Junior softball team claims district title
The Chinook Little League 13- to 14-year-old All-Star junior softball team won the District 10 championship June 28 at Brandon Park in Auburn.
The All-Stars, made up of Plateau-area players, trailed a Bonney Lake-Auburn elite team from the get-go in the opening round of competition June 27. Adding injury to insult in the second inning, Chinook’s starting pitcher Jessica Jackson took a line drive to the face that sent her to the hospital.
Mackenzie Bowers took the mound in relief and mowed down nine batters in four innings, but the Chinook All-Stars still trailed, until some seventh-inning heroics pulled them to victory.
Down four runs in the seventh, the Chinook All-Stars scored five runs, three on Kaili Chickering’s double, that pushed them to a 7-6 win.
Jackson returned to start the second game June 28 again against Bonney Lake-Auburn. This time, the Chinook All-Stars were hitting, fielding and pitching on all cylinders, winning the district title 11-5.
The team heads to the state tournament in Kirkland, Wash., to face a District 4 team at 6 p.m. July 18.
Basketball tourney raises light money
A three-on-three basketball tournament coming up in Buckley will raise money for a related cause – to provide additional lighting at the city-owned basketball court just off state Route 410.
The Attack the Rack tournament is sponsored by the city and is planned for July 18. Games will begin at 10 a.m. on the courts that will benefit from the proceeds.
Registration is taking place at the Buckley Youth Activity Center and will continue through July 17; sign-ups will be accepted the morning of the tournament at the court. The entry fee is $30 per team of four players or $10 per individual.
The tournament is geared for players 10 and older with separate pools for male and female participants. Age divisions are 10 to 12, 13 to 15 and 16 and older.
For information, contact Ellen Colgan at the youth center, 360-829-1921, ext. 260.
Beals finishes third at Lake Wilderness
Enumclaw’s Jordan Beals finished third, two strokes behind the leader, in the boys 16- to 17-year-old division during Washington Junior Golf Association play June 29 at Lake Wilderness Golf Course in Maple Valley.
Black Diamond’s Christopher Munko also participated and qualified for the district tournament scheduled for July 21 and 22 at The Classic, with a seventh-place finish, four strokes off the leader. Beals qualified for the district tournament during earlier competition.
Enumclaw’s Kurt Kindsvater also played in the 16- to 17-year-old boys division.
Jared Beals won the boys 8- to 11-year-old division. Curtis Koltermann of Bonney Lake was four strokes behind and tied for second. Kolterman was the winner at Bremerton’s Gold Mountain Golf Complex in June; see related story in this section.
In the girls 16- to 17-year-old division, Enumclaw’s Torey Schreiner finished fourth. Bonney Lake’s Tracy Hare and Enumclaw’s Caitlin Runland also played.
Wolverines offer youth skills camp
Youngsters can learn the fundamentals of football and cheer or improve their skills at the Wolverine Junior Football and Cheer annual clinic July 23 through 25 at Thunder Mountain Middle School in Enumclaw. The final day of the clinic is a fun day with competitions for all levels, prizes and a barbecue.
The clinic is open to boys ages 7 to 14 and girls ages 7 to 15. The cost is $40. For information call 360-802-6411 or visit www.wolverinejuniorfootball.com.
NOTE: The Enumclaw Athletic Association Texas Hold’em and bunco tournament scheduled for Saturday has been canceled. Watch for a tournament in the fall. Check the Web site for information www.wolverinejuniorfootball.com, or call 360-802-6411
Four teams tie for Lee’s top honors
Four teams tied at 2-under par for top honors Thursday during weekly play in the Lee golf league.
The first team included Ed Feris, Jamie Wagner, Don Spencer and Donna Hall. Team two included Shawn Wetton, Linda Hiffman, Beth Hansen and Stan Fornalski. Playing on the third team was Tim Marrapodi, Carl Smith, Sharon Swift and Wanda Wilde. Making up team four was Dan Winkel, Ruth Ann Olney, Sam Robinson and Linda Ross.
Two more teams finished at 1-under making play evenly matched and close.
Knoblauch to play for Pacific Lutheran
Pacific Lutheran University football coach Scott Westering announced that a local player is among 38 student-athletes joining the Lutes as part of the 2009 recruiting class.
Court Knoblauch of Sumner will join the Lutes after playing at Life Christian Academy in Tacoma. Knoblauch is a 6-foot, 260-pound lineman.
The recruits verbally committed to Pacific Lutheran June 10. The new Lutes will join a team that finished last season with a 3-6 record.
Knoblauch will join three other local players on the Lutes’ squad. They are Leif Hansen of Buckley, Anthony Rice of Enumclaw and Alec Simmons of Sumner
