PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON
The White River High boys' wrestling team hosted Enumclaw and Franklin Pierce on Jan. 18, defeating both South Puget Sound League 2A opponents. In these photos, WR's Hunter Oswold (yellow headgear) gets the better of his EHS opponent and Jacob Balliet prepares to pin his Franklin Pierce foe. For detailed results and team scores, see Sports Roundup.

Sports

Sports Roundup | Jan. 16 – 20

Wrestling, basketball, and swim and dive results from last week.

Wyatt Evenson, new head football coach at WRHS. Contributed photo

Sports

White River football’s new head coach ready to roll

Wyatt Evenson is coming to Buckley from coaching at Park City High School in Utah.

A clip from a Feb. 15, 2012 edition of the Courier-Herald announcing the Enumclaw Hornets making their way to the state competition. Pictured is Olivia Bannerot.

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Coach Alda McNeeley, ‘08 girls’ golf and ‘12 gymnastics teams will join EHS Hall of Fame

The ceremony is scheduled for Feb. 9.

Ally Green (23) gets fouled during a drive to the hoop during a Jan. 6 game. Photo by Kevin Hanson

Sports

Sports Roundup | Jan. 9 – 14

Last week’s basketball scores.

PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON
Competing for Enumclaw Friday night were Mylee Bonthuis on bars, Aislinn Binder on beam and Ashley Dickerson in the floor exercise.

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Enumclaw’s Julia Carter nabs all-around title at Peak Gymnastics

The team as a whole placed fourth during the Jan. 13 meet.

PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON The Plateau’s boys’ basketball teams rolled to victories Friday (Dec. 16) night, both playing host to South Puget Sound League 2A opponents. Helping his Enumclaw High team to a victory over the Fife Trojans was senior Ty Hanson (22), shown here working to score under the basket; in the Buckley gym, junior Tyce Donovan (11) races past a Clover Park defender.

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Plateau basketball teams post wins in 16 of 18 games combined against SPSL competition

It looks likely a repeat trip to state is in the cards for all four Hornets teams.

PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON The Plateau’s four high school basketball teams - that’s boys’ and girls’ squads from both Enumclaw and White River high schools - found great success during the early part of the 2022-23 season. Some of the key contributors are pictured here, taken during December contests. They are White River senior Morgan Greene (#12), White River junior Colin Schmidtke (#10), Enumclaw senior Noah Seabrands (#4) and Enumclaw senior Charlee Torgison (#11).

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Sports Calendar | Dec. 28 — Jan. 3

Enumclaw

White River School District 416 is located in Buckley, Washington. Photo courtesy Steven Pavlov / http://lovingwa.blogspot.com/

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Paul Strand, Ben Addink, Marcus Dickson, Bob McKean will join WR Athletic Hall of Fame

Four names will be added to the White River High Athletic Hall of Fame during a March induction…

PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON The Enumclaw Aquatic Center played host the afternoon of Dec. 15 to a three-team swim meet that involved local athletes from Enumclaw and White River high schools, along with Tacomas Foss Falcons. In this photo, Enumclaws McCade Walker takes part in the 100-yard backstroke. The Plateau athletes now take a break until Jan. 5 when they host the Franklin Pierce Cardinals and Washington Patriots.

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Plateau Sports Calendar | Dec. 21 -27

Enumclaw

PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON
The Enumclaw Aquatic Center played host the afternoon of Dec. 15 to a three-team swim meet that involved local athletes from Enumclaw and White River high schools, along with Tacoma's Foss Falcons. In these photos, White River's Evan Weisheyer competes in the 200-yard freestyle and Enumclaw's McCade Walker takes part in the 100-yard backstroke. The Plateau athletes now take a break until Jan. 5 when they host the Franklin Pierce Cardinals and Washington Patriots.

Sports

Plateau Sports Roundup | Dec. 12 – 16

Boys basketball

The White River girls rolled past Orting High Friday night, allowing the visiting Cardinals just eight points in each half on the way to a lopsided 68-16 victory. Pictured is Josie Jacobs (24) looking for an open teammate and Vivian Kingston (34) prepares to put up a shot under the basket. The victory pushed White River’s record to 3-0 on the season and 2-0 in South Puget Sound League 2A play. Photo by Kevin Hanson

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Sports roundup | Dec. 6 – 9

Results from winter sports matches.

Image courtesy Metro Creative Connection

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Big graduations mean big chances for up- and-coming Plateau wrestlers and swimmers

Here’s the rest of 2022-2023 winter sport previews on the Plateau.

The Enumclaw Hornets almost went all the way this year, and were only stopped by the Lynden Lions during the semi-finals. Photo courtesy Todd Overdorf / sonscapeimages.com/home
The Enumclaw Hornets almost went all the way this year, and were only stopped by the Lynden Lions during the semi-finals. Photo courtesy Todd Overdorf / sonscapeimages.com/home

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SPSL 2A All-League Honors

Enucmlaw and Buckley sports teams did great this last season — check out their awards and honors.