St. Mary's breaks the streak -- takes down Salesian

St. Mary's boys basketball team upsets Salesian
Chace Bryson
Oakland Tribune
3/06/2010

In a different situation, St. Mary's High boys basketball coach Manny Nodar may have used his last timeout to design a way to get a different player the ball. But on Saturday, it was Justin Pollard. It had to be.

With the rest of the Panthers combining to go just 5-for-19 at the foul line, Pollard made seven of nine fourth-quarter free throws to help St. Mary's upset rival Salesian 52-49 in the North Coast Section Division IV championship game at Saint Mary's College...

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Dom Artis with his initial diary

Saleisna's Dom Artis has agreed to do a diary this school year for the Northstar Basketball blog site. Here's the beginning of first entry:

Dominic Artis Player Diary Entry #1
Dominic Artis '12 of Salesian (CA) is not the most intimidating player, standing just 5'7, but the point guard helped lead his school to a state title last year. He recently sent me his first player diary entry, and he chose to go the route of an overview of his day. Here it is:

8/28/09
Mr. Avis gave us so much homework today it was ridiculous. We had a workout after school at 3:00. Before I walked in the housed I checked the mail and saw I got a couple letters...

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