Planning is an art form to Aaron Radford.
A blueprint for higher achievement. A roadmap to achieving a goal.
Properly implemented and with enough effort, success will follow. To Radford it all makes perfect sense, whether it be in his math class at Kentwood High or on the soccer field, where he coaches the school’s boys and girls teams.
The big payoff for Radford isn’t necessarily winning, either. Instead, like discovering the answer to an equation that has taken hours to solve, it’s about seeing it all come together on the field.
And this school year, there wasn’t a single coach in the Kent Valley whose plans came together better than Radford’s. Last fall, Radford guided Kentwood’s girls soccer team to a 18-3-1 overall record, a mark which included the program’s first-ever Class 4A state championship. The Kentwood coach nearly duplicated that feat in the spring, leading the boys team to a 17-2-3 overall record and a third-place trophy at the state tournament, which tied for the best finish in program history.
South County Cats received a grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or ASPCA, the nation’s oldest animal welfare organization, for its companion cat spay/neuter voucher program.
Zayda’s late rally fell a neck short in the $50,000 Pepsi-Cola Handicap, but the strapping 3-year-old was promoted to first place via disqualification in a wild finish Sunday at Emerald Downs.
AAA, a Washington auto club, forecasts 39 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a 2.5 percent decline from the 40 million people who traveled a year ago.
The Independence Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, June 30 to Monday, July 4.
Two Seattle Thunderbirds were selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft Saturday afternoon at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Center Colin Jacobs and left wing Marcel Noebels were both taken in the fourth round of the draft, nine spots apart.
A 37 year old Kent man has been arrested following a two hour standoff in Kent. The incident started when officers were called to a disturbance at 11013 SE 256 Pl, the Meridian Ridge Apartments.
Kent's Park Orchard Elementary student Weang Weang read the following poem as part of the Writers in the Schools Student Reading and Celebration June 1 at the downtown Seattle Public Library. He also read the poem June 22 in front of the Kent School Board.
Kent's Park Orchard Elementary student Alexis Thompson read the following poem as part of the Writers in the Schools Student Reading and Celebration June 1 at the downtown Seattle Public Library. She also read the poem June 22 in front of the Kent School Board.
Kent-based Sleep Country USA is celebrating its 20th anniversary Sunday, June 26 with Wild Waves Theme Park in Federal Way by hosting the Wild Waves Summer Kick Off for Foster Kids.
The reservoir at Howard Hanson Dam has reached an elevation of 1,167 feet above sea level, allowing engineers, geologists and other scientists to run a battery of tests to gather more data on the right abutment drainage improvements that are completed and as well as repairs still underway.
The pressure is on Lisa Ashley.
Ashley, 45, recently was named the new girls basketball coach at Kentwood High, a position vacated by Dean Montzingo in late March. Montzingo, who spent two years at the helm of the Kentwood program, left with a solid 42-15 overall record and two state berths. Montzingo took over for Keith Hennig after the 2009 season. In six years with Kentwood, Hennig compiled a 136-25 record, a mark that included four straight state berths and a Class 4A title in 2009.
Ashley knows all about the history and expectations of taking the Kentwood job.
Participants are wanted to compete in the 2011 Boeing Employees Saddle Club Performance Horse Show on Saturday, July 30 at Reber Ranch, 28606 132nd Ave. S.E., in Kent.
John “Skip” Roger DeCheneJuly, 30 1946-May 31 2011Loved by Family and Friends. He will be missed. Celebration of Life, June 25, 2011 5pm, Unity Church… Continue reading
