• Coach: Julie Barashkoff, 5th year
After Ross Johnson’s last game as head coach of the Redmond volleyball team in 2006, the Mustangs had just completed a dream season.
• Head coach: Luke Trier, 1st year
The Overlake School girls’ lacrosse coach Susan Haviland, 41, has been selected for 2008 induction into the Washington State Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
• Head Coach: Ross Johnson, eighth season (1999-2006, 2008)
In recent years playing in the ultra-competitive 4A Kingco Conference, Redmond football has been a middle-of-the-road team.
• Head Coach: Mike Pluschke, 5th season
It is said the family that plays together stays together, but the Penitschs of Redmond take that adage to a whole new level.
The 12th annual KIRO 7 Kids’ Classic golf tournament will be held Thursday, Sept. 4 at Trilogy Golf Club at Redmond Ridge. Last year’s record-setting event raised $131,000 for children and families served by Children’s Home Society of Washington (CHSW).
There’s an old saying among casual bowlers — that it’s one of the few activities where the more you drink, the more proficient you become. And if you’ve seen movies like “Kingpin” and “The Big Lebowski,” which do nothing more than make a mockery of the game, you’d be hard-pressed to call bowling a “sport.”
Above average temperatures greeted the 521 athletes who gathered at the 15th annual Beaver Lake Triathlon Saturday morning — the largest turnout since 2005, when 570 took to the course.
Above average temperatures greeted the 521 athletes who gathered at the 15th annual Beaver Lake Triathlon Saturday morning — the largest turnout since 2005, when 570 took to the course.
When you hear about high school basketball players walking on to prominent Division I basketball teams, most of the time they come from established high school programs that compete at the Class 3A or 4A level.
Officially, the Junior Softball World Series ended with just one winner — the West. With a 10-4 win over Latin America on August 16, the West team, Pusch Ridge Little League of Oro Valley, Ariz., took the title.
While the idea of a new children’s gym opening up in Redmond may not turn too many heads, the concept behind the city’s newest “gym,” Great Play, is unique and extraordinary.
In Ron “Tiger” Cole’s high school yearbook, he wrote, “I can’t wait to go to the World Championships and wrestle a Russian in Russia.”
Redmond’s Cara Linnenkohl is living proof that hard work and dedication to a sport will pay off in the long run.
Soccer players from the Pacific Northwest know that it’s quite difficult to enjoy their sport outdoors year-round.
That’s where Arena Sports comes in.
Founded in 1995, Arena Sports is a national leader in indoor sports facilities, whose main goal is to enhance the quality of life in local communities by providing fun and safe sports for people of all ages.
There are some who argue the validity of baton twirling as a sport.
Emily Reyer is quick to tell them it’s not only a sport, but one of the toughest out there.
“One of my friends got a couple of concussions, and that’s not rare,” she said. “I’ve seen a girl who did a higher spin trick and it came down on her eyebrow and she had to get stitches on her eyelid.”
