The expectations are sky high for the Todd Beamer girls basketball team.
It wasn’t the way the Federal Way Eagles wanted their dream season to end. After traveling across the mountains to the Tri-Cities for the Class 4A state semifinals, the Eagles were beaten up by the Chiawana Riverhawks, 40-7. It was the school’s first appearance in the state’s final four since the 1976 season.
Decatur High School graduate Benson Henderson will fight on national television one more time. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion will take on Josh Thomson inside Chicago’s United Center on Jan. 25 in the main event of UFC on FOX 10.
The impressive postseason run by the Federal Way Eagles ended with a thud Saturday at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco.
What’s at stake: A berth into the Class 4A state championship game. The winner of the Federal Way/Chiawana game will play the winner of a game between Camas and Bellarmine Prep on Dec. 7 in the Tacoma Dome. Camas and Bellarmine Prep are playing Saturday inside the Tacoma Dome.
Lamar Neagle has been doing a lot of moving since he finished school at UNLV in the summer of 2009.
Federal Way native J.R. Celski ended the World Cup season in impressive fashion last weekend in Russia. Celski won a pair of gold medals and a bronze at the ISU World Cup in Kolomna.
The Federal Way Eagles made history Friday night. For the first time since 1976, the Eagles will play in the state’s Final Four.
What’s at stake: A berth into the semifinals of the Class 4A State Football Playoffs. The winner of the Federal Way/Richland game will host the winner of a game between Chiawana and Wenatchee on either Nov. 29 or 30. The semifinal game will be played in Eastern Washington.
The Christian Faith High School volleyball team came very close to winning the program’s first-ever Class 1B state championship.
Federal Way High School senior Kenna Ramey finished up one of the best swimming careers in the history of the state of Washington Saturday afternoon.
Down 14-0 at halftime and really looking like they could get nothing going, the Federal Way Eagles completed an impressive second-half comeback and beat the Skyline Spartans Friday, 26-20.
A berth into the quarterfinals (Final 8) of the Class 4A State Football Playoffs. The winner of the Federal Way/Skyline game will host the winner of a game between Skyview and Richland on either Nov. 22 or 23.
Talia Walton — The Federal Way grad is currently playing her redshirt sophomore season at the University of Washington. Last year, Walton was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team after averaging 13.6 points, which was 10th in the Pac-12, and 7.3 rebounds. She also had 58 blocks, which was second all-time in the history of UW, and made 57 3-pointers.
The cross country season came to an end Saturday at the state cross country championships in the Tri-Cities. Eight Federal Way school district runners made the journey across the mountains to compete at the Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
EDMONDS — Edmonds-Woodway battled Federal Way on even terms for much of the game, but when it came to big plays the visiting Eagles were simply too much.
The Todd Beamer High School senior will play volleyball next year at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. The 6-foot-2 Huff will officially ink her national letter of intent on Wednesday in a ceremony at Beamer.
Decatur High School DECA is hosting its first-ever 5-Kilometer Color Dash at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 16. The event is open to all ages and participants can run or walk. Powder color packets will be thrown on the runners every 1-kilometer.
Figure skating is a sport that’s easy to fall in love with. The athletes seem to float over the ice like a dancer moving across the dance floor.
The Federal Way girls soccer team and junior forward Gabriela Pelogi were just too much for South Kitsap Thursday night.