Shayne Perryman enjoying a fine senior season

6-foot-4 St. Francis senior Shayne Perryman is upping the ante in his final go-around. Here is the latest:

Santa Cruz Sentinel
2-7-2010

Shayne Perryman scored 31 points to lead St. Francis High's boys basketball team over host Scott's Valley 65-41 to clinch no worse than a share of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League title Saturday.

It's the Sharks' first SCCAL boys basketball regular season title.

Perryman scored 14 points in the third quarter on his way to 23 in the second half after the Sharks entered halftime trailing 25-20.

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Here is a feature on Perryman:

Perryman thriving at St. Francis after coming back from brain surgery
Ryan Moses
Santa Cruz Sentinel
2/07/2009

Standing at 6-foot-4 with a crooked scar running across the top of his head, Shayne Perryman is an intimidating figure when he takes the court for St. Francis Central Coast Catholic boys basketball team. That's even before he turns around to reveal a tattoo peaking over the top of his jersey just below his neck.

Not many high school kids sport ink. Then again, not many people have been through what Perryman has experienced in his 16 years.

The tattoo is of a picture of his father framed by a cross, with the letters RIP written above. It represents mortality, both his dad's -- who died of a heart attack in 2004 -- and Perryman's own. Both his older brothers have similar tributes carved into their skin. Perryman's mother, Kristi Perryman-Oliveira, allowed Shayne to get his tattoo last year, after his own brush with death.

So many kids are told video games will rot their brains, but, in a round-about way, one may have saved Perryman's...

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