Federal Way High School graduate Karin Stender recently finish a successful season with the Purdue swimming team.

Stender competed in the butterfly and individual medley. She took 22nd place at the Big Ten meet in the butterfly in 2:07.82. and 32nd for the Boilermakers in the 400 IM.

Everett slugging away

Federal Way High School graduate Brady Everett is enjoying an impressive baseball season with the Burlington Bees of the Kansas City Royals organization. Everett is hitting .294 (84-for-286) for the full season lower Class A team in the Midwest League. He has eight home runs, 24 doubles and two triples.

Area graduates together

Tony Barnette from Thomas Jefferson and Shea McFeely from Federal Way are both playing on the same minor league team for the second year in a row. They are both playing full season upper Class A ball with the South Bend Silverhawks in Indiana after playing for the Missoula Ospreys in a short Class A season last summer.

Barnette has a 6-7 record for the Arizona Diamondbacks' minor league squad at South Bend with a 3.56 ERA, 83 strikeouts and only 20 walks.

McFeely is hitting .234 (44-for-188) with four home runs, eight doubles and 64 RBI in 55 games.

Ishikawa in Connecticut

Federal Way graduate Travis Ishikawa is playing for the San Francisco Giants' Class AA Connecticut Defenders team for his second year in a row. Last year he had three call-ups to the Giants, however.

Ishikawa is hitting .234 (37-for-103) with three home runs, three doubles and one triple. He has 51 RBI and 17 runs scored.

Masters times offered

The Federal Way Masters swimming team for ages 19 and over is now offering three workout session times at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center located at 650 SW Campus Drive in Federal Way.

Monday through Friday a 5:30-6:45 a.m. and a 7-8 p.m. session are offered, with a 6:50-7:50 a.m. session taking place Tuesdays and Thursdays. A 10:15-11:15 a.m. session is offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Saturdays an 8-9 a.m. session is held at the Kenneth Jones Pool (Federal Way High School).

Members are required to join U.S. Masters Swimming at $30 per year, and the annual team registration fee is $25. Monthly coaching fees are $35 per month for up to twice weekly workouts or $45 per month for unlimited workouts. A 10 percent discount is offered for a prepayment of three months. Also available is a drop-in fee of $5 per workout.

For more information, contact www.fwmasters.com or call coaches Malcolm and Wendy Neely at (253) 838-8408.

Instruction scheduled

Nadeau Sports Training is enrolling students for private and group instruction for fall and winter sessions. Professional instruction for hitting, fielding and speed and agility is offered. Details: NSTSPORTS.COM or Mike Nadeau (253) 927-4460.

Fastpitch clinics slated

Former Decatur pitcher Jessica Waid Chappell is offering ongoing beginning and advanced fastpitch clinics for all ages. For more information, call (253) 332-5252.

B.A.M. offers lessons

The B.A.M. Club and former University of Washington standouts Bridget Wilcox (pitching) and Becky Simpson (slapping and hitting) are offering girls fastpitch lessons Monday and Wednesday evenings at Washington High School in Parkland. Pitchers can contact Bridget at bridgetwilcox@attbi.com. Slappers and hitters can contact Becky at BeckyS@DOR.WA.GOV.

Hoop school scheduled

Klahanee Community Center in Federal Way is hosting 1 Tough School of Basketball year-round. The school is for boys and girls grades 4-12 and offers two-hour workouts based on ball handling, passing, shooting and details formulated from Division I and II collegiate programs. It will also include guest speakers from the high school, college and professional level, and the coaching staff includes varsity high school head coaches and former Division I and II college standouts at different positions.

The registration fee is $35, with an $80 fee for one month, $150 for two months and $265 for three months.

The Klahanee Community Center is located at 33901-9th Ave. So. in Federal Way.

For more information, call (206) 852-1077 or Email to toughschool2002@yahoo.com.

Pattison's offers skating

Pattison's West in Federal Way offers roller and inline skating, including lessons and the inline speedskating Team Extreme that gave Olympic gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno his start.

Call (253) 838-5788 for more information.

Fastpitch website announced

Those interested in registering any girl between the ages of 6 and 18 to play in the Federal Way fastpitch league, visit its website at www.fwgfa.com or call Kathy Manning at (253) 941-8714 for more information.

Cheer facility opens

NW Elite All-Stars has just opened up a new 6,000 square foot training facility in Kent. The NW Elite Training Facility focuses on training and preparing cheerleaders by offering all-star teams grades K-12 to compete locally and nationally. NW Elite also offers training for college and professional cheerleading, high school and junior high cheerleading, recreational cheerleading, tumbling classes, partner stunting, high school squad choreography and tumbling, private coaching clinics and more. The new facility has two cheerleading floors plus equipment to train beginning to advanced cheerleaders. There are full-size mirrors, a weight room, a student center, a front office with a store, a team room and more.

NW Elite is home of the nationally ranked 2003 Large Coed Team. Over 90 percent of NW Elite's seniors from 2003 have received scholarships for college cheerleading or cheer professionally. NW Elite has alumni cheerleaders on the University of Washington, Washington State University, Oregon State University, University of Oregon, Portland State University, University of Las Vegas and University of Alabama cheer squads. NW Elite has had cheerleaders travel as far as from Marysville to participate in the program.

This season NW Elite is returning to the competition floor stronger than ever. With a new facility it is now able to offer more classes and teams to more people. It is currently starting another coed team, junior pep team and youth team. NW Elite has worked with the Boys & Girls clubs and has held free clinics for young cheerleaders as well. NW Elite sponsored over $10,000 last year for cheerleaders who were financially struggling, but had the desire to make a difference in their lives through cheer.

NW Elite is also working with cheerleading squads from Washington and Oregon like Cascade Christian High School, Prairie High School, Southridge High School and more. NW Elite is making an effort this year to create a bridge between all-star cheerleading and high school cheer squads so that everyone can benefit. With a growing level of cheerleading in Washington, NW Elite wants to provide today's youth with experiences that last a lifetime.

The NW Elite Training Center is located at 22043 So. 68th, Kent, Wa. 98032. For more information, call (253) 872-4676 or see the website at www.NWELITE.com.

Hoop camp returns

Applications are now being evaluated for The Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10 - 19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include: Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 17 foreign countries attended the 2004 camp. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team. Camp locations include: Hickory, N.C., Prescott, Ariz., Belmont, Calif., Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sterling, Colo., Bridgeport, Conn., Babson Park, Fla., Atlanta, Ga., Carlinville, Ill., Macomb, Ill, Greencastle, Ind., Atchison, Kan., Baltimore, Md., Ypsilanti, Minn., Schenectady, N.Y., Bluffton, Ohio, Doylestown, Pa., Lebanon, Tenn., Commerce, Texas, Blacksburg, Va., Lyndonville, Vt., and Beloit, Wis. For a free brochure, call (704) 377-6387 any time.