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The Ballard High School girls cross country team finished in third place out of four teams while the boys team placed fourth Oct. 7 at Island Crest Park.

The girls team finished with 72 points, behind Mercer Island's 30 and Garfield's 44,…MORE

Depth of excellence elevated the Decatur girls golf team to its second consecutive South Puget Sound League championship in a 101- 86 points win against crosstown Thomas Jefferson at the Riverbend golf course on Tuesday.

Decatur continued…MORE

The Ballard High School boys tennis team suffered their first shutout loss of the season 7-0 to Bellevue Oct. 5.

The loss ended Neal Berg's streak of five consecutive singles-match victories.

Berg lost his match by scores of 6-1 and…MORE

The Ballard High School boys golf team played two matches Oct. 6, a make-up match against Roosevelt and the regularly scheduled match against Mercer Island, and lost both of them.

The Beavers shot 213, losing to Roosevelt's 189 and to…MORE

The Ballard High School girls soccer team broke its two-match losing streak Oct. 6 but settled for a tie against last-place Bothell.

Freshman Kat Anesini scored the Beavers' only goal off a Cassie Winters assist in the 53rd minute.

TJ 5, Decatur 0

Thomas Jefferson remained undefeated with the Monday, Oct. 5 victory, running its South Puget Sound League Central Division record to 9-0 while knocking the Gators to 1-8.

Branden Muraki of the Raiders won the No. 1…MORE

The Ballard High School volleyball team lost 3-1 to Issaquah Oct. 5. It was the team's fourth loss in a row.

Issaquah (4-1 conference, 4-4 overall) took the first two games of the match easily, winning both by a score of 25-15.

The…MORE

Thomas Jefferson and Decatur swam in a girls dual meet and the winner was the more experienced TJ team.

Raider sophomore Amber Cratsenberg parted the water the fastest, as she and other state-returning teammates like Savannah Coe, Janice…MORE

The third Metro League cross country meet of the year brought the season's first meeting between West Seattle and Chief Sealth high schools Friday, Oct. 2, at Lower Woodland.

Within the context of a six-team meet won by Nathan Hale High…MORE

OK, so it’s not the marquee names of Lindbergh or, of course, our own dominator in the Seamount League, Kennedy, but this was a fun game to watch highlight-wise, as the Totems took a 57-24 loss to the Pirates at Highline Stadium Friday evening.…MORE