Kent, Renton, Bellevue, Issaquah, Sammamish, Ellensburg, Enumclaw be warned — “The 206” is coming for you.
I’m pretty certain the National Football League is one step away from becoming the National Flag Football League.
I typically lean left when it comes to politics (right-wing conspiracy theorists feel free to gasp now at the idea of the liberal media). But there was one issue on the Washington ballot this year I sided with many of my conservative friends. The passing of I-502, the bill making it legal for adults over 21 to possess an ounce of marijuana, is just asking for trouble — in particular on the road.
Oh, what has become of common sense? A lot of questionable things happen in this crazy, wacky world, but I was left with a real head scratcher the other day.
Not a summer has passed without at least one trip to my hometown.
As long as Zach Top remembers, he wanted to be a musician.
Bellevue resident Wang Yung, an instructor at Washington Fencing Academy in Issaquah, won a world championship in Croatia.
Senior proms, all-star feeder games, graduation practices.
All these and more have prevented the Lakeside Senior Legion baseball team from fielding a complete roster early in this summer season.
As a result, the group of top players from Newport, Issaquah and Skyline high schools got off to an 0-6 start before picking up their first wins Monday night.
But nobody’s hitting the panic button yet.
“We’re not worried about it,” head coach Rob Reese said, noting his team only had nine players for one of its early games. “This time of year you’re just hoping to have enough guys to play your schedule.”
According to Reese, this year’s team is very experienced at specific spots.
Playing in an opponent’s home town, in front of more than 1,500 fans, presented a significant obstacle for Lakeside Recovery in Monday night’s American Legion AAA Northwest Regional Championship.
“They had a sold out crowd … it was loud,” Lakeside coach Rob Reese said.
Paul Rabil grew up not too far off the norm, playing soccer and basketball in his hometown just outside of Baltimore, Md. Then, one day, he decided branch out and give a new sport a shot.
“I sort of found lacrosse in the seventh grade, through middle school, and I haven’t looked back since,” he said.
Year after year, Washington state gains national recognition as a producer of some of the country’s top high school football and basketball talent.
But, this week, a group of Bellevue, Kirkland, Issaquah and Sammamish area athletes will help the state gain more national exposure in another spot, volleyball.
Eastside Catholic announced Thursday evening that former Washington State University quarterback Jason Gesser will be the new head football coach…
