A look at sports action on Northwest airwaves, starting July 9.
Sarah Stockwell fell short of one goal, but easily achieved another one during the United States Olympic swim trials last week in Omaha, Neb.
Lauren Campbell delivered the look.
It was one of those moments everyone has.
That moment when an idea clicks, the mental light globe goes on, and you hear yourself saying, “Now why didn’t I think of that before?”
For Kent’s Jerry Schmidt, it might not have been precisely that way back in 1983. But it sure was close. The then-46-year-old Schmidt was getting up and going for a run in the early-morning darkness. That was his daily exercise before heading off to work at Boeing’s Plant 2 in South Seattle.
The second annual Kentlake Baseball Summer Camp is being offered for kids between the ages of 7 and 12 and will be held from July 25-27. Kids between age 7 and 9 will work out from 9 a.m. until noon. Kids between 10 and 12 will work out from 1 to 4 p.m.
TODAY
Campy Campolo doesn’t always have the best view of the football action. By design, someone’s often right in her way.
When you’re hot you’re hot.
ON THE SIDE
Work ethic and desire have never been a problem for Danny Meier.
The issue with him was size – the thing that college and professional baseball scouts long for when assessing a kid’s future potential.
And when Meier graduated from Tahoma High in 2004 – all 6 feet and roughly 170 pounds of him — it was something he lacked. So much, in fact, that few schools, other than a couple local community colleges, even gave him a second look.
There was a time about a year ago when Sarah Stockwell’s relationship with her lifelong love was … well, a bit on the rocks.
Suffice to say that she and swimming were still on speaking terms. But for a while, they weren’t exactly best friends.
He took a flight down to Florida a couple weeks ago.
BASEBALL
Scott Simmons has lost a pair of uncles to cancer.
His dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer a little more than a year ago, but is doing better each and every day.
To say Simmons has had his eyes opened by the disease is an understatement.
Simmons will be leading a team in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Covington, Maple Valley and Black Diamond this Friday and Saturday at Tahoma Junior High.
A listing of players on the South Puget Sound League’s 2008 spring All-League Team.
In a perfect world, Nik Besagno would be getting 90 minutes every game with Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
It’s not a perfect world.
And Besagno wasn’t getting any minutes.
The perfect solution for the Maple Valley native?
Come on home and get some minutes with the Seattle Sounders.
The Des Moines Marina was plenty crowded Saturday, June 7.
But the event didn’t call for water sports.
Instead, spectators filled the parking lot to see who would be crowned “Washington’s Strongest Apple,” a feats of strength competition that includes weight-lifting events such as keg loading and the tire flip.
A 3.6 student who is pondering a major in marine biology at the University of Washington, it was some quick math by Greg Ikeda during his freshman year at Kentlake that clued him into the possibility of making a little history.
One went in the draft. Another signed as a free agent.
