It’s a game you might have tried in a grade-school physical-education class, or seen played by youngsters on a field at Marymoor Park in Redmond.
Led by a dominating pitching performance by Inglemoor High junior Obidiah Taylor, the Vikings routed Ballard High at Whitman Field on Thursday night, 11-1.
Sparked by a six-run second inning, Bothell High had no trouble with the Mariner Marauders in a 12-2 win at home on Saturday.
As far as returning top-tier talent goes, Inglemoor High has one of the most experienced squads in what appears to be a very tough 4A Kingco soccer league this year.
The 4A Kingco Crown Division is no stranger to fastpitch talent year in and year out. And this year is no exception as both Bothell High and Inglemoor High return a boatload of senior talent and look to make a big splash in league play this spring.
Going into the 2010 high-school baseball season, Bothell coach Paul Moody, whose Cougars graduated a slew of senior talent last year en route to a 13-9 record and a 4A Kingco playoff appearance, was cautiously optimistic.
In a crucial loser-out game against senior-laden Woodinville High in the 4A Kingco Tournament Tuesday night, Bothell High senior Oliver Hurtin came up huge, scoring the winning layin with 1.8 seconds left on the clock in a 46-44 victory at Juanita High.
Despite both having stellar wrestling seasons in 4A Kingco, Inglemoor High junior Anthony Bratcher (135) and Bothell High standout Chris Ungerecht (103) failed to win a match at Mat Classic XXII held at the Tacoma Dome last weekend.
At the 4A state gymnastics meet on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Center, a pair of Inglemoor High girls brought home some state hardware.
Inglemoor High and Bothell High’s boys basketball teams are the last local 4A Kingco squads standing heading into this week’s postseason playoffs.
Inglemoor will travel to Garfield at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Bothell will battle at Lake Washington at 7:30 p.m. the same night.
4A Kingco’s top swimming talent met at the conference swim and dive championships last weekend at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island, and Inglemoor High senior Kyle Komlodi made a statement toward being a serious threat at state this year with two convincing victories.
With a tough league schedule up ahead, the Bothell High Cougars picked up some momentum last Tuesday night as they beat Redmond High, 52-44, at home.
Handing Redmond its fourth-straight loss, the Cougars struggled offensively and nearly gave the game away in the fourth quarter after nursing a 29-21 halftime lead, but finished strong to keep the game just out of the Mustangs’ reach.
If the name Scott LaBrash sounds familiar in prep wrestling circles, it may be due to the fact that he was one of Bothell High’s few three-time state competitors when he wrestled for the Cougars from 2002-04.
It wasn’t quite as dramatic as last year, when Inglemoor High senior guard Benji Bryant drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to edge Bothell High, 46-44, in the third/fourth-place finals at Bellevue College’s annual Christmas Classic. But the outcome was the same this year as the Vikings emerged victorious, 57-51, last week.
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On the field, Bothell High’s acclaimed head football coach, Tom Bainter, is as fiery as they come. Off the field, however, the humble and mild-mannered coach is quick to remove the spotlight from himself and place it on his kids, and his staff, when asked about the Cougars’ overwhelming success since he took over in 2000.
For Bothell street luger Chris McBride — an admitted adrenalin junkie — it was an ESPN viewing more than a decade ago that got him started in his sport of choice, a journey that has taken him all over the world.
