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T-Birds lose in shootout to Tri-City Oct. 26

The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-4 in a shootout Tuesday night at the ShoWare Center. The game was tied 4-4 after thee regulation periods and a five minute 4-on-4 overtime period.

  • Oct 27, 2010
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FOOTBALL: Kentwood QB suspended, to miss Thursday’s game against Kentridge and maybe more

Kentwood High quarterback Shane Green was suspended for last week's 42-14 win over Auburn Riverside, and may miss the remainder of the season due to… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2010
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Seattle Thunderbird center Charles Wells.

Charles Wells is the T-Bird on the first State Farm Player Magnet Giveaway Oct. 26

The first of eight State Farm player magnets will be given out FREE to the first 2,500 fans at the Seattle Thunderbirds game Oct. 26, against the Tri-City Americans. The game starts 7:05 p.m. at the Kent ShoWare Center.

  • Oct 26, 2010
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Seattle Thunderbird center Charles Wells.

GOLF: Kentwood girls grab title; Kentridge’s Young takes fifth in boys tournament

Things have come together nicely for the Kentwood High girls golf team. In fact, things could not have gone any better for the Conquerors during the South Puget Sound League Medalist tournament on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 20-21 at Bremerton’s Gold Mountain Golf Course. Behind a near flawless performance by Catherina Li, the Conquerors cruised to the team title with 511 strokes, followed by Tahoma (556) and Thomas Jefferson (556).

  • Oct 25, 2010
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FOOTBALL: Tahoma stuns Kentridge with last-second 47-yard field goal

The Tahoma High football team hasn’t stopped believing this season. Not after falling to Auburn in the final minute during the fourth week of the season. Not after squandering a fourth-quarter lead and losing to Kent-Meridian two weeks ago. And not after falling in the final seconds to Auburn Riverside last week.

  • Oct 23, 2010
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Pickard chosen for Subway Super Series

T-Birds goalie Calvin Pickard has been selected to take part in the 2010 Subway Super Series. The 2010 Subway Super Series will take place Nov. 8-18 and marks the eighth straight year that teams of CHL All-Stars have competed against Team Russia in preparation for the World Junior Hockey Championships.

  • Oct 21, 2010
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PREPS OF THE WEEK: Oct. 22 edition

DANNY LUNDER, Kentwood Grade: Junior. Sport: Cross country. Accomplishment: Lunder ran a season-best 16:25 in a three-team meet last week that also included Kent-Meridian and Thomas Jefferson. Favorite class: APLAC.

  • Oct 21, 2010
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Kentridge cross country runners Alex Porter

CROSS COUNTRY: Kentridge boys making their move; A look at the top 10 times in the SPSL North

In the classroom, he’s a science teacher. But this fall, Kentridge High’s Ryan West also has become a master mathematician by crunching numbers. And in early November at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, the school’s boys cross country coach is hoping those numbers add up. Because if they do, the upstart Chargers will find themselves where no other Kentridge team before them has: Among the state’s top 10 teams.

  • Oct 20, 2010
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Kentridge cross country runners Alex Porter

BOYS TENNIS: Kentridge wraps up SPSL title; Kentwood, Kentlake and Kent-Meridian advance players to district tournament

They didn’t crown any individual champions. And by the end of the South Puget Sound League boys tennis tournament last week at Kent-Meridian High, they were seeing double. But for the Kentridge High boys tennis team, it all perfectly added up in the end. Behind top-10 performances from three doubles tandems, the Chargers pulled away from the field, grabbing the team title with 36 points.

  • Oct 20, 2010
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T-Birds lose to Calgary in overtime on ShoWare ice

The Calgary Hitmen defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-2 in overtime Oct. 16 at Kent's ShoWare Center.

  • Oct 18, 2010
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T-Birds overpower Giants in 4-3 shootout in Vancouver

Burke Gallimore had two goals in regulation and one in the shootout Oct. 15 to help lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 4-3 shootout victory over the Vancouver Giants at Pacific Coliseum. The win gave the T-Birds a four-game winning streak.

  • Oct 18, 2010
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FOOTBALL: Kentwood holds off Jones, Kent-Meridian

Quarterback David Jones did it all Friday night at French Field. The Kent-Meridian senior rushed for 170 yards, and passed for 164 more. He ran for a pair of touchdowns, and added another through the air.

  • Oct 17, 2010
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PREPS OF THE WEEK: Oct. 15 edition

DALTON BLACKMORE, KW Grade: Senior. Sport: Football. Accomplishment: Blackmore, a wide receiver and linebacker, pulled in a 40-yard touchdown, collected a sack and added two tackles for a loss, helping Kentwood beat Kentlake 30-28 Oct. 8 in a battle of unbeatens.

  • Oct 15, 2010
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Kentwood's Reiney Meyers

SOCCER: Another successful year with Kicks for the Cure

The Kentlake and Kentwood girls soccer teams came together last week for the second-annual Kicks for the Cure soccer showdown between the two friendly rivals. The game is in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event benefits the MultiCare Mammogram Assistance Fund of Covington.

  • Oct 14, 2010
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Kentwood's Reiney Meyers

TENNIS: Final results from SPSL tournament

The SPSL tennis tournament concluded Tuesday at Kent Meridian High School. Here are the final results with the top 10 qualifying for West Central Districts in May.

  • Oct 14, 2010
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BOYS GOLF: Fisher lifts Kentridge boys to first title in 17 years

They’ve produced some of the area’s best golfers during the last several years. Chris Cho, a 2008 Kentridge High graduate and four-time state participant, is now competing at the University of Idaho. Sean McMullen, who graduated last spring and who made four strong runs at the state tournament, is now playing at Seattle University. Yet, Cho and McMullen never did accomplish what the Chargers managed last week. Behind a huge performance from sophomore Nick Fisher at Lake Wilderness Golf Course, the Chargers turned back Tahoma 78-71 on Thursday, Oct. 7 to secure the South Puget Sound League North Division title.

  • Oct 14, 2010
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Rouse hat trick leads T-Birds over Bruins Oct. 9

Chilliwack, B.C.- Brendan Rouse had a hat trick Oct. 9 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack to help lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 6-3 victory over the Chilliwack Bruins. The line off Mitch Elliot, Colin Jacobs and Tyler Alos combined for seven points in the game. Jacobs had a goal and two assists, Elliot had a goal and an assist and Alos had two assists. The T-Birds (4-2-0-0) have now won three games in a row.

  • Oct 14, 2010
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Noebels scores shootout-winning goal in Seattle 3-2 win over Portland

For the second night in a row Marcel Noebels scored a shootout winning goal to help the Seattle Thunderbirds to a victory. On Oct. 1, Noebels scored the shootout winner in a 3-2 T-Bird victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes at ShoWare Center. Oct. 2 at the Rose Garden Noebels scored the shootout winner to give the T-Birds a 3-2 victory over the Portland Winterhawks.

  • Oct 14, 2010
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Seattle Thunderbirds Player of the Week for Oct. 15

Defenseman Travis Bobbee is the Thunderbirds Player of the Week. He is a 20-year-old defenseman entering his fifth season with the Western Hockey League. The T-Birds acquired him in September.

  • Oct 14, 2010
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10/08/10 Kentwood's James Hatfield

FOOTBALL: Kentwood hangs on, stops Kentlake 30-28

His feet have done most of the talking this season. Friday night at a jam-packed French Field in front of an estimated 6,000 fans, however, it was the heady play of Kentwood High’s Mikell Everette that proved to be the difference against Kentlake in an edge-of-the-seat South Puget Sound League North Division football game. Tied 21-21 to start the fourth quarter, Everette blocked the punt of Kentlake’s Ryan Archibald, deflecting the ball out of bounds for a two-point safety. On a night of multiple momentum shifts, Everette’s big play made the biggest difference, lifting the fifth-ranked Conquerors past the Falcons 30-28 in a game between the North’s final two unbeaten teams.

  • Oct 13, 2010
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10/08/10 Kentwood's James Hatfield