Former Decatur High School wrestler Kyle Bressler was one of four student-athletes at Oregon State University to be named recipients of $3,000 Pac-10 Conference Postgraduate Scholarships for 2007-08.
Federal Way High School graduate Travis Ishikawa was recently named Bank of America Eastern League player of the week. Ishikawa plays first base for the Class AA Connecticut Defenders. The Defenders are a minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.
The Federal Way High School basketball team’s season had been over for only seconds.
The Eagles had just been beaten by the undefeated Ferris Saxons in the Class 4A State Championship game inside the Tacoma Dome.
Team captain and Federal Way’s best player, Aaron Broussard, had every right to let his emotions get the best of him.
But that didn’t happen. Instead, Broussard was the one offering a helping hand to his younger teammates, who would all have another shot at coming back to the Tacoma Dome and winning the basketball-rich school’s first boys state championship.
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Officials from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) are estimating up to 300,000 anglers to cast their fishing lines this weekend. Today marks opening day of lowland lake fishing in Washington.
In a showdown for first place in the South Puget Sound League North Division soccer standings, the Kentwood Conquerors got the best of Jefferson Tuesday night.
SPSL North standings (through Thursday) — Kentwood 8-1-1, Jefferson 6-2-2, Tahoma 5-2-4, Kentlake 5-4-2, Kentridge 4-4-3, Decatur 3-6-1, Federal Way 3-6-2, Kent-Merdian 0-9-2.
Highline Community College’s new personal fitness training program is already helping dozens of students find new careers in a rapidly growing industry.
our kids recently enjoyed the pool at the Marine Hills Swim and Tennis Club. The public is invited to check…
Steve Mohn will never forget July 13, 2007. It’s a day that is entrenched in the Thomas Jefferson grad’s mind. And not in a real good way.
Last week, I wrote a story about Decatur High School grad Brad Reid being selected in the 30th round of the 2008 Major League amateur draft by the hometown Seattle Mariners.
The Des Moines Marina was crowded last Saturday, but the event didn’t call for water sports.
Close to 50 students at Lake Grove Elementary School will get the chance to see members of the Seattle Storm professional basketball team up close and personal.
• Decatur High School boys basketball will again be hosting its Gator Basketball Camp this summer. The camp is for boys and girls entering fourth through ninth grades. The camp runs daily from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 23-26, at Decatur High School.
Decatur High School graduate Chris Williams will get a chance to restart the cross country program at Auburn’s Green River Community College.
It looks like Decatur grad Brad Reid will get a chance to play for his hometown organization. The current Bellevue Community College right-handed pitcher was drafted by the Seattle Mariners Friday in the 30th round of the 2008 major league draft. It was the second time Reid has been drafted. The Cleveland Indians selected him after his senior season at Decatur in 2006, but didn’t sign him.
Twenty-five miles separate Enterprise Elementary School from Safeco field. For 25 days, Enterprise Elementary students, parents and staff walk, run or jog the distance — earning an opportunity to go on a field trip to a Mariners baseball game on June 3, 2008, or to earn a T-shirt. Enterprise’s 484 students completed over 4,500 miles this year.