The Bears boys and girls track teams have got something good going on.
With an undefeated league season so far, they are entering into the league meet with victories against Kent-Meridian boys and Kentwood girls teams, both of them last year’s state champions. Last week, the Bears boys and girls defeated the Conks 98-47 and 82-68
Kentridge boys track and field team placed 10th out of 57 teams at the Shoreline Invitational this past weekend.
Senior Talon Abernathy took sixth in the two mile with a time of nine minutes, 21.16 seconds, breaking his previous personal record by 23 seconds, as well as the school’s two mile record.
Tahoma High held a dress rehearsal for its upcoming production of the musical “Into the Woods” on Monday.
Firefighters from the Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety and the KentFire Authority participated in a training exercise on the roof of a vacated building slatted for demolition Friday, April 27.
The Tahoma boys and girls track team won the Tomahawk Track and Field Classic this past weekend at Quil Ceda Stadium in Marysville.
The Kentridge and Kentlake boys and girls track teams competed against each other at Kent-Meridian on Wednesday, April 25.
The Tahoma boys and girls track and field team maintained their undefeated league season after beating Kentwood on Wednesday.
The Kentlake boys and girls and Kentirdge girls track and field team competed at the Bellevue Invitational on Saturday April 21 at Bellevue High. Kentlake boys placed 12th out of 26 teams. Kentridge and Kentlake girls placed 13th and 17th respectively out of 29 teams.
The squabble over zoning and land use is actually a debate over the different visions people have for the city’s identity.
A new business called Green Society Group opened up in Maple Valley on April 20, run by Chris Schoonover and his business partner, Jon Hofer. A dispute has arisen between the city of Maple Valley and Schoonover as to whether or not Green Society Group is violating the city’s moratorium on medical marijuana.
Members of the Kent-Meridian and Kentwood boys and girls track team competed at the Oregon Relays held April 20-21 in Eugene, Ore.
Tahoma boys and girls track teams won their league meet against Kent-Meridian on their home track on April 19.
Green Society Group hosted a grand opening at 9 a.m. in Maple Valley.
The Black Diamond Historical Society is working on plans to erect a memorial statue and wall outside of its building.
Tahoma PE teacher and golf coach Tracy Krause is expected to be named the National Football League PE Teacher of the Year, according to Tahoma School District Spokesman Kevin Patterson.
Property owners who have land in the northern part of Maple Valley will now have greater options for development.
Ginger Passarelli-Senecal, affectionately known simply as “Mama,” is one of two recipients for the 2012 Frank Kampsen Community Spirit Award for her work with The Soup Ladies.
Kent schools track athletes finished spring break with top finishes at invitational meets in the region while Tahoma made the most of the week off from the league schedule.
Mmany of the cast members come with vastly different backgrounds, ranging from those relatively new to the world of theater to ballet dancers who have been in slippers since they were old enough to walk.
I never quite know what to think when I learn another kid got caught with a gun at school. The worst thing I ever brought with me to school was candy.
