Seattle Sounders FC has signed midfielder Lamar Neagle to a contract extension, the club announced Monday afternoon. Per Major League Soccer (MLS) and club policy, terms were not disclosed.
The third-ranked Todd Beamer Titans remained unbeaten on the season with a pair of wins last weekend. The Titans beat a solid Mercer Island Saturday night at home, 55-42, and blew out Graham-Kapowsin Friday in South Puget Sound League South Division Friday, 69-7.
Federal Way’s J.R. Celski is officially an Olympian — again.
Federal Way native J.R. Celski’s quest to become a two-time Olympian will get going Friday at the 2014 U.S. Olympic Trials — Short Track Speedskating. Four years ago, Celski brought home two bronze medals from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, as a 20-year-old.
Revenge was pretty sweet for the Todd Beamer High School girls basketball team. The fourth-ranked Titans snuck by the Mount Rainier Rams Friday night in a matchup of the two heavyweights in the South Puget Sound League, 64-59.
The Decatur High School wrestling team continues to impress during their early-season schedule. The Gators won the prestigious title at the Winter Cup in Hanford High School in the Tri-Cities over the weekend.
A pair of Federal Way High School football players capped their seasons by being named to the Associated Press’ 2013 Washington All-State first-team last week.
Benson Henderson had quite a 2012 and the honors kept rolling in for the Decatur High School graduate as 2013 began.
One of the best athletes to ever grace the halls at Federal Way High School lost his battle with an aggressive form of cancer Saturday morning.
Gabriela Pelogi, Federal Way — The junior was named the Player of the Year in the South Puget Sound League South Division after leading the Eagles into the postseason. Pelogi proved to not only be the best player in the SPSL, but also one of the better players in the state.
The two organizations that govern youth soccer in Federal Way entered into a historic sponsorship deal with a local car dealership late last week.
Beamer — The ninth-ranked Titans (5-1 overall, 4-0 SPSL South) remained unbeaten in the SPSL with an 83-55 win over Bethel Tuesday. Beamer got another huge game from Bogdon Bliznyuk, who finished with 28 points. The senior forward is averaging 20.7 points. Trey Burch-Manning chipped in 15 points against Bethel. He is averaging 15.7 points a game this season.
It’s been three years since Robert “Hurricane” Harris drown during a family barbecue at Lake Tapps. The former Decatur High School wrestler went into the lake in September 2011 to retrieve a football that was floating on the water.
Thomas Jefferson High School will host the 2013 Raider Basketball Winter Clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 30-31 for second- through eighth-graders.
Keenan Curran, Federal Way — The senior wasn’t the prototypical pocket passer for the Eagles.
The Decatur wrestling team was very close to making history a season ago. The Gators came up just four points short of winning the program’s first-ever state team championship, finishing second to University.
The Decatur wrestling team got their season started in impressive fashion Saturday with a win at the John Birbeck Invitational at Timberline High School. The Gators, who should have one of the better Class 3A teams in the state this season, outdistanced second-place Peninsula at the 15-team tournament.
After averaging over 20 points per game in helping the Seattle University men’s basketball team to three victories during the first week of December, redshirt junior guard Isiah Umipig has been named the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, announced Monday morning by the conference office. Umipig is a Federal Way High School graduate.
The Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team was one win away from making history last season.