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Wednesday weather patterns featured cool and sunny conditions with strong breezes, but Ben Blackner brought the heat in a sizzling three-set, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, No. 2 singles win against Todd Beamer's Ryan Wolfe to earn his Federal way boys tennis…MORE

One day after getting shut out for the first time this season, the Ballard High School boys tennis team suffered a second 7-0 defeat, this time at the hands of Mercer Island.

There weren't many positives for the Beavers in the Oct. 7 match…MORE

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