Sports

Team will lean on its pitching

By Dean Wong

Last season the Ballard Beavers baseball team became the first Seattle high school to make the KingCo playoffs and their success earned Kevin Miller Coach of the Year honors in KingCo.…MORE

After three years of building the Ballard Beavers girl's basketball team into a state playoff contender, head coach Karen Blair has resigned.

Blair had been critical of the school administration for not providing her team with a room for…MORE

Wildcats make state first time since '70

By Dean Wong

West Seattle qualified for the Class 3A State Tournament in boys' basketball for the first time since 1970 with some big wins in Metro and the district playoffs.

Lead by…MORE

SEATTLE - Resounding whoops and hollers reverberating through the locker room at Hec Edmundson Pavilion late Friday night trumpeted the tale of triumph for a local girls basketball team.

Mere minutes earlier, the No. 3 John F.

Vonchae Richardson led the way, in mind and spirit, making clutch free throws down the stretch as the defense pitched in greatly, too.

That came after a time out called by the coach that led the Mount Rainier Rams to, though not a state…MORE

TACOMA--Foster made history last week.

Yes, the Bulldogs have survived longer in previous Class 2A state basketball appearances. But the 2008 Foster team that took two losses for a quick exit at state was probably the last to play at the…MORE

TACOMA--There's no shame in losing a game.

That's especially the case when a team battles all of the season and postseason to get to the state championship game, when expectations were that it wouldn't be anywhere near. Not even the team…MORE

- During their sensational 2007-2008 season drive, the Decatur High School boys basketball team played scintillating games that came down to the wire.

At the Tacoma Dome, three out of four games were decided on the last possession, but two…MORE

Fastpitch registration

Federal Way Girls Fastpitch Association is accepting registrations for girls ages 6 to 14 for its upcoming season. For more information, please visit www.eteamz.com/FWGFA or call 253 520 6514.

Masters offer…MORE

TACOMA--Hard play to the core characterized Thursday's state boys Class 4A quarterfinal basketball collision between Federal Way and Narrows League champion powerhouse Lincoln of Tacoma.

Lincoln's sudden attacks and bumps at first threw…MORE