<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
	xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
>

<channel>
	<title>The [FIVE]</title>
	<atom:link href="http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://thenickelblock.com</link>
	<description>If It's sports... It's here</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:58:57 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
		<!-- podcast_generator="podPress/8.8" -->
		<copyright>&#xA9; </copyright>
		<managingEditor>five@thenickelblock.com ()</managingEditor>
		<webMaster>five@thenickelblock.com()</webMaster>
		<category></category>
		<ttl>1440</ttl>
		<itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>If it's sports, it's here.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author></itunes:author>
		<itunes:category text="Sports &amp; Recreation">
  <itunes:category text="Professional"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="Sports &amp; Recreation">
  <itunes:category text="College &amp; High School"/>
</itunes:category>
<itunes:category text="Sports &amp; Recreation"/>
		<itunes:owner>
			<itunes:name></itunes:name>
			<itunes:email>five@thenickelblock.com</itunes:email>
		</itunes:owner>
		<itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:image href="http://thenickelblock.com/NB/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress_large.jpg" />
		<image>
			<url>http://thenickelblock.com/NB/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg</url>
			<title>The [FIVE]</title>
			<link>http://thenickelblock.com</link>
			<width>144</width>
			<height>144</height>
		</image>
		<item>
		<title>Gaston survives rugged encounter with De La Salle</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1127</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1127#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greyhound basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Medley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gaston girls basketball team is doing something it hasn’t done in years – winning.
The Lady Greyhounds have won six of their last eight games and are looking down on the Northwest League standings instead of up. Two weeks into its league schedule, Gaston (14-3, 4-1) sits in a tie for second place.
And yet, head [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1127</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Vikings rock the Rose Garden</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1129</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1129#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Grove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikings basketball]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Playing on an NBA court is a special treat for most high school players – at least until the tape measure comes out.
The Forest Grove girls basketball team enjoyed a rare opportunity to play at the Rose Garden Monday night, squaring off against Mountain View (Wash.) in a non-league game on the home floor of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1129</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gaston doubled win total from season ago</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1132</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1132#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greyhound basketball]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Dusty Brown and the Gaston Greyhounds are back on the winning track.
Gaston finished third at its own holiday tournament last weekend, beating Vernonia 56-54 in overtime Saturday night after dropping its opener, 89-82, against Neah-Kah-Nie on Friday.
“It was a lot tighter play in the second game,” Gaston coach Lono Waiwaiole said. “We didn’t get behind [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1132</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Viking boys on rebound</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1145</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1145#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Grove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1145</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Doug Hofmeister, head coach at Forest Grove high school describes his team of four seniors, six juniors and three sophomores succinctly.
“We&#8217;re awfully young and inexperienced,” he said.
The team returns just 57 points and 53 rebounds from last year – all from Andrew Hutchins.
“We made the playoffs last year for the first time since 1996,” Hofmeister [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1145</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Greyhounds optimistic</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1142</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1142#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
A year older and a year wiser may be the theme for the Gaston Greyhounds. The 2009-2010 season is looking up for a team that only won two games last season. The program is the most popular it has been in recent years. The team fielded 22 kids this season – forcing the coaches to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1142</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Vikings girls building on last season</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1140</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1140#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Grove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Grove High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikings basketball]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Last February, the Forest Grove Vikings girls basketball team finished strong. The Vikings final record was 9-13 and they finished 5-10 in conference play but they won two of their last three games, outscoring their opponents 131-111.
The team returns last season&#8217;s top-scorers seniors Becca Kelsay, Kristy VandeBergh, Valerie Bonglarno and Amoore Shutt. They got a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1140</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Banks prepares for a turnaround</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1138</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1138#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braves basketball]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
In Banks, first-year head coach Pat Marlia is about change.
“We are trying to make our mark as a defensive team&#8217;” Malia said. “We are working on it in practice every day. It&#8217;s a big change for the kids to play defense on every possession. We&#8217;re trying to get the kids to play strong man defense [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1138</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Forest Grove girls still kickin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1135</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1135#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Grove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.S. Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikings soccer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
They were nervous. Rightfully so.
It&#8217;s 2006. The newest members of the Forest Grove varsity soccer team were 14. There were nine of them. All swallowing loudly, biting their nails and re-wrapping their ponytails every five minutes. They were 90 days removed from middle school.
They were getting ready to play against girls who could vote, girls [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1135</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>He&#8217;s not done yet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1123</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1123#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCAA Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCAA Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boxer football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Buckley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike McCabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Boxers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the football field, reacting is the name of the game. Players caught thinking, caught choosing, are toast. It&#8217;s just as in life. Paraphrased, Jiddu Krishnamurti said: Choice is an illusion. Do I do this or do I do that? All of this is confusion. I can only choose when I’m confused. And if I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1123</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>I&#8217;m thankful but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1119</link>
		<comments>http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1119#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Lilja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All The Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Grove Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaston Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WNBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenickelblock.com/?p=1119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Murray, former LA Times writer, is my inspiration. He has been since my 13th column. And trust me, that column was as unlucky as the number it represented. Jim cleaned my slate. Set me straight. Taught me how to write again.
I never got the chance to thank Jim for all he did for me. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thenickelblock.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=1119</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
