During a very difficult 2021, it was a very good first year
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During a very difficult 2021, it was a very good first year

A first full year is in the books for kerryeggers.com after my retirement after 45 years in the newspaper in April 2020.

First, thanks to all of you for being subscribers. I appreciate all the feedback we have received, both as responses to be published on the website and others of a personal nature.

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Cool Hand Luke, the ultimate underdog: ‘We like shocking people’
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Cool Hand Luke, the ultimate underdog: ‘We like shocking people’

If anyone on Oregon State’s basketball roster can identify with the underdog, it’s Jared Lucas.

After scoring points at a prodigious rate — almost beyond comprehension — in four years at Los Altos High in Hacienda Heights, Calif., the sharpshooting guard was largely overlooked by Pac-12 schools.

When the media forecast OSU to finish 12th in the Pac-12 before the season, Lucas developed a chip on his shoulder the size of the Rock of Gibraltar.

“Cool Hand Luke” was as big a reason as any why the Beavers came from nowhere to claim the Pac-12 Tournament

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