Pitching was key in Friday's defeat of West Seattle 4-3 by Pac West in last Friday's elimination bracket.
"We had to do some strange defensively and rework our normal positions to get certain kids up to bat," said a relieved Pac West manager Jim Kemp.
Pac West came out smoking to open the game. Successive sharp, stinging singles by Ryne Phelan and Corsack, respectively, preceded a strikeout.
It all started in the fall of 1971.
West Seattle student Micah Horwith of West Seattle, son of Karen Horwith and Robert Horwith, has recently graduated, with high honors, from Swarthmore College with a bachelor of arts degree in biology and English literature with a minor in English literature. Horwith is a graduate of Garfield High School, graduated on Sunday, May 28.
Horwith was a member of Sigma Xi and received the A. Price Heusner Scholarship, the William & Florence Ivins Scholarship, a Morrell-Potter Summer Stipend, and the Edward Newton Library Prize.
Two West Seattle area students recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga.
They are Joel Richard Jonientz, who received a master of fine arts degree in painting and Rheina Francisco Cayetano who received a bachelor of fine arts degree in animation.
The Savannah College of Art and Design exists to prepare talented students for careers in the visual and performing arts, design, the building arts, and the history of art and architecture.
Travelers will not see any relief in their wallet this year with overall vacation costs increasing by 5.4 percent from last year, according to AAA's nationwide Annual Vacation Costs survey.
"Rate increases for lodgings are mostly a result of supply and demand, especially in major markets," said Steve Pomranz, vice president of Travel Services for AAA Washington.
At the Junction, an officer pulled over a truck with a defective taillight. A computer check showed that the owner of the truck had a suspended license. The driver admitted that he was, indeed, the owner, so he was placed into custody and transported to the SW precinct, where he was cited for the defective taillight and for the license violation. The 100-year-old man was then released.
Seven teens, ranging in age from 17-19 were caught in a disturbance and drinking alcohol in the middle of the street near Pathfinder Elementary.
Attempt to blame Elsbeth fails, utterly
By Jerry Robinson
The message I got from Elsbeth the other morning when I went down to fix my breakfast while she was poking around in the closet trying to decide which of 97 tops to wear was the remainder of a loaf of olive bread I found on the kitchen counter.
The silent message was to use this bread up because we have run out of English muffins.
Another message I get every morning is a little plastic cup with a handful of vitamin pills, a towel draped over the dishwasher door reminding me not to mash the doo
Consequences of a European perspective
By Kyra-lin Hom
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" in theatre. It was a flashy and drool-worthy display of sleek, sexy cars and skin-baring female beauties. I wanted the glam and the action, and I was not disappointed.
New adult fiction authors
By Wally Bubelis
Every year brings more books and a lot of new authors to young adult fiction. What used to be a niche market is now a large industry unto itself within the publishing world. But with all those choices out there, who wants to spend their entire summer looking for just the right book? Here are some of the best new books for teens from the past year.
Joan Bauer's sequel to Rules of the Road is called Best Foot Forward, and it shines with Bauer's typical charm.
Imagine the scene of a placid bullock standing quietly tethered in the middle of the dense jungle clearing. The thick forest around the animal is teeming with the sounds of predators moving stealthily in the bush. Hungry eyes glitter in the jungle, watching the critter quietly munching the lush grass.
That bullock is you, the West Seattle and North Highline taxpayer.
Those predators gathering in the bush eyeing your bank account are city, county, state and even federal politicians and bureaucrats.
