Federal Way National Little League will be sending three teams to the state championships on July 12, which are held in various venues. The teams set to compete in the state championships are the 9/10 Baseball All-Stars, the 10/11 Softball All-Stars and the 11/12 Baseball All-Stars.
Todd Beamer High School dominates the Mirror’s 2014 All-City Softball Team after rolling into postseason, with the Titans making its second trip to state in two years. The Titans lost to Woodinville in the second round.
Elementary and middle school students from Federal Way recently took part in the Hershey’s State track meet this last weekend in Vancouver, Wash., with a number of Federal Way students finding their way to the top of the pack.
The 16 and Under Federal Way Lady Knights fast pitch softball team won the National Softball Association State Championship this last weekend in the Tri-Cities, cruising through the tournament handily to bring some hardware home to Federal Way.
The senior pitcher finished his high school career strong, posting a 2.20 ERA, striking out 53 batters across 41 innings of work during 2014. Sunitsch,
Anthony Petruzzelli, a 2011 Decatur High School graduate, is headed to the University of Vermont next week to start playing for the university’s mens hockey team.
Sixty-two elementary and middle school students will make their way to the Hershey’s State Track and Field meet on June 28 at Evergreen High School’s McKenzie Stadium in Vancouver.
The Todd Beamer High School varsity baseball and softball teams faced off with representatives of the Federal Way Police Department and South King Fire and Rescue in a friendly game last week.
Jeff Brigham, a 2010 Thomas Jefferson High School graduate, was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the forth round of the recent Major League Baseball draft. For the Federal Way native who has spent his college years pitching for the University of Washington, Brigham said being drafted by the Dodgers is a dream come true.
The world’s largest synchronized swimming competition will kick off on Friday, June 27 inside the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Thomas Jefferson High School recognized its athletes who are taking the next step both in academics and in the field of competition.
Benson Henderson, a Decatur High School graduate and former UFC lightweight champion, took a step towards regaining his title with his submission win on Saturday over Rustam Khabilov at UFC Fight Night in Albuquerque, N.M.
Paradise Dorrough, a fifth-grader at Valhalla Elementary, never considered that her talent for recess games of tag could lead to a college scholarship one day. But now, thanks to the encouragement of her teacher Heather Anderson, she thinks it might.
Decatur’s Spencer Clapp and Jefferson’s Sean Yi had strong showings at their respective competitions, with Clapp taking 9th at the 3A Boys tournament, while Yi finished second in the 4A competition.
The Federal Way High School track teams headed into the state meet at Mount Tahoma High School this week feeling confident as the defending state champs.
Decatur High School will host the 2014 Gator Basketball Camp from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. from June 23-25.
Last years 2013 state champions of boys soccer, the Thomas Jefferson Raiders, fell short of a repeat, with a 1-0 shoot-out loss to Curtis on May 15 in the district tournament.
The Federal Way High School girls track and field team took first place at last weekend’s district meet, netting 100 points and easily distancing themselves from second-place Camas.
The Federal Way High School and Todd Beamer High School boys track and field teams had strong showings at last week’s district meet, as Federal Way took first place with 117, while the Titan boys finished second at the district meet with 55 points.