Attached above is a brief video interview I did Thursday with Central Valley girls basketball coach Freddie Rehkow.
NOTE: The North Central boys go to Mt. Spokane on Saturday in a play-in game to see which team goes to No. 2 seed Shadle Park on Tuesday in a District 8 3A opener. Tipoff Saturday at Mt. Spokane is 7:30.
1:40 p.m. Feb 10
Greg, here is an edited version of something I posted on Vince’s blog that may make some local GSL basketball fans bllod boil:
Al_Loysius on February 10 at 11:31 a.m.
Vince, here is something that Dennis & Rick will definitly react to. I do not know if you were here in 1981. Shadle beat Mercer Island in the 3A Basketball championship on a last second shot that survived a video review. Dennis & Rick gave this story a lot of coverage.
MI’s coach was Ed Pepple, who triggered a near-riot that prevented Shadle from receiving their trophy post-game. He was placed on WIAA probation for a couple of years.
To this day, he counts 1981 as a “phantom” championship. He is a person that many coaches have strong opinions about.
(PS, he is grandfather of Whitworth’s coach)
Now Pepple gets an award (From Seattle Times website):
Former Mercer Island boys basketball coach Ed Pepple has been named the boys basketball 2012 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball recipient.
Here is the press release:
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the winners of the 2012 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball.
This prestigious award is named after Morgan Wootten, who is one of two high school coaches enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The annual award is presented to one boy’s basketball coach and one girl’s basketball coach.
The 2012 winner of the Morgan Wootten Award for boy’s basketball is Ed Pepple from Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island, WA). Pepple is the longest-tenured basketball coach in the state of Washington. He has coached at Mercer Island since 1968 and immediately impacted the program.
Pepple has led his teams to 21 KingCo championships, four state championships, and was runner-up four times. He has the most wins of any active head coach (902-305), and has appeared in 26 state championships. Pepple has been named Washington State Coach of the Year seven times and named Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1997.
PS. I believe the kid from SP who hit the winning shot was named Schmidt. Mark Rypien was also on that team.
2:26 p.m. Feb 10
Ed Pepple is and always will be a douchebag for his behavior following the Shadle Park game.
3:57 p.m. Feb 12
who would you think will be the 1st teams for each boys and girls in the gsl?
3:59 p.m. Feb 26
Boys:
Bailey - University
Boese - Shadle Park
Damon - Lewis & Clark
Rehkow - Central Valley
Bracey (GPrep) or Wilson (Ferris)