Goodfellow's suggestion has created an inspiration.

Come January, keep an eye out here for Ornauer's Pacific high school basketball "best five" players on DODDS and international school teams of the last 25 years, or since Ornauer began covering Pacific high school athletics in February 1982.

We're talking the best five players to don the uniform of their particular school, any year from 1982 to the present.

SportsBlog Nation ... feel free to chime in, sound off and be true to your school. Everybody's input will be duly considered along with my own observations, skillfully blended into the best starting five each school can offer since February 1982.

To all in SportsBlog Nation, a very Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, a belated Happy Hanukkah and a Happy soon-to-be New Year!

Straight from ORNY's heart, a personal note of thanks to all who have helped get SportsBlog off the ground and made it the "No-Hate Zone" which it was intended to be.

Especially in forums such as these, people are very emotional and candid in their views -- and very protective and proud and true to their school, from Misawa to Mangilao.

People speak eloquently and state their cases and views very well, many of them viewpoints that I hadn't even considered ... and others that lead to story ideas.

So, how well will a third straight All-Island championship translate to a Far East wrestling tournament title run for Guam High?

We'll find out come Feb. 13-16 at Camp Foster, Okinawa. But given the Panthers' fourth-place Far East tournament individual freestyle team finish and sixth place in the dual meet tournament last year, don't be surprised if the Panthers challenge for the whole shooting match.

Coaches Brandon Miller and Luis Ting have set four individual gold medals as a goal; that would be the first time the Panthers would bring home more than one.

Happy holidays to all, whichever one you celebrate.

Here are the final Pacific high school basketball ratings for 2007.

And remember: This is THE "No-Hate Zone."

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere we go:

OK, campers, by popular demand, the first edition of Ornauer's basketball ratings since the 1999-2000 season.

We'll experiment with it here first, and if it proves popular enough, we'll see about getting it in the print edition.

This is an all-in-one set of ratings, Class AA and Class A teams inclusive, Ornauer taking his very best shot based on information he has on all teams, overall win-loss record, strength of league, strength of schedule, player experience level and teams' histories.

One would think Zama American's boys basketball team would be rebuilding. After all, coach Tom Allensworth lost eight of the 10 players who suited up for last year's Far East Class AA tournament, which ended in fourth-place heartbreak after a 34-0 start to the season.

But how 'bout them Trojans?

Seniors Anthony Caple and Sean Wise, newcomer Zach Bosch and holdover Nelson Bishop have shown they've not lost a step -- at least thus far -- opening with a 2-0 mark.

And the girls have done that one better, starting out 3-0. Perhaps there is something to the notion that soccer players (Aubrey Ashliman) can make the crossover to the hardwood.

A big tip to the hat to juniors Andrew Quallio of Zama American and Celine Baldevia of Osan American, Stars and Stripes' Athletes of the Quarter.

Quallio's feats may have been expected. He came to Zama last spring with a strong pedigree, ninth place in the 2006 Florida 4-A championships running for Sandalwood High.

Quite a nice start to the season for Far East wrestling champions, past and present.

Robert D. Edgren's Andrew Blankenship and Kevin McDonald, the latter a 2006 168-pound gold medalist, won gold at 180 and 215 pounds, while defending Far East champ David Heitstuman of E.J. King (141) and Justin Stokes of Seoul American (168) showed they still "got it."

And note the 135-pound winner of the Edgren tournament, Craig Bell. Though he represents E.J. King, he's a quintessential "the few, the proud, the Samurai" story -- the lone wrestler at Matthew C. Perry High School at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station.

Navy may have held sway in the 108th Army-Navy game at Baltimore, but Army continues to reign king on the Pacific flag gridiron.

Army went 3-1 last Saturday, beating Navy 14-8 at South Korea's Yongsan Garrison, 13-7 at Camp Zama, Japan, and 40-21 at Okinawa's Torii Station. Only at Blue Jacket Field at "Big Navy" on Guam did the sailors prevail, 28-0 over the Guam Army National Guard.