I hate shootouts.
Can’t stand ’em. In fact, I can’t think of a more ridiculous way to end a game, particularly a state championship game. However, I am able to come up with several alternatives in other sports that would be the equivalent.
Baseball? Have a home run derby.
Seattle Thunderbirds goalie Calvin Pickard made 48 saves Nov. 19 at ShoWare Center to lead the T-Birds to a 2-1 shootout victory over the Spokane Chiefs.
Pickard arrived in Seattle on Friday afternoon from Prince George, British Columbia, where he was participating in the Subway Super Series Nov. 17 and 18.
The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-2 Nov. 20 at the ShoWare Center.
Everett (10-8-1-3) opened the scoring at 3:42 of the first period on Josh Winquist's third goal of the season. Tyler Maxwell had the only assist.
The Silvertips stretched their lead to 2-0 at 12:31 of the first period on Maxwell's 15th goal of the season. Kellan Tochkin and Brennan Yadlowski registered assists on the goal.
Seattle Thunderbirds center Justin Hickman was named to Hockey Canada's Team Pacific Nov. 17.
Team Pacific is one of five Canadian teams that will skate at the 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, December 29 to January 4, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Team Pacific is comprised of 11 players from British Columbia and 11 players from Alberta.
First came the kick, and then came the block.
What followed on a frigid Saturday night at Harry E. Lang Stadium in Lakewood was a historic, long-awaited celebration for the Kentwood High girls soccer team.
The Class 4A girls soccer championship will have a decidedly local feel Saturday afternoon.
South Puget Sound League North Division powers Tahoma (20-1) and Kentwood (17-3-1) both won their respective semifinal games Friday night and will meet for the state title at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Harry E. Lang Stadium in Lakewood.
Brendan Rouse is the Seattle Thunderbirds Player of the Week.
The Seattle Thunderbirds were special guests at an assembly to congratulate Crestwood Elementary for winning the 2010 Cruzin' Passport Summer Challenge.
Consistency has been its hallmark throughout the past decade.
The Kentwood High volleyball team showed off some of that consistency on Nov. 11-12 during the Class 4A state volleyball tournament at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
School records were falling left and right at the Class 4A state swim meet Nov. 12-13 at the King County Aquatic Center.
Emily Tanasse from Kentlake broke her own record in the 100-yard butterfly three times over the weekend.
Joanna Wu continued to rise through the ranks last weekend.
Yet, Kent-Meridian High’s star swimmer, the one who has quickly become the program’s finest at her craft in more than a decade, still wants more.
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The pieces of the puzzle are falling in place nicely for the Kentwood High girls soccer team.
Behind a pair of goals by Mykala Benjamin along with one each by Mariah Lee and Kiana Kraft, the fourth-ranked Conquerors turned back No. 5 Lewis & Clark Saturday afternoon 4-0 in a Class 4A state quarterfinal game.
First came the “scoop and score” for a touchdown off of a blocked field-goal attempt.
Then came the 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
Behind big play after big play Friday night at French Field in Kent, No. 5 Bothell throttled fourth-ranked Kentwood 49-14 in a Class 4A state tournament opener.
Kentridge basketball star Gary Bell made it official Wednesday morning, signing a letter-of-intent to play next year at Gonzaga University. Bell announced his intentions to sign with the Bulldogs in April. He averaged 22.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game last year.
Travis Bobbee is the Seattle Thunderbirds Player of the Week
The Seattle Thunderbirds came back from a two-goal deficit in the third period Nov. 9 to beat the Saskatoon Blades 5-4 in a shootout at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Luke Lockhart and Colin Jacobs each had a goal and two assists to help lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 5-2 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders Nov. 10 at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Personal records proved to be the name of the game Saturday afternoon during the Class 4A state cross country meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
The Tahoma High girls, behind an entire roster of personal bests, brought home the area’s top overall finish, tying Eastlake for second with 110 points. Eisenhower managed to have just enough to win the team title, doing so with 110 points.
“We were right there,” said Tahoma coach Gary Conner. “It was amazing.”
There's something about this time of year that brings out the best in Reilly Retz.
In last year's Class 4A state soccer playoffs, it was Retz who scored game-winning goals in Kentwood High's final two wins of the season, which led to a school-best third-place finish.
Tuesday afternoon at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane, Retz was up to her game-winning heroics once again.
