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Kentridge Chargers believe in winning | Girls Soccer

The Kentridge girls soccer team is on a roll with a new head coach and a season goal to make the postseason fun. Coach Sherri Rolfs left the Kentwood soccer program to take over the head job at Kentridge.

The Kentwood girls soccer team beat Tahoma 2-1 Saturday.

Girls Soccer: Kentwood beats Tahoma in first meeting of the season | Slide Show

The Kentwood girls soccer team beat Tahoma 2-1 Saturday. This was the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

The Kentwood girls soccer team beat Tahoma 2-1 Saturday.

Kentwood comes out on top at Tahoma | Girls Soccer

The Kentwood girls soccer team beat Tahoma on the Bears field Saturday evening in the teams first meeting since the state tournament last year.

Portland defeats the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 at Rose Garden | Hockey

The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 Saturday night at the Rose Garden in Portland.

  • Oct 2, 2011
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Auburn's Lincoln Burt holds on tight as Kentwood's Michael Oak takes him down

Kentwood at Auburn football | Slide Show

Kentwood at Auburn football | Slide Show

  • Oct 1, 2011
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Auburn's Lincoln Burt holds on tight as Kentwood's Michael Oak takes him down
Ron & Rosalie Warren's Emerald Derby winner Jebrica faces older horses Sunday in the $100

$100,000 B.C. Premier’s Handicap draws Emerald Downs runners | Horse Racing

Emerald Downs finished its 82-day season last week, but several of the track's top horses will be at Hastings Racecourse on Sunday as the Vancouver track caps its 2011 meet with a pair of $100,000 races.

  • Sep 30, 2011
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Ron & Rosalie Warren's Emerald Derby winner Jebrica faces older horses Sunday in the $100

Kentwood vs. Auburn prep football | Live Updates

The Kentwood football team travels to Auburn to take on the Trojans. Auburn is looking to stop a losing streak.

  • Sep 30, 2011
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Kentlake's Austin Pernell goes in from 11 yards out

Kentlake vs. Tahoma prep football | Live Updates

Tahoma travels to French Field to take on Kentlake in a South Puget Sound League North Division football clash.

  • Sep 30, 2011
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Kentlake's Austin Pernell goes in from 11 yards out
The Seattle Thunderbirds traded a draft pick Thursday to the Edmonton Oil Kings to get defenseman Braeden Laroque.

Seattle Thunderbirds trade draft pick for defenseman | Western Hockey League

The Kent-based Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey team acquired defenseman Braeden Laroque Thursday from the Edmonton Oil Kings for a 2012 Bantam Draft pick.

The Seattle Thunderbirds traded a draft pick Thursday to the Edmonton Oil Kings to get defenseman Braeden Laroque.
Kentwood's Reilly Retz scored one of the two goals

Kentwood at Auburn Riverside girls soccer | slide show

Kentwood at Auburn Riverside girls soccer | slide show

Kentwood's Reilly Retz scored one of the two goals
Talk to My Lawyer (No. 1) and jockey Leslie Mawing pass Havanna Red and Leonel Camacho-Flores in the 74th running of the Gottstein Futurity on closing day at Emerald Downs.

Talk to My Lawyer, a filly, wins the Gottstein Futurity | Emerald Downs

Talk to My Lawyer became the 12th filly and only the second at Emerald Downs to win the $65,000 Gottstein Futurity with a hard-fought head triumph over Havanna Red in Sunday's 74th renewal on closing day at Emerald Downs.

  • Sep 25, 2011
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Talk to My Lawyer (No. 1) and jockey Leslie Mawing pass Havanna Red and Leonel Camacho-Flores in the 74th running of the Gottstein Futurity on closing day at Emerald Downs.
09/24/11 Seattle Thunderbirds' Jacob Doty gets in the first fight of the season with Winterhawks Cody Castro

Seattle Thunderbirds drop home opener to Portland Winterhawks | Slide Show

The Seattle Thunderbirds hosted the Portland Winterhawks at the ShoWare Center Saturday evening, Sept. 24. The T-birds lost 6-3, but the game was tight until the closing minutes of the third period.

09/24/11 Seattle Thunderbirds' Jacob Doty gets in the first fight of the season with Winterhawks Cody Castro
Apprentice Eliska Kubinova and Chaching Pete head to the winner's circle after a victory in the Johnsonville Purse for 3-year-olds and up Saturday at Emerald Downs. Kubinova was the day's riding star with three wins including a victory in her first Quarter Horse race. Sept. 24

Chaching Pete brings in the Saturday feature at Emerald Downs | Horse Racing

Chaching Pete exploded late and scored a 2 ½-length victory over Advancement in Saturday's $9,800 Johnsonville Purse for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.

  • Sep 25, 2011
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Apprentice Eliska Kubinova and Chaching Pete head to the winner's circle after a victory in the Johnsonville Purse for 3-year-olds and up Saturday at Emerald Downs. Kubinova was the day's riding star with three wins including a victory in her first Quarter Horse race. Sept. 24
Seattle Thunderbird Calvin Pickard makes a save on Winterhawks' Brad Ross

Hockey | Seattle Thunderbirds vs. Portland Winterhawks | Live updates

The Seattle Thunderbirds open the season at home Saturday hosting the Portland Winterhawks at ShoWare Center.

Seattle Thunderbird Calvin Pickard makes a save on Winterhawks' Brad Ross

$65,000 Gottstein Futurity set for Sunday at Emerald Downs | Horse Racing

Emerald Downs will conclude its 16th season on Sunday, which features an 11race card highlighted by the $65,000 Gottstein Futurity, the 2-year-old championship event at 1-1/16 mile. Stakes winners Chu and I and Sweet Saga present the race's most intriguing match up as both juveniles come off route-stakes wins in their respective divisions. Incidentally, it was the filly Sweet Saga that earned the higher Beyer Speed Figure, receiving a 72 after cruising the one-mile Barbara Shinpoch Stakes in 1 minute, 36.97.

  • Sep 22, 2011
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Matt Hague

Kentwood grad Hague named MVP of Pittsburgh’s Triple-A baseball club

Matt Hague, a 2004 Kentwood High graduate, has been named the 2011 Indianapolis Indians Most Valuable Player after his outstanding baseball season with the Triple-A club of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  • Sep 22, 2011
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Matt Hague
Seattle's Marcel Noebels

Seattle Thunderbirds games to be broadcast on 710 ESPN, KPTK 1090 radio | Western Hockey League

Twenty Seattle Thunderbirds hockey games during the 2011-12 regular season will be broadcast on 710 ESPN Seattle. All of the 710 ESPN games are on Friday nights.

  • Sep 20, 2011
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Seattle's Marcel Noebels

Everett beats Seattle Thunderbirds in final preseason game | Western Hockey League

The Everett Silvertips defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1 Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent in the last preseason game for both Western Hockey League teams.

  • Sep 19, 2011
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He's All Heart and Juan Gutierrez cruise to a 10 1/4 length victory in the $40

He’s All Heart takes the $40,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic on Washington Cup IX | Emerald Downs

He's All Heart took the early lead and then stole the show Sunday as Emerald Downs presented Washington Cup IX with a series of six stakes race for Washington-breds worth $215,000.

  • Sep 18, 2011
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He's All Heart and Juan Gutierrez cruise to a 10 1/4 length victory in the $40

Muckleshoot Tribal Classic notes and records | Emerald Downs

$40,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic 69th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP, 1-1/16 MILE

  • Sep 18, 2011
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