Jesus Valdez savored this one.
Kent-Meridian’s standout 103-pound wrestler accomplished something on Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome that no other member of the school’s program has done during the past decade.
He started the season in pain, but finished it on the podium.
Kentlake’s Sean Cavanagh has endured a gauntlet of emotions this winter, the last of which was joy on Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome, when he accepted a medal for taking sixth place at Mat Classic XXII.
They didn’t quite achieve what they set out to do Saturday night during Mat Classic XXII at the Tacoma Dome.
But the Tahoma High wrestling team certainly put on a show worthy of high praise.
From the Feb. 20 game.
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The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 Feb. 20 night at ShoWare Center in Kent.
The Kentwood High girls basketball team may have a new coach this season, but the results have remained largely the same.
A state berth was on the line Friday night, but the Kentwood High boys basketball team was nowhere to be found.
The Tahoma High wrestling team continued its dominance Friday and Saturday during the Class 4A Region I tournament at Auburn High.
Kentlake gymnast Katie Steckler had a simple goal established before entering this past weekend’s Class 4A West Central District meet – earn a berth to state in at least one event.
A big weekend is ahead of us, gang.
From the Feb. 15 game.
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A handful of local swimmers earned spots with their performance this past weekend at the West Central District Championship meet at Rogers High.
In the team race, Kentridge finished ninth and Kentlake finished 10th, while Gig Harbor ran away with the district title with 211.5 points.
Tanner Keeling-Garcia and Erik Fulmer from Kentlake placed individually while the Falcons 400 yard relay team of Keeling-Garcia, Fulmer, David Dougherty and Kyle Koon, earned a spot at state by posting a time of 3:28.57 in the consolation final, bumping out Decatur, which had finished sixth in the championship final with a time of 3:31.17.
Wednesday at the ShoWare Center in Kent, two unlikely paths crossed in the most entertaining of ways.
Kent-Meridian’s Nora Keith was banged up on Saturday during the Class 4A sub-district meet at Kentwood High.
Kentlake’s Lynnsey Thielman wasn’t banged up, but was suffering from a bad cough.
NICK ALIMENT, LOGAN RYAN, KATIE STECKLER, JEFF HARJEHAUSEN, D'ANDREA PARKER
Kentwood swimmer Logan Ryan got it out of the way early. Kentridge diver Matthew Drui waited until his final opportunity.
From the Feb. 6 game.
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The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-3 Friday night at the Rose Garden in Portland.
The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-1 in overtime Jan. 31 at the ShoWare Center.
The Seattle Thunderbirds clawed back from an early 2-0 deficit to tie the game midway through the second period, but eventually fell to the Portland Winterhawks 6-2 on Saturday evening in Portland.
