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State Preps Report
Posted by Spike at 12:16 AM BOYS GIRLS Malia ONeal, Garfield Junior guard had 27 points, 10 rebounds for No. 3 Bulldogs.
Oly fights off CK in Battle of Bay Posted by Spike at 12:59 PM Prep roundup:
Posted by Spike at 09:27 AM Prep basketball: Lyncs' defense steps up late in key NCC victory. Wrestling roundups: No. 5 Squalicum cruises by Lynden 5 pins help Ferndale past Anacortes FERNDALE - Kyle Vanderlinden, Travis Grimme, Cody Higgerson and Chet Slevin celebrated Senior Night with first-round pins Thursday in Ferndale's 45-28 Northwest League victory over Anacortes... Roundup: Bellingham boys cap perfect NWL dual-meet run with pair of swim wins
Recruiting tidbit: The big gun returns for Seattle Prep Posted by Spike at 06:10 PM Martell Webster, Seattle Prep's 6-7 junior and leading scorer last season with an 18.5 PPG average, could see action soon after suffering a foot injury last fall in an open gym scrimmage. Webster is one of the top junior basketball recruits in the country and word on the street is that with the Arizona men's team in town to play the Huskies, Wildcats coach Lute Olson is hoping to see Webster play Friday against Bishop Blanchet.
Zillah girls basketball playing as one Posted by Spike at 04:58 PM The most impressive accomplishment of the Zillah girls basketball team this season isn't its 15-0 record, glittery though it may be. Neither is it that the fourth-ranked Leopards are the single best team in the SCAC West. It's that they are a single team, period. And playing like one... Prep roundup:
Hudson's Bay loses its AD, football coach Posted by Spike at 04:03 PM Two prominent figures in Hudson's Bay athletics will be leaving the school to pursue other interests within the Vancouver School District. Mick Hoffman, Bay's athletic director, will become the assistant principal at the new Thomas Jefferson Middle School, which will open in the fall. Football coach Tom Adams also will be moving to the new middle school to teach and coach, although Adams will remain the baseball coach at Hudson's Bay... Game of the day Kyle Chirstel and Charles Jonsson both scored 13 points for Fort Vancouver (0-10, GSHL, 2-13), and Vlad Kulikovskiy had 11.
Girls basketball: Mariners push past Seahawks Posted by Spike at 12:44 PM Sehome girls' basketball team beats Anacortes in league game Anacortes clashed closely with Sehome on Wednesday night before the Mariners got the 55-48 win behind 12 final-frame points from post player LeeAna Busch... Roundup: Sedro-Woolley wins first game of season The Cubs (1-8 in the Northwest 3A League, 1-13 overall) held off Lynden 46-44 to get their first win of the season... Wrestling roundup: Stanwood beats Bulldogs
Capital drops thriller to Abes Posted by Spike at 10:09 AM South Sound prep roundup PREP ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Scott Mattich, Northwest Christian basketball
West Sound: Wolves rough up Roughriders Posted by Spike at 08:51 AM Coach Mike Allen and his South Kitsap seniors claim their first victory against Port Angeles. Boys and girls roundup: Track: Nelson starts college career Gymnastics: New Hampshire fine place for Hall Recruiting: Baird booked for February meeting
No. 2 Blaine girls take NCC showdown Posted by Spike at 08:39 AM Borderites blast Baker with second-half surge. Baker's wrestling dominace impressive, but Sehome gymanastics set standard It's better than Meridian football, Lynden Christian girls' basketball and even Mount Baker girls' cross country - all multiple-state title winners. The Mountaineers have never lost an NCC wrestling match and will likely lock up another district tournament title next month. As impressive as Baker's streak is - it's a huge accomplishment by any standards - it pales to what the Sehome gymnastics team did under coach Nola Ayres. In Ayres' 25 years with the program, the Mariners won 23 state titles, a national high school record. The team won 13 straight state championships from 1973 to 1985, another national record, and seven in a row from 1987 to 1993... Girls roundup: Busch leads Sehome girls S-W tops Raiders in wrestling Student-athlete spotlight: Aaron Dickson, Squalicum Event of the week: Blaine boys basketball at Mount Baker Focus on swiming: a weekly recap and this week's outlook
Posted by Spike at 06:41 PM Two pins and a pair of major decisions were the difference Tuesday night as Pasco earned its first Big Nine Conference wrestling title since 1999 with a 38-20 victory over Wa-Hi in the Blue Devil gym... Prep girls basketball roundup: Crusaders hand Irish a loss Prep boys basketball roundup: W-M duo spells doom for Huskies
Business as Usual for Leopards Posted by Spike at 06:29 PM In a non-league matchup of highly-ranked Class 1A girls teams, unbeaten Zillah went beat Burbank 66-55 behind Jennifer Griffin's 27 points on the Leopards' court... Boys basketball roundup: Perez Keys Pirates' Win at Home The Pirates won, 84-57, running their record to 12-0.... Girls basketball roundup: No. 4 Connell Upends Fifth-Ranked EV And on this night, the fourth-ranked Connell Eagles got the better of fifth-ranked East Valley. Freshman Coriann Wood hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to seal the Eagles' 45-41 victory in the CWAC South girls basketball game Tuesday night... Riverside Christian Girls Knock Off Third-Ranked DeSales Erin Shively scored a season-high 22 points as the ninth-ranked Crusaders knocked off third-ranked DeSales 51-34 in a non-league girls basketball game Tuesday at Riverside Christian... Prep roundup: Bowling and swimming
Basketball & belief in Class B Posted by Spike at 06:08 PM Commentary: It certainly cannot be for the public glory. Although her stats get in the newspaper after the games, her team is not a household name in Clark County. The Columbia Adventist Academy Kodiaks, Prahl's school, and the Vancouver Christian Light, both Class B programs, play their games in near anonymity compared to the Class 4A, 3A and 2A schools that dot the Clark County landscape... High School Roundup: Defense leads Camas girls to big league victory On Further Review: The week in prep sports Season ends, but dreams stay alive for Perez Oh, her left knee hurt and she was in serious pain, but she wasn't ready for the diagnosis. Three days after her left knee gave way in a basketball game for the Heritage Timberwolves, she found out she had torn an anterior cruciate ligament...
Posted by Spike at 05:42 PM Bulldog guard Justin Burns scores 18 points in the last four minutes The Mount Vernon junior scored 18 points in a span of less than four minutes to lift a Bulldog squad, on life support at the beginning of his burst, to a 76-74 overtime victory over Marysville-Pilchuck... Braves' win over Lions causes logjam Less than a week after the Concrete Lions got a win in La Conner, the Braves returned the favor Tuesday by topping the Lions in Concrete 69-57 in a Northwest 1A League matchup... Prep roundup: Braves cruise to victory over Lions CONCRETE La Conner jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter Tuesday and went on to a 41-30 girls' basketball victory over Concrete...
Bears notch 3 pins in 36-33 win over Capital Posted by Spike at 05:31 PM Olympia holds on to nip Cougars Olympia, with the help of pins from Sophata Heang, Paul DeTray and Joseph Silverman, hung on to claim the bragging rights with a 36-33 victory. But with subdistricts a week away, both coaches were careful to keep the big picture in mind... Prep roundup: Four local bowling teams reach district
Posted by Spike at 05:15 PM Another small step for the young Willapa Valley girls basketball team meant a victory over Pacific League undefeated rival South Bend on Tuesday night. The Vikings, using their home-court advantage to the fullest extent possible, slowed down the Indians' transition offense and pounded the ball inside for points en route to a 46-33 league win at Tenoski Gym...
Posted by Spike at 04:55 PM 'Z' stands for defense Prep notebook: Baxter's back as head coach at Central Kitsap So he has stepped aside after two years in the top job at Central Kitsap, and a familiar name, Bill Baxter, has returned to the role he held for 10 seasons... Basketball and wrestling stats and leaders... West Sound prep spotlight West Sound prep spotlight: Danny Smith, senior, Bremerton wrestling Smith is 20-4 in the 152-pound weight class, even though he could wrestle at 145. Smith is taking one for the team this season, strengthening the lineup by making room for teammate Buddy Bennett in the lower division...
Posted by Spike at 07:53 AM Schedule, recap, notes and who's hot in Bellingham area grappling.
Sehome's Eichelberger to play for Cougars Posted by Spike at 07:51 AM Mariners' all-state tackle prefers Pullman's small-town atmosphere. Sehome's Matt Eichelberger surprised even himself. He expected to be taken in by the big-city atmosphere of Seattle. Instead, it was the small-town feel of Pullman that won him over. So on Tuesday, Eichelberger made it official: He will play football at Washington State University this fall... Storm boys stun Raiders Sehome swimmers top Anacortes Squalicum girls win as Walton leads late push Walton scored 10 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter as the No. 4-ranked Storm held off Bellingham 47-41 Tuesday in a Northwest League girls' basketball game at Bellingham High School... Trojans hand it to Mount Baker Ferndale boys rally from 13-point deficit to beat Burlington Baker girls win, set up showdown
Results from last weekend's dream duals Posted by Spike at 05:33 PM Lake Stevens improved to 10-0 with a win over Heritage for the Dream Duals title at East Valley High School in Spokane last weekend... 103-K. Kubec (LS) dec. Hayes, 5-4;
Posted by Spike at 05:10 PM Waitsburg pulled away from Tri-Cities Prep in the fourth quarter here Monday night for a 50-43 boys Blue Mountain Conference basketball victory...
Boys basketball: Ridgefield takes over Trico lead Posted by Spike at 05:04 PM RIDGEFIELD -- Jonny Peru connected on 13 of 21 shots, scoring 27 points in Ridgefield's 53-46 victory over Ilwaco in a battle for first place in the Trico League boys basketball race... Hot-shooting Green River too much for Clark men Armstrong, a 6-foot-8 freshman post player, had 25 points and 15 rebounds as the visiting Gators beat the Penguins, 106-97... Prep Basketball: Woodland survives frantic final seconds
Alumni update: Mount Vernon alum is playing for UC Santa Barbara Posted by Spike at 04:53 PM Bryan Whitehead is hoping for a return trip to the NCAA Tournament in his final year of college basketball with the University of California-Santa Barbara. Whitehead, a 1999 graduate of Mount Vernon High School, has started eight of 16 games for the Gauchos, who are 10-6 overall and 4-3 in Big West Conference play... Tigers fall to Lakewood in wrestling
Local cyclist rides with world's best Posted by Spike at 04:51 PM Black Hills student set for elite cyclocross event in France
Posted by Spike at 03:57 PM The Grays Harbor Buccaneers collected a fair share of event victories but not a team triumph in their final home appearance of the Pac-Nine League boys swimming season. North Thurston pulled away in the final three events to down the Bucs, 99-77, Monday at the YMCA of Grays Harbor pool...
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Mount Baker boys enjoy the view from the top Posted by Spike at 02:07 PM Unbeaten Mountaineers face Meridian tonight. But that's where the Mountaineers are, sitting atop the NCC with an 8-0 conference record and 9-3 overall...
Team to keep an eye on: Davis Pirates Posted by Spike at 01:56 PM Led by who many believe is the Big Nine's best overall player, Jeremy Mangum, the second-ranked Davis boys basketball team squeaked by Southridge, 72-67 in overtime Wednesday to remain undefeated in league. This is the third time this season the Pirates have beat a Tri-City team in overtime.
Feature: Prairie hoops star Menkens adjusts to life in Division I Posted by Spike at 10:51 AM There were several adjustments freshman Jessica Menkens had to make when she enrolled at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. The former Prairie basketball star was away from home for the first time, and had tougher classes than in high school. And, once the women's basketball season started, she had to deal with losing... Mountain View battles Prairie girls before losing Rachel Stratton scored 15 points and Kaela Zarkovich had her second consecutive strong game to lead Prairie to a 55-42 win in a Class 4A Greater St. Helens League girls basketball game... Thursday's stars from the Vancouver area: Shawn Whitefield, Camas gymnastics, won two events and the all around at a four-team meet.
Posted by Spike at 10:46 AM ELLENSBURG Continuing its unbeaten run through the Mid-Valley League, Ellensburg rolled up six pins en route to a 52-15 victory over Hanford on Thursday
Thurston's Monti breaks 43-year-old scoring mark Posted by Spike at 10:24 AM Record update Dale Ford scored 40 points to set the previous mark in a Feb. 17 game against Bethel in 1961, former North Thurston coach Woody Bozak said Wednesday. Bozak coached North Thurston from 1959-1963. Monti's 44-point effort Tuesday in a 92-77 victory over Chehalis included a perfect second half in which he hit six field goals and nine straight free throws.
Top-ranked Class 3A bubble teams go to 2OT Posted by Spike at 08:53 AM Battle on the bubble: Nate Menefee leads Timberline past Aberdeen in Pac-9 double overtime thriller. "I didn't think it could get better than the North Thurston game (a 66-63 win), but this topped it," Tafoya said... South Sound prep roundup: Hawks edge black hills
Posted by Spike at 08:41 AM South streak hits 113; Hudiburg wins final dual
Sehome's Johnson, Bellingham's McCallen lead teams to swim wins Posted by Spike at 08:29 AM Roundup: Sehome's Ben Johnson qualified for the state meet in his eighth individual event Thursday in the Mariners' 101-82 Northwest League boys' swimming victory over Squalicum at the Arne Hanna Aquatics Center. GYMNASTICS Schools competing will be Sehome, Bellingham, Squalicum, Shorewood and Lakeside. Tickets cost $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors and $2 for children under 12. Source: Bellingham Herald; wire reports
Wrestling: No. 1 Sedro-Woolley tops Ferndale Posted by Spike at 08:27 AM Slevin, Higgerson earn pins in Northwest League loss. Defending state 189-pound champion Slevin (23-1) and highly ranked contender Higgerson (20-3) could not prevent Ferndale's 45-20 defeat to two-time defending state champion Sedro-Woolley on Thursday night, but they showed why they could turn in a memorable state-title match next month. "We're definitely both planning to go at 189," said Higgerson... Roundup: Raider wrestlers fall to Anacortes
Central's Mitchell peaking in time for return Posted by Spike at 08:19 AM Former Nooksack Valley hoops star faces WWU Saturday. The 6-foot-7, 230-pound senior from Nooksack Valley High School will help lead his struggling Central Washington University men's basketball team against Western Washington at 7 p.m. Saturday at Carver Gymnasium. Mitchell is having his best season as a Wildcat, averaging 11.1 points and 4.4 rebounds. He's shooting 55.9 percent from the floor and 77.4 percent from the foul line...
Mount Baker clinches NCC wrestling title Posted by Spike at 08:17 AM WRESTLING ROUNDUP: Mounties sweep Nooksack for seventh and final conference crown.
The nation's top football recruits speak out Posted by Spike at 09:26 PM Eighty of the nation's top high school football seniors gathered in San Antonio this month for the annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl, their last game before moving on to college football. USA TODAY surveyed all 80 on issues from recruiting to pay-for-play to the BCS. They were permitted to answer anonymously. Not all answered every question. The results:
No. 6 Titans girls, boys sweep up CV, history Posted by Spike at 09:20 PM The Central Valley girls entered last Friday's matchup against University with a 69-game Greater Spokane League basketball winning streak intact. The sixth-ranked Titans handed the No. 8 Bears a 44-30 loss to end the streak. But that wasn't all. The U-Hi boys beat CV 49-44, marking the first time since 1983 that the Titans swept the Bears in a girls-boys doubleheader since 1983. Source: Spokesman review
McGrath Leads Kittitas to League Win Posted by Spike at 04:52 PM Prep roundup: Mac McGrath scored 18 points and Allan Lowe added 13 as Kittitas improved to 4-3 in North Central B League play and 6-6 overall with a 63-46 victory over Moses Lake Christian on Tuesday night... Top-ranked Brewster and Burbank girls still improving It gave them an extra-long look at each other, and gave more than 2,000 fans actually, the count was upwards of 3,500 by game's end a chance to get familiar with two teams who will very likely be back on the SunDome courts for four days come state-tourney time in March...
Posted by Spike at 03:59 PM Freshman makes a statement at Gonzaga It's official: Fort Vancouver will drop down to 3A GSHL next fall The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board approved final classification counts Wednesday for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years... Peru, Scanlan garner top awards
Posted by Spike at 03:30 PM Anacortes girls' basketball team moves into a tie for second place in league By the time the run finished, Anacortes not only had its biggest lead of the game, but the contest was over and the Seahawks had a 54-41 Northwest 3A League victory over the Golden Eagles... Danny Hagen is a new face in an unfamiliar place. Tigers win battle for first league win
Posted by Spike at 03:23 PM Jason Briggs scored a game-high 18 points and David Kirk added 17 points Wednesday night as Olympia defeated Capital 61-55 in Narrows League boys basketball at Capital High School... Wrestling roundup Prep athletes of the week:
Hoquiam matmen keep title hopes alive; Face Elma tonight Posted by Spike at 03:12 PM Registering five pins, Hoquiam topped Montesano, 54 - 21, in an Evergreen League wrestling match Wednesday night at Montesano. The victory kept the Grizzlies' league title hopes alive entering tonight's showdown with Elma at Hoquiam Square Garden. The Eagles are unbeaten in league, while Hoquiam (2 - 1) and Rochester have dropped one league dual apiece...
Posted by Spike at 03:05 PM Central Kitsap High grad Lukas Henne shot 6-of-8 from the floor and finished with 15 points last night as the Western Washington men's basketball team knocked off Saint Martin's College 88-75... Utterly a Ram
West Sound: Wolves back on top Posted by Spike at 02:30 PM South Kitsap takes over the top position in the Bridge Division by knocking off Central Kitsap. After a short absence, the South Kitsap Wolves are back in first place. Wednesday's prep roundup:
Balanced scoring keys win for Storm girls Posted by Spike at 01:08 PM Girls basketball roundup: Golden Eagles can't overcome foul trouble. Games of the week: Nooksack girls and boys basketball vs. Blaine Boys and girls basketball standings and statistical leaders in the Northwest 3A League and North Cascades Conference...
Wrestling: North Cascades Conference feature Posted by Spike at 01:02 PM No longer his own worst critic, Mount Baker's Craig Jackson now puts the pressure on his opponents In fact, he did give up off-season wrestling for the first time before he came back to the mats. The result: a 21-0 start this season for Mount Baker and the state's No. 1 ranking at 145 pounds...
On the Move Again- Grandview Returning to CWAC South Posted by Spike at 07:44 PM A bit late on this one. Just saw it pop up on the Yakima Herald Web site: Grandview's jarring classification roller-coaster ride rumbles on but nobody's complaining about the next hairpin turn. Headed to a new classification for the fifth time in 13 years, the Greyhounds will drop out of the Mid-Valley League next fall and rejoin the CWAC South for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years.
Skyview takes over first place in 4A GSHL Posted by Spike at 06:20 PM For the second consecutive game, Skyview's Jon Bond had a slow start. It doesn't matter for the Storm, though, if he finishes strong. Bond scored 21 of his game-high 26 points in the second half Tuesday including 15 in the pivotal third quarter to lead Skyview to a 59-42 win over Mountain View... Wrestling: Jay Carlisle on the move BATTLE GROUND -- Jay Carlile on Saturday night, he became just the fifth athlete to win four titles at the Clark County Wrestling Championships, a tournament that started 33 years ago... Boys Basketball: Defense sparks big second half for Prairie The Prairie Falcons used a consistent defensive effort and a strong third quarter on offense to beat the Evergreen Plainsmen 71-48 Tuesday in a Class 4A Greater St. Helens League boys basketball game... Girls Basketball: Baker helps rally La Center to win On Further Review: The week in prep sports High school basketball scoring leaders in the Vancouver area
Wrestling roundup: Concrete wrestlers remain unbeaten in league Posted by Spike at 02:37 PM After win over Darrington, Lions are 7-0 in NWL Concrete coach Mark Brown particularly liked what he saw from Matt Ellingson at 130 pounds and Jesse Dellinger at 135. Both wrestled up two weights... La Conner pulls off wrestling win La Conner won its first dual meet ever, besting fellow first-year program Archbishop Murphy 35-27 in a Northwest 1A League contest...
Bulldogs beaten at buzzer by Snohomish Posted by Spike at 02:35 PM The winning shot comes from 65 feet Brockman's 65-foot shot at the buzzer gave Snohomish an improbable 69-68 victory over Mount Vernon on Tuesday night in a battle for first place in the Western Conference 4A North Division... Concrete conquers pressure Martin had just made the front end of a one-and-one, giving his Concrete Lions a one-point lead against La Conner with 2 seconds to play. The Braves called timeout, but Martin wasn't quite ready to go, until he was sent off the court by an official. When he returned, Martin sank the second charity shot, providing the final margin of victory in Concrete's 53-51 Northwest 1A League victory on Tuesday...
Capital fends off Bears' challenge Posted by Spike at 02:30 PM Cougars trail at halftime but pull away for easy victory
Posted by Spike at 02:26 PM Unbeaten Hoquiam rolled to its 10th win of the campaign Tuesday night, thumping undersized and outmanned Tenino, 96 - 35, at Hoquiam Square Garden... MORE
Posted by Spike at 02:25 PM Quinton Bright anchors the defense and Richard Waldron comes up huge late as the Bulldogs rally to beat Sequim. Sequim, nestled in a region renowned for its golf, didn't make the cut in North Mason's version of Q-School on Tuesday night in Belfair.
Bellingham boys stay unbeaten in NWL Posted by Spike at 02:13 PM Sellereit scores 31 points as Red Raiders pull away. Halfway through the Northwest League schedule, Bellingham's boys' basketball team is undefeated. More than content to be alone in first place, the Red Raiders know that they can expect more games like the one Sehome gave them Tuesday night. The Mariners' man-to-man defense frustrated Bellingham for almost 30 minutes and Sehome nearly pulled off the upset before the Red Raiders pulled away late for a 54-49 come-from-behind victory... Hubka's 3-point shooting sparks Sehome girls As Sehome's Jaime Hubka began to heat up late in the third quarter Tuesday night, any thought of a late Bellingham comeback seemed more and more far-fetched. Hubka scored 15 consecutive points over a stretch in the third and fourth quarters as her Mariners shoved aside the Red Raiders 73-52 in a Northwest League girls' basketball game at Sehome... LAKEWOOD - Nooksack Valley figured out Lakewood's zone defense and got good balanced scoring Tuesday to beat the Cougars 63-38 in North Cascades Conference girls' basketball... Roundup: Gallagher boosts Ferndale boys Mariners swim to double victory The Mariners beat the Lions 130-34 and topped the Golden Eagles 130-26... Ferndale, Bellingham youth teams win The team defeated Burlington 41-35 in the championship and went 4-0 in the tournament. Ferndale has a record of 22-2 this season...
Irish boys nip 'Dogs in Dayton Posted by Spike at 05:21 PM Cesar Lopez hits a key 3-pointer and two free throws in a 58-56 DeSales non-league basketball win... Roundup: Dayton hands Irish girls first defeat
W. Valley girls see positives in loss to CV Posted by Spike at 04:57 PM The Rams and Bears might still be playing, in fact, had not Cassidy Murillo been forced to step around a defender, thus making her game-ending shot a 2-pointer instead of a three and ending CV's 68-67 overtime victory.
Boys hoops: W. Valley takes main event Posted by Spike at 04:56 PM In a game with so much anticipation, so much emotion and so much, well, noise, West Valley's boys did something they didn't expect. Coach Jim Berndt didn't search for measured words. He just said it flat out. "That's as well as I've ever seen a high school team execute that offense, period," said the proud mentor of a team that had just handed Brewster its first loss in two years, 55-45, in the marquee game of the Tourneytown.com Shootout... Rams Cool Under Lights "The difference," Brewster coach Tim Taylor said after West Valley's 55-45 conquest of his Bears, "was their patience on offense. They ran their stuff to a T. Eventually they'd break us down, and then they'd make us pay for it." ...
His Granger boys demonstrated superiority in so many ways over Seattle Christian that it was almost mystifying how they came out on the short end of a 39-36 decision. Pynch Comes Through for Top-Ranked Crusader Boys
Swimming: Spriggs returns to Evergreen pool in a big way Posted by Spike at 04:45 PM The Evergreen junior accomplished things in his first week of competition this season that many swimmers would like to be able to do in their high school careers. On Tuesday, in his first meet of the season, Spriggs swam a state-qualifying time in the 100 butterfly of 54.19 seconds, the third-fastest in the state this season. He just barely missed qualifying in the 100 backstroke after slipping at the start. On Saturday, he qualified for state in the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle, posting the state's third-fastest time in the IM and second-fastest in 500 free.
Olympia rallies to victory at Hoopfest Posted by Spike at 03:47 PM Bears dig in after timeout speech With a renewed intensity, the Bears slowly took control of a close game to earn a 60-53 triumph over Newport on Monday at the King Holiday Hoopfest at Hec Ed Pavilion.
Willapa Valley suffers rare league defeat Posted by Spike at 03:40 PM Scott Mattich scored 25 points as Northwest Christian handed Willapa Valley its first Pacific League loss in four years by downing the previously unbeaten Vikings, 72-62, Monday night at Lacey. Up by one at the half, the fifth-ranked Navigators gradually pulled away after intermission. But Valley coach John Peterson said the tone was set earlier. "The game was won in the paint. They kicked our tail in the paint," said Peterson. "They came out in a very intense man-to-man. They got us back on our heels and we never recovered. We did not meet their intensity level." Sam Broeker added 16 points for the Navigators. It was the first league loss for the second - rated Vikings (7-1, 11-1) since they dropped a 66 - 58 decision at Naselle in January, 2000. Source: Daily World
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Posted by Spike at 03:09 PM Prep roundup and this weeks schedule includes wrestling results from Klahowya wrestling tourney and girls basketball...
Wrestling: Eagles second at tournament Posted by Spike at 02:09 PM Three Ferndale wrestlers won titles and the Golden Eagles placed second overall at the eight-team Lake Washington tournament Monday. Class 4A Eastlake won with 259.5 points and Ferndale totaled 146...
Braves fall to Archbishop Murphy in overtime Posted by Spike at 05:56 PM La Conner boys' basketball team loses seven-point lead LA CONNER The Braves and Wildcats traded comebacks Tuesday night, and the Braves ended up with the wrong end of the bargain. After erasing an early seven-point lead by Archbishop Murphy, the La Conner boys' basketball team couldn't hold on to a seven-point lead of its own and lost 50-45 in overtime... Seahawks swim past Tigers, Cubs The Seahawks downed Burlington-Edison 138-20 and topped Sedro-Woolley 112-70. Prep roundup: Tiger boys' basketball beats Lynden in overtime
Mount Vernon boys thwart Oak Harbor Posted by Spike at 05:52 PM MOUNT VERNON If the Mount Vernon boys' basketball team had come out sluggish in the third quarter in previous games, it certainly didn't carry over to Tuesday night's matchup with Oak Harbor. The Bulldogs shot 80 percent in the third quarter and put a clamp on any type of run the Wildcats were hoping to mount, finishing with a 67-45 victory in the Western Conference 4A North Division game.
Posted by Spike at 05:47 PM Hawkins helps North Thurston top Tornados in double overtime The move paid off Tuesday when Tasha Hawkins made two key baskets in the second overtime to help lift the Rams to a 73-66 Pacific-9 League girls basketball victory over Yelm...
Grizzly defense can't hold Eagles Posted by Spike at 05:43 PM By Ray Ryan - Daily World correspondent ELMA - Elma's Lady Eagles used accurate outside shooting to augment their decisive height advantage to prevail over Hoquiam in a battle of Evergreen League unbeatens, 54 - 32, Tuesday night on the Elma floor. Elma's senior guard trio of Annie Mahugh, Rachel Wilson and Crissa Huff combined to put down seven 3 - point shots to frustrate Hoquiam's packed - in zone defense that limited the Eagle's high - scoring center Willow Cabe to nine markers. Cabe, however, pulled down 11 rebounds for the game and scored seven of her points in the second period, during which the Eagles blanked HHS, 15 - 0, to take a 28 - 7 halftime lead. "They collapsed inside, so we had to make our outside shots,'' Elma coach Lisa Johnson related. "And our defense was awesome.'' Source: Daily World
WRESTLING: Oly grad places fifth Posted by Spike at 05:36 PM Olympic High grad Clyde Switzer, now competing at Jamestown College in North Dakota, placed fifth in his weight class at a recent tournament. Clyde's older brother Luke also wrestles at the North Dakota school. Local wrestler wins at Oregon Classic
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Raiders get first win over Sehome in boys' swimming Posted by Spike at 05:27 PM SWIMMING: McCallen leads Bellingham, posts 1:56.9 time in 200 IM. John McCallen won two events and swam on two victorious relay teams Tuesday in leading the Bellingham boys' swim team to a 101-76 Northwest League win over Sehome at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center... Baker boys remain unbeaten in NCC play; Bellingham, NV roll DEMING - Mount Baker overcame a slow start Tuesday night and beat Lakewood 65-54 in boys' basketball, remaining unbeaten in the North Cascades Conference... LC girls tip Nooksack on Aupperlee basket Lynden falls in overtime
Squalicum rally catches Sehome Posted by Spike at 05:25 PM Aaron Dickson and Dustin Jones were scrawny sophomores starting on the Squalicum varsity boys' basketball team last year. Then, the pair suffered through two losses to city rival Sehome. Tuesday night, they walked off their home court with arms raised in the air after rallying to beat the Mariners 62-50...
Black Hills gymnasts soar at national meet Posted by Spike at 03:30 PM South Sound tumblers take fourth place at Judges National Cup
Posted by Spike at 03:22 PM Even an inspired Elma first - quarter effort couldn't come close to derailing top - ranked Hoquiam. David Brittinen scored all 18 of his points in the first half as the unbeaten Grizzlies shrugged off an early Eagle challenge for a 73 - 36 triumph in an Evergreen League boys basketball game Monday night at Hoquiam Square Garden. The 6 - foot - 6 - inch Brittinen led all scorers despite not even attempting a field goal in the second half. The senior center also contributed seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Source: The Daily World
Posted by Spike at 03:20 PM Prep roundup: Fryer's Cougars get best of Roughriders; Highclimbers fall to N. Kitsap Shelton's Colby Brewer had 21 of his 27 points after intermission as the Highclimbers closed the gap with a 43-point second half. But Jacob Gonzales had a team-high 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals as NK kept Shelton at bay...
Posted by Spike at 03:15 PM Senior Liz McCarrell had 29 points and 14 rebounds Tuesday to lead the Ferndale girls' basketball team to a 54-42 win over Sehome in Northwest League play...
Top ticket: King Holiday Classic Posted by Spike at 09:32 PM Saturday KeyArena, seven basketball games starting at 11 a.m.; final game tips off at 8 p.m. Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at 3:30 p.m.
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Roundup: Grandview Outlasts Wapato Posted by Spike at 04:17 PM It wasn't easy but the Grandview Greyhounds remained perfect in Mid-Valley League play. Turning back a late Wapato rally that cut Grandview's lead to two points late, the Greyhounds held on for a 63-55 girls basketball victory Saturday... Wrestling roundup: Toppenish Wins Ranger New Year Classic
Cleanup begins on high school sports schedules Posted by Spike at 04:05 PM The snow has stopped falling. The ice is thawing. The temperature is rising. The only thing left from the winter storm of 2004 is the cleanup (At least, we hope it was the winter storm of 2004, implying that there won't be a worse one). And by "clean up," I'm not just talking about scraping the snow off the sidewalk or knocking down the last icicle. I'm also talking about the mess the storm left on the high school sports scene...
Posted by Spike at 03:57 PM Jobs around the game of baseball are a precious commodity. They are a way former players can participate in the game they are too old or too beat up to play. Don Fine of Burlington hit the wall in terms of playing ability long ago, but found many avenues to stay involved, such as coaching and umpiring. Don's son, Chris, hasn't run across that dilemma in his 16 years. A senior at Burlington-Edison High School, Chris pitches and plays in the field for the Tigers. He hopes to do one or the other -- or both -- in college next year, possibly at the NCAA Division III level...
Wrestling: Saxon's win helps Wartburg to dual victory Posted by Spike at 03:44 PM Silverdale native and Olympic High graduate Ozzie Saxon won his 133-pound match to help No. 2 Wartburg University of Iowa to a convincing 37-4 win over No. 6 UW-Stevens Point last Saturday... Late Saturday prep results and this week's schedule for the West Sound.
Posted by Spike at 03:51 PM The Walla Walla area was mostly spared predicted freezing rain Thursday night, but the Tri-Cities area was hit hard threatening tonight's Blue Devils Big Nine Conference basketball games against Kamiakin. |
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