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Hoopfest | Franklin staring at a tough cover

By Tom Wyrwich
Seattle Times staff reporter

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King Holiday Hoopfest
Monday at Edmundson Pavilion (tickets, $10) 9:30 a.m.: Garfield vs. Issaquah girls
11 a.m.: Bothell vs. Gig Harbor boys
12:30 p.m.: Kentwood vs. Jackson girls
2:30 p.m.: Kentwood vs. Bellarmine Prep boys
4 p.m.: Franklin vs. Fairfax (Los Angeles) boys
6 p.m.: O'Dea vs. Lynden
7:30 p.m. Federal Way vs. Garfield boys

Franklin coach Jason Kerr and his staff spent hours Saturday watching tape of Renardo Sidney, hoping to conjure some way the Quakers can defend the country's top-ranked junior.
Yet the mesmerizing reality was this: Sidney can not only post up anyone, rebound, pass and run the floor, he can also sink feather-soft three-pointers with ease.
"And he's 6-foot-10, to boot," Kerr said. "We're running in circles just figuring out what we're going to do to make it hard on him."
Sidney and Fairfax of Los Angeles will play Franklin in a boys basketball game at 4 p.m. Monday in the fifth of the King Holiday Hoopfest's seven games at Edmundson Pavilion.
Sidney's size will be only one issue for Franklin, which doesn't have a starter taller than 6-4. Sidney's versatility is what has separated him from the rest of the nation's juniors. Rivals.com ranks Sidney first in the Class of 2009.