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Franklin vs. Garfield is one of the Seattle sports events that you just shouldn't miss. Here's what we wrote about it for The Stranger in September:

True local hoops fans don't miss this game between two perennial inner-city basketball powerhouses, even at the cost of connubial tranquility. The 2005 game at Garfield fell on Valentine's Day, but happily married Husky basketball coach Lorenzo Romar was there anyway. A win in this game means neighborhood bragging rights for the rest of your life.

Tonight's game will be more special than usual, as it's the Metro League debut of Garfield's Tony Wroten, Jr., who national rankings service HoopScoopOnline says is the best 9th-grade basketball player in the country. (Yes, there are people who track 9th-grade basketball. There are people who track 5th-grade basketball.)

Wonder why we need to spend $100 million to renovate Garfield High? Because Garfield gives the world things like this:

Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy was chosen as the NBA's Rookie of the Year on Wednesday after leading all rookies with averages of 16.8 points, 4.0 assists and 35.4 minutes in 57 games.

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While your coupled friends gaze lovingly at each other across some pork chops in a carmelized onion glaze, you're going to be alone tonight, questioning why the gender of your choice finds you so unappealing. Is it your breath? Your clothes? Your insistence on a first date "test drive"? In any case, we at Seattlest have some ideas for getting you through the evening without killing yourself.

Seattle-area high school sports teams are proving that they deserve to be considered among the nation's elite. Earlier this year, Bellevue High's football team defeated national powerhouse De LaSalle, which hadn't lost a game in thirteen years. And on Saturday, the Garfield High women traveled south and beat Piedmont (Oakland) High, ranked #2 nationally by USA Today. Garfield, though #1 in Washington's 4A classification, wasn't even ranked among the top 10 teams in the West. They surely will be now.