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    Articles by Casey Olson
    BASEBALL: Decatur takes a step closer to SPSL 3A title, thanks to Swanson single
    BASEBALL: Decatur takes a step closer to SPSL...
    By Casey Olson • April 30, 2014 5:32 pm

    The Decatur baseball took a huge step toward winning the South Puget Sound League 3A Division championship Tuesday afternoon with an exciting 8-7 win over Auburn Mountainview in Federal Way.

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    Beamer senior Bogdan Bliznyuk finished with 29 points and 11 rebounds to lead Washington at the annual Northwest Shootout All-State Game in Oregon Saturday. Oregon won the game
    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Beamer’s Bliznyuk finishes with 29...
    By Casey Olson • April 29, 2014 4:11 pm

    Todd Beamer High School senior Bogdan Bliznyuk proved again that he is one of the state’s best basketball players.

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    Construction is underway for a Progressive insurance claim center on Pacific Highway South
    Construction underway for new Progressive center in Federal...
    By Casey Olson • April 25, 2014 7:45 pm

    Progressive insurance is coming to Federal Way. The insurance giant

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    Thomas Jefferson graduate Jeff Brigham is 4-2 with a 2.77 earned-run average for the fifth-ranked University of Washington baseball team. Brigham had Tommy John surgery just two years ago.
    Tracking the grads: Washington’s Jeff Brigham bounces back...
    By Casey Olson • April 25, 2014 12:59 pm

    For nearly a whole season, University of Washington pitcher Jeff Brigham didn’t know what was wrong with his arm. Numerous MRIs, cat-scans and X-rays showed no structural damage or reason for the Thomas Jefferson High School graduate’s pain when he took the mound.

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    Federal Way boxer Vincent Gary Thompson (right) was arrested April 17 for robbery in the first degree in Pierce County. Thompson and four others are thought to be part of the bank robbery ring known as the 'Buddy Bandits.'
    Federal Way professional boxer charged in connection with...
    By Casey Olson • April 23, 2014 1:49 pm

    A Federal Way professional boxer and his 15-year-old stepson have been arrested for allegedly being part of the bank robbery ring known as the “Buddy Bandits.”

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    Federal Way boxer Vincent Gary Thompson (right) was arrested April 17 for robbery in the first degree in Pierce County. Thompson and four others are thought to be part of the bank robbery ring known as the 'Buddy Bandits.'
    By Casey Olson • April 23, 2014 4:40 pm

    A Federal Way professional boxer and his 15-year-old stepson have been arrested for allegedly being part of the bank robbery ring known as the “Buddy Bandits.”

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    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Beamer baseball outlasts Federal Way, 3-2, Monday
    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Beamer baseball outlasts Federal Way,...
    By Casey Olson • April 22, 2014 2:10 pm

    The Todd Beamer Titans baseball team squeaked by Federal Way Monday, 3-2. The win kept the Titans (10-2 overall, 7-2 SPSL South) in second place in the South Puget Sound League South Division behind unbeaten Puyallup.

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    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Federal Way wins prestigious Oregon Relays team title
    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Federal Way wins prestigious Oregon...
    By Casey Olson • April 21, 2014 4:14 pm

    The Federal Way High School track and field teams won the prestigious Oregon Relays team title for the second year in a row Saturday at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. The Eagles’ boys and girls combined for 111.5 points to outdistance Eastlake High School (95). The meet included teams from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Both Federal Way teams are the defending Class 4A state team champions.

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    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Beamer’s Sunitsch throws two-hitter in win over Emerald Ridge
    PREP SPORTS WRAP: Beamer’s Sunitsch throws two-hitter in...
    By Casey Olson • April 17, 2014 2:48 pm

    Todd Beamer senior Scott Sunitsch was pretty-much unhittable Tuesday afternoon during a 3-1 win over the Emerald Ridge Jaguars.

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    Federal Way flasher charged with indecent exposure, admits...
    By Casey Olson • April 16, 2014 10:07 pm

    A 31-year-old man was charged with felony indecent exposure in King County Superior Court Monday after an incident at a Federal Way apartment complex.

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    Decatur High School senior Dom Cooks passed away Tuesday after a two-year battle with an inoperable brain tumor.
    Decatur community suffers loss of Dom Cooks, who...
    By Casey Olson • April 16, 2014 9:55 pm

    Dom Cooks lived his life to the fullest. It was just a life that was too short.

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    Posters have been set up around the campus of Decatur High School with messages for Dom Cooks. The Decatur senior passed away from brain cancer on Tuesday night.
    Decatur senior Dom Cooks passes away from brain...
    By Casey Olson • April 15, 2014 12:29 pm

    Decatur High School senior Dom Cooks, who is battling brain cancer, is at St. Francis Hospital in a coma.Decatur High School senior Dom Cooks, who has been battling an inoperable brain tumor for two years, passed away late Tuesday night at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way.

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    BASEBALL: Decatur, TJ get blowout wins Thursday
    BASEBALL: Decatur, TJ get blowout wins Thursday
    By Casey Olson • April 11, 2014 6:30 pm

    The Decatur baseball team downed Lakes Thursday, 9-1. The Lancers took a 1-0 lead with a run in the top of the third inning. But the Gators (7-4 overall, 4-2 SPSL 3A) responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning, three in the fifth and two more in the sixth.

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    Federal Way senior Keenan Curran won the state championship in the triple jump a season ago and will play football in the fall at the United States Air Force Academy.
    TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW: Federal Way primed to...
    By Casey Olson • April 9, 2014 5:04 pm

    The Federal Way High School track and field programs made history last year. For the first time in the long and rich history of the programs, both the boys and girls proved to the best of the best in Washington.

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    PREP SPORTS WRAP: TJ softball splits a pair of SPSL North contests
    PREP SPORTS WRAP: TJ softball splits a pair...
    By Casey Olson • April 9, 2014 1:30 pm

    The defending SPSL North-Division champion Tahoma Bears downed Jefferson Tuesday, 9-2. The Raiders (3-3 SPSL North, 4-4 overall) took a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Bears battled back to score six in the bottom of the first. The game was called after five innings because of rain.

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    Beamer junior Madison Rogers finished last season with 23 wins on the mound and struck out a school-record 301 hitters. Rogers also hit .302 with 26 RBIs
    SOFTBALL: Beamer looking for a return trip to...
    By Casey Olson • April 3, 2014 6:45 pm

    The Todd Beamer softball program played at the Class 4A State Tournament for the first time in the program’s history a season ago, finishing with an eighth-place trophy.

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    Four high school adding junior varsity boys soccer, C-team volleyball next year
    Four high school adding junior varsity boys soccer,...
    By Casey Olson • April 3, 2014 6:43 pm

    The four Federal Way high schools will be reinstating junior varsity boys soccer and C-team girls volleyball for the 2014-15 school year.

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    BASKETBALL: Longtime Decatur basketball coach Kevin Olson steps down, takes Auburn Riverside job
    BASKETBALL: Longtime Decatur basketball coach Kevin Olson steps...
    By Casey Olson • April 3, 2014 5:52 pm

    Kevin Olson is stepping down as the head boys basketball coach at Decatur High School after 14 seasons at the helm. Olson is set to take over the program at Auburn Riverside next season.

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    Jefferson graduate Hannah Kiyohara is playing her senior season at the University of Louisville.
    TRACKING THE GRADS: Women’s softball
    By Casey Olson • April 1, 2014 4:43 pm

    Hannah Kiyohara — The Thomas Jefferson graduate is currently playing her senior season at the University of Louisville. Kiyohara is a shortstop and outfielder for the Cardinals. She is currently hitting .232 with 11 runs, three doubles and 11 RBIs this season. Louisville is 20-11 on the year.

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    TENNIS PREVIEW: Jefferson in search of third-straight unbeaten season
    TENNIS PREVIEW: Jefferson in search of third-straight unbeaten...
    By Casey Olson • March 28, 2014 6:34 pm

    The tradition of tennis at Thomas Jefferson High School just keeps rolling along. The Raider girls finished last season with a perfect 10-0 record to claim the program’s second-straight South Puget Sound League Central Division championship.

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    BASEBALL PREVIEW: Decatur hoping for a return to state tournament; Beamer also loaded
    BASEBALL PREVIEW: Decatur hoping for a return to...
    By Casey Olson • March 27, 2014 6:38 pm

    Baseball at the four high schools around Federal Way is the best it’s been in a long time this season. The rosters at Decatur, Federal Way, Beamer and Jefferson feature some of the best individual talent in the area and playoff berths for all four aren’t out of the question.

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    Thomas Jefferson senior striker Brandon Madsen led the SPSL in goals last year with 20 and also led the Raiders to the school's eighth state championship.
    SOCCER: Defending state-champion Raiders looking to defend title
    By Casey Olson • March 27, 2014 6:36 pm

    It’s pretty obvious to anyone in the know, that the best high school soccer in the state is currently played in Federal Way. That was evident last year when the Thomas Jefferson Raiders won a state record, eighth 4A championship with a win over Union in the final.

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    Federal Way High School graduate Travis Ishikawa is having a standout spring for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
    BASEBALL: Ishikawa having standout spring for Pittsburgh Pirates
    By Casey Olson • March 25, 2014 6:52 pm

    Federal Way High School graduate Travis Ishikawa is making a push to be on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ opening-day roster, which is a little bit of a surprise for the 30-year-old.

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