Bothell's Davidson takes third at state wrestling; two Vikings place | Slideshow

Bothell's Brandon Davidson, now in his junior year, is inching closer and closer to his goal of become a state champion like his brother Justin, who turned the trick in 2003 while wrestling for the Cougars. The younger Davidson placed fifth last year, and went 5-1 this year at the Mat Classic at the Tacoma Dome to place third in the state at the 152-pound weight class. In the finals, he defeated Bethel's Trevor Anderson in a thrilling match, 4-3.

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updated 2:59 PM February 21, 2012 0  

Inglemoor senior Tanaka places fourth in bars at state gymnastics meet; Bothell's Hultgren sixth in vault

Inglemoor senior Mina Tanaka ended her prep gymnastics career with a bang on Saturday at the 4A state gymnastics meet at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall, placing fourth in the bars with a score of 9.125. On Friday during the preliminary round, Tanaka placed in a tie for fourth place in the all-around with a combined score of 37.35 with another senior, Sam West of Todd Beamer.

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9:57 PM February 18, 2012 0

LaVine's 32 leads Bothell to winner-to-state pigtail game

Junior guard Zach LaVine came up huge for Bothell (15-9) last night in a 65-55 4A Kingco consolation finals win over Roosevelt, ending the Roughriders' season and sending the Cougars to a pigtail game against the No. 3 team from WesCo, either Edmonds-Woodway or Lake Stevens pending the outcome of a Saturday night Northwest 4A playoff game, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

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4:08 PM February 17, 2012 0

Cougars come from behind, hold off Newport | 4A Kingco basketball tournament

It didn’t start out pretty, but Bothell’s big-time guards came through when they needed to on Tuesday night in the loser-out consolation semifinals of the 4A Kingco Tournament at Juanita High School, leading to a 60-56 win over Newport, ending the Knights’ season.

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updated 2:29 PM February 15, 2012 0

Inglemoor girls' basketball season ends in heartbreak

The Inglemoor girls fired up 23 big points in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night at Juanita High School in the consolation semifinals against Issaquah, but fell just short in the end, 66-65, ending their season.

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2:29 PM February 15, 2012 0

Bothell's Hultgren, Inglemoor's Tanaka earn all-around berths for state gymnastics

Seniors Raynie Hultgren, of Bothell, and Mina Tanaka, of Inglemoor, shined last weekend at Sammamish High during the district gymnastics meet, earning the two all-around berths for the state gymnastics championships this weekend at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Center.

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1:57 PM February 14, 2012 0

Viking swimmers fifth at districts, heading to state swim meet in Federal Way

The Inglemoor High boys' swim team performed well at last weekend's Sea-King District meet at Husky Pool, placing fifth with 145 team points, just four points out of third place. Issaquah won the meet with 233 team points.

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1:54 PM February 14, 2012 0

Bothell's Davidson, five Viking wrestlers headed to Tacoma for state

Bothell High junior Brandon Davidson had a field day at the 4A Region II wrestling tournament last Saturday at Rogers High in Puyallup, sweeping the 152-pound bracket to earn a No. 1 seed to the 4A state meet, the Mat Classic, this weekend at the Tacoma Dome. Davidson began his run with a third-round pin of Graham-Kapowsin's Cameron Tiegs in 4 minutes, 37 seconds, and then defeated Cayle Williams of Emerald Ridge 5-3 before beating Todd Beamer standout Lance Gibson in a tight 3-1 final match.

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1:31 PM February 13, 2012 0

Inglemoor, Cedar Park girls stayin' alive | Prep basketball update

The Inglemoor High girls kept their postseason hopes alive with a 51-47 win over Garfield on Saturday night at Juanita High. The Vikings play tomorrow night in another loser-out game, against Issaquah, at 4:45 p.m. at Juanita High School.

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1:27 PM February 13, 2012 0

Bothell falls to hot-shooting Issaquah in Kingco semis

The weather outside Juanita High School was relatively calm on Friday night as the Bothell High boys' basketball team matched up against Issaquah, but inside the gym it was raining three-pointers as the Eagles drained 12 of them on the night, defeating the Cougars 67-54.

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12:44 PM February 11, 2012 0

Inglemoor grad Nichols named to All-Academic team

Inglemoor High graduate Ashley Nichols (Class of 2010), who is currently running for Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., was recently named to the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team for the 2011 season. Bentley had a total of 10 athletes named to the team, the only Division II institution in the country to hold that distinction.

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11:21 AM February 10, 2012 0