The first ever Kirkland Criterium is coming to town, and it’s creating quite a buzz in the process.
The road bicycle race is Aug. 10. Planners hope the criterium will become an annual race, perhaps even a festival-type event.
The 4th Annual MXD Championships, a three-day mixed-doubles tennis tournament, will be held over the weekend of July 25-27 at Kirkland’s Central Park Tennis Club and the Bellevue Club.
Most baseball players look for distinction on the field — to stand out as the best. For Kirkland’s Austin Knerr, the best thing about baseball is the feeling of fitting in.
The Juanita cheerleading team is already having a banner year — and school doesn’t start for over a month. With a stellar performance at a camp earlier this month, the cheer squad booked its place in a half-time show at the NFL Pro Bowl in Hawaii next February.
Play like a champion today.
Now entering its fifth year, the Connect All Stars gym is just rounding into form.
Recent Juanita High School graduate Joell Reyes was one of seven KingCo 4A football players — and the only one from Kirkland — to play in the East vs. West All-Star Summer Classic football game July 3 at Central Valley High School in Spokane. The game features the states top graduating seniors from 4A and 3A schools.
The Seattle Seahawks training camp is approaching and the team has made a few offseason moves designed to push the team to the top in head coach Mike Holmgren’s last season as the coach.
Travis Tomasie could be called a sharpshooter, a marksman or a crack shot. But he’s probably best described as an athlete at the top of his sport having the time of his life.
Boasting a perfect 6-0 record, the Juanita Lady Rebels high school summer league team won the prestigious “End Of The Trail” tournament in Oregon City, Ore., over the weekend of June 20-22.
The accolades just keep rolling in for Juanita senior Tyler Bjork. Already recognized as the KingCo 4A player of the year after leading the Rebels boys soccer team to a league championship and a state tournament appearance this spring, Bjork was last week named to the class 4A all-state first team. The team was selected by a vote of statewide media and coordinated by the Tri-City Herald.
A new era in Juanita High School basketball began last week when the school hired Jeff Patrick as its head boys basketball coach.
It was one of the biggest moments of Kit Culbert’s life, and he wasn’t quite sure what had happened. The Kirkland native and University of Washington rower knew his varsity four boat was close to a national title, but that was about it.
I’ve seen enough baseball in my lifetime to know what it’s all about. Or so I thought.
You might have missed the memo, but Kirkland is home to a world champion.
Track cyclist Jennie Reed can now say something not many can: She is the best in the world at her sport.
Reed grew up with her family in Kirkland and attended Issaquah High School. She got into competitive biking when she was 16 on the urging of her sister and father. Now, 14 years later, she’s finally reached the pinnacle of track cycling.
Reed won her first world championship in Keirin on March 30 at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England. Keirin is a 2,000-meter sprint on a wooden track, contested among six to nine riders.
Like so many Little Leaguers, Jim Murphy chased big-league dreams on his trips around the bases as a kid. Now through college, Murphy’s still running.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Murphy, a former Juanita High School star who went on to play at Washington State University, in the 17th round of the first-year player draft on June 6.