Wed 20 Jan 2010
It’s not hard to find players that can put up big numbers playing on winning teams that dominate opponents. And, lots of players can put up big numbers against weak opponents. It is much rarer to find a player who plays on a team that doesn’t have many wins, yet he consistently performs against both the good and the bad teams. One of those players is Yreka Miner Daniel Fisher.
Fisher had a slow start this season, scoring minimal points in the first four games. Then, in the fifth game against Henley, he scored 14 points. He has been in double figures every game since, except one. He scored eight points in Yreka’s 53-39 win over Bonanza.
Fisher leads Yreka in both scoring (13.9 ppg) and rebounding (8.3 rpg). He is second in the Northern Athletic League in rebounding and third in scoring, on a team that is 5-11 overall.
Those stats alone might be good enough to earn an Impact Player Award. However, what sealed the award for Fisher was his overtime performance in Yreka’s 63-59 win over Lassen last Friday night.
Fisher scored the first eight points of the third OT period, and eight of nine Yreka points in the period. At one point, he led Lassen 8-0 in the third OT. What’s more impressive is how he scored.
The points didn’t come on clean breakaways. They didn’t come by standing outside the arc and waiting to hit a 3-pointer. Nope, they were mostly down and dirty working man’s points in the paint. Of the eight points in the third OT, four came on put backs and three came via a 3-point play the hard way. The other was on a freebie. (more…)



I admit it. I’m not usually as impressed by athletic proficiency in individual sports as I am in team sports. There’s something about people working together to achieve a goal that I find really appealing. However, there are exceptions. One exception is an athlete that is excellent at more than one individual event, especially if those events happen to be grueling—grueling like distance running.


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