The Recreation Calendar lists recreational and participation sports submitted by nonprofit organizations. Mail to: Recreation Calendar, Reporter Newspapers, 18080 NE 68th St. #A150 Redmond, WA 98052, fax to 425-867-0784 or e-mail to sports@reporternewspapers.com.
Remember when you could wear shorts while playing golf? Well we sure have had a bad spring thanks to the La Niña weather system. It is supposed to be a wetter and colder than usual spring and summer.
I know gas is going up and up, but treat yourself to a long weekend at Lake Chelan. I would suggest playing Bear Mountain Ranch and Lake Chelan golf courses. They are both great, with stunning views of the best lake in the country.
Brent Hermanson, an assistant coach last season with the Bulldogs, was named BCC women’s head coach on May 29.
Hermanson replaces Steve Lowe, who stepped down to pursue a coaching opportunity at NCAA Division II Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Bellevue Community College will offer a variety of camps this summer on the school campus, hosted by BCC players and coaches.
On the sidelines, cheerleaders Quinn Stadshaug, Desiree Hanssen and Elizabeth Sadler all root for different schools. When they step onto the mats at the Connect All-Stars training gym they become one team.
The girls are members of the Senior Co-ed cheer team at Connect All-Stars, a program that has continued to dominate competitions on the local and national level.
The Recreation Calendar lists recreational and participation sports submitted by nonprofit organizations. Mail to: Recreation Calendar, Reporter Newspapers, 18080 NE 68th St. #A150 Redmond, WA 98052, fax to 425-867-0784 or e-mail to sports@reporternewspapers.com.
The thrill of Friday night bicycle races on the banked oval track of the Group Health Velodrome has returned to King County’s Marymoor Park.
The state organization that governs high school sports has stumbled in a recent decision involving girls track. Because of it, common sense has been shoved aside in favor of a questionable rule.
Karlene Stinogel got a hole-in-one May 27 at Bellevue Municipal Golf Course on Hole 12. She used a 9 Wood on the 103-yard elevated green.
A listing of recreational events and activities happening in and around Bellevue.
One BCC baseball player has been named to the all-NWAACC team, and three others have been named to the All Northern Region Second Team.
Bellevue Golfer Richard Lee, a graduate of Newport High School, won his second consecutive NWAACC Individual Championship May 18-19, helping BCC to a second place team finish. Lee also was named to the All-Region team.
With a 9-1 record, the BCC Men’s Golf team ran away with the Northern Region Championship in 2008, and sophomore standout Lee was singled out as an All-Region performer.
Eight students at Newport High School won the high school division of the annual Ski to Sea race last weekend that goes from Mt. Baker to the bay in Bellingham.
Competing as the Neon Knights, the boys won the division in 6:56.56.7, beating the second place team by nine minutes and placing 86th out of 445 teams.
The awards rolled in for the BCC softball team, following their sterling 42-6 season.
Topping the list, sophomores Erica Addison and Dawn Norcross, as well as freshman Korri Heideman were all named to the 2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA NWAACC All-American team.
Bellevue David DeCastro had fans worried when he sent the shot put 58 feet, 9 3/4 inches to win the event at the state meet in Pasco last weekend. The shot landed barely a foot from where people were standing outside the protective fence at the 60-foot mark.
Defending state champs Newport defended their water polo title in a dominating fashion, winning all five games they played. The Knights outscored their opponents 58 to 11.
The Recreation Calendar lists recreational and participation sports submitted by nonprofit organizations. Mail to: Recreation Calendar, Reporter Newspapers, 18080 NE 68th St. #A150 Redmond, WA 98052, fax to 425-867-0784 or e-mail to sports@reporternewspapers.com.
Tiger Woods is obviously one of the best putters in the game of golf. No doubt quite a bit of God-given talent has a lot to do with it.
