Lost Lake Tribune December 13th Part 2

Fourth Baptist Christian School Loses Three out of Four to Homeschool Team. The Fourth Baptist Christian School Warriors had a tough Friday night as they lost three home games to North Metro Blazers lineup of teams. The Eighth Grade game began the long day with a bang. The Warriors and the Blazers fought hard in the fourteen minute first half with the Blazers taking an 18-14 lead. In the second half the Warriors played harder and took a 33-25 lead with forty seconds to go. The Blazers stole several inbounds from the Warriors in the last forty and those thefts paid off as the Blazers hit a two point basket and three point basket. With sixteen seconds left, it was a 3 point game. Then as the Warriors tried to get the ball inbounds with about five seconds left, the ball was stolen away by the Blazers superb three point shooter Seth Moan who hit another three as the buzzer sounded! This sent the game into a two minute overtime which featured no baskets just four made free throws by the Blazers' hero. In the Junior Varsity Boys game, the Blazers took a small halftime lead and built that lead to 10 in the second half. But the Warriors made the game interesting as they cut the deficit to four. But with 20 seconds to go in the game the Warriors blew a chance to cut the Blazers' six point lead in half. But the Warriors did not take any three pointers and ended up losing by four. In the Girls Varsity game, the Blazers featured a lineup that has little talent except for Kristen and Kari Whitney who play the backcourt and frontcourt respectively. The Whitney sisters carried the rest of the teammates on thie shoulders as they scored the overwhelming majority of the points in the game. But the Warriors lineup of Amanda Olson, Stephanie Monroe, Jenny Reemsma, Emily Smith and Emily Nystrom was more than enough to squelch the Blazers. The Warriors took as much as a lead 0f 25 points in the second half and they cruised to a 14 point win. Kristen Whitney did add some late fireworks with two late three pointers off the backboard. In the Boys Varsity game, the Blazers and Warriors had an interesting first half with the Warriors Isaac Meredith keeping the game close with two threes. The Warriors were down by six at halftime. In the second half the Warriors could not score a basket until about four minutes into the eighteen minute half. This enabled the Blazers to pull away and hold on to their lead throughout the second half. The Warriors got within 9 but ended up losing by 14. Warriors Varsity coach Andy Toner and Junior Varsity coach Jason Stamper both stated their teams let their respective games "get away" from them. Eighth grade coach Mark Monroe would probably say the same about his team. Fugate Finishes Schoolwork and Officiates Four Basketball Games.- Benjamin Fugate finished his homework on Sunday December 13, 2008 by finishing his 1200 pages of reading for Hermeneutics. On Friday, he finished his term paper for research and writing and on Thursday he finsihed his take home final exam for Hermeneutics. The paper is titled "The Negative Jealousy of Israel" and can be read on http://www.fugate2020blogspot.com/. The final exam was on the head covering/ headship passage of I Corinthians 11:2-16. On Friday, Fugate also officiated four basketball games at Fourth Baptist Christian School. He manned the scoreboard for the first two games and filled out the official book for the last two games. Fugate enjoyed the first game the most. Even though Fourth was defeated, the last second shot made by Seth Moan was an amazing play to see as the 5' 7" guard took the ball from between a plethora of legs, including his, and up t0 his chest to nail the game tying three pointer! Editorial. - "Family Chapel" are my least favorite words for the rest of my life. Because of those two words, hundreds of Pillsbury faithful could not rightfully commemorate their beloved institution. Instead opening their last chapel, Pillsbury decided to keep their "last hurrah" an "intimate cheer" that was probably not even recorded in any way, shape or form. This decision will prove to be detrimental to the way that history paves their legacy. A school that finally got major exposure after it announced its closing did not get the respect it deserved over the years. Pillsbury and its people did an excellent job of education young people for the ministry. I am glad to have receive my undergraduate education there even though the school made some bad decisions over the years. The idea of a Bible college is certainly a good one if not a biblical one but without major changes, many more Bible colleges and Christian universities will go by the wayside. I encourage each one of you to give to Bible colleges and seminaries that you agree with in faith and practice. Colleges and seminaries need YOU and they need YOUR input, advice and DONATIONS.