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King County Jags helping former teammate tonight | Football

When the King County Jaguars return to French Field tonight to host the East County Blackshirts in a minor league football game, they’ll playing for more than just their third victory of the season.

  • Jul 24, 2008
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Kent Recreation Calendar | July 26

This 12U team will conduct tryouts on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Service Club Field No. 1 in Kent at 6 p.m., and on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Russell Road Park Field No. 1 in Kent at 6 p.m.

  • Jul 24, 2008
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Jordan Kiga

Kent Youth Soccer teams compete in U.S. Soccer Club’s National Cup

Malia Arrant was in Colorado with her Dosveedanya girls soccer team when the phone call came: Would her squad like to fill a suddenly open spot in the U.S. Club Soccer regional tournament?

  • Jul 24, 2008
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Jordan Kiga
For the third straight summer and the fourth time in the past five years

Schumacher wins at Schuck’s Auto Supply Nationals — again

Boeing, Microsoft, Starbuck’s, grunge rock, and the Space Needle got some fast company this past weekend. National Hot Rod Association headliner Tony Schumacher painted himself into the Puget Sound mural along with those local icons.

  • Jul 23, 2008
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For the third straight summer and the fourth time in the past five years
Lindsey Henderson of Enumclaw competes at Highland Dancing during last year’s Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering. This year’s event – which features bagpiping

A wee bit o’ dancing OUT & ABOUT

Array

  • Jul 23, 2008
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Lindsey Henderson of Enumclaw competes at Highland Dancing during last year’s Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering. This year’s event – which features bagpiping

Jaguars roll past Mustangs, 42-0

Vernon Word scored two touchdowns, the first of which snapped a scoreless tie in the second quarter, and Nathan Proctor notched a pair of second-half TDs as the King County Jaguars rolled to a 42-0 victory against the Valley Mustangs a North American Football League game at Auburn Memorial Stadium.

  • Jul 22, 2008
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Parker will play hoops at North Idaho College

Parker will play hoops at North Idaho College

After erasing portions of the Kentridge High School record book and earning Class 4A State Player of the Year honors, Renado Parker is taking his basketball talent to North Idaho College.

  • Jul 22, 2008
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Parker will play hoops at North Idaho College

Kent Sports Roundup | July 19

Rui Li, who stars for the Kentwood High golf team, won the girls 16-17 age division with a 1-under-par 71 in the final Washington Junior Golf Association District Six sub-district tournament last Monday at Lipoma Firs Golf Course in Puyallup.

  • Jul 21, 2008
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Kent Recreation Calendar | July 19

A list of recreational events happening in Kent.

  • Jul 21, 2008
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Carly Stowell Foundation aims to make sports and music affordable in Kent

They dreamed big. But Chuck and Elena Stowell never imagined things would snowball quite like they have. Or in such magical fashion. The Kent couple lost their only daughter, Carly, on April 12, 2007 of an acute cardiac arrhythmia. Just days away from her 15th birthday, Carly collapsed in a North Carolina hotel room while at a tournament with her select AAU basketball team, the Emerald City Legends.

  • Jul 21, 2008
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Kentwood product Alison Fairchild lost more than a year of playing time after sustaining a major knee injury in May 2007. Though she’s not quite 100 percent and missed her entire senior season

Kentwood volleyball phenom Fairchild is back for one night only

A biting sense of humor pulled her through. Because during even the most difficult of times in what was supposed to be the finest volleyball season of her already strong prep career, Alison Fairchild always had that on which to fall back. Even when she couldn’t fall back on the one thing she once unknowingly counted on the most: her left knee.

  • Jul 18, 2008
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Kentwood product Alison Fairchild lost more than a year of playing time after sustaining a major knee injury in May 2007. Though she’s not quite 100 percent and missed her entire senior season

NHRA Northwest Nationals details revealed

• EVENT: 21st Annual Schuck’s Auto Supply NHRA Nationals, the 14th of 23 events on the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series.

  • Jul 17, 2008
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Gary Densham

Densham, Racebricks Funny Car cope with small budget, find big success

Gary Densham says one of the three biggest days of the year in Northwest – along with Seafair weekend – is when the NHRA comes to Pacific Raceways in Kent.

  • Jul 17, 2008
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Gary Densham

Super Dixie takes Angie C. Stakes

She’s only 2, but Super Dixie already is making her mark at Emerald Downs.

  • Jul 15, 2008
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Jaguars fall to B.C. in Cornucopia Bowl, 43-6

It wasn’t what the King County Jaguars had in mind for the third annual Cornucopia Bowl.

  • Jul 15, 2008
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King County Jaguars head coach Mike Astley

King County Jags coach Astley kicks stereotype

Quarterbacks become head coaches. Linemen become head coaches. Kickers? They don’t usually become head coaches. Mike Astley would love nothing more than to give that stereotype the boot.

  • Jul 11, 2008
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King County Jaguars head coach Mike Astley

On Deck

TODAY

  • Jul 11, 2008
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REC CALENDAR

KENTLAKE SUMMER CAMP

  • Jul 11, 2008
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Wasserman continues underdog streak with Governor’s Handicap win

Wasserman added the latest chapter to his remarkable story with a thrilling nose victory over Call On Carson in the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap on Sunday at Emerald Downs.

  • Jul 10, 2008
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Kentlake grad misses Olympic swimming qualification, but sets personal best

Sarah Stockwell fell short of one goal, but easily achieved another one during the United States Olympic swim trials last week in Omaha, Neb.

  • Jul 10, 2008
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