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PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON Enumclaw High senior Amos Hall nears the end of his 300-meter hurdle race Friday at the state track meet, staged at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

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Local track athletes wrap up state

White River’s Trista Turgeon seems to have fared best, placing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles.

FILE PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON Among the Plateau athletes competing at this week’s Class 3A state track and field championships will be White River’s Vivian Kingston. During last week’s district competition the Hornet senior qualified for state in both the 400 and 800 meters. In this photo, she finishes a victorious race during an early-May meet.

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EHS fastpitch, baseball fall short in state

Several track athletes are heading to state, including WRHS’ Trista Turgeon, will compete this weekend.

PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON Enumclaw High athletes, joined by teammates and coaches, signed last week with collegiate programs. Seated, from left, are Seamus Twohey, Fernando Reyes Villasenor, Caleb Christian, Louis Chevalier, Marcell Lensegrav-Obot and Porter Rodarte.

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EHS football, rugby players sign college contracts

Student athletes will attend colleges in Washington state, California, and Utah.

PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON Enumclaw High’s Lila Schmidt is greeted by teammates after crushing a game-ending home run during a May 15 district victory over Heritage High. The win, at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey, was the Hornets’ first step toward earning a berth in this week’s Class 3A state fastpitch tournament.

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Enumclaw fastball, baseball head to state

Track athletes will also find out whether they’re traveling to state after this week’s districts competition.

Photo provided by Kidder Matthews.

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New pickleball facility set to open in Auburn this summer

A 43,959 foot building is set to become Rally Pickleball Club.

PHOTO COURTESY JULIE HEIFNER White River’s Rylan Heifner established a new state record with a squat of 515 pounds. The effort came during the state championship meet at Olympia High.

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WRHS girls powerlifters place second in state

And the boys took third.

PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON White River’s Dainton Neff was a three-time champion May 8 when the Hornets hosted neighboring Enumclaw High. In this photo he’s in the process of winning the shot put; the senior also took first place in the discus and javelin.

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Sports roundup | May 5 – 10

Last week’s sports scores and meet results.

Contributed photo One of the athletes to keep an eye on in the postseason is White River High junior Trista Turgeon, who recently broke her school’s hurdles record and is ranked 1st in state for the 3A hurdles.

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WRHS, EHS Hornets well represented in spring postseason sports

EHS was seeded No. 2 in district softball and No. 3 in baseball.

PHOTO COURTESY ANDY GUERRERO/CWU Jason Patterson addresses the crowd during Saturday night’s Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony on the campus of Central Washington University.

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“It was kind of a surprise”; ESD math teacher recounts reaction to Hall of Fame induction news

Math teacher Jason Patterson was inducted into Central Washington University’s Hall of Fame over the weekend.

Jason Patterson and his daughter Palmer, wife Lindsey, and sons Paxton and Cortland. Submitted photo

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ESD math teacher inducted into CWU Hall of Fame for football achievements

Jason Patterson is considered one of the university’s “all-time greats.”

PHOTOS BY KEVIN HANSON The Hornets from Pierce County came out on top Friday night when Enumclaw High and White River squared off on the Expo Center pitch. The Buckley crew built a healthy lead but EHS rallied late, eventually falling on the short end of a 4-3 score. In these photos, White River’s Caymen Floyd (#2) looks to corral a loose ball as Enumclaw’s Junior Gorobets (#8) closes in; in the background are White River’s Bryan Rodriguez-Pena (#10) and Enumclaw’s Sam Blair (#23); also pictured, Gorobets heads upfield during the first half while White River’s Lane Beus (#3) gives chase.

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Sports roundup | April 21 – 26

Last week’s sports scores and meet results.

PHOTO COURTESY JACK ROBBINS

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WRHS’ Turgeon sets new school hurdles record

Trista Turgeon beat the previous 2010 record by 0.34 seconds.

Former Enumclaw High Hornet and current Linfield University student Kira Hawaaboo, center, broke her own school record by 211 points while successfully repeating as heptathlon champion at the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championships. Photo courtesy Linfield University

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Former EHS Hornet Hawaaboo breaks own school record, claims second NWC heptathlon title

Hawaaboo earned a career best of career-best 4,840 points at the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championship.