The pivotal winner-to-state, loser-out 1A Emerald City League championship game was the fourth meeting between Cedar Park Christian and Overlake’s boys soccer teams this season.
Just two weeks ago, Bothell High beat 4A Kingco Crown division rival Woodinville by a score of 26-10. What appeared to just be another routine Blue Train victory was far from it, as it was head coach Tom Bainter’s 100th victory at the helm of the Cougars. Bainter currently owns one of the top winning percentages in the state at .814 (101-23) and the Reporter was able to catch up with the 44-year-old in between his duties as a teacher at Bothell High and on the football field.
Local sports roundup for Bothell, Inglemoor and Cedar Park Christian
The Bothell High football team came back for second helpings and more last Friday night at a packed Pop Keeney Stadium in their annual matchup against rival Inglemoor, with the Cougars prevailing 27-3.
Just five days before the Bothell High Cougars’ first football game of the season, a big matchup against Mission Viejo (Calif.) on the grandest of football stages — Seattle’s Qwest Field — head coach Tom Bainter watches as 80-plus blue-clad athletes stretch in unison, getting ready for another day of practice.
Bothell resident Chris Griffes is living proof that a little motivation can, quite literally, go a long way.
As the gorgeous Pacific Northwest summer rolls on, you may have gotten the urge to hit the links, but not known all your golfing options in the Bothell-Kenmore area.
The 14U Washington Hurricanes fastpitch softball team — featuring a quintet of Bothell girls — has come a long way since the 2009 season, when it got off to an 8-21 start and lost a number of key players.
That year, the team used its adversity as inspiration to work harder, and battled back to finish fourth at the United States Speciality Sports Association (USSSA) state tournament.
Bothell High boys head coach Alex Zahajko loves the game of soccer. That fact is none more evident than during a four-week stretch that began last week, when the annual Cougar Soccer Camp is held for youngsters ages 6-12 at Bothell High.
More than 50 kids turned out for the 23rd annual Inglemoor High boys basketball camp, hosted by longtime head coach Greg Lowell and his staff, as well as current and former members of the Vikings’ varsity team.
Like a lot of teens, Kenmore resident Roland Gallagher had always been interested in cars.
Now that the curtain has closed on another exciting year of high-school sports, I offer a look back on the top five most memorable, noteworthy or otherwise intriguing moments in Northshore prep sports for the 2009-10 school year.
It had been 10 years since any Inglemoor High Viking had won a state 4A tennis championship. But the dominant pair of Maria Gonzalez Cuervo and Jasmine Singh plowed through the state field and defeated Ali Welch and Demie Warner of Kamiakin, 6-3, 5-2, in the championship on Saturday.
Inglemoor High’s girls track team ran away from the field at Friday’s 4A Kingco Championship meet at Eastlake High, finishing with 149 team points, with Skyline placing second with 101.33.
Inglemoor High’s powerhouse doubles team of Maria Gonzalez Cuervo and Jasmine Singh swept Kelly Watanabe and Jess Lund of Lake Washington, 6-0, 6-0, on Saturday to win the doubles title of the 4A Kingco Tournament at Skyline High and earn an automatic berth into the 4A state championships.
The Bothell High baseball team overcame a boatload of mistakes and a five-run deficit to stun Newport High, 9-7, in the first round of the 4A Kingco Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
The red-hot Inglemoor High fastpitch team won its ninth game in a row, 3-1, against Redmond High last Friday afternoon.
High-school golf is an interesting sport. Nothing can be more relaxing than heading out to the course to unwind after a long school day with a group of friends, and the camaraderie can be infectious as smiles and high-fives abound.
Behind a superb effort by the Bothell High defense and goalkeeper Shane Lervold, Redmond High was unable to score in a 3-0 shutout win for the Cougars at Bothell High April 13.
The Inglemoor High baseball team got a strong outing from junior starter Dustin Doucette and a ton of offense as the Vikings swept aside 3A Juanita, 11-2, in a nonleague game on Friday night at Valhalla, the Vikings’ home field, for their ninth-consecutive win.
