Published: Sunday, February 12, 2012
Basketball
Tournament site should rotate
Over the last more than 50 years I have been either an athlete or a spectator in the Western Conference. I was an Everett Seagull in the mid '60s, as my brothers were in the late '50's. As a Snohomish resident for the past 20-plus years I have rooted for the Panthers.
The Western Conference District Basketball Tournament is upon us and I see that all of the boys games subsequent to Round 1 are once again to be played at Jackson High School, as they are every year. I have never understood this. It is not fair.
Because the district tournament is always played at Jackson, each year the Timberwolves have home court advantage in this all-important tournament which determines who gets to go to the state tournament at the Tacoma Dome.
Jackson High School has a beautiful gym facility, but I believe the district tournament needs to be played at a different school each year. It is not fair that Jackson is always granted home court advantage for such an important tournament.
Jim Harbeck
Snohomish
The Western Conference District Basketball Tournament is upon us and I see that all of the boys games subsequent to Round 1 are once again to be played at Jackson High School, as they are every year. I have never understood this. It is not fair.
Because the district tournament is always played at Jackson, each year the Timberwolves have home court advantage in this all-important tournament which determines who gets to go to the state tournament at the Tacoma Dome.
Jackson High School has a beautiful gym facility, but I believe the district tournament needs to be played at a different school each year. It is not fair that Jackson is always granted home court advantage for such an important tournament.
Jim Harbeck
Snohomish
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