Ask a baseball player how many home runs he’s clubbed and he’ll give you a quick, decisive answer. Ask a football player how many touchdowns he’s scored and you’re sure to get a accurate account. In this statistical world, numbers are the rule and gauge of which an athletes accomplishments are assessed.
Baseball
Don Woodworth, the all-time career leading scorer for Whitman men’s basketball, was inducted into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 26 during a ceremony at Whitman’s campus in Walla Walla, Wash.
The flag is seldom your target – unless you are a tour player. Knocking down flags is not your game.
New University of California head coach Mike Montgomery has added a familiar name to his staff in former Sammamish High School and Green River Community College coach Travis DeCuire.
Chris Morris scored an unassisted goal in the 82nd minute to help Mercer Island to a 3-2 overtime victory over the Wolverines at Bellevue High School on April 29.
Each fall the Emerald City Kickoff Classic at Qwest Field unofficially kickstarts the prep football season. Next fall the Eastside Catholic football team will be a part of that event, as they’ll face off with the Eisenhower Cadets of Yakima at noon on Sept. 6 from Qwest.
Rick Nemyre said Snohomish would be a tough game for his Bellevue girl’s lacrosse team.
Eastside Catholic baseball coach Curt Towey may need to hang a few warning signs around the Crusader’s baseball field, because at the rate his team is hitting the ball over the fence, they’re bound to strike someone soon.
I, like many others, scoffed.
I can’t tell you how many times I see golfers of all levels playing from the wrong tees and consequently not having fun playing the game they love.
Skyline took advantage of three Sammamish errors, beating the Totems 5-1 on April 25 and maintaining a two-game lead on Newport for the conference title with one week left in the season.
Newport scored five runs in the third inning and added another in the fourth inning to defeat Skyline 6-2 at Skyline High School on April 25.
More Saints commit
There’s no other way to put it: Bellevue Community College head softball coach Leah Francis is too modest.
It’s raining, it’s cold and it’s certifiably miserable out on the Bellevue High School track, but one man is still smiling.
Seventh-place Liberty stunned Newport 2-1 on Tuesday, April 22 to knock the Knights out of KingCo 3A’s top spot with a win at home.
Thanks to solid contributions from Bellevue residents, the Sammamish Rowing Association won gold at the 2008 Northwest Sculling Regatta.
Colton Bielaski hit a game-winning RBI double in extra innings, as Bellevue defeated Issaquah 1-0 in an eight inning contest at Bellevue High School on April 24.
