Heraldnet.com
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008 3:28 pm
LocalNorthwestNation & WorldPoliticsSpecial ReportsPhotosColumnistsMultimedia 
Blog
Double Team
Reader poll: Offensive Football Player of the Year?
Latest gallery

Friday Night Football Oct. 10
October 10. 2008 (13 photos)
[More Herald photos]
 
WEEK IN REVIEW
Tuesday


Drug court left in limbo
Teen sentenced for Lynnwood break-in attacks
Lynnwood man arrested in sailor's kidnap, robbery
Monday


Welcome home, sailors
Initiative 985: Would it help or hurt traffic?
Activist finds adventure on the Macy's catwalk
Sunday


The cost of dying
Heating bills: Will yours get bigger?
Lincoln Strike Group returns to Everett
Saturday


Businesses eagerly await sailors' return
Preservation effort divides Everett's oldest ne...
Happy memories comfort family of injured Everet...
Friday


Life on the strike line
Arlington boatbuilder shutting down; hundreds t...
Boeing, Machinists likely to resume talks this ...
Thursday


Few answers in fatal Snohomish fire
Boeing, Machinists union agree to talks
Horizon's request is no worry to Allegiant
Wednesday


10 victims of plane crash honored a year after ...
Your questions, their answers: What the candida...
State budget: Governor wants $240 million in sa...
 

ADVERTISEMENT

High Schools   Print This Article  Email This Page  Subscribe Now! facebook digg reddit del.icio.us fark stumble

 
ADVERTISEMENT

 
HIGH SCHOOL SCORES AND SCHEDULES:
By sport:
By date:
By school:    • Stadium map
By league:
STANDINGS:
CONTACT THE HERALD
Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.)
E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com
Kevin Brown, Sports Editor
kbrown@heraldnet.com
 
Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008

Serious knee injury a setback for Snohomish High guard

This was supposed to be the summer when Brad Shaw would impress college coaches and possibly earn a chance to play basketball after high school.

Instead he'll be rehabilitating his knee and wondering when he can get back on the court.

Shaw, a senior-to-be from Snohomish High School, had surgery June 10 to repair an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his right knee. The 6-foot-4 guard suffered the injury while playing for his AAU team, Yakima Elite, in late May at a tournament in California.

Shaw, who averaged about 13 points per game last season, had his first rehabilitation session Wednesday. He said he will miss at least part of the 2008-09 season and could return in January, but the outlook is unclear.

"Definitely not great timing. There's never great timing for something like this," Shaw said of the injury.

It happened after he made a hesitation move and dribbled to the hoop. When he planted his right foot, a player bumped him from the side. Shaw said his knee buckled and he immediately knew something was wrong.

Several college coaches had expressed interest in Shaw, but none had made scholarship offers, the guard said.

Shaw was going to be the only returning starter from a Snohomish squad that last season was 21-5 and won division and district titles. At the Class 4A state tournament, Shaw was the Panthers' leading scorer, pouring in 17.7 points per game, including 26 in a victory against Mountain View.

He arguably would have been the area's premier senior next season.

"I wouldn't have traded him for anybody in the county or the league," Snohomish boys basketball coach Len Bone said.

Bone said he is assuming Shaw, an All-Wesco North Second Team honoree, won't play at all for Snohomish next winter.

"He wants to play a lot more basketball (after high school) so I think he's going to be really cautious and make sure that he's ready before he starts to play again," Bone said.

A player with good shooting range who can drive to the hoop and has a scorer's mentality, Shaw had gotten stronger since the end of his junior season and was headed for a great senior season, Bone said.

With its best player injured, Snohomish will try to overcome a major lack of experience.

"It just means that some other guys are going to have to step in there and be productive,"Bone said.

Writer Mike Cane: mcane@heraldnet.com. Check out the prep sports blog Double Team at www.heraldnet.com/doubleteam.

1. Obama's birth stirs legal action in Washington
2. Boeing, union call off talks, no further negotiations set
3. Boeing-Machinists talks – a SPEEA scare tactic?
4. Lynnwood man arrested in sailor's kidnap, robbery
5. Drug court left in limbo
6. Investigators now almost certain fatal fire wasn't arson
7. Marysville house fire called suspicious
8. Teen sentenced for Lynnwood break-in attacks
9. Aspiring young actress shows what she can do
10. Former hoops star enjoying a new game: sitting volleyball
Enterprise Newspaper Snohomish County Business Journal
Keeping Wall Street's woes from Main Street
Tickled pink
Timberwolves take down Knights 35-14
Scots ride defense to upset win over Mavs
Mountlake Terrace kicker right on target
Teens read this week at Einstein Middle School
E-W parade winks at politics
Bus changes unsafe, some say
King's whips Wildcats to lead conference
The Enterprise Online Newspaper

TODAY'S TOP JOBS
 View All Top Jobs 
Top Cars
Top Homes


ADVERTISEMENT