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Jada Piper's three-point basket late in the fourth quarter ignited a final Thomas Jefferson surge in a crucial 48-39 South Puget Sound League North division girls basketball upset of fourth place Kentlake on Tuesday at Jefferson High School.…MORE

The Ballard High School girls basketball team committed 20 first-half turnovers leading to 20 Skyline points on the way to a 67-41 defeat, its worst since Dec. 16 against Garfield.

Skyline (4-5 conference) jumped on Ballard early, going…MORE

First-place Skyline was too much for the Ballard High School boys basketball team to handle, pulling away down the stretch for a 55-46 win Jan. 19.

The Beavers hung with Skyline in the first half but fell behind in the third quarter and…MORE

West Seattle High School Wildcats and the Chief Sealth High School Seahawks battled it out last night, with West Seattle falling to Chief Sealth in the final seconds of the game, 37-36. Chief Sealth took off with an early lead in the first…MORE

There are nearly 10 rugby teams in the Seattle area, but only one “Quake.” Three out of four on that team’s roster are gay, and all players are encouraged to participate in community fundraising and awareness of gay-related issues. Four team…MORE

SEATTLE - Coughing up the basketball 29 times on turnovers turned into a critical affliction that became fatal in a Class 4A ninth-ranked Decatur boys basketball 58-53 loss to Class 3A top-ranked Rainier Beach on Monday at the 2010 King Holiday…MORE

AUBURN - Fourth quarter pressure enabled Thomas Jefferson to pull away in the fourth quarter for a 55-47 home SPSL North girls basketball victory against Kent Meridian on Saturday, January, 16.

Leading only 43-40 early in the fourth…MORE

It was a meet loss for Tyee, but positives still surfaced.

Hazen outscored Tyee 124.9-100.75 in one half of a dual gymnastics meet held at Mount Rainier on Tuesday, January 12.

For the Highlanders, coached by former Kennedy state…MORE

Mount Rainier used its depth of team talent to continue on track toward its third consecutive state gymnastics meet appearance with a win against John F. Kennedy Catholic in a Tuesday, January 11 dual meet in Des Moines.

Tallying 152.85…MORE

Last year’s sixth place 3A state finisher, Prince Mansaray, and the host Highline Pirates’ wrestling team handled Tyee’s Totems, 58-15, Thursday.

The Pirates were short-handed on this night and that coupled with five forfeits by the Totems…MORE