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Defending Class 3A girls basketball champion Kennedy Catholic survived the inspired efforts of East Valley of Spokane to escape with a 61-55 first round victory in opening action of the 2010 state championship tournament at the Tacoma Dome on…MORE

The Ballard High School boys soccer team opened its 2010 season March 13 with a 1-1 tie against Bellevue in a nonconference match.

Balin Larson got the Beavers on the board in the 53rd minute with a goal off a Ryan Zemke assist.

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With its March 12 matchup against Blanchet rained out, the Ballard High School baseball team officially got underway March 13 with a 13-11 loss to Oak Harbor in a nonleague game.

The Beavers got off to a hot start, leading 5-0 after the…MORE

Three Highline-Des Moines area teams had a short stay at the state Class 3A tournaments held at the Tacoma Dome last week, while the other won its opener but turned around to lose a heartbreaker the next day.

Kennedy Catholic was the…MORE

The fourth time was the charm, but for Mount Rainier it was the wrong team.

The Rams defeated Renton three times during the 2009-2010 season and then lost to them, 45-41, in a Class 3A state boys basketball tournament game last Thursday.…MORE

Taylor Graham of the Seattle Sounders may not live in a mansion, but he does have a girlfriend. So he at least has that going for him.

Whitman Middle School students learned those facts and more when Graham visited the school March 12 as…MORE

Freddie Ljungberg, the Seattle Sounders' star midfielder, may have been the only person ever fooled by the one-time Wendy's slogan "It's not fast food."

That's according to his Sounders teammate Taylor Graham, who stopped by Ballard High…MORE

Decatur and local rival Federal Way never played against each other this winter, but they did have common opponents including Gonzaga Prep at the state Class 4A boys basketball tournament at the Tacoma Dome.

One day after the Bullpups…MORE

Federal Way's dreams of a second-straight state Class 4A boys basketball championship were dashed by Jackson of Mill Creek at the state semifinal level.

The Eagles absorbed a 53-45 loss in the Friday, March 5 action at the Tacoma Dome.…MORE

For the Decatur boys basketball team, a return to state coincided with the fortunate return of a key player in a Gator 50-47 win against A.C. Davis of Yakima in the first round of the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires Class 4A…MORE