Superstition has always played a big part in baseball and Ballard High School baseball coach Jim Du Bois has one that dates back to the spring of 1982, when Du Bois was a 16-year-old student wanting to tryout for the BHS baseball team.
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Gymnastics: Rodal captures individual gold
Mon, 02/27/12
TACOMA - Kristen Rodal of Highline (Burien) captured the gold on the beam by motoring through a nearly flawless series of routines on the way to a stunningly super 9.7 and added a solid silver medal effort on the vault (9.675) in the top showing…MORE
Mount Rainier third in state gymnastics
Mon, 02/27/12
TACOMA - Mark down another monumental milestone for Mount Rainier.
Mixing power packed and finely finessed skills, the Mount Rainier gymnastics team set its third school record of the season on the way to the 2012 Class 4A team state…MORE
Girls Basketball: Mount Rainier girls earn state quarterfinals SLIDESHOW
Mon, 02/27/12
AUBURN - Bring on the state basketball competition.
Class 4A West Central/Southwest bi-district girls basketball champion Mount Rainier (25-1) staged a second quarter scoring salvo as the springboard to a Saturday, Feb. 25, regional game…MORE
Boys Basketball: JFK erodes Mercer Island SLIDESHOW
Mon, 02/27/12
PUYALLUP - For the John F. Kennedy Catholic Lancers the long wait and frustration of trying to reach the state boys basketball quarterfinal round has finally ended.
With the its defense playing in stalwart fashion and senior Mitch Penner…MORE
Sports Roundup 2-27-12
Mon, 02/27/12
Friday, Feb. 24Boys basketball Mt. Rainier 82, Issaquah 72 The Mount Rainier boys will join the state quarterfinal party after posting a 10-point win over Issaquah Saturday, Feb. 25 at Juanita High School in Kirkland. Mount Rainier is set to…MORE
Gymnastics: Quartet qualify for state finals
Fri, 02/24/12
TACOMA - Kristen Rodal of Highline led Highline area athletes into individual final events after Friday, Feb. 17, competition of the 2012 Washington State High School Gymnastics meet held at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall.
In addition to…MORE
Sports Roundup for 2-24-12
Fri, 02/24/12
Friday, Feb. 17Boys basketball Kennedy 70, Foss 66 The Lancers scored a close victory over Foss Friday on their way to the West Central District Class 3A boys title.
Mt. Rainier 56, Kentwood 52 The Rams also posted a four-point win to get…MORE
Gymnastics: Mount Rainier's Hamiton battle injuries to Class 4A title
Wed, 02/22/12
TACOMA - For gymnast Baylee Hamilton of Mount Rainier, smiling through pain during competition has long been a part of her sports life. Exclusively competing in Level 10 club gymnastics until nagging lower-back pain forced her out last summer,…MORE
Kennedy Catholic's Maudslien named Class 3A "Swimmer of the Year"
Wed, 02/22/12
When Thane Maudslien returns to swim for Kennedy Catholic next year, he will be gunning for two repeats -- and one "four-peat."
Maudslien was named as the Class 3A "Swimmer of the Year" after winning two events and he hopes to repeat that…MORE
