It was a wrestling weekend at the Tacoma Dome with the Mat Classic XXII.
Reporter photographer Charles Cortes photographed the action and put together a slide show.
They didn’t quite achieve what they set out to do Saturday night during Mat Classic XXII at the Tacoma Dome.
But the Tahoma High wrestling team certainly put on a show worthy of high praise.
He started the season in pain, but finished it on the podium.
Kentlake’s Sean Cavanagh has endured a gauntlet of emotions this winter, the last of which was joy on Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome, when he accepted a medal for taking sixth place at Mat Classic XXII.
They’ve been at the top of the 103-pound state rankings all season long and have taken turns beating one another the last two weeks.
Last week, Kentwood’s Ruben Navejas avenged one of the few losses of his prep career, outlasting Tahoma’s Steven Hopkins 7-4 for the regional title.
On Saturday night during the 103-pound championship match of Mat Classic XXII at the Tacoma Dome, Hopkins turned the tables on Navejas in one of the most anticipated showdowns of the tournament.
Tahoma gymnast Bri McKenny finished eighth in the state tournament in the vault event Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.
McKenny scored 9.3 in the second day of competition in the 4A gymnastic state championship.
A state berth was on the line Friday night, but the Kentwood High boys basketball team was nowhere to be found.
Dizzy Grant dreamt of playing professional basketball from the age of 7 years old when he attended a Harlem Globetrotters game.
Grant’s dream came true after he graduated from College of New Jersey in 2005 and he was invited to play with the Globetrotters, who are bringing their family friendly hoops show to ShoWare Center in Kent on Friday, Feb. 19.
Josh Smith of Kentwood High School joined the ranks of basketball’s elite last Thursday with his selection to the prestigious 2010 McDonald’s All American high school boys basketball team. Smith’s participation in the games will help raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio, which supports local children and families in need.
A big weekend is ahead of us, gang.
In fact, on a yearly basis, this particular weekend — when district basketball collides with state wrestling gymnastics and swimming — has traditionally been the busiest in the prep sports world. Before we go forward, however, I need to quickly touch on a few items regarding the local prep scene that has been rattling around in my empty head of late.
Kentlake gymnast Katie Steckler had a simple goal established before entering this past weekend’s Class 4A West Central District meet – earn a berth to state in at least one event.
Ten wrestlers to watch at state
The Tahoma High wrestling team continued its dominance Friday and Saturday during the Class 4A Region I tournament at Auburn High.
Meanwhile, Kentwood standout Ruben Navejas bounced back in a big way after a stunning loss a week before.
The Tahoma High wrestling team came out on top of the heap in the Region 1 4A wrestling tournament Saturday at Auburn High School and now the team has its sights set on the state crown.
Tahoma scored 197.5 points as a team, outscoring second-place Lake Stevens with 172.
Tahoma seniors Tara Duty and Tate Latimer signed letters of intent to compete in college athletics next year.
Duty will be playing soccer at Central Washington University while Latimer will run track at the University of Washington.
The 75th running of the $250,000 Longacres Mile highlights a 31-race stakes schedule for the 2010 season at Emerald Downs.
The Rapids 95 Navy U-14 soccer team won the division championship for the District 3 Silver Division in the Maple Valley Soccer Association premier club.
Granite Curling Club | Video
Bree Schaaf stood atop the tallest ice track in Germany, staring down 1,400 meters of steep, twisting slope.
Wrecks are common at the Altenberg bobsled, luge and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany. Drivers are swallowed up on their way down the chute, with its 17 turns and a 122-meter vertical drop.
Visa’s slogan in the run up to an Olympic Games has long been ‘Go World.’ That sentiment has never been more obvious to former Mercer Islander Steve Penny than during the times when he has carried the Olympic torch.
Curling, much like hockey, has been adopted as a Canadian national game. While its roots are Scottish, curling has a strong foothold with our neighbors to the north. Since its introduction during the 1988 Calgary games as a demonstration sport and in 1998 at Nagano as an official event, Canada has been the only country where men’s and women’s curling teams have medaled in every Olympics.
