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The 76th running of the Longacres Mile featured an 11 horse field and a dramatic stretch race between 2010 mile champion Noosa Beach and the 2011 winner Awesome Gem.
The pieces are in place on the Kentlake High football field.
An offense that ranked second in the South Puget Sound League North Division by averaging 36.8 points per game a year ago has 10 returning starters.
A defense that ranked third in the North is mostly intact and returns eight starters.
And there isn’t a team in the North that returns more all-league selections (8) than the Falcons.
Add it up and expectations are sky high for the Falcons, who will soar into their season opener Thursday, Sept. 1 at French Field against Auburn Riverside as the unquestionable team to beat in the vaunted SPSL North.
Single-game tickets are now on sale for Seattle Thunderbirds 2011-12 season at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
A fundraising event is planned this week for Messiah's Hands and Feet Outreach and its founder Marc Elmore, who is ill with cancer.
The three-piece blues band Little Bill and the Bluenotes play from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 as part of "Date Night" at the Kent Station shopping mall, 417 Ramsay Way.
Trevor Ice was commissioned Aug. 12 into the U.S. Marine Corps as a second lieutenant during a ceremony at his family home in Kent.
The city of Kent's Summer Nights and the Silver Screen wraps up outdoor movie night with a free showing of "Grease" at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at Town Square Plaza, Second Avenue and Harrison Street.
Sean McMullen, of Kent, and Broc Johnson, of Federal Way, tied for second place at 142. McMullen, a Kentridge High School graduate, and Johnson, a Todd Beamer High School graduate, also tied for second at the 2010 Class 4A state high school championship tournament.
Some athletes wilt under pressure. Others rise to the occasion.
Kent's Marley Prothero and Kevin Munsch live for the situations when the stakes are just a bit higher.
That was evident during the 2011 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships, which took place Aug. 2-6 at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center in Palo Alto, Calif.
Prothero, a 2008 Kentwood High graduate, and Munsch, a Kent resident and a 2008 graduate of Kennedy High in Burien, delivered some of their finest performances to date in what could be considered the biggest event of their lives.
76th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP, ONE MILE
Track & Stakes Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), 123 lbs, Aug. 24, 2003
Most Wins
16th RUNNING, FILLIES & MARES, 1-1/8 MILE
The following local students graduated from Seattle Pacific University.
The Kent Regional Fire Authority firefighters responded to multiple reports of an apartment fire at the 22400 block of Benson Road SE on Kent’s Easthill.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board will implement a year-long spirits tasting pilot in 30 state, contract and tribal liquor stores statewide beginning Sept 1.
Late Affair opened a big lead early and held off Daymaker late for a head victory Saturday in the $21,000 Pepsi Purse for older fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.
Ghost Tree flew home and tagged odds-on favorite Bar Room Gal in the final stride for a neck victory Friday in the featured Central Pet Purse for fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.
All eyes will be on defending champion Noosa Beach Sunday as he attempts to win the $200,000 Longacres Mile, Grade 3, and become the third back-to-back winner in the race's 76-year history. Noosa Beach, however, isn't the only Mile winner looking for a repeat.
Residents are invited to a community meeting hosted by the Kent Police Department from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the Kent Parks Community Center at the Kent Phoenix Academy, 11000 S.E. 264th St.
