West Point Thoroughbreds’ multi-millionaire Awesome Gem completed major preparations for Sunday’s $200,000 Lonagcres Mile, Grade 3, with a half-mile workout Tuesday in 47 2/5 seconds over Del Mar’s synthetic Polytrack surface.
A trio of triathlon races at Lake Meridian will offer variety to competitors with a variety of fitness levels and interests.
The Taylor Baseball Club, an 18U select team that includes several local players, won the United States Amateur Baseball Federation Wood Bat World Series on Saturday, Aug. 6 at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, Calif.
Maple Valley Parks and Recreation along with the Seattle Seahawks will host the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition at 1 p.m. on Aug. 27 at Lake Wilderness Park.
BASEBALL TRYOUTS
WHERE: Rock Creek Sports (27132 SE Ravensdale Way Ravensdale, WA 98051)
FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.rockcreeksports.org or call (425) 413-5385.
$65,000 Washington Oaks, Saturday, Aug. 13, 32nd running, 3-year-old fillies, 1-1/8 mile
The Rainier Valley Slammers U17 ‘93 boys team won the National Premiere League championship on Aug. 1 in Boise, Idaho.
Two wheel racing will hit the road course track at Pacific Raceways this weekend when the Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association brings its 16th Annual Sounds of the Past event to town.
Pacific Raceways is like a second home for funny car driver Tim Wilkerson as well as Maple Valley native Brad Plourd.
Erica Enders thinks there will be some fast runs this weekend at Pacific Raceways which hosts the National Hot Rod Association’s 24th Annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Northwest Nationals.
The Rainier Valley Slammers won the National Cup X Finals Aug. 1 in a four day tournament in Boise, ID.
Emerald Downs announced Wednesday that the track has moved first post time for live racing from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m. for Thursday and Friday’s cards due to lighting failure.
Fathers and sons racing together in the National Hot Rod Association’s championship drag racing series is nothing new.
Johnny Gray, 58, of Carlsbad, N.M., has been racing since he was a teenager but his son Shane is relatively new behind the wheel of the car.
Nearly nine months ago Bob Woodruff decided he was going to quit drag racing after a nasty accident in his super comp car.
Woodruff, a Maple Valley resident, took his car to a race in Las Vegas in November with fellow super comp drivers Earl Cunningham and Paul Nolak.
Driving is a family thing for Steve Glenn.
Steve Glenn, who lives in Covington, has three sons who are all involved in racing one way or another.
Tryouts for 12u, 14u, 16u Washington Synergy teams will be held on Aug. 7 at Tahoma Junior High in Ravensdale. The schedule as follows includes registration 30 minutes prior to tryout start:
Maple Valley’s Summit Gymnastics T&T team traveled to San Antonio, Texas to compete in the Tumbling and Trampoline Junior Olympic National Championships held July 6-16.
Tahoma freshman Denham Patricelli won the Junior Olympic National Championship for the intermediate boys age division in the javelin event today with a throw of 58.31 meters or 191 feet, three inches.
This was not what Jessie Genger envisioned a little more than two years ago. Selecting the right college to continue her volleyball career was supposed to be the hard part. The success that was expected to follow simply hinged on her athletic ability and work ethic, two traits that served the 5-foot-11 outside/right side hitter well during her days at Kentwood High.
Rock Creek Sports in Ravensdale is offering baseball tryouts for youths up to 18 years old.
