Sports

Area select teams are looking to fill roster spots for the fall/summer season.

BLE holding tryouts for youth teams

Several select baseball teams are holding tryouts nightly, now through Sept. 13, at Big League Edge in Kent.

  • Aug 27, 2016
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Area select teams are looking to fill roster spots for the fall/summer season.
The Kent-Meridian High School football team prepares for its first game of the season. The Royals and the other Kent high schools will compete in the North Puget Sound League this year.

New NPSL debuts this fall

With fall sports practices under way, local athletic directors say the North Puget Sound League 4A is ready for its debut.

  • Aug 26, 2016
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The Kent-Meridian High School football team prepares for its first game of the season. The Royals and the other Kent high schools will compete in the North Puget Sound League this year.
Evan McNeley

Stars ink McNeley for upcoming MASL season

The Tacoma Stars signed defender Evan McNeley to a contract for the 2016-17 Major Arena Soccer League season, the club announced Friday.

  • Aug 26, 2016
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Evan McNeley
Kent-Meridian quarterback Ben Woods delivers a pass at practice Monday. Woods and a core group of seniors hope to lead the Royals to another winning season.

Being a part of the Royal family: K-M aims for strong season | Prep football preview

For Kent-Meridian High School quarterback Ben Woods and his fellow senior teammates, it's a bittersweet beginning to their last season of high school football.

Kent-Meridian quarterback Ben Woods delivers a pass at practice Monday. Woods and a core group of seniors hope to lead the Royals to another winning season.
Alex Scandrol

T-Birds open the ice for summer school | Slideshow

Jerret Smith left the ice with a smile and a shake of the head. The mighty mites left a big impression on the former Seattle Thunderbirds captain.

  • Aug 17, 2016
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Alex Scandrol
The Seattle Mist women's football team will play the Dallas Desire at 6 p.m. Saturday

Seattle Mist face Dallas Desire in women’s football playoffs at Kent’s ShoWare Center

The Seattle Mist women’s football team will compete for the Western Conference Championship as part of a doubleheader of Legends Football League games on Saturday, Aug. 20 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

  • Aug 16, 2016
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The Seattle Mist women's football team will play the Dallas Desire at 6 p.m. Saturday
Stryker Phd

Stryker Phd goes for history against stout Mile field | Emerald Downs

A field of 11 thoroughbreds is expected to run in the 81st edition of the Grade 3 Longacres Mile on Sunday at Emerald Downs in Auburn.

Stryker Phd
Andrew Tate

Rookie Tate wins Albert Lee Appliance Seafair Cup

Rookie unlimited hydroplane driver and Michigan native Andrew Tate drove U-9 Sound Propeller presents Les Schwab Tires to victory Sunday in the Albert Lee Appliance Seafair Cup on Lake Washington.

  • Aug 8, 2016
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Andrew Tate
Covington’s Jimmy Shane and Miss HomeStreet Bank hydro team will look to bounce back from last weekend’s penalty-marred finish on the Columbia River with a win at the Albert Lee Appliance Seafair Cup on Lake Washington this Sunday.

Seattle tradition continues with the Seafair Albert Lee Appliance Cup

It was Aug. 4, 1951, when more than 100,000 fans and scores of reporters ventured to the shores of Lake Washington to watch 11 entries compete for the first unlimited hydroplane race in the Emerald City's history.

  • Aug 3, 2016
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Covington’s Jimmy Shane and Miss HomeStreet Bank hydro team will look to bounce back from last weekend’s penalty-marred finish on the Columbia River with a win at the Albert Lee Appliance Seafair Cup on Lake Washington this Sunday.
Former Kentwood High catcher has been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays organization from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pirates trade ex-Kentwood High catcher McGuire to Blue Jays

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded minor league catcher Reese McGuire, a 2013 Kentwood High graduate, on Monday to the Toronto Blue Jays.

  • Aug 1, 2016
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Former Kentwood High catcher has been traded to the Toronto Blue Jays organization from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Kelly wins HAPO Columbia Cup after controversial final

J. Michael Kelly, driving the U-5 Graham Trucking, was named the winner of the 2016 HAPO Columbia Cup on Sunday after a controversy-filled final.

  • Aug 1, 2016
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Covington’s Jimmy Shane celebrates after capturing the series opener on the Ohio River earlier this month.

Shane, Miss HomeStreet Bank look to continue hot streak at HAPO Columbia Cup

Covington's Jimmy Shane has been the most dominant H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Series driver over the last two seasons.

  • Jul 27, 2016
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Covington’s Jimmy Shane celebrates after capturing the series opener on the Ohio River earlier this month.
Gary Manus

Cobra football, cheerleading program kicks off new season

The Kent Cobras' youth football and cheerleading program for ages 6-13 has opened a new season.

  • Jul 27, 2016
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Gary Manus
The Kent Downtown Partnership Golf Tournament is Sept. 8 at the Riverbend Golf Complex.

Kent Downtown Partnership Golf Tournament set for Sept. 8

Take part in the Kent Downtown Partnership Golf Tournament on Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Riverbend Golf Complex.

  • Jul 22, 2016
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The Kent Downtown Partnership Golf Tournament is Sept. 8 at the Riverbend Golf Complex.
Hannah Mattson

Teams tangle for titles at ShoWare Shootout | SLIDESHOW

A field of 128 teams – of all sizes, skills and descriptions, and bearing colorful names – competed for 18 division titles at the seventh annual ShoWare Shootout presented by Republic Services 3-on-3 basketball tournament last weekend.

  • Jul 20, 2016
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Hannah Mattson
Former Kentwood High School basketball standout Courtney Vandersloot brings the ball up court in a recent Chicago Sky game against the Atlanta Dream.

Former Kentwood basketball standout Vandersloot fights through ankle injuries

Courtney Vandersloot's return to the Puget Sound region has a much different feel than last season.

  • Jul 14, 2016
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Former Kentwood High School basketball standout Courtney Vandersloot brings the ball up court in a recent Chicago Sky game against the Atlanta Dream.

Kentlake High student finishes first in Cornucopia Days 5K

The Kent Cornucopia Days 5K fun run last Saturday drew 544 runners and walkers.

  • Jul 13, 2016
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Jack Musoke

Green River College cuts softball, adds recreational sports

After 35 years of fielding a varsity fastpitch softball team, Green River College has cut the program.

Jack Musoke
Kenny and Sandi O’Keefe have recovered from a February fire that destroyed their garage and most everything in it

Community helps veteran race car driver get back on the track after fire

A devastating fire nearly five months ago charred Kenny O’Keefe’s Algona home and destroyed the garage, taking with it his treasured championship hot rod.

Kenny and Sandi O’Keefe have recovered from a February fire that destroyed their garage and most everything in it
Jimmy Shane

Phipps flips, Shane wins on the Ohio River | Hydro series | Flip video

Covington's Jimmy Shane won the rainy, soggy MainSource Bank Indiana Governor's Cup, steering the hometown U-1 Miss HomeStreet Bank/Miss Madison to a rousing victory at the Madison Regatta on Sunday.

  • Jul 3, 2016
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Jimmy Shane