Football
Coming into last season, the Inglemoor High Vikings were pumped and optimistic for a breakthrough year. They had a slew of seniors like running offensive and defensive lineman Brandon Thurston that were vocal leaders, along with a highly touted quarterback in Todd Campbell.
Coming off back-to-back 4A state-championship-game appearances and being undefeated in Kingco play for two straight seasons, the Bothell High football squad has proven not only that 2006 was not a fluke, but that the Cougars are among the state’s elite football teams. But if you ask head coach Tom Bainter, it’s back to square one come August, when 120 kids showed up to the first team practice with hopes and dreams of someday being able to play for a state title.
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.”
Cunningham shines at Torchlight Run
Eric Moen says he always wanted to be present at the Olympic Games as something other than a spectator. It’s been one of his lifetime ambitions.
It’s time for a run, Cougars.
The long swimming season is finally coming to an end, but it has been a successful one for the many talented youths that swam for WAVE Aquatics.
I vividly remember the last time I was with Gary. We were celebrating our league-championship win in the Redhook Scratch Trios league in the banquet room of Kenmore Lanes, his home bowling center for the past 30-plus years. At the end of the night we said our goodbyes, looking forward to the fall when we would be on the same team again and attempt to repeat our victory in one of the most competitive leagues in the Seattle area.
• The Bothell Baseball Club is holding tryouts for the 2009 U14 Sandy Koufax season from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 17 at Bothell High. Contact Mike Woods at (206) 730-7891 or e-mail BBCU14@Yahoo.com. Players must not turn 15 before May 1.
For longtime Bothell resident George Selg, who graduated from the Bothell High class of 1963, the Pop Keeney Field surroundings have always been home to him.
Many remarkable weight-loss stories begin by some sort of life-changing event that spurs someone into action.
But for Carolyn Lockmon of Bothell, it was a lack of events, combined with her husband being surrounded by “beautiful, thin” women thousands of miles away, that led her to making a marvelous transformation.
Balls were flying everywhere. Kids were joking around. And Bryan McNiel was loving every minute of it.
It’s been 20 years, and kids keep bouncing back to coach Greg Lowell’s doorstep — at his second home, the Inglemoor High gym — for some hoops action.
Soccer
A list of sports camps available in the Bothell area, as of July 9.