State Preps Report

Girls basketball team wins summer jam tournament
The Anacortes girls basketball team has been hot this summer, most recently winning the seventh annual Anacortes Summer Jam Basketball Tournament earlier this month.

Briefs: Elma fall parents meeting billed

ELMA - Elma High School's fall sports parents meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 9 at the high school commons.

The meeting is open to all Elma fall sports athletes and their parents. Attendance is encouraged.

Clark alters softball recruiting landscape
Lower Columbia College softball coach Tim Mackin considers the newly-formed Clark College softball program a challenge.

B-E's Dailly six shots behind in Wenatchee

Golfer taking part in the state junior championships

Xavier Dailly's busy summer continues.

The Burlington-Edison High School golfer, who competed in the Washington State Men's Amateur Championship earlier this summer, is six shots off the lead after the first day of the Washington State Junior Golf Association State Championshp.

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Area trio make U.S. track team
Three athletes with local ties were officially named to the U.S. men's track and field team that will compete at the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Pole vaulter Brad Walker (University of Washington/University High), discus thrower Ian Waltz (Washington State University/Post Falls) and high hurdler Dominique Arnold (WSU) will compete Aug. 6-14 at the world championships.

All three qualified for worlds during the June 23-26 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Carson, Calif., but the team wasn't official until Wednesday's announcement from Indianapolis.

Late Summer Classic opens Friday
GRANDVIEW — The eighth annual Late Summer Classic will open Friday with a field of 20 high school boys teams from around the state.

Martin to play for NAIA school
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - Lynden Christian 2005 graduate Tim Martin signed a letter of intent to play football at Northwestern College, an NAIA school.

Camp to brush up wrestlers’ skills
Omak students will have an opportunity to brush up on their wrestling skills at the Omak Pioneer wrestling camp July 29-31 at Camp Disautel east of Omak.

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Briefs: Hoquiamite wrestles at Nationals

Fountain chosen as PTHS football coach
The Port Townsend School Board voted 3-2 Monday night to recommend Dan Fountain to fill the vacant head football coach position, ending a months-long episode of confusion and controversy.

Kelso's Sitch takes second at national tournament
FARGO, N.D. ---- Kelso High senior-to-be Brandon Sitch added an impressive national runner-up finish to his resume' after finishing second in the 145-pound Junior Greco-Roman finals at the 2005 Asics/Vaughn National Wrestling Championships here Tuesday.

Devries headed abroad
Mount Vernon High graduate Troy DeVries is headed to Germany to continue his basketball career

Troy DeVries has some basketball left in him.

The former Mount Vernon High player, who had a successful career at the University of New Mexico, will play professionally in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Local report: Eisenhower pair 1-2 in all-star race
TACOMA — Robbie Barany and Charles Cummings of Eisenhower finished second and third, respectively, in last weekend's Washington high school all-star cross country race at Fort Steilacoom Park.

Local report: Plesha wins Valley division title
Daniel Plesha of Sunnyside swept past Bellevue's Filipp Pogostkin to capture the Boys Age 18 Division singles title as the Yakima Valley Junior Tennis Championships ended Wednesday at the Yakima Tennis Club.

Omak grads win fourth straight Hoopfest crown
SPOKANE - Former Omak High School basketball players won their fourth straight title at Spokane Hoopfest June 25-26.
The team, sponsored by Qwest, included Omak grads Steve Monahan, 41, Omak; Michael White, 51, Spokane, and Terry Monahan, 43, Spokane. Also on the team was Ray Stein, 59, Spokane.

Emerald Classic to open fall sports season
RENTON - The third annual Emerald City Kickoff Classic returns Sept. 5 with five high school football games kicking off the fall sports season at Qwest Field.

The schedule for the classic, created and operated by Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, includes:

9:30 a.m. - Wenatchee (4A) vs. White River (3A).
12:00 p.m. - Ferris (4A) vs. Evergreen (Vancouver) (4A).
3:00 p.m. - Gonzaga Prep (4A) vs. Bellarmine Prep (4A).
5:30 p.m. - Mission Viejo (CA) vs. Issaquah (3A).
8:00 p.m. - South Kitsap (4A) vs. Mercer Island (3A).

Something to cheer about
Though they chant, cheer and tumble as furiously as their more familiar high-school counterparts, this group of cheerleaders isn't just urging on a local football team.

These girls are in this for themselves.

Yelm gymnastics coach picks up honor
The USA Gymnastics of Washington Association named Mark Albert, owner of Rainier Gymnastics Academy in Yelm, Compulsory Coach of The Year.

SK's co-head wrestling coach, Dyess resigns after 16 years
Dave Dyess has had to make some pretty difficult decisions before, but the one he made last month was the most difficult of all.
Dyess has resigned as co-head coach of the South Kitsap High School wrestling team, effective immediately, in order to spend more time at home and with his family.

Wolves take first in Gig Harbor tourney
If this summer is a fair indicator to what will happen this winter, basketball teams across the state had better watch out.
The South Kitsap boys basketball team officially wrapped up its summer season by winning the Gig Harbor Tournament over the weekend. The tourney capped off a busy but highly successful three weeks for the Wolves.

SK'a Bates on "Y" title team
It’s because of gymnastics that Kelli Bates has become all too familiar with things like aches and pains, ice and ibuprofen.
But it’s also because of gymnastics, more specifically her involvement with the Grace Gymnastics Center in Lakewood, that Bates is also all too familiar with national championships.
And the South Kitsap senior-to-be added a third national title to her resume last month as she and her teammates won the YMCA National Gymnastics Championship held June 30 through July 3 in Menomonie, Wisc.

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Richland's Buck signs with Oakland
Richland native Travis Buck took another step toward baseball's biggest stage Thursday, agreeing to terms with the Oakland Athletics on a minor league contract, including a $950,000 signing bonus.

Williams to step down as Davis basketball coach
Lester "Shag" Williams became a Davis basketball fixture when he starred for the Pirates during the early 1980s, playing well enough to have gone on to a standout four-year career at the University of Washington.

Former Capital golfer beats current Cougar
There was a Capital High School reunion of sorts at a Lakewood golf course Wednesday.

Player turns wrong into public right
Emotions get carried away in Little League game - a look at recent incidents in youth sports.

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Richland trapshooter fires his way to stardom in Ohio
Jacob Turner is a shooting star. He's fired his way from humble beginnings in Richland to now being on the verge of making the United States Olympic Trapshooting team.

The 16-year-old made a move with his family from Richland to Los Alamos, New Mexico 10 months ago, and one to All-American shooting status at around the same time.

Principal resigns from Forks High
PORT ANGELES -- Steve Quick, Forks High School's principal for the past two school years, resigned on Monday.

Sequim High grad returns as soccer coach
SEQUIM -- What Nathan Davis lacks in coaching experience, he makes up for in enthusiasm.

Davis to lead Sequim High girls soccer
Nathan Davis is ready for the change, from student to mentor. But, he admits, it's a little weird. Familiar faces are all around, but the relationships have changed. Instead of his coaches, they are now his colleagues.

Stanwood sophomore headed to Junior Olympics
Isaac Teichgrab set to compete in decathlon
STANWOOD — Stanwood High School's Isaac Teichgrab is certainly keeping busy this summer.

Stacy to coach Trojan boys
Meridian alum lead girls for past 3 seasons
Shane Stacy has become coach of the team he once played for. Stacey, 27, has been named the boys basketball coach at Meridian High School, the same school he graduated from in 1996.

Ressler misses shot at Amateur
WSU signee Eneroth tops field with 68

Blazers' youth movement appeals to Martell
The Portland Trail Blazers are young, inexperienced and likely to be a few years from competing for a playoff spot. But Martell Webster is happy to be here.

Marvin ready for prime time
Williams becomes highest state draftee ever.
Marvin Williams did it all for Bremerton High School. He took his skills a step farther by helping take the University of North Carolina to the NCAA Championships as a freshman.
Now, Williams will try to help turn around an NBA franchise that won a league-low 13 games last season.

Asics 18s celebrate best-ever finish in Reno
RENO, Nev. ---- It will take a while to sink in, but when the exhaustion and disappointment fades, the Cowlitz Asics 18s Black club volleyball team will look back at Volleyball Festival 2005 with pride, said head coach Bill Marshall.

Asics split its final two matches here Thursday, finishing 11th out of 124 teams in the 18-and-under division after beginning the Festival seeded No. 15.

It was the best Festival showing by Cowlitz since 1988, when the 18s placed ninth out of approximately 90 teams.

Javelin record still stands after 30 years
Peninsula graduate Tom Sinclair also NCAA champion
Tom Sinclair returned to Peninsula High School this spring dressed in a suit and tie for a Seahawks track and field banquet.
It had been 20 years since he’d thrown a javelin, but after all the talk of his 1975 old-implement high school state record — which still stands at 239 feet, 1 inch — he had to give it a try.

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New chapter in a Classic
East-West game matches state's best against each other
Clarkston coach Dave Curtis is tonight participating in his second Washington Football Coaches Association East-West High School All-Star Football Summer Classic, the first coming 10 years ago.

Mead graduate Eneroth qualifies for U.S. Amateur
Recent Mead High graduate Amy Eneroth shot a 4-under-par 68 Thursday at Bellingham Golf and Country Club to take medalist honors at a sectional qualifier for the 105th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.

Yale's Dale made long trip to top
The six-hour Greyhound bus ride from West Seattle High to the Spokane Valley for Friday's East-West All-Star High School Football game was a breeze compared with the journey upon which Darius Dale is about to embark.

All-star game
Where are they headed?

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Walla Walla lineman will miss East-West all-star football game
SPOKANE VALLEY -- Walla Walla High School lineman Michael Land suffered a knee injury in practice Thursday morning and will sit out the Washington Class 4A/3A East-West All-Star Game tonight at Central Valley High.

Draft picks seek competition
TUALATIN, Ore. -- The ear-to-ear grin Martell Webster wore as he shook NBA commissioner David Stern's hand during Tuesday's NBA draft has faded, but just slightly.

Webster, the just-graduated high school senior from Seattle Prep, made his first local post-draft appearance Thursday at the Portland Trail Blazers' practice facility, along with fellow first-round pick Jarrett Jack of Georgia Tech.

Short walks tall into WWCC
It's hard to tell which sport is Sadie Short's favorite from her career at Touchet High School.

Short earned all-Blue Mountain Conference honors in volleyball, basketball and softball all four seasons she was with each Indians team, save for volleyball her freshman year when she suffered an injury.