Sports

Girls Fastpitch: Pirates clinch share of title

cmenges — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:35:07 +0000

Moshier Park was the sunny and warm setting as the Highline High School girls fastpitch softball team brightened its day by clinching at least a share of the 2012 Seamount League regular season championship with a four-inning 15-0 shut out against visiting Evergreen on Monday, May 7.

Highline finished with a 13-1 league record (13-3 overall) while Kennedy Catholic stood at 11-1 (12-1 overall) on this date with two games remaining on its schedule. Both title contenders also have non-league matchups pending.

Each team has already qualified for sub-district play on May 19 at the Puyallup Sports Complex and sports a win against each other and could finish as co-champions.

"Our team has good relationships with each other as well as skilled athletes," said third-year Pirate head coach Julie Young. "They are team players who have played a long time together. We look forward to reaching state (after a one-year absence). At district we're capable of playing well enough to get there."

After the Wolverines missed an opportunity to score with runners on first and third with two outs, the Pirates began their plunder in the home half of the first inning. Sierra Flanagan's run-scoring single and Mikki Haury's bases loaded walk brought forth two HHS runs.

Evergreen third baseman Mau Savasu minimized the damage to her team by snaring a hard hit line drive and stepping on third base to double off a runner earlier in the at bat as Highline had placed runners on second and third to lead off Highline's lineup.

In the second inning, the Pirates ransacked the Wolverines for five runs. One hit batter followed by a walk began the assault. One infield pop out later another walk loaded the bases for the deadly clean up batter Flanagan, who drove the ball high and deep over the left fielder's head, chasing the base runners home with herself in hot pursuit for a grand slam, inside the park four - bagger. Taylor Gower later reached home from third base when the Wolverine catcher overthrew the third baseman with two outs. Gower had originally gotten on base by way of a single to left field.

Highline maintained the 7-0 margin until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Pirates made the Wolverines walk the plank to final defeat.

Hope McElwaine's leadoff walk enabled courtesy runner Natalie Michel to replace her and eventually reach scoring position for Gower to rifle an RBI single. Two consecutive walks loaded the bases for Rayna McElwain to slam home two runs on a single with two out.

Evergreen had a chance to gain the third out on an infield grounder and force the fifth inning, but the infielder was unable to decide where to throw, causing all runners to be safe. Sierra Flanagan slammed a run home to make the score 10-0. By the time12 batters had faced Wolverine pitching, the Pirates had caused the game to be stopped. Haury's two-run single officially closed out the matchup.

Taylor Gower pitched a complete game two-hitter with nine strikeouts (all the Pirate putouts in the first three innings).

Pirate team members are anxious to meet the Lancers again after losing a 9-6 decision to KC in the squad's most recent encounter.

"We're really solid," said Megan Beswetherick. "We want to play Kennedy, again. Our all-around goal is sportsmanship."

An added feature was Highline senior day. Meghan Beswetherick, Rayna McElwain, Michelle Pfingston and Casey Young were honored.

As a symbolic gesture for Young, who has been unable to play all season due to reconstructive surgery for a torn ligament on her left thumb, her mother, coach Young, started her at first base. After one pitch, the senior athlete was replaced in the field by Haury.

Sporting a cast on her left hand and arm, the HHS senior recalled her feelings.

"It was exciting to feel a little closure to my career," she said.

Other Pirate players truly enthused about their upcoming chances.

"We're really supportive of each other and keep each other up," said Michelle Pfingston.

As for Evergreen, head coach Ron Angeles was pleased about the team development.

"They gave a strong effort," he said. "The team is young and inexperienced, but they compete and get along well. I enjoy coaching them."

Flanagan batted 3-for-4 with a homer, double and six RBI while Rayna McElwain batted 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Gower finished with a 2-for-2 day including a double and RBI.

Sports Roundup 5-14-12

cmenges — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:29:52 +0000

Sports Roundup

Friday, May 11
Fastpitch
Eatonville 14, Evergreen 0
Evergreen played in a Class 2A West Central District tournament game at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds and had its season end with a 14-0 loss to Eatonville Friday.
Track and field
Class 2A meet
Raheem Howard won on the boys side in the 2A action at Renton Stadium, taking the triple jump at a distance of 43 feet, 6 1/2 inches.
Class 1A meet
Orting hosted the Class 1A sub-district meet, where the Seattle Christian girls took fifth place as a team with 26 points and the boys took sixth place with 13. Doherty won the boys 110 hurdles in 17.74.
Boys soccer
Seattle Academy 2, SCS 1
Seattle Christian's season continues despite Friday's loss to Seattle Academy at Sammamish High School. The Warriors will host Manson for a 6 p.m. state opener at Starfire Stadium Tuesday, May 15.

Saturday, May 12
Boys soccer
Franklin Pierce 3, Tyee 2
A 2-0 Tyee lead slipped away in the closing minutes of Saturday's game and the action went to a shootout, with Franklin Pierce winning the barrage of penalty kicks, 5-3.
The defeat ended the Totems' stay in Class 2A postseason play.
Fife def. Foster
Foster's 2A postseason also ended with a loss on Saturday.
Baseball
North Kitsap 3, Foster 0
The Bulldogs' season ended with Saturday's West Central District loss to North Kitsap at Franklin Pierce High School.
Fastpitch
Kennedy-Highline
Kennedy Catholic advanced out of this past weekend's sub-district tournament into this coming weekend's West Central District tournament, but Highline did not.
The Lancers open the WCD Class 3A tournament with a 12 p.m. game against Capital on Friday at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway. The winner of that game plays Camas at 4 p.m. Friday on the same field and the loser plays at 10 a.m. Saturday.
At stake are berths into the May 25-26 state tournament at Tacoma's South End Recreation Area.
Track and field
Class 3A meet

No Highline-area athletes took first place in the boys side from Friday's final day of action at Sumner's Sunset Chevrolet Stadium, but the girls side was well represented.
Michelle Stolz of Highline won the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.46 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 45.86. Teammate Whitney Diggs took the 200-meter run in 25.04 and won the 400 in a time of 57.09.
Kennedy's Danielle Carnahan won the pole vault at 10 feet, 0 inches and Brittany Bennett of the Lancers won the 800-meter run in 2:19.53. Highline won the 800-meter relay in 1:44.92.

Tennis: Gregerson drops tough match at district

cmenges — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:47:52 +0000

AUBURN - Stimulating efforts Saturday, May 12, at Auburn-Riverside High School kept Alexis Gregerson in the hunt for a Class 4A state tennis position.

Exerting an excellent effort, Mount Rainier senior Alexis Gregerson came excruciatingly close to victory before dropping a 6-4, 6-4, Class 4A West Central District girls singles tennis opening round of 16 tiff to Maddie Turek of Tahoma.

Gregerson was forced into a loser-out afternoon match against teammate Jelena Stevanovic, who had to default her morning match due to International Baccalaureate testing.

Hitting passing shots and returns deep to the baseline, the Ram athlete played well in opening set action. Her opponent added to her own spin serves with some slicing returns and drop shots to gain control.

Unable to break serve against her multi-dimensional opponent, Gregerson dropped the long rallying set after being broken for serve once. On the other hand, SPSL All-League selection Gregerson was unable to break SPSL All-League Turek's service game.

In the second set, the hard working Mount Rainier tennis player found herself trailing 4-3 with the Bear player on serve.

Marshaling up strong and angled shots mixed in with net approaches, Gregerson finally broke serve only to be immediately broken back. Mount Tahoma's Turek then held serve for game set and match.

Other than losing for the third time this season to Turek, the MR senior was pleased with her showing.

"This is the best I've played against her (after two losses in the South Puget Sound regular season)," Gregerson stated. "I got to every ball and hit shots high on the court. Normally, she is a powerful and consistent player with down the line and angle shots besides her spin serve. I was playing more aggressively and surprised her by being aggressive and going to the net more. The rallies were longer because the warm weather softened the surface and slowed down the (pace on) the ball. She finally got her rhythm and started coming to the net for drop shots. My focus was a little in and out because I woke up a little sick this morning. Once I started hitting balls, it was better."

Gregerson patiently pulled her game together to outlast Stevanovic, 6-4, 7-5, in the early afternoon. Long rallies punctuated the performances.

With momentum in her corner, Gregerson then pounded out a 6-3, 6-1, decision against No.4 Narrows seed Alli Bautista of Olympia to qualify for the district consolation semifinals against No. 4 Narrows seed Gemma Robinson, also representing the Olympia Bears.

The winner of this 11:30 a.m. match up at Auburn-Riverside qualifies for state.

While Gregerson and Stevanovic were battling at ARHS, senior boys player Will Desmond was competing in Class 4A WCD action at Game Farm Park.

Ryan Anderson of Gig Harbor sent Desmond into the consolation round with a hard fought 7-5, 6-2, defeat of the Ram singles player.

Desmond then was eliminated 6-3, 0-6, 6-2, by Tanner Blake of Union in the afternoon. Desmond resiliently rebounded for the whitewash in the second set, but was unable to sustain the tide in the third set.

Boys Soccer: Kennedy Catholic wins playoff over Enumclaw

cmenges — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:03:56 +0000

By Kyle Howard

Kennedy Catholic was able to keep its postseason going for another level by beating Enumclaw, 2-1, on the night of Wednesday, May 9.

The Lancers came out of the gate strong showing great ball control on offense. Lancer freshman forward Ryan Shaeffer got the scoring started with a goal 11 minutes into the game to give them the 1-0 lead. Senior midfielder Brian Tomaso scored Kennedy Catholic’s second and final goal at the 24 minute mark in the first half, pushing the Lancer lead to 2-0.

Enumclaw was able to score quickly in the second half when Tyler Koenig scored the Hornets' only goal for the game just over a minute in. The Lancer defense stayed strong for the remainder of the game, allowing only three clean shots on goal from Enumclaw. Lancer goalkeeper Leyton Thommasen didn’t have much to worry about and had it easy as the Kennedy Catholic Lancers topped the Enumclaw Hornets 2-1.

Kennedy Catholic has a young team and has had great success despite their age, head coach Teddy Mitalas said after the game.

“We're a young team compared to last year," he said. "Our offense is stacked with younger players and our defense is mostly seniors. It’s good to see our young guys score."

JFK then advanced to the West Central District playoff, where the Lancers lost to Capital, 1-0, to end their season. Saturday's match was played at Highline Stadium.

Sports Roundup 5-14-12

cmenges — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:28:43 +0000

Sports Roundup

Friday, May 11
Fastpitch
Eatonville 14, Evergreen 0
Evergreen played in a Class 2A West Central District tournament game at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds and had its season end with a 14-0 loss to Eatonville Friday.
Track and field
Class 2A meet
Raheem Howard won on the boys side in the 2A action at Renton Stadium, taking the triple jump at a distance of 43 feet, 6 1/2 inches.
Class 1A meet
Orting hosted the Class 1A sub-district meet, where the Seattle Christian girls took fifth place as a team with 26 points and the boys took sixth place with 13. Doherty won the boys 110 hurdles in 17.74.
Boys soccer
Seattle Academy 2, SCS 1
Seattle Christian's season ended with Friday's loss to Seattle Academy at Sammamish High School.

Sports Roundup 5-11-12

cmenges — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:38:36 +0000

Sports Roundup

Monday, May 7
Fastpitch
Kennedy 15, Tyee 0
Kennedy Catholic clobbered Tyee, 15-0, in a Seamount League season ending game at Chelsea Park this past Monday.
Sierra Baines enjoyed a big game for the Lancers, throwing a one-hitter with four strikeouts over three innings and hitting 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI.
The West Central District sub-district tournament takes place at the Puyallup Valley fields Saturday, May 12. JFK opens with a 10:45 a.m. game against Auburn Mountainview and Highline plays Franklin Pierce in a 9:30 a.m. opener.
Lindbergh 23, Foster 2
Foster fell to the Eagles in the first game of Monday's Seamount League regular season ending double-header.
Lindbergh 13, Foster 3
The Lady Bulldogs lost to Lindbergh by 10 runs in Monday's second game.
SCS 2, Cedar Park Christian 1
Benita Beale threw a two-hitter with nine strikeouts in Monday's victory for Seattle Christian.
Boys lacrosse
Vashon 15, Kennedy 11
Sebastian Ferraro scored five goals with one assist and nine ground balls for the Lancers in their loss to Vashon Island this past Monday. Zachary Sleeper had three goals and two ground balls while Charles Bergseth had 15 saves.

Tuesday, May 8
Girls tennis
Kentridge 4, Mt. Rainier 1
Beverly Crock and Svetlana Avanesyan combined for Mount Rainier's only win Tuesday, taking No. 3 doubles, 6-4, 6-4.
Baseball
Interlake 8, Foster 1
Foster was ousted from postseason action with Tuesday's loss at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.

Wednesday, May 9
Boys soccer
Foster 1, Olympic 0
Foster opened Class 2A sub-district action with a victory over Olympic last Tuesday. The Bulldogs advance to play Fife in a 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12 home game. Tyee plays at 1 p.m. on the same pitch against Franklin Pierce.
White River 2, Evergreen 1
Evergreen's season ended with Wednesday's playoff loss to the Hornets of Buckely.
Kennedy 2, Enumclaw 1
Kennedy opened the 3A sub-district playoffs with a win over Enumclaws Hornets. The Lancers advance to play Capital in a 3 p.m. game at Highline Memorial Stadium on Saturday, May 12.
Fastpitch
SCS 11, Orting 6
Seattle Christian came out on the winning side against Orting last Wednesday.

Gandy of Rams signs

cmenges — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:41:31 +0000

BELLINGHAM, Wash. --- Kiana Gandy, who earned first-team South Puget Sound League North Division all-star honors as a senior at Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines, has signed a national letter of intent to play women’s basketball at Western Washington University. Making that announcement was Viking coach Carmen Dolfo.

“She’s got great athleticism, great potential and she’s a great student,” said Dolfo. “That combination makes her a wonderful addition to our team.”

As a senior, the 5-foot-10 Gandy helped the Rams to a 27-2 record, league and district titles, and third place at the Class 4A state tournament. She averaged 14.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks.

Mount Rainier’s team captain her last two seasons, Gandy scored 27 points in a game against Kentlake. She averaged 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds as a junior on a 22-7 squad that finished seventh at state. That year she grabbed 19 rebounds in one contest.

Gandy lettered four years and started three for the Rams. She also earned three letters in track and field.

WWU graduated just one senior from last season’s 22-8 team that reached the NCAA Division II West Regional semifinals.

Girls fastpitch - Kennedy (16) @ Tyee (3) 4-6-12

cmenges — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:44:52 +0000

By Kyle Howard

The Kennedy Catholic softball team made winning look easy on Friday, March 6 when the Lancers routed the Tyee Totems, 16-3.

Lancer starting pitcher Sierra Baines went the whole game and recorded 13 strikeouts and giving up only three hits. Baines also had three hits including a home run and two RBI at the plate.

Kennedy scored 16 runs on 16 hits. Halle Davis hit two solo home runs and Angie Isernio added three hits and three RBI.

The Totems struggled throughout the game, committing six errors and had no runners reach base until the sixth inning when they rallied for three runs. All three runs came from the bat of Faith Oiph when she hit a three run home run to left. Jordan Kelley added two hits for the Totems.

Sports Roundup 5-7-12

cmenges — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:08:44 +0000

Sports Roundup

Friday, May 4
Baseball
Foster 5, Eatonville 1
Foster opened the 2A West Central District sub-district tournament with a win Friday to advance to the second round.
Sumner 10, Tyee 0
Tyee's season ended with a loss to the Sumner Spartans on Friday.
Orting 9, SCS 5
Seattle Christian took a 9-5 defeat at the hands of Orting this past Friday.
Fastpitch
Highline 13, Tyee 0
The Pirates heated up their bats as well as their defense to trounce the Totems in a regular Seamount League season game last Friday.
Boys lacrosse
Seattle Prep 18, Kennedy 8
The Lancers took a 10-point loss to Seattle Prep this past Friday.

Saturday, May 5
Baseball
Olympic 6, Foster 2
Foster finished its season with Saturday's loss to Olympic.

End of an era for Mt. Rainier and Highline baseball coaches

cmenges — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:54:05 +0000

By Kyle Howard

Plenty of fans and former players turned up to see the final regular season game of Mount Rainier head coach Darrin Rawie and Highline head coach Dave Larson. Larson has coached the Pirates for 17 seasons and Rawie has coached Mount Rainier for 12 seasons. It was also senior night for Highline, as they say goodbye to nine seniors.

Mount Rainier put a run on the board right away with a leadoff home run by Jon Culver to left field. Highline answered back in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 1-1. In the top of the fifth with a tie game at 3-3 Mount Rainier’s Logan Wagner had a bit of an embarrassing moment. Wagner hit a solo home run, and after making his way around the bases and being greeted by his teammates he was called out on an appeal by Highline for missing first base, which took away what would have been the go ahead run.

The tie remained until the seventh inning when Mount Rainier found itself with two outs and the bases loaded. Ben Badley knocked in what turned into the winning run, giving the Rams the victory over Highline, 4-3. Rams starting pitcher Brett Fawcett pitched the full game, striking out five. Mt. Rainier scored four runs on five hits, but left 10 runners on base for the game. Highline scored three runs on six hits.

Darrin Rawie is pleased with the last 12 seasons.

“it’s been fun, and an honor and I’m very proud to be out in the field for Dave Larson’s final game as well," he said.

When asked what he was planning to do on his off time Rawie replied, “I’ve got a boat ready and sitting down at the Des Moines Marina”.

Dave Larson wasn’t done yet. Highline made the playoffs as the No. 2 seed, although it bowed out of the West Central District's sub-district tournament with losses to Bonney Lake and Enumclaw.

Coach Larson said, “My time at Highline is up. It's time to move on and turn it over to somebody else, but I don’t think it’s the last game I’m ever going to coach."

Larson’s plans are to spend time with family, go fishing, and just see what other opportunities come up.

Good luck to both coaches. Your dedication to your teams is much appreciated by plenty.

Kennedy Catholic tops Highline 9-6 to tie for first place

cmenges — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:04:05 +0000

By Kyle Howard

Kennedy Catholic was looking for some revenge against the Highline girls fastpitch team Wednesday, May 2 after losing to them, 16-6, April 5. Kennedy was one game behind Highline and needed this win for the first place tie.

The Lancers' bats started off hot early in the game, scoring one run in the first and six runs in the second. Lancer starting pitcher Kate Lewis threw a great game, going 6 2/3 innings and striking out eight. The Lancers' bats died off a bit after their huge six run second inning.

The Highline Pirates' hitting started out slow, getting shut out in the first four innings but started their scoring in the fifth when Meghan Beswetherwick singled with Nicole Jacobson droving her in with a deep triple over the center fielder's head. Jacobson ended up coming around to score, narrowing Kennedy Catholics lead 8-2. The Pirates picked up one more run in the bottom of the sixth with a single from Taylor Gower, who then came around to score with a double coming from Sierra Flanagan. The Pirates had the bases loaded but were unable to pick up any more runs during the inning.

The Lancers picked up one final run in the top of the seventh when Sierra Baines singled, picking up her third hit for the day. Baines was pinch ran for by Jordan Cossette, who came around to score after a single from Jordan Nakatani, giving them the lead 9-3.

Highline had one final opportunity in their final at bat. The Pirates were able to get three more runs and found themselves with the bases loaded when it came to the last out but they fell just short for their first loss of the season as they were topped by Kennedy Catholic, 9-3.

Highline head coach Julie Young said after the game, “They had a big inning or two, and our bats seemed to be sleeping today. We needed to hit better against a team like Kennedy."

Despite the loss, Highline has a lot to be happy about, considering it took them this long to finally record their first league loss as they stood 11-1 after the game.

Lancer head coach Dino Josie was pleased with how his team performed.

“The pitching was great," he said. "Kate did a great job locating her pitches and did well against a great team, and our hitting did great as well. We got people on base, moved them along, and drove runs in when we had to. It was a good game. They got us the first time, this time we got them”.

Highline track

cmenges — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:06:40 +0000

It was a well combined track and field meet.
Highline was facing the combined Evergreen/Tyee squad for the all-Highline School District title, with the Pirates being a Class 3A team and Evergreen and Tyee both 2A in a combined Seamount League.
And for this meet, four boys ran with one girl in a combined 3,200-meter run.

Grace Stephans of Highline found herself running the girls portion by herself, and she thus won that event with her time of 13 minutes, 9.58 seconds.

But for the whole race she was either just ahead, equal to or just behind one of the boys runners -- Chinh Nguyen of Evergreen. She was not alone until Nguyen turned on his after burners down the home stretch and finished in 13:05.05.

Derek Ingraham of Tyee won the race in 10:31.25, followed by Highline's Josh Nord (11:08.63) and Zach Todd (11::29.86).

Highline's depth helped it to carry the day, outscoring Tyee, 114-10, and Evergreen, 96-38, on the boys side as Evergreen topped Tyee, 89-10. Highline beat the Tyee girls, 113-16, and downed Evergreen, 106-27. Evergreen outscored Tyee, 61-23.

Colleen Pacholski of Highline won the girls 100-meter dash in 13:57 and teammate Whitney Diggs took the 200 in 26.58 with Tracey Stolz capturing the 400 in 1:04.26. Thais Pedro of the Pirates won the 800 in 2:25.07 and the 1,600 in 5:50.67.

Michelle Stolz won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.26 and Highline teammate Breana Brookbank took the 300 hurdles in 50.94.

Highline swept the relay events, taking the 400 in 56.32, the 800 in 1:58.33 and the 1,600 in 4:45.46. LeAnn Hatling reached a height of 4 feet, 4 inches to win the high jump for Highline and Sophia Cassam took the pole vault at 7-6. Brookbank took the long jump at 14-4 and Judy Lemke won the triple jump at 28-9.

Jamila Culcleasure of Highline won the shot put at 34-5.25 and the discus at 102-11.

Evergreen's Mailelei Faletogo won the javelin at 66-4.
On the boys side, Montae Rainwater of Highline won the 100 in 11.88 and Keoni Simmons of Evergreen took the 200 in 24.28. Lane Hatling of Highline won the 400 in 58.09 and Samuel Gustafsson of Highline took the 800 in 2:09.06. Josh Nord won the 1,600 for Highline in 4:55.25 with Michael Devos winning the 110 hurdles in 19.15 and Pedro Diaz of Evergreen the 300 hurdles in 45.29.

Highline won the 400-meter relay in 47.98, with Rainwater taking the high jump at 5-0 and Austin Sita of Highline the pole vault at 11-2.
Simmons won the long jump for Evergreen at 18-1 and Raheem Howard of Tyee took the triple jump at 40-7.50.

Paul Toala captured the shot put at 46-0.50 and the discus at 149-1.50 for Highline with teammate Kyle Hagge winning the javelin at 88-6.
This week the Seamount 3A meet runs Thursday and Saturday at Sumner's Sunset Chevrolet Stadium and the 2A is Wednesday and Friday at Renton Stadium.

Highline’s Ugwoaba signs at WWU

cmenges — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:09:29 +0000

BELLINGHAM, Wash. --- Western Washington University men’s soccer coach Travis Connell announced today that defender Uche Ugwoaba, a senior at Highline High School, has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Vikings this fall.

Two more prep seniors, midfielder Conner Pichette from Wilson High School in Tacoma and goalkeeper Andrew Wildfong from Woodinville High School, have accepted formal offers of admission to WWU.

“We are very excited to add these three young men to our roster for next fall,” said Connell. “Bernie James at Crossfire and David Hoggan at Tynecastle have a proven track record of developing productive college soccer players. Andrew, Conner and Uche are talented hard-working players that will be great additions to our squad.”

Ugwoaba and Pichette have played the last two years for Crossfire Premier Academy, which competes in the Western Conference of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. Ugwoaba is the team captain this season after having seven assists in nine games the previous year.

As juniors, Ugwoaba was a first-team all-Seamount League pick and Pichette was a first-team all-Narrows League selection.

Wildfong played four years of club soccer with Tynecastle FC. He helped that team win a second straight U.S. Club Regional title in 2011, allowing just 10 goals in 16-game regular-season schedule with six shutouts.

Author to make appearance

West Seattle author Jon Wells will be making four signings in the Seattle area over May and June.
Wells, who will be signing his book “Shipwrecked: A Peoples’ History of the Seattle Mariners” will be at the West Seattle Barnes & Noble from 12-2 p.m. June 16.
That will follow 7 p.m. visits to Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park May 10, at Elliot Bay Book Company in Seattle May 15 and at Renton’s Fairwood Library June 7.
Wells is also the publisher of the Grand Salami, a monthy during the season magazine about the Mariners.

Sports Roundup 5-4-12

cmenges — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:06:16 +0000

Sports Roundup

Monday, April 30
Fastpitch
Renton 22, Tyee 9
Tyee was trounced in a five-inning game last Monday.
Boys soccer
Tyee 3, Steilacoom 1
Zaki Muhamad scored two goals for the Totems in Monday's non-league win.
Boys lacrosse
Kennedy 16, Vashon 10
Kennedy won in a high-scoring Division II battle Monday.
Girls lacrosse
Kennedy 15, Curtis 6
Kennedy clobbered Curtis in girls action Monday.

Tuesday, May 1
Boys soccer
Kentlake 5, Mt. Rainier 1
Mount Rainier was trampled by the Chargers Tuesday.
Foster 1, Renton 0
The Bulldogs shut out Renton in a 1-0 victory Tuesday.
SCS 5, Orting 0
Seattle Christian also scored a shutout win Tuesday, led by the hat trick of Conner Fremmerlid.
Baseball
Lindbergh 9, Kennedy 1
The Lancers fell to Lindbergh last Tuesday.
Foster 7, Seattle Christian 4
Foster won Tuesday's non-league game between two nearby rivals.
Boys lacrosse
Garfield 11, Kennedy 9
The Bulldogs outscored the Lancers last Tuesday.
Roosevelt 14, Highline 9
The Roughriders knocked off the Pirates Tuesday.
Girls lacrosse
Holy Names 14, Kennedy 5
Holy Names handled the Lancers with ease in last Tuesday's game.

Wednesday, May 2
Fastpitch
Kentridge 17, Mt. Rainier 2
Kentridge cleaned the Rams' clock this past Wednesday.
Fastpitch
Lindbergh 19, Evergreen 6
Lindbergh outscored the Lancers in a lopsided slugfest Wednesday.
Renton 8, Foster 7
Renton edged the Bulldogs in a Wednesday game.
Renton 16, Foster 4
The second game of last Wednesday's double-header was all Renton.
Hazen 16, Tyee 0
Hazen put away the Totems in a three-inning game last Wednesday.
Hazen 15, Tyee 0
Wednesday's second game was also over in three innings.

Thursday, May 3
Boys soccer
Mt. Rainier 2, Auburn-Riverside 1
The Rams rebounded from Tuesday's loss to beat Auburn-Riverside Thursday.
Kennedy 2, Tyee 1
Kennedy squeaked past the Totems Thursday.
Ethan Thomas of the Lancers scored on a Jake Gagne assist in the 17th minute, then Tyee's Zaki Muhamad tied it on an Eduardo Pelayo assist in the 23rd minute.
Griffen Stout scored JFK's winning goal in the 46th minute on an unassisted play.
Foster 2, Lindbergh 1
Foster scored a one-goal win Thursday.
Hazen 4, Highline 3
The Pirates were dealt a loss by the Highlanders last Thursday.
Baseball
Decatur 9, Kennedy 4
The Gators of Decatur defeated the Lancers in Thursday's 3A sub-regional playoff action.
Boys lacrosse
Nathan Hale 18, Highline 3
Nathan Hale dominated against the Pirates on Thursday.
Girls lacrosse
Kennedy 12, Garfield 11
The Lancers outgunned the Bulldogs Thursday.
Girls track
Seattle Christian
The Warriors finished third in a four-team Nisqually League meet Thursday.
Seattle Christian scored 39 points behind the 133 of Orting and 49 of Cascade Crhistian Thursday, but came in ahead of Vashon Island's 12 points.
Boys track
Seattle Christian
Seattle Christian came in fourth place Thursday with 27 points behind Orting (121), Cascade Christian (61) and Vashon (29).

Close ballgame between Highline and Kennedy Catholic ends with Lancer 4-2 win

cmenges — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:59:48 +0000

By Kyle Howard

The Highline Pirates suffered a tough baseball loss to Kennedy Catholic Monday, April 20. Both teams had near identical records but this game went in the favor of Lancers in a 4-2 win to tie the teams for second place.

Highline was able to score first in their opening at bat with Kennedy quick to respond in the top of the third to tie the game at 1-1. The Lancers managed to manufacture two more runs the following inning by playing small ball and making their way into scoring position. The Lancers pulled off back-to-back squeeze plays to help push their lead to 3-1.

The Pirates put together a solid fifth inning to pull within one run. Justin Kemp singled to get on base, and after a sacrifice bunt placed him into scoring position. Highline’s McCartney knocked him in to make it 3-2.

Lancer shortstop Joe Greaney capped off the scoring for the game with the final run coming on a solo home run in the top of the sixth to left center.

Jonny Locher, Highline’s starting pitcher, pitched a very great game -- striking out an amazing 17 for the game while giving up only two walks. Justin Kemp was the only Pirate to record two hits for the game.

The game's winner was Max Larson, who pitched five innings and recorded six strikeouts. Joe Greaney had two hits including the solo home run.

Sports Roundup 4-30-12

cmenges — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:10:35 +0000

Sports Roundup

Friday, April 27
Baseball
Highline 18, Evergreen 7
The Pirates powered their way past Evergreen in a Seamount League game Friday.
Kennedy 12, Tyee 1
Kennedy Catholic took it to Tyee in Friday action.
Chimacum 17, SCS 1
Seattle Christian came out on the short end of a Chinook League score Friday.
Lindbergh 23, Foster 4
Foster absorbed a lopsided loss to the high scoring Eagles this past Friday.
Fastpitch
Highline 16, Hazen 3
Highline hammered Hazen in a Friday game.
Kennedy 29, Renton 0
The Lancers routed Renton Friday.
Lindbergh 14, Tyee 2
The Totems took a loss to Lindbergh Friday.
Boys soccer
Kennedy 4, Hazen 1
Kennedy scored a win over the Highlanders in a Friday Seamount League clash.
Foster 2, Tyee 1
Foster edged the Totems with a 2-1 final score Friday.
SCS 6, Chimacum 2
Seattle Christian connected for a win over Chimacum.
Girls lacrosse
Ballard 12, Kennedy 11
Monica Moffat and Angela Penelle scored five goals each for the Lancers in Friday's loss.

Saturday, April 28
Baseball
Lindbergh 28. Tyee 0
Tyee was trounced by Lindbergh Saturday.
Renton 6, Evergreen 3
Evergreen fell to the Indians in Saturday action.
Highline 2, Kennedy 1
The Pirates won a makeup game Saturday, led by the one-hit pitching of Cole Porter. Teammate Ryan Ward hit 2-for-3 with a double.
Issaquah 14, Mt. Rainier 1
The Rams were beaten by Issaquah this past Saturday.
Fastpitch
Mt Rainier 14, Kent-Meridian 0
Mount Rainier overwhelmed the Royals Saturday.
Hazen 15, Evergreen 0
Hazen shut down the Wolverines Saturday.
Pe Ell 8, SCS 1
Seattle Christian took a non-league loss Saturday.
Girls track and field
Lake Washington Invitational
Highline captured fourth place as a team at the prestigious Lake Washington Invitational with a score of 41 points.
Michelle Stolz of the Pirates won the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 44.97 seconds. Highline also won the 1,600 relay in 4:01.64.

Sports Roundup 4-27-12

cmenges — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:34:52 +0000

Sports Roundup

Monday, April 23
Baseball
Auburn 13, Mt. Rainier 2
Mount Rainier took a beating in a South Puget Sound League North Division game this past Monday.
Lindbergh 14, Evergreen 0
Evergreen was blanked by the Eagles in Monday Seamount League action.
Foster 10, Renton 2
The Bulldogs buried Renton in last Monday's game.
Hazen 16, Tyee 6
Hazen's Highlanders towered above the Totems this past Monday.
Life Christian 15, SCS 5
The Warriors also took a 10-run loss Monday.
Fastpitch
Graham-Kapowsin 7, Highline 0
The Pirates were shut out by Graham-Kapowsin last Monday.
Seattle Christian 13, Life Christian 0
The Warriors won big and earned a shutout Monday.
Tahoma 15, Mt. Rainier 0
Tahoma trounced the Rams on Monday, April 23.
Girls lacrosse
Mercer Island 24, Kennedy 0
The Islanders cruised past the Lancers last Monday.
Soccer
SCS 4, Life Christian 1
The Warriors won big last Monday.

Tuesday, April 24
Baseball
Hazen 2, Highline 1
Hazen edged past the Pirates this past Tuesday.
Kentridge 13, Mt. Rainier 3
The Rams were routed by the Chargers in Tuesday action.
Fastpitch
TJ 6, Mt. Rainier 1
Thomas Jefferson held the Rams at bay this last Tuesday.
Highline 18, Renton 0
Highline defeated the Indians in a game stopped after five innings Tuesday.
Soccer
Kentwood 3, Mt. Rainier 2
Mount Rainier went down to one of many close losses for the season.
Tyee 5, Lindbergh 0
The Totems blanked the Eagles Tuesday.
Hazen 6, Highline 0
The Pirates suffered a shutout loss last Tuesday.
Boys lacrosse
Kennedy 12, Ballard 8
Sebastian Farraro scored four goals and six ground balls for the Lancers in Tuesday's win and Anthony Parker scored three goals and had one assist. Charles Bergseth came through with 15 saves on goal.

Wednesday, April 25
Baseball
Kentwood 5, Mt. Rainier 1
The Rams took a closer loss this past Wednesday.
Hazen 17, Foster 0
Foster lost a shutout game Wednesday.
Charles Wright 13, SCS 2
Seattle Christian absorbed a lopsided loss at the hands of Charles Wright on Wednesday.
Boys soccer
Tyee 4, Renton 0
Carlos Reyes earned the shout on goal for the Totems this past Wednesday.
SCS 2, Charles Wright 1
Seattle Christian scored a victory Wednesday.
Boys lacrosse
Highline 6, Blanchet 5
Calabe Simpson scored four goals and had four ground balls for the Pirates in Wednesday's win. Tanner Saramur had nine saves.

Thursday, April 26
Boys soccer
Kentridge 2, Mt. Rainier 0
The Chargers charged past the Rams in a 2-0 shutout win Thursday.
Blanchet 4, Highline 1
Highline went down to a non-league loss this last Thursday
Baseball
SCS 14, Cascade Christian 2
Seattle Christian scored a big win Thursday.
Fastpitch
SCS 14, Cascade Christian 2
The Warriors also won big in fastpitch softball Thursday.

Tennis: Lancers ride past Pirates

cmenges — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:16:39 +0000

As the Seamount League tennis regular season winds down, teams are on the verge of determining lineups for postseason action.

On Monday, April 23, at Highline High School, Kennedy Catholic posted a 7-2 team tennis victory against the Highline Pirates as both squads surveyed their players and evaluated future singles and doubles choices.

"Our girls team is young and inexperienced this season, but the girls are getting better and better each match," observed Lancer varsity coach Maryann Thorp. "Due to the (inclement) weather, we've had few practices. It's like hands-on training during the matches. They're great kids."

The returning boys team is in sharp contrast to the girls in terms of experience.

"The boys are really strong," she added. "The boys are doing so great. We just need to find playing time for all of them. It will be difficult to decide who plays."

Paramount among the talented and experienced group are Mitch and Jamie Thorp, who are back after winning last season's Class 3A boys doubles state championship. Taas Sribhibhadh played in boys state singles.

Kennedy Catholic began its joust for victory with a win in No. 2 girls singles. Southpaw freshman Hannah Baillie had her hands full before out stroking Trinh Tran, 6-3, 6-2.

"This was hard," Baillie said. "I had good serves and had to charge to the net for her drop shots. It was important for me to hit shots deep to the baseline. She also had some unforced errors."

Taas Sribhibhadh also worked hard before subduing Highline's Kyle Swain, 6-3, 6-3, in No. 1 boys singles to send the Lancers into a 2-0 point lead in matches completed.

It was the next completed match in the warmth and brightness of the late afternoon day in spring that totally brought out the enduring competitive fires of the No. 2 girls doubles participants.

Keli Brown and Kayla O'Sullivan of Kennedy Catholic stroked well to annex a 6-2 first set win against the HHS tandem of Andrea Mandt and Angelica Yu. After a brief respite, Mandt and Yu completely turned the tide against Brown and O'Sullivan for a second set 6-2 triumph, thus necessitating a third set super tie-breaker duel that drew the attention of many onlookers.

At first, the Lancer tandem appeared to be dominate en route to a 4-1 control. Back sailed the Pirates to create a tightly contested fray that eventually reached a deadlock at 11-11. Highline grabbed a 12-11 lead, but the Lancers survived two match points before KC evened it at 12-12. An O'Sullivan backhand to the deep corner earned match point for her team. The back-and-forth match ended on an HHS double fault (14-12).

"Our strategy was to go to the net and make less errors," said O'Sullivan.

Brown strongly agreed with her partner.

"We definitely had fewer unforced errors in the first set," she said.

Performing in No. 1 girls singles for Kennedy, Olivia Lyons fought off a tough challenge from Nhi Lam en route to a 6-3, 6-2 win as JFK reached the brink of the total team triumph in the best of nine matches.

"She was hard to play against," Lyons said. "I had to mix up my shots and angles with drop shots and deep shots to the baseline."

Highline delayed the Lancers' clinching match win with a 6-0, 6-0, victory from the girls No. 1 duo of Blake Henley and Jennalee Gould against Gretchen Martin and Megan Shaheen.

According to the Pirate duo, who qualified for 3A state in 2010 and just missed returning to state last season, the score was deceptive due to their own high standards of play in only their second match as a team this season.

"It was tougher than it should have been," said Henley.

Gould went into more specifics about the encounter.

"We didn't play well and still have a lot of work to do to get our rhythm back as a team," Gould stated.

Clinching the total team win was Vincent Villoria in a solid 6-0, 6-2 No. 2 boys singles domination of Justin Vu.

According to Villoria, he has been working with his private tennis coach in Bellevue on a number of elements with footwork and racket speed being among the top priorities.

"Vince is playing the best tennis I've seen from him," noted coach Thorp. "I'm looking forward to seeing him play in the post season."

Following Villoria's win, the Pirate boys No. 1 doubles duo of Ky Nhan and Kily Nhan took the measure of Porter Fernandez and James Dang, 6-3, 6-4.

"They have improved a lot and are hard workers," said HHS coach Scott Babcock. "They have the right attitude and are great to work with on and off the court."

Kennedy Catholic swept the final two matches to close out the day in fine fashion.

Junior Lancer Tharm Sribhibhadh and Brandon Lowry stroked past Bao Vu and Anthony Vuong in a 6-3, 6-4, No. 2 boys doubles match ahead of a Mitch Thorp and Kari Myers 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Jason Hewett and Stephanie Anderson in the mixed doubles finale.

Tyee boys soccer beats Evergreen for the second time this season 4-1

cmenges — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:24:00 +0000

By Kyle Howard

The Tyee Totems took on the Evergreen Wolverines on Tuesday, April 17 for their second matchup this season. Evergreen came out seeking revenge after losing to Tyee, 5-1, on March 20. Evergreen only had 11 available players for this game, meaning they had no substitutes available.

This game would prove to be nearly identical to their first matchup. Evergreen scored first and then from then on it was all Tyee, as the Totems scored four unanswered goals, beating the Wolverines once again -- this time with the score 4-1.

Evergreen scored 17 minutes into the game with a nice shot from Josue Grados 15 yards out, but that would prove to be it for the game. Tyee got things together at the end of the half when Jose Aguniga tied the game at one with just over three minutes left.

Tyee came out strong in the second half and scored quickly in just three and half minutes on a corner kick taken by Freddi Altamirano crossing the field into the box when Kevin Medina nicely headed the ball into the back of the net for the goal to take the lead 2-1.

Just five minutes later Felipe Cervantes received a nice pass and dribbled the ball up field between two defenders and was able to score at around 10 yards out. The Totems' final goal came on a free kick 25 yards out, with four defenders and the goalkeeper in the way. Eduardo Pelayo looped the ball past all the defenders to score the Wolverines' fourth and final goal.

Evergreen did a good job playing with only 11 players; the score could have been a lot worse considering Tyee had several more opportunities to score as they outshot Evergreen 16-7. Wolverine goalkeeper Jonathan Delgado made several great saves and defender Miguel Serrano played good defense and saved a few goals himself.

Sports Roundup 4-20-12

cmenges — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:59:18 +0000

Sports Roundup
Monday, April 16
Baseball
Lindbergh 16, Evergreen 3
Evergreen was chopped down by the Eagles in a Monday, April 16 Seamount League game.
Fastpitch
Lindbergh 17, Evergreen 7
The Wolverines fell to Lindbergh, 17-7, on the fastpitch softball side Monday.
Holy Names 7, Mt. Rainier 6
The Rams were edged in a non-league game Monday. April 16.

Tuesday, April 17
Boys soccer
Highline 3, Kennedy 2
The Pirates edged the Lancers in a Seamount League game played Tuesday, April 17.
Hazen 4, Foster 0
Foster was blanked by Hazen this past Tuesday.
Tahoma 2, Mt. Rainier 1
Mount Rainier took a one-goal defeat in South Puget Sound League North Division action Tuesday, April 17.
Baseball
Mt. Rainier 5, TJ 2
Mount Rainier posted an SPSL North win over the Raiders on Tuesday.
SCS 17, Tyee 3
Seattle Christian won a non-league game between next door neighbors in SeaTac this past Tuesday.
Fastpitch
SCS 15, Tyee 0
Seattle Christian also defeated the Totems in a decisive fastpitch softball non-league game Tuesday.

Wednesday, April 18
Baseball
Lindbergh 7, Highline 4
Highline fell shy against Lindbergh this past Wednesday.
Charles Wright 11, SCS 1
The Warriors turned around to take a loss in a Nisqually League game played Wednesday.
Kennedy 14, Foster 0
The Lancers posted a shutout win against the Bulldogs on Wednesday.
Renton 8, Tyee 6
Tyee took a narrow Seamount loss last Wednesday.
Mt. Rainier 8, Kent-Meridian 3
The Rams came through with a decisive win against the Royals on Wednesday.
Fastpitch
Highline 19, Foster 1
The Pirates put the Bulldogs away in a three-inning game Wednesday.
Kennedy 17, Hazen 4
Kennedy clobbered Hazen in Seamount action Wednesday.
Girls tennis
Mt. Rainier 3, Kentlake 2
Mount Rainier won a close SPSL North match on Wednesday.
Boys lacrosse
Vashon 13, Highline 4
The Pirates lost to the Vashon Island team last Wednesday.
Girls lacrosse
Seattle Prep 19, Kennedy 7
The Lancers lost a high-scoring match Wednesday.

Thursday, April 19
Boys lacrosse
Kennedy 22, Shoreline 10
Zachary Sleeper scored eight goals and added six assists and six ground balls for the Lancers in last Thursday's win.
Teammate Sabastian Ferraro had five goals, four assists and 10 ground balls.

Highline baseball rocks Renton

cmenges — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:41:16 +0000

Sunny Moshier Park was the bright setting as the Highline Pirates baseball team calmly concentrated for a 13-0 Seamount League win against Renton on Friday, April 13.

Highline improved its overall record to 9-1 and second place league record to 7-1 with key match ups against league leading Lindbergh (7-0), fourth place Hazen and third place Kennedy Catholic looming on the horizon. Lindbergh defeated Highline 9-4 while HHS edged out Hazen 5-3 in previous encounters this season.

The reasons for the continued success of the Pirates are clear.

"We're always focusing on the details, even when we're in blowout games," said Highline head coach Dave Larson. "Our goal today was having a goose egg which gives us three (goose eggs) in a row. We substitute liberally and find a special competition within the game."

On Friday, the Pirates jumped all over the visitors in the first inning. Jonny Locher led off with a walk and then stole two bases. Combined with Mitch McCartney's base on balls and Jacob Wydick's walk, HHS loaded the bases.

Renton pitchers had great difficulty locating home plate as three consecutive Pirate batters forced in runs on walks. Jonny Rhodes was hit by a pitch for another run before Ryan Ward doubled home two runs in a six-run first inning.

The persistent Pirates tacked on three runs in the third inning and an additional four runs in the fourth inning as the game ended after five innings on the 10-run mercy rule.

Ryan Ward allowed one hit over the first three innings to earn the victory while lefty hurler Jacob Wydick pitched no-hit ball with three strike outs in the game ending two innings.

Locher batted 2-for-2 with a triple, three RBI and two stolen bases for Highline in the encounter that featured numerous walks and hit batsmen from the visitors' pitching staff.

Led by nine seniors who have played together during all four seasons, the Pirates seek further long term success with steady pitching and strong fundamental skills.

Brandon Mann in Japan

cmenges — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:45:00 +0000

Mount Rainier High School graduate Brandon Mann is entering his second professional baseball season with the Yokohama Bay Stars of the Japan Central League. The left-handed pitcher was a former farm hand for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Conger leading Bees

Hank Conger, a catcher who was born in Federal Way, is leading the Salt Lake City Bees of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization with a .407 batting average after six games.
Conger got off to an 11-for-27 start with three doubles and two home runs. The catcher who was one of the Angels’ final cuts this year also has seven runs scored and six RBI for the Bees.

Ishikawa has slow start

Federal Way High School graduate Travis Ishikawa got off to an 0-for-5 start for the Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team with four strikeouts. Ishikawa is a backup first baseman for the Brewers.

Pro instruction offered

Local tennis professional Steve Walters again offers area tennis lessons at outdoor locations this summer. Walters, certified Pro 1 by the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1986, has coached at some of the world's top tennis resorts and academies in Florida, California, Texas and Canada. Also he traveled on the men's professional tour, including the 1988 U.S. Open, as a traveling coach for world-ranked pros and nationally-ranked juniors.
As a player, Walters has been ranked No. 1 in the Pacific Northwest in men's doubles (2002) and also in mixed doubles (1985).
Walters can be reached for junior or adult lessons at (253) 486-2220 or at stevestennisworld.com.

Goucher teaches

Former professional baseball player Steve Goucher is offering one-on-one instruction in pitching, hitting and fielding in the Burien area.
Goucher's professional experience includes being an Atlanta Braves scout and playing for the Taichung Blackhawks in Taiwan and the Bend Bucks in Oregon. He previously played for San Diego State University.
His coaching experience includes serving as director of the Mike Blowers Baseball Camp, serving as the Green River Community College pitching coach, as a Tacoma Community College assistant coach and as a pitching instructor at Dave Henderson's Ballyard.
For information, call (206) 230-9011 or visit www.nwbi.org.

Classes upcoming

Tukwila's Community Center is offering a variety of classes including Jazzercise, Kickboxing and Pilates. Youth classes in ballet, karate and gymnastics are also available.
Visit www.ci.tukwila.wa.us and click on the recreation brochure to see what is offered.
For more information, contact Tammy Bayliss or Dave Johnson at (206) 768-2822.

Softball umps needed

Seattle Metro Softball Umpires Association (SMSUA) and the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of King County are recruiting people to become fastpitch and/or slowpitch umpires. Games are played days, evenings and weekends -- and umpires pick the schedule and locations that work for them. Umpires are paid $22 per game. Free rules classes, umpire mechanics clinics and on-field umpire training are provided. Umpires are needed for youth, junior and senior high school, college and men's and women's games as well as championships.
Call (206) 817-2207 for more information.

Monthly breakfast held

District 7 Little League is hosting a fundraising breakfast every third Sunday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. It is being held at the Burien Eagles Club located at 920 SW 150th Ave.

Drop-in action slated

The SeaTac Park Community Center is currently offering Drop-In Badminton on Monday and Wednesday from 7:00-9:45 p.m. The fee is $3.25 for adults and $2.25 for seniors. Additionally, you can drop in to our Thursday night Archery from 7:00-9:45pm or our Aerobic Boot Camp class, Tuesdays or Thursdays at 5:30pm, for $6.00 per visit. Meet new people, engage in friendly competition and get a great workout. Must be at least 16 to attend. Locker rooms and showers on-site. For more information please contact SeaTac Parks & Recreation at (206) 973-4680.

Masters times offered

The Federal Way Masters swimming team for ages 19 and over is now offering three workout session times at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center located at 650 SW Campus Drive in Federal Way.
Members are required to join U.S. Masters Swimming at $30 per year, and the annual team registration fee is $25. Monthly coaching fees are $35 per month for up to twice weekly workouts or $45 per month for unlimited workouts. A 10 percent discount is offered for a prepayment of three months. Also available is a drop-in fee of $5 per workout.
For more information, contact www.fwmasters.com or call coaches Malcolm and Wendy Neely at (253) 838-8408.

Hoop school ongoing

Klahanee Community Center in Federal Way is hosting 1 Tough School of Basketball year-round. The school is for boys and girls grades 4-12 and offers two-hour workouts based on ball handling, passing, shooting and details formulated from Division I and II collegiate programs. It will also include guest speakers from the high school, college and professional level, and the coaching staff includes varsity high school head coaches and former Division I and II college standouts at different positions.
The registration fee is $35, with an $80 fee for one month, $150 for two months and $265 for three months.
The Klahanee Community Center is located at 33901-9th Ave. So. in Federal Way.
For more information, call (206) 852-1077 or Email to toughschool2002@yahoo.com.

Club teaches youngsters

The Bogey Bear Golf Club welcomes youngsters ages 6-17 to learn the game of golf for free. The club meets at Jefferson Park golf course every Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m. from April through September.
Free clubs, free range balls and even free lessons for parents whose child is in the Bogey Bear program are also offered. There is an advanced junior golf program available, too.
Contact the Bogey Bear Junior Golf Foundation at (206) 722-0600.

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Mt. Rainier avoids loss against Auburn with late goal

cmenges — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:29:23 +0000

By Kyle Howard

The Mt. Rainer Rams had their hands full against their South Puget Sound League North DIvision rival Auburn Wednesday, April 12. This game would prove to be mostly defense from both teams.

Auburn picked up an early 1-0 lead with a goal at the 23 minute mark in the first half. Auburn would maintain that lead throughout most of the game.

Mt. Rainier was able to get more shots on goal than Auburn, 12- 9, but great defensive plays by Auburn's goalkeeper David Lopez kept the Rams shutout. Lopez made several outstanding, diving blocks to protect the goal.

With the clock winding down and just two minutes left Mt. Rainier desperately tried to avoid the loss and score before time ran out. At the 1:15 mark Rams Junior forward Isaac Gettis scored to tie the game when it mattered most. With the Ram's good defense and timely goal they pulled off the 1-1 tie.

Sports Roundup for 4-13-12

cmenges — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:33:24 +0000

Friday, April 6
Baseball
Kennedy 21, Tyee 1
The Lancers trounced Tyee by 20 runs Friday.
Highline 11, Evergreen 0
The Pirates shut down the Wolverines in Seamount League action Friday.
Lindbergh 19, Foster 1
Foster also lost by a big score Friday.
Kentwood 12, Mt. Rainier 2
Kentwood cruised past the Rams in Friday action.
Fastpitch
Highline 15, Evergreen 0
The Pirates posted a shutout win over the Wolverines this past Friday.
Kentridge 6, Mt. Rainier 5
The Chargers edged the Rams in a one-run SPSL North game Friday.
Boys soccer
Kennedy 2, Lindbergh 1
Kennedy slipped past the Eagles in Friday Seamount League action.
Lacrosse
Roosevelt 8, Kennedy 7
The Roughriders knocked off the Lancers Friday.
Highline 12, Shoreline 9
Highline scored a three-point victory over Shoreline on Friday.

Saturday, April 7
Lacrosse
Three Rivers 14, Highline 2
Three Rivers drowned out the Pirates in a Saturday battle.
Garfield 9, Kennedy 8
The Bulldogs nipped the Lancers last Saturday.

Monday, April 9
Boys soccer
Mt. Rainier 2, Kent-Meridian 2
Jacob Winkle scored both goals for Mount Rainier in last Monday's tie.
Baseball
Auburn 17, Mt. Rainier 1
The Trojans took it to the Rams last Monday.
Hazen 26, Tyee 2
Hazen's Highlanders trounced the Totems this past Monday.

Tuesday, April 10
Baseball
Aub.-Riverside 14, Mt. Rainier 4
Auburn-Riverside scored a 10-run victory over the Rams last Friday.

Wednesday, April 11
Boys soccer
Mt. Rainier 1, Auburn 1
The Rams scored their second tie of the week Wednesday.
Baseball
Highline 13, Foster 0
Johnny Rhodes homered for Highline in its win over Foster on Wednesday.
Tyee 7, Evergreen 4
The Totems won a close one over the Wolverines Wednesday.

Thursday, April 12
Tahoma 12, Mt. Rainier 1
The Bears got the best of the Rams in Thursday action.

Girls Fastpitch - Rams rock Ravens

cmenges — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:37:30 +0000

AUBURN - Consistent pitching and good defense paved the way for a Mount Rainier South Puget Sound League North 6-2 girls fastpitch win against Auburn Riverside at Game Farm Park on Tuesday, April 10.

With the outstanding win, the Rams moved their record to 3-6 in league and raised momentum going into the Spring Break.

"We know we have talent with a couple of the best players in the league," said first-year Mount Rainier head coach Ben Reindel. "We also start five underclassmen. There were only three freshman at the catcher's spot, but Tristen Yong has stepped up to catch and played her second game at catcher today. She's a great catcher with a great arm. Our role players were good today. We're counting on Sonny Dorhofer, Maylynn Mitchell, Jasmin Fulmore and Yong."

Mitchell is an outstanding and proven All-League shortstop who also is an outstanding hitter.

On Tuesday, the Rams unleashed early offense.

In the top of the first inning, Dorhofer led off with a single and eventually stole second base. Cian Detore followed with a walk ahead of Mitchell's ringing two-run triple. Yong was hit by a pitch before a passed ball scored Mitchell and advanced Yong to second base. Later in the inning, Fulmore sacrifice bunted the fourth run home.

Consecutive singles by Mitchell and Yong in the third inning set the stage for Orion Schade's one-out RBI single and Taylor Richardson's two-out run-scoring one-baser as Mount Rainier ascended to a 6-0 lead.

In the meantime, fire balling right hander Fulmore carried a three-hit shut out through five innings with her defense playing steadily.

Auburn Riverside threatened in the bottom of the third inning by virtue of two consecutive singles with two out. Mitchell dove to her left from the shortstop position to glove the second single on one bounce to keep the first runner on second base. Fulmore then induced the next batter into a fly ball out to right field, ending the threat.

The Ravens finally broke through for two runs on four hits in the sixth inning, but the resilient Fulmore weathered the short storm to earn a seven-innng, complete game seven-hit victory.

Fulmore mixed up her pitches well and threw to specific locations throughout the fray.

"I wanted to make sure I got strikes and threw good pitches," she said. "My fielders really helped me out. My strategy was to go outside and come back in with curves, rises and screw balls."

Mitchell led Mount Rainier at bat with a 3-for-4 day including a triple and two RBI. Schade batted 2-for-4 with an RBI.

For the Ravens, Alyssa Jarmon was 2-for-3 with a double and RBI. Danielle Robinson and Sam Lawson each batted 2-for-3.