Don’t tell the Redmond/Eastlake Junior Little League All Stars they’re underdogs.
It was just another run in the park for Johnna Koenig — sort of.
The 29-year-old Sammamish resident claimed her first Beaver Lake Triathlon victory in three tries on Saturday morning, winning the overall female competition in 1 hour, 18 minutes and 23 seconds.
Crossfire Premier soccer coach Dick McCormick held tryouts for his girls under 11 A-team in 2002 not knowing what to expect. As he ran drills, timed runs and scrimmaged teams, he hoped to find his best players for the coming year. Jotting down jersey numbers and mixing up lineups, McCormick began to see a team form.
The Black Sox Baseball Club started strong at the 15U Mickey Mantle World Series in Owasso, Okla., but fell shy of placing.
Not long and the sound of team chants, the slapping of pads, and the high-pitched tweet of whistles will emanate from the Plateau down the hill to Issaquah.
Playing in an opponent’s home town, in front of more than 1,500 fans, presented a significant obstacle for Lakeside Recovery in Monday night’s American Legion AAA Northwest Regional Championship.
It was a tough tournament start, but Lakeside Recovery battled back to make tonight’s American Legion AAA Northwest Regional Championship in Medford, Ore.
The 12U Washington Hurricanes Girls 96′ fastpitch softball team completed their 2009 season on July 23 with a win in the NSA Western Worlds Championship 12A competition, edging out teams from Nevada, California, British Columbia and all over Washington.
Li Wang of Sammamish defeated Tyler Salsbury of Enumclaw in a playoff last weekend to claim the Washington Junior Golf Association State Championship for the Boys 14-15 division at Bellevue’s Glendale Country Club.
The Lakeside Junior Legion A baseball team pushed Woodinville to the brink, but came up just short Wednesday night in a bid for a state championship.
The hardest part is the waiting.
There are 31 days in between the conclusion of the District 9 Junior Softball All-Star Tournament and the beginning of the Junior Softball World Series, and Mark Gransee’s Redmond/Eastlake Little League team has nothing to do but practice, and wait. And wait. And wait.
As the heat in the region rose to record temperatures, there was nothing to cool down the Lakeside Recovery Senior Legion baseball club.
The weather wasn’t the only thing scorching this week.
A combination of blazing hot bats, and arms, lifted the Lakeside Recovery Senior baseball team to four straight wins, and into tonight’s American Legion Senior State Championship against the Yakima Pepsi Pak.
Skyline quarterback and BYU recruit Jake Heaps was named MVP of the Elite 11 quarterback camp last week, placing him among recent winners Matthew Stafford and Aaron Murray.
Like nearly every other American kid who ever laced up the skates, Matt Boyd spent his youth on the ice rink hearing about the triumphs of the 1980 USA Hockey team.
Five members of the Issaquah Gliders running club qualified for the Junior Olympic National Championships held this weekend in Greensboro, N.C, and one will make the trip to represent the club.
The Bash Brothers, composed of Liberty, Issaquah and Hazen baseball players, won the Pony Colt Regional Tournament on July 19 and will represent Washington state in the Western Zone tournament, starting July 30 in San Jose, Calif. The winner of Zone tournament moves on to the World Series.
They were close, but an impressive run at the state title came to an abrupt end for the Eastlake 9-10 year-old Little League All Stars Friday evening.
The Black Sox Baseball Club, a 15U Mickey Mantle team consisting of players from eight different high schools — including Eastside Catholic, Eastlake, Issaquah and Skyline — has advanced to the 15U Mantle World Series Aug. 4-9 in Tulsa, Okla.
The Lakeside Junior American Legion A team clinched a berth the state tournament on Sunday, placing second in the District 1/2 tournament in Mount Vernon.