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Kentridge’s M’Kenna Hayes braces to fire off a shot against Mount Rainier last week. Hayes and the Chargers upended the Rams 6-2 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game. Kentridge’s Katie Clayton assisted on four goals and added one of her own in the win.

GIRLS SOCCER: Kentridge finding its groove

Things are finally coming together for the Kentridge High girls soccer team. After a slow start to the season, the Chargers got on track last week thanks to a huge offensive performance by Katie Clayton. Clayton scored one goal, and assisted on four others on Sept. 23, lifting the Chargers past Mount Rainier 6-2 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.

  • Oct 1, 2010
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Kentridge’s M’Kenna Hayes braces to fire off a shot against Mount Rainier last week. Hayes and the Chargers upended the Rams 6-2 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game. Kentridge’s Katie Clayton assisted on four goals and added one of her own in the win.
Kentwood’s Reiney Meyers slips a shot past Auburn Riverside defender Katie Baber during last week’s game.

GIRLS SOCCER: Beat-up Kentwood continues to win; Kicks for the Cure slated for Oct. 7

They’ve been beaten up and bloodied. Injuries have become an all-too common theme this fall for the Kentwood High girls soccer team. “We’re just hoping we can compete with each other in practice and not knock each other out for the game,” said Kentwood coach Aaron

  • Oct 1, 2010
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Kentwood’s Reiney Meyers slips a shot past Auburn Riverside defender Katie Baber during last week’s game.

PREPS OF THE WEEK: Sept. 24 edition

KIRA MILLER, Kent-MeridianGrade: Senior.Sport: Volleyball.Accomplishment: Miller pounded out 12 kills in a three-game sweep of Kentlake (25-15, 25-17, 25-15).Favorite class: IB English.If you could invite… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2010
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FOOTBALL: Expect shootout between Auburn, Kentwood on Friday at French Field

Inside. Outside. Up and over. When it comes to the Auburn High football team's rushing game, pick your poison. The Trojans have been successful — and then some — with all three options since returning to the South Puget Sound League North Division two years ago. In fact, since returning to the North, the Trojans have run the league ragged, winning the past two league championships without a loss.

  • Sep 28, 2010
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Seattle Thunderbirds legend Glen Goodall

Seattle vanquishes Portland 4-1 in home opener at ShoWare: See the Slide Show

The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Portland Winterhawks 4-1 Saturday evening in their home opener at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Seattle (1-1-0-0) outshot Portland 15-10 during a scoreless first period.

  • Sep 27, 2010
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Seattle Thunderbirds legend Glen Goodall

T-Birds fall prey to Silvertips in Sept. 24 WHL hockey season opener

The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 Friday night at Comcast Arena in Everett in the season opening game for both teams.

  • Sep 26, 2010
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FOOTBALL: Jones goes off, leads Kent-Meridian past Mount Rainier 64-0

The Kent-Meridian High football team needed this one. Mount Rainier? Not so much. Kent-Meridian quarterback David Jones rushed for six touchdowns and added a seventh through the air, leading the Royals past the Rams 64-0 on Friday night at French Field in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.

  • Sep 25, 2010
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Kentridge boys tennis coach Bob Armstrong discusses strategy with No. 1 singles player Vincent Lim during a recent match.

BOYS TENNIS: Kentridge in search of fourth straight SPSL North title

Parity?There hasn’t been much of it on the South Puget Sound League North Division boys tennis scene for many, many years.Kentridge has waltzed its way… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2010
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Kentridge boys tennis coach Bob Armstrong discusses strategy with No. 1 singles player Vincent Lim during a recent match.
Seattle’s Marcel Noebels

Marcel Noebels is Thunderbird Player of the Week for Sept. 24

Marcel NoebelsAge: 18Date of birth: March 14, 1992Place of birth: Tonisvorst, GermanyHt: 6-2 Wt: 192Shoots: LPosition: Right wing… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2010
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Seattle’s Marcel Noebels
Kentridge setter Jordan Denny dives to make a save during a recent match against Kentlake.

VOLLEYBALL: Wide-open race to the top in SPSL North

More than at any point during the past decade, the race for the South Puget Sound League North Division title on the volleyball court appears to be up in the air. “It really will be wide open,” said Kent-Meridian coach Michael Christiansen. “I think for a team to win our league, it has to go undefeated.”

  • Sep 23, 2010
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Kentridge setter Jordan Denny dives to make a save during a recent match against Kentlake.
Thunderbirds phenom Glen Goodall

Thunderbirds legend Glen Goodall opens the T-Birds’ first home game of the season Saturday

Talk to Glen Goodall for just a few minutes, and the excitement is palpable. Through the twang of a slight Canadian accent, the former Thunderbird phenom’s voice goes up a few notches when he talks about his upcoming trip. He’s going back to where it all started: to the team that retired his jersey after six glorious years of making fans sit on the edge of their seats.

Thunderbirds phenom Glen Goodall
Kentwood’s Kailey Ulland excelled in soccer growing up

CROSS COUNTRY: Kentwood’s Ulland ready to challenge state’s elite; runners to watch

She grew up in a soccer household. But when push came to shove two years ago, Kailey Ulland chose cross country. “It’s kind of a joke with my family that I chose cross country instead of soccer because we’re a soccer family,” laughed Ulland, a Kentwood senior.

  • Sep 22, 2010
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Kentwood’s Kailey Ulland excelled in soccer growing up

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Kentwood’s Huerta chooses Eastern Washington University

She's taking her basketball — and signature headband — and heading east. Kylie Huerta, Kentwood's diminutive point guard who is known as much for draining clutch jumpers as she is for wearing a variety of different colored headbands during the course of the season, verbally committed last week to play next year at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.

  • Sep 21, 2010
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Seattle defender Brenden Dillon (5) up ends a Portland player en route to the puck

T-Birds take down Winterhawks in 7-6 shootout: See the slide show

Burke Gallimore and Luke Lockhart had two goals each to help lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 7-6 shootout win over the Portland Winterhawks at ShoWare Center in Kent Saturday night.

  • Sep 21, 2010
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Seattle defender Brenden Dillon (5) up ends a Portland player en route to the puck

PREPS OF THE WEEK: Sept. 17

NU’U VAIFALE, KentlakeGrade: Sophomore. Sport: Football.Accomplishment: Vaifale, a running back, went off for the Falcons on Friday, Sept. 8, rushing for 100 yards and one… Continue reading

  • Sep 20, 2010
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09/17/10 Kentwood's Shane Green hits his reciever  Morgan Hasegawa for a first down in a drive Friday

FOOTBALL: Kentwood throttles Tahoma, 49-3

This was supposed to be the first big challenge of the season for the Kentwood High football team. Instead, Friday night’s showdown against Tahoma at Bill Maxwell Stadium proved to be more of the same as the Conquerors blasted the Bears 49-3 in a South Puget Sound League North Division game. Five different Kentwood players reached the end zone – led by a pair of touchdown runs by Mikell Everette and Lonzell Young – as the Conquerors rolled up 442 total yards of offense and punted just twice.

  • Sep 18, 2010
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09/17/10 Kentwood's Shane Green hits his reciever  Morgan Hasegawa for a first down in a drive Friday
Seattle Thunderbirds coach Rob Sumner discusses his expectations with the players Sept. 15 before practice at the ShoWare Center. The Thunderbirds

Expect stronger T-Birds squad, coach says: Take in game Sept. 18 at ShoWare – Video

Expect to see a bigger, more physical Seattle Thunderbirds team this season.That’s the word from head coach Rob Sumner, of a team that had a… Continue reading

Seattle Thunderbirds coach Rob Sumner discusses his expectations with the players Sept. 15 before practice at the ShoWare Center. The Thunderbirds

FOOTBALL: The Reporter’s state rankings

Class 4A 1. Auburn (2-0) 2. Skyline (1-1) 3. Issaquah (2-0) 4. Curtis (2-0) 5. Bothell (1-1)

  • Sep 16, 2010
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T-Birds blow down Lethridge in 3-2 shootout

The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-2 in a shootout Saturday evening in their third game at the Red Lion Hotels' Preseason Tournament at Toyota Center in Kennewick.

  • Sep 12, 2010
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T-Birds put the freeze on Ice at the Red Lion preseason tourney

Six different Seattle Thunderbirds scored a goal Sept. 10 to help lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 6-2 victory over the Kootenay Ice in the T-Birds second game at the Red Lion Hotels' Preseason Tournament at Toyota Center in Kennewick.

  • Sep 12, 2010
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