Mercer Island High School wrestling coach Creighton Laughary knows the inside of a gymnasium isn’t the most attractive place for youngsters during the summer.
Andy Cosgrove ripped the glove from his hand and fired it at the wall of teammates rushing toward him from the dugout, pumping both fists and exclaiming a Rebel yell of worthy of the feat he and his Juanita teammates had just completed.
Juanita held leads of 13 and 15 points during the first half of the 3A KingCo girls basketball third place game, but were undone by hot-shooting Liberty, losing to the Patriots 44-33 to finish fourth at the conference tournament.
For Brian Nemhauser, sports fandom runs deep. From his days as a youth in California to later years in Portland, college in Washington D.C. and finally a home near Eastgate and Lake Sammamish, Nemhauser has always found reason to cheer.
Few elements of local culture unify the masses like the Seattle Seahawks.
Ming Yu and his wife Helen remember when they took their twin boys, Thomas and James, to Robinswood Tennis Center in Bellevue for the first time.
Throughout a prolific high school career that saw him garner All-KingCo honors in multiple sports and earn Division I scholarship offers, Kyle Keyes never thought about life after the game.
When the Juanita defense needed it most, they got it, twice. The Rebels survived two fourth-and-goal runs from Interlake after an inadvertent whistle on the first, and escaped Bergh Field with a 35-28 overtime victory over the 2A playoff bound Saints.
It took a few more hours than expected, but the King County Council passed a two-year, $20 car tab fee Monday to avoid a drastic reduction in King County Metro bus service.
