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Kristin Lutes

VOLLEYBALL: Kentlake’s Lutes named to Sacramento State University’s All-Decade Team

She changed her mind. But Kristin Lutes’ ascension on the volleyball court remained very much the same. “I was actually committed to Eastern Washington (University),” the 2003 Kentlake High graduate explained. “Then Sacramento State saw me play. Since Eastern wasn’t offering me a (scholarship) ...” The decision was obvious.

  • Aug 20, 2010
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Kristin Lutes

Velocity Taekwondo moves to Kent, open house slated for this weekend

The location has changed, but the world-class instruction will remain the same for Velocity Taekwondo, which moved from Tukwila to Kent earlier this month.

  • Aug 19, 2010
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Kent’s Matthew de Wald delivers a pitch during competition at the Western Regional tournament in Ontario

LITTLE LEAGUE SENIORS: Magical run ends for Kent team

The Kent Little League Senior All-Star team bounced back from a tough loss to win the District 10 title to end June. In July, that same bunch bashed its way to the state championship. The local Stars, which is comprised of 14-16 year olds, hit a wall from Aug. 3-10 in Ontario, Calif., where they played in the Western Regional tournament, which brought together the top 10 teams from the region.

  • Aug 18, 2010
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Kent’s Matthew de Wald delivers a pitch during competition at the Western Regional tournament in Ontario
Kent’s Sheryl Sprague

Kent’s Sprague geared up for Lake Meridian Triathlon slated for Aug. 22

It started as a means to lose weight. In a little less than a year since, it has blossomed into a passion to become fit, eat better and reach goals that once seemed impossible for Kent’s Sheryl Sprague. “Originally, I started out doing a 5k walk,” said Sprague, who has lost more than 100 pounds during the last year and now weighs in at 350 pounds. “Each one I did told me that I could do more than I originally thought I could do. Sometimes, you’re scared and think, ‘Oh gosh, what if I can’t do this?’ Then you do it, and you’re amazed and wonder, ‘What can I do next?’“

  • Aug 16, 2010
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Kent’s Sheryl Sprague

ShoWare Shootout lives up to expectations

The rain came. But that hardly put any sort of damper on the first-ever ShoWare Shootout 3-on-3 basketball tournament, which played out Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-8, amidst grey skies and sporadic rain showers. The 160-team, 16-division tournament that took place in the parking lot of the ShoWare Center brought players from as far away as Yakima and Spokane, Everett and Marysville.

  • Aug 11, 2010
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ShoWare Shootout could be something special | Column

A bounty of mullets, the notion that every truck includes a gun rack, and it’s a city that “doesn’t sleep.” That’s the information I was given about Kent before I moved to the area a little more than 10 years ago.

  • Aug 6, 2010
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First-year Kent-Meridian High football coach Brett Allen and the Royals took the field last week at Foster High in Tukwila during a three-team camp that also included Cleveland High of Seattle. Allen is a familiar face to the K-M program as he coached wide receivers and linebackers for the team from 2001-2004. He is taking over for Trevor Roberts

Football on horizon

First-year Kent-Meridian High football coach Brett Allen and the Royals took the field last week at Foster High in Tukwila during a three-team camp that also included Cleveland High of Seattle. Allen is a familiar face to the K-M program as he coached wide receivers and linebackers for the team from 2001-2004.

  • Aug 4, 2010
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First-year Kent-Meridian High football coach Brett Allen and the Royals took the field last week at Foster High in Tukwila during a three-team camp that also included Cleveland High of Seattle. Allen is a familiar face to the K-M program as he coached wide receivers and linebackers for the team from 2001-2004. He is taking over for Trevor Roberts
Kent's 9-10 All-Star team took second at last week's state tournament in Shoreline. (Front row

LITTLE LEAGUE: Kent 9-10 Stars take second at state tournament

They delivered a big comeback in the state semifinals.But the Kent 9-10 Little League All-Stars couldn’t sustain the momentum on Saturday in the state championship… Continue reading

  • Jul 29, 2010
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Kent's 9-10 All-Star team took second at last week's state tournament in Shoreline. (Front row
The 10U Bulldogs baseball team

BASEBALL: 10U Bulldogs snag crown at Summer Knights IV tournament

The 10U Bulldogs baseball team, which is comprised of players from around the Kent Valley and practice at the Diamond Sports Training Center in Sumner, won the Summer Knights IV baseball tournament in Federal Way on Sunday, July 25. The Bulldogs won six straight games, culminating with Sunday's 16-8 victory over the Eastside Jettas. Back row, left to right, coaches Kevin Wright, Jeremy Wright, Charles Agron. Middle row, left to right: Zach Redelf, Gavyn Tinsley, Alex Lambeau, Gabe Casselman, Merlin Emery, Nic Roes, Jacob Booth. Front row, left to right: Jacob Butler, Asher Walker, Dominic Agron, Mark Wright, Riley Rowland.

  • Jul 28, 2010
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The 10U Bulldogs baseball team
The Kent Senior Little League All-Star team (ages 14-16) celebrates its state championship on Saturday at Hartman Park in Redmond. Kent knocked off Redmond 9-4 for the title

LITTLE LEAGUE SENIORS: Kent wins state crown

Jared Mackie couldn't look up or around Saturday at Hartman Park in Redmond. Things were that crowded. Yet, instinctively, the Kent sophomore-to-be knew this was what Little League baseball was all about.

  • Jul 28, 2010
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The Kent Senior Little League All-Star team (ages 14-16) celebrates its state championship on Saturday at Hartman Park in Redmond. Kent knocked off Redmond 9-4 for the title

LITTLE LEAGUE SENIORS: Kent blasts Redmond, plays for state title on Saturday

Call it gut instinct. Whatever it was, Kent Senior Little League coach Kevin Vallala was right on the money Wednesday night at Redmond's Hartman Park. "I had a good feeling before the game," the coach said. "I told the players we were going to get 15 hits and win 10-3." Vallala undershot just a bit.

  • Jul 22, 2010
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Eight T-Bird players will participate in Rob Sumner Hockey Camp in August

Eight Seattle Thunderbirds players are scheduled to participate in the 2010 Rob Sumner Hockey Camp at ShoWare Center in Kent from Aug. 16-22. The players scheduled to be at the camp are goalie Calvin Pickard, defensemen Brenden Dillon and Dave Sutter and forwards Luke Lockhart, Brendan Rouse, Brenden Silvester, Tyler Alos and Marcel Noebels.

  • Jul 22, 2010
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Matt Franceschina

LITTLE LEAGUE REPORT: Kent slugger Matt Franceschina blasts three homers, 9-10 Stars win pair

Talk about having a day. Kent’s Matthew Franceschina had an entire week rolled into two hours Sunday afternoon. Franceschina blasted three home runs and drove in six, leading Kent’s 9-10 All-Stars past Pac West of Burien 10-0 in an opening round game of the state tournament at Shoreview Park in Shoreline. “I don’t know if I have ever seen that,” said Kent coach Steve Wright. “I’ve seen kids hit two (home runs in a game), but three ... that’s pretty rare.”

  • Jul 21, 2010
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Matt Franceschina

LITTLE LEAGUE: Kent Seniors win two, advance to state semifinals

Kevin Vallala could sense a momentum shift coming. But would it happen too late? Thankfully for the Kent/Chinook Senior All-Stars (ages 14-16), the swing of momentum happened just in time during the opening round of the state tournament on Saturday at Redmond’s Hartman Park.

  • Jul 21, 2010
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Kent's Martin 'Mitch' Mitchell

STP: Kent’s Mitchell completes ride, counting jars of peanut butter up next

Exhausted and aching in unfamiliar places, Martin “Mitch” Mitchell uttered three words Monday evening that have come to define his character. “I did it,” Mitchell said.

  • Jul 21, 2010
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Kent's Martin 'Mitch' Mitchell
A handful of members from the Kentwood High track team were among the select few who had the opportunity to compete at the Nike Track Nationals earlier this month. Those who competed (from left to right) included: Aiesha Goodlow

GIRLS TRACK: Handful of Kentwood girls enjoy trip of lifetime at Nike Track Nationals

Aiesha Goodlow got redemption. It has been a little more than a month since the recent Kentwood High graduate just missed qualifying for the Class 4A state track and field meet in the 100 hurdles. Goodlow, however, received a second chance of sorts during the Nike Track Nationals, which was held from July 1-4 at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.

  • Jul 19, 2010
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A handful of members from the Kentwood High track team were among the select few who had the opportunity to compete at the Nike Track Nationals earlier this month. Those who competed (from left to right) included: Aiesha Goodlow

LITTLE LEAGUE FASTPITCH: Local 10-11 All-Stars brace for state

They received steady pitching, and delivered air-tight defense, too. The Kent/Auburn 10-11 All-Star fastpitch team also came through with clutch at-bats. Combine the three and the Kent/Auburn Stars were able to put together a flawless District 10 tournament last month at Federal Ways National Complex, winning three straight games to come home with the championship.

  • Jul 19, 2010
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WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Majestics’ Wilson enjoys experience overseas, wins title

Adrienne Wilson’s opportunity of a lifetime proved to be a whirlwind two-and-a-half week excursion of ups and downs that the Kent transplant will never forget. By the time it was complete, Wilson was able to celebrate the Fourth of July like never before – in a different country, with a title in hand, and with plenty of new friends.

  • Jul 19, 2010
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Kent’s Martin ‘Mitch’ Mitchell will be riding in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic for the first time on July 17. Mitchell

Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic: Kent’s Mitchell to raise peanut butter for good cause

Big challenges are nothing new to Kent’s Martin “Mitch” Mitchell. Mitchell, 57, recently quit smoking, an addiction that spanned 40 years. “It’s the hardest thing I have ever done in my life,” he concedes. For an encore, Mitchell has signed up to ride in the Seattle to Portland Classic, a 200-mile cycling marathon slated for July 17-18. And he’ll be doing it for a good cause, too. To add motivation and increased incentive to the event, Mitchell has chosen to pedal to Portland for peanut butter.

  • Jul 19, 2010
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Kent’s Martin ‘Mitch’ Mitchell will be riding in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic for the first time on July 17. Mitchell
Kent's Adrienne Wilson plays for the Seattle Majestics women's tackle football team.

Women’s tackle football: USA wins IFAF World Championship; Kent’s Adrienne Wilson on team

The United States won the first IFAF Women's World Championship gold medal July 3 with a 66-0 victory over Canada at the Zinkensdamms IP Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Jul 3, 2010
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Kent's Adrienne Wilson plays for the Seattle Majestics women's tackle football team.