grandchildren or their grandkids to enjoy. She publically said she was not against the rail or the project, but felt it should be privately funded and if they were going to use public funds there should be more time to discuss since the council never had discussed in the past “Using $300,000!”

The Resolution passed 4-1 Linda Atkins dissenting.

Cheap Houses in Arizona!

Houses in Phoenix area are going cheap! What is weird is that they are almost doubled new residential building permits from 2011 (6,795) to 2012 (11,615).

Zane 7th Grade final stats for 2013!

I promised the Zane 7th Grade boys that I would post their final stats on my blog. Gage Barsanti led the team with 15.0 per game. Tshue Her averaged 9.6 rebounds a game. They ended up 11-6 and I think tied for 2nd in the small schools league, where they had to play against 8th graders. I think we only lost to one against pure 7th grade school team. The picture is head coach Matt Dusel. I helped as assistant coach. It was a fun group to coach.

						OFFENSE
Player	#	TO's	Steals	Rebs	FGA	FGM	%	FTA	FGM	%	Pts	PT Ave	Reb Ave
Gage	23	24	35	36	254	85	33%	44	22	50%	255	15.0	2.1
Dalton	33	42	36	61	185	39	21%	34	14	41%	94	5.5	3.6
Jose	11	29	7	14	111	22	20%	13	7	54%	60	3.5	0.8
Dylan	44	10	8	108	64	25	39%	18	5	28%	55	3.2	6.4
Johnny	32	11	11	64	46	14	30%	43	19	44%	50	2.9	3.8
Nathan	22	25	8	13	90	19	21%	12	8	67%	48	2.8	0.8
Ethan	31	14	3	12	46	15	33%	16	6	38%	36	2.6	0.9
Mike	34	13	7	38	28	10	36%	8	3	38%	23	1.8	2.9
Tshue	21	17	29	163	33	8	24%	19	7	37%	27	1.6	9.6
Tanner	55	7	4	50	24	12	50%	8	0	0%	24	1.6	3.3
Brody	41	13	8	46	30	8	27%	10	3	0%	21	1.2	3.1
Robbie	35	16	4	7	16	4	25%	9	3	33%	11	0.9	0.6
Totals		221	160	612	927	261	28%	234	97	41%	704	41.4	36.0
						DEFENSE
Player	#	TO's	Steals	Rebs	FGA	FGM	%	FTA	FGM	%	Pts	PT Ave	Reb Ave
Tshue	21	17	29	163	33	8	24%	19	7	37%	27	1.6	9.6
Dylan	44	10	8	108	64	25	39%	18	5	28%	55	3.2	6.4
Johnny	32	11	11	64	46	14	30%	43	19	44%	50	2.9	3.8
Dalton	33	42	36	61	185	39	21%	34	14	41%	94	5.5	3.6
Tanner	55	7	4	50	24	12	50%	8	0	0%	24	1.6	3.3
Brody	41	13	8	46	30	8	27%	10	3	0%	21	1.2	3.1
Mike	34	13	7	38	28	10	36%	8	3	38%	23	1.8	2.9
Gage	23	24	35	36	254	85	33%	44	22	50%	255	15.0	2.1
Jose	11	29	7	14	111	22	20%	13	7	54%	60	3.5	0.8
Nathan	22	25	8	13	90	19	21%	12	8	67%	48	3.0	0.8
Ethan	31	14	3	12	46	15	33%	16	6	38%	36	2.6	0.9
Robbie	35	16	4	7	16	4	25%	9	3	33%	11	0.9	0.6