October 25, 2009 in Sports

Forrest plays through loss

‘Pretty heavy heart’ after grandfather’s death

Vince Grippi vinceg@spokesman.com; (509) 459-5436

BERKELEY, Calif. – You wouldn’t know it by his performance, but Reid Forrest played Saturday, in his own words, “with a pretty heavy heart, that’s for sure.”

Forrest’s maternal grandfather, Clarence “Bud” Herman, died last week in Ephrata, Wash., at age 92.

“Just lost his driver’s license six months ago,” Forrest said after his Washington State Cougars lost to California 49-17. “He was my biggest fan. Even if he didn’t know who I was on the field, he would tell me I did a good job.”

Forrest took a day off this week to go home and help the family …

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