The Enumclaw Hornet girls finished the first half of the South Puget Sound League 3A season with a 7-1 record, the only blemish coming Friday at the hands of Plateau rival White River.
Those who were looking for an instant cure for their insomnia by attending the Hornet-Hornet boys hoop battle in the White River gym Friday night were sorely disappointed. An easy victory by the favored Enumclaw High crew never came to pass, as the Pierce County hoopsters shot well and kept within striking distance, trailing by only a single point (48-47) after three quarters of play.
The Bonney Lake High boys lost two games last week on the hardwood, but the teams keeps battling.
The Bonney Lake gymnastics team jumped back into action with two meets following several weeks off due to the winter weather and holiday vacation.
The news coming out of the Bonney Lake wrestling camp went from bad to good.
The Sumner Spartans faced off against the Bonney Lake Panthers Jan. 14, winning 114-72.
The Bonney Lake Panther girls rolled up a three-win week on the basketball court, including a victory over district rival Sumner.
In 1986, Dale Blad became Enumclaw High School’s third state wrestling champion.
In the spring of 1985, the Enumclaw High slowpitch team was playing a game they loved with a close-knit group of friends. At the time, and even today, it’s hard to comprehend they were making history.
Dave Van Hoof said a Hall of Fame nomination from Enumclaw High School was something he never thought about or considered, but he’s honored to be among the 2008-09 athletes who will be inducted Friday night during halftime of the Enumclaw and Sumner boys basketball game.
When two of the South Puget Sound League 3A’s winless boys basketball squads, 0-4 White River and 0-6 Bonney Lake, locked horns in White River’s gymnasium Friday night, one thing was certain – one of those scrappy contingents was no longer going to be winless in league play.
With a narrow 36-32 victory over South Puget Sound League 3A neighbor and No. 9-ranked Bonney Lake Thursday night, the young White River High wrestling team finds itself with a 2-1 league record, sitting in second-place behind No. 1-ranked Enumclaw.
The Sumner High Spartans lost to the Enumclaw Hornets Jan. 6 by a score of 100-85 and had swimmers meeting district times in several events.
