July 2016

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle waltzed past Walla Walla Valley by a 7-2 score to open the state Major Little League baseball all-star tournament Sunday.

The action for ages 10-12 is taking place at Hidden Valley in Bellevue, and West Seattle will return there for a 6 p.m. game Tuesday against Redmond North.

A win would advance the Westsiders to the winners bracket final scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The losers bracket final is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, with the provisional final at the same time Saturday to be followed immediately by any if-necessary game.

The state champion advances to Western Regional action in San Bernardino, Calif. next month.

West Seattle received a bye past Saturday's first round of the state tournament, jumping into the fray with Sunday's game.

PacWest splits at state

The PacWest age 10-11 team opened its state tournament in Clarkston on Saturday and took a 15-8 loss to Marysville, but bounced back to defeat Montesano by a 9-5 score on Sunday to stay alive in the double-elimination tournament.

Youth swimming

Championship meets
The Seattle Summer Swim League world will be converging on Normandy Park this week.
Olympic View will host the Southern Division meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, then the crosstown Normandy Park club pool will be the site of the All-City meet featuring the top finishers from both divisions starting at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Little League

State tournaments
West Seattle is involved in the state Major Little League baseball all-star tournament this week.
After battling Redmond North at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hidden Valley in Bellevue, the Westsiders hope to 5:30 p.m. make Thursday's winners bracket final.
The losers bracket final is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, followed by championship action starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
PacWest is playing in the age 10-11 tournament in Clarkston, trying to take the long day-by-day route back through the losers bracket.

Semipro

Highline Bears

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Zachary Rohrbach had to beat the sunset and a pitch count of 90 in throwing a complete game for the Highline Bears in a 5-2 semiprofessional baseball win over the Northwest Honkers Friday.

Beating the sunset was necessary because the power was out at Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center and will be again for Saturday's game against the Seattle Studs, requiring a 5:35 p.m. start for both days.

But Rohrbach was efficient in getting the game over well ahead of time at 8 p.m., thanks in part to his inducing double plays in both the eighth and ninth inning to help nail down the win.

"What was impressive was it was like 90 pitches," said Bears manager Rich Lindros. "He was on a pitch count of 90 and he beat it by one."
Rohrbach struck out three and walked only two, mostly scattering the seven hits he allowed.

Rohrbach, who hails from White River High School in Buckley and Tacoma Community College, improved his record to 2-1.

"I just pounded the fastball and used the curve as an off speed pitch," Rohrbach said. "I'd get them a little out front and blow it by them with a fastball."

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Youth swimming
Championship meets
The Seattle Summer Swim League world will be converging on Normandy Park this week.
Olympic View will host the Southern Division meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, then the crosstown Normandy Park club pool will be the site of the All-City meet featuring the top finishers from both divisions starting at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Little League
State tournaments
West Seattle is involved in the state Major Little League baseball all-star tournament this week.
After battling Redmond North at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hidden Valley in Bellevue, the Westsiders hope to 5:30 p.m. make Thursday's winners bracket final.
The losers bracket final is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, followed by championship action starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
PacWest is playing in the age 10-11 tournament in Clarkston, trying to take the long day-by-day route back through the losers bracket.

Semipro
Highline Bears

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By Pat Cashman

In between a hectic schedule of loitering and lollygagging, I found time to turn on TV the other day. The remote landed on a nightly cable news program---one of those where the host talks faster than an auctioneer, and the guests are lucky to squeeze in a couple of gerunds or a dangling participle before they are interrupted.
You might have noticed that some of those shows ever have reasonably non-confrontational names these days like On the Record and Your World. (The show titles Polite Conversation and Reasoned Discourse are not currently being used.)

Hardball is just about the most contentious name going right now since Crossfire went away some time ago. But after the dust settles following this election cycle, look for grittier show titles: The Ruckus Factor, Hostility & Stones and Cockfight Tonight.

By Amanda Knox

The paparazzi like to describe their relationship with celebrities as symbiotic, and when you look at the Kardashians, that seems like a reasonable way to frame it. But just because a few socialites have learned to exploit their own exploitation, as doctors have discovered medical uses for the leech, does not make the celebrity-paparazzi relationship mutually beneficial.

Do most celebrities sign up for their entire lives to be fodder for entertainment? Perhaps some do. And yes, famous actors and musicians benefit from being recognizable for their work. But the current media culture isn’t satisfied with covering just the art they make. The paparazzi interfere in their personal lives, humiliate, glamorize, defame and dehumanize them. Why? Because we want them to.