Most horse racing fans have heard of trainers Tim McCanna and Doris Harwood. Both are among the leading trainers in the state, and the statistics prove it.
But how about trainers like Larry Wolf and Dino Apostolou?
Getting the soccer season off on the right foot likely meant more to Jared Fuller than anyone else in early March. Because not too long ago Fuller, a center-mid for the Kentwood High soccer team, wasn’t even sure he’d be suiting up at all.
“I thought I was finished,” explained Fuller, a senior.
Kyle Jones couldn’t bring himself to leave.
Not with this senior class, a group that ushered him into the world of prep soccer three years ago at Kentlake High. Not after all they’ve been through together. And, especially not after the team fell short of its ultimate goal last year.
The contenders, the favorite and the sleepers in boys soccer in the SPSL North this year as well as players to watch and games to check out.
What this team of mostly seniors does have, explained defensive midfielder Eddie Espinoza, is a strong bond among the players both on and off the field.
“We’re kind of like a family,” Espinoza said. “We all know how to treat each other well. We all know how to support each other academically and athletically.”
South Puget Sound League North athletes to watch | Track and Field
Cold, rainy weather was a factor. But it wasn’t enough to cool the bats of the Maple Valley 11U Select…
Washington Synergy 98 12U fastpitch squad made up of girls from Covington, Maple Valley and surrounding areas took home second place at the NSA Tacoma Opener tournament March 19-20.
Players and cheerleaders from Kentwood High waved signs, leapt and accepted donations on the sidewalk on Southeast 272nd Street on…
A quick look at the favorites, contenders and sleepers in track and field in the SPSL North.
A fractured back dampened Alex Straus’ pursuit in football and basketball, but, it’s not about to slow down the Kentlake senior high jumper during track season
Stepping stone. Building block. Both have been used to describe the success of the Kentwood High girls track team last spring, a season in which the Conquerors won the program’s first-ever South Puget Sound League North Division title with a perfect 5-0 record and went on to take a school-best sixth place at the state meet.
Change is a good thing.
Just ask the Tahoma High track and field team, which has a new throwing coach in Keith Eager and a new distance running coach, about the value of change.
And yet, there’s a level of stability in the girls program that could make the team even more formidable than it was last year, when the girls won the West Central District title then finished third overall at state.
Kentwood hosted Auburn Riverside on Friday. The Conquerors played it close against the Ravens early. Kentwood couldn’t hold Riverside down…
For some trainers taking the winter off is routine. For some trainers racing thoroughbreds through all four seasons is customary practice. For the Jim Penney barn it has always been the latter.
However, this time was different. Trainer Jim Penney and assistant trainer Kay Cooper made a rare move and decided to pack up for the winter. In fact, it has been so long since the Penney barn took a winter off that Cooper couldn’t remember when it could have been.
They spent last year growing up.
A young bunch on the South Puget Sound League North Division diamond a year ago, the Kentwood High fastpitch team took its lumps.
But the Conquerors still qualified for the postseason for the sixth straight season, winning a pair of late-season loser-out contests — one over Thomas Jefferson and the other to Auburn Riverside — to nab the North’s fifth and final seed to the playoffs.
The favorites, the contenders and the sleepers in the SPSL North fastpitch race.
She can slap the ball like Ichiro, but can leave the yard like Ken Griffey Jr., too.
But Kentlake outfielder Erin Crowley is hardly an offense-first player.
“I feel like defense is more important,” said the 18-year-old senior. “I have a team that can have a good offensive game if I am not hitting and we can still win.”
Tahoma High’s fastpitch team wants to pick up right where it left off in 2010 minus the disappointing playoff losses that found it just short of a state berth.
Senior co-captain Emily Miller said she is looking forward to the season starting because the team will turn up the intensity.
Kentwood beat Kentridge, Tahoma defeated Kent-Meridian 10-0 while Kentlake held off Thomas Jefferson 12-7.
