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December 29th, 2009 at Tue, 29th, 2009 at 12:01 pm by Joel Willits

Hope everyone had a good holiday off. Because of New Year’s, we’ll only be having one paper this week. Expect to see a feature on the hot start that Sammamish is off to in boys basketball. I got a chance to catch up with coach Wes Newton and his team, which is 6-2 and currently in Canada for the MEI Invitational.

After the article comes out, I’ll be sure to post some of the quotes that didn’t make the article – there were plenty of them.

I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.

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