Tahoma had 14 wrestlers in the finals of the sub-regional tournament Feb. 3-4 at Kent-Meridian which it won handily tallying 475.5 points while second-place Kentwood had 231.
In the space of about 24 hours Kentlake and Kent-Meridian learned the hard way how challenging it can be to beat the same team twice in one season while Kentwood proved the exception to the rule.
Change is the unofficial theme of this year’s Covington-Maple Valley-Black Diamond Relay for Life event.
Lacy Parker, who is co-chair this year with Janet Swisher, said there are a number of reasons for change.
Tahoma made a strong case on Jan. 27 that it has the best wrestling team in the state with a 45-18 victory over Enumclaw in the fifth Battle of the Bone.
Check out a slate of prep sports tonight at ShoWare Center featuring boys and girls teams from all four Kent high schools.
No school for a week for Kent and Tahoma students also meant cancellation of a number of sporting events.
Kent’s four high schools and Tahoma High are all part of the South Puget Sound League 4A North Division.
Every time a storm rolls through like the one we had last week I park my rear-wheel-drive Mustang in the garage.
This year I was fortunate enough to have my mother-in-law’s 2006 all wheel drive Chevy Equinox at my disposal so I was able to get around.
A snow day is one thing but a snow week can wreak havoc on a school district’s schedule.
Officials from the Kent School District had to cancel school on Monday due to a litany of weather-related issues from last week’s storms, but all schools had power and were open on Tuesday morning.
Glenn Akramoff was not surprised by the ice storm on Jan. 19 that followed on the heels of snow the previous three days.
About six months ago, Netflix announced it would be raising its rates by as much as 60 percent, something that caused a massive public furor among its 23 million subscribers.
With the approval of a 0.5 percent increase in the utility tax on Nov. 22, the Covington City Council gave the go-ahead staff to continue with a major project, its Community Park.
Dean Smith wants to help people learn how to forgive.
Smith, a speaker and pastor from Enumclaw, will be at Maple Valley Presbyterian Church on Sunday talking about his own journey which led to the making of a film called “Live to Forgive.”
Colton Marlowe and Sean Farr continue to dominate for Kentlake on the wrestling mat.
Kentwood High’s basketball teams sure like to play at ShoWare Center.
On Monday both the girls and the boys squads won in the 2nd Annual Valley Medical Center Showcase, which featured seven games, as the Conquerors positioned themselves for the playoffs.
Crews in Covington and Maple Valley were working continuously early this week to deal with one of the biggest snow storms in more than a decade.
Sledding on Lake Wilderness Golf Course’s 18th hole proved to be the popular activity on Monday
If necessity is the mother of invention then the current economy may well be the catalyst for creative problem solving when it comes to the area’s transportation woes.
Kentlake’s girls basketball team picked up its first South Puget Sound League North Division win of the season thanks to a put back by Alyssa Simonson Jan. 6.
Tahoma wrestlers lost just three matches combined against Kentlake and Kent-Meridian in a double dual meet at home on Jan. 4.
In the tough South Puget Sound League North division, anyone can beat anyone in boys basketball, and Tuesday night was a prime example.
