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Check out local drivers Brian and Kayleigh Perkins, both Kentlake High graduates at the hydroplane races this weekend at Seafair.
Last year was a record-breaking season for Auburn’s Dave Villwock, who piloted his U-16 Ellstrom Miss Elam Plus to his 10th Chevrolet Cup victory at Seafair.
On Saturday Kayleigh Perkins, a Black Diamond native, gets the opportunity of a lifetime at Seafair.
Perkins, a 2006 Kentlake High graduate, will get to test out the defending national champion U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto unlimited hydroplane, a 31-foot long race boat that is shaped like an aircraft wing that is powered by a turbine engine, known as the world’s fastest race boats.
“I’m beyond honored to be able to take out such a fabulous machine,” Perkins said.
Mile Preview Day became a showcase of speed as Washington-breds Noosa Beach and Clair Annette powered to front-running victories in the final tune-ups for the track’s biggest events.
Tahoma High’s cheerleading squad kicked off the competition season July 9 when it went to the three day National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Qwest Camp at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore.
Bijou Barrister became the meet’s second four-time winner Saturday with a three-quarter-length victory over Whitney Bridge in the $11,100 Mariners Ground Crew Purse at Emerald Downs.
Mizzen You was the favorite Friday and proved it with a five-length victory in the Auburn High School Class of ’68 Purse for fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.
James Gilmore hit a hole-in-one on the eighth hole at the Elk Run Golf Club course July 23.
The eighth is a 170 yards and Gilmore said he used a six iron.
Hard-trying Olympic Lights took advantage of an early pace duel and scored a 3 ¾-length victory Thursday in the $12,100 Ashbaugh Beal Purse for older sprinters at Emerald Downs.
Who is the best horse at Emerald Downs in 2010? Three weeks ago the answer was simple: Noosa Beach.
The Harbor the Gold gelding captured his first three races of the season including the track’s first two stakes races for older horses this season.
They delivered a big comeback in the state semifinals.
But the Kent 9-10 Little League All-Stars couldn’t sustain the momentum on Saturday in the state championship game at Shoreline Park in Seattle.
A day after storming back to beat Central Vancouver 11-10 thanks to a seven-run sixth-inning rally, the Kent Stars fell just short in a 13-12 loss to Bellevue East in the championship game.
Long before discovering stardom on the football field, young Richard Thomas found trouble as a youth.
Growing up in a gang-ridden Los Angeles neighborhood, Thomas was on a path to ruin – until he found football as his escape, a means to a promising future.
The Kent Stars knocked off Redmond 9-4 to win the Senior (ages 14-16) Little League state championship.
West Seattle Boy rallied from last to win the fifth race Sunday and became Emerald Downs’ all-time leader in wins with 17.
The 11-year-old gelding, who won his career debut June 3, 2001, had been tied with Market Master and Bob Stories for the top spot with 16 wins each.
Newfound Man simply would not be denied Sunday in the $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap for 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs.
With Inoel Beato riding his first stakes winner at Emerald Downs, Newfound Man led all the way and held Posse Power for a head victory in the 34th running of the Seattle Slew.
Mile Preview Day, Sunday, Aug. 1, is the final chance for local aspirants to prepare for the 75th running of the $250,000 Longacres Mile Grade 3 on Sunday, Aug. 22.
Crocodile Tuff had her consistency rewarded Saturday in the $18,000 Second Chance Ranch Purse at Emerald Downs.
