Tahoma High athletes Tate Latimer and Derek Eager had big days at the Arnie Young Invitational Saturday, April 3, at Renton Memorial Stadium.
The Tahoma track and field team traveled to Auburn High Thursday, April 1, and both the both the boys and girls teams won.
The girls took home a dominating 109-41 victory.
Tate Latimer won two events taking the 100-meter sprint in 13.35 seconds and the 100-meters hurdles in 15.51 seconds.
Sarah Jeric took the 300 hurdles in 51.33.
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This winning stuff is new to Tahoma fastpitch coach Tom Milligan as every win brings a new record, including wins this week over Kentridge and Kentwood.
Austin Voth of Kentwood, Nikole Weber of Kentlake, Sammii Jimenez and Derek Eager of Tahoma named Reporter Preps of the Week.
A handful of South Puget Sound League North girls tennis matches were squeezed in before the rain drops began early this week.
The rain played havoc with the Tahoma High baseball team this week. The home game against Kentridge scheduled for Monday was rained out and a Tuesday game against Kentwood was also cancelled.
Entering his second season as head coach of the Tahoma High boys soccer squad, Jason Johnson is looking to build on last season, which saw his team finish fourth overall in the South Puget Sound League, 4A North Division.
Kyle Jones knew this moment was coming.
But that didn’t make it any easier for the Kentlake High soccer coach to announce that this spring will be his final season with the boys team. Jones doubles as the school’s girls coach and announced in the fall that he would not be back with them, either.
A different team has won the North title in each of the last four years, which gives a good idea as to what to expect this spring. Jefferson certainly is capable of repeating as league champions, especially with all-league midfielders Chase Hanson and Casey Kim back in fold.
The future is bright for the Kentwood High boys soccer team.
Fifth-year coach Aaron Radford knows that all too well. But Radford also knows that this spring, the Conquerors will have to traverse its share of early season growing pains before fully realizing how good they can be.
It was the Derek Eager show Saturday at the Kent-Meridian Invitational track and field meet. The Tahoma High senior dominated in three field events, breaking a state record for new rules javelin and he was named “Male field athlete of the meet.”
Kentlake beat Kentridge on Friday 9-2, going to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in South Puget Sound League North division play.
Take a peek at some of the SPSL North teams this season.
The Tahoma baseball team lost 9-7 in a hitting duel at Auburn Riverside Tuesday.
It was the first South Puget Sound League 4A North Division game of the season for the Bears.
Less than two weeks after guiding the Kentwood High boys basketball team to its first state championship since 2004, coach…
The Maple Valley City council proclaimed March 23 as Nick Bayer Day in the city of Maple Valley.
SPSL NORTH
AT A GLANCE
∙ FAVORITES: Kentlake, Tahoma.
∙ CONTENDERS: Kentridge, Auburn Riverside, Auburn, Jefferson.
∙ SLEEPER: Kentwood.
Tahoma graduated only two seniors in 2009 and the bulk of its team that posted its best season under Coach Tom Milligan, who is entering his sixth year at the helm, return to the fastpitch diamond this season.
Led by senior co-captains Kaila Wilkinson, center field, and Katie Jo Myers, right field and sometimes pitcher, Tahoma has a team that wants to make the most of its improvements and hard work during the offseason to make deep run in the playoffs.
The faces have changed on the Kentwood High fastpitch diamond this spring.
Gone this season are most of the players who helped the Conquerors win their first South Puget Sound League North Division title last spring since 1994 and advance to their second state berth in four years.
