Get ready for the 2012 Les Schwab Shootout Friday, Jan. 27 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
In the tough South Puget Sound League North division, anyone can beat anyone in boys basketball, and last week was a prime example.
Kentlake’s girls basketball team picked up its first South Puget Sound League North Division win of the season thanks to a put back by Alyssa Simonson Jan. 6.
On the surface, Kentwood’s girls basketball team may look vulnerable.
There are seven sophomores on the roster. A new coach, Lisa Ashley, has taken over this season. And a trio of talented players — Courtney Johnson, Liz Mills and Kylie Huerta — graduated in the spring.
Trees behind Safeway in Covington will be cleared in the coming week to make way for construction of Valley Medical Center's medical plaza.
Football players Kent and Tahoma schools received a number of honors in the South Puget Sound League North All-League awards selected by coaches.
Kentwood, which finished second in state, earned a number of honors including senior setter Kacie Seims named MVP while her mother Cindy Seims was tapped with Coach of the Year honors in her first season at the helm.
Kentwood was within a few points of a 4A state volleyball title but fell just short Nov. 12 against Olympia at Saint Martin’s University.
Efforts by Kentwood parent to help students on the bubble develop into successful, self-sustaining mentoring program called CHOICES.
Matt Hubbard had a banner game on the ground for Kentwood in a 19-16 double overtime victory over Gig Harbor on Saturday night at French Field.
On Nov. 1 there were four teams from the Tahoma and Kent school districts in the playoff picture -- Kentridge, Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma.
At the end of the week only two were left standing: the Conquerors and the Falcons.
Kentwood won in dramatic fashion in overtime while Kentlake won in a blowout.
A trio of South Puget Sound League North teams are headed to state, including a surprise, out of the West Central District tournament held at Kentwood High Nov. 4-5.
Our first Kentlake Site Council meeting of the school year on Oct. 26 kind of felt like the first day back at school after summer vacation.
Eric Chudler hopped on one foot, talked to the audience and juggled simultaneously on the stage of the Kentlake High Performing Arts Center.
In the final game of the regular season Kentlake hopes to stay undefeated with a win against South Puget Sound League North Division rival Kent-Meridian.
With a little luck and forward Mykala Benjamin in the right place at the right time, Kentwood beat Tahoma for the second time this season on the soccer pitch, ensuring sole possession of first place in the South Puget Sound League North.
Emerald Ridge, 2-5 in the South Puget Sound League South, travels to French Field tonight to take on undefeated Kentlake, which is 7-0 in the SPSL North.
The 78-year-old Kent man Vern Heinle lives the philosophy of giving to others.
Kentwood, battling for a playoff spot, takes on cross-town rival Kent-Meridian tonight.
I’m the kind of person who doesn’t say no very often.
So, when Principal Joe Potts asked me to be on the Kentlake Site Council little more than a year ago, I couldn’t think of a good reason to say no. I agreed to participate.
