Backed by Sam Lovelace’s championship, the White River High girls wrestling team captured fifth place out of 20 teams at the Elma tournament Saturday.
The Sumner High gymnastics crew, idled for the past month due to poor weather and the holiday break, return to action with two meets next week.
The Sumner High boys won one basketball game and lost one during the holiday break and the team is set to get back into the South Puget Sound League 3A basketball action this week.
The Bonney Lake Panther girls are riding a four-game basketball win streak as league action begins following the holiday break.
The Bonney Lake Panther boys earned a Christmas basketball present over the break, the first win of the season for the team.
Following three full weeks of nothing but drills and scrimmages, the Enumclaw High girls return to action this week with a flurry of games.
The White River High girls quickly established themselves as the hottest team in the South Puget Sound League 3A ranks and will be looking to continue their winning ways during a crucial Friday night showdown.
While the White River High boys basketball squad had to wait until almost the end of 2008 for its first sweet sip from the chalice of conquest, the season’s initial win finally came when the Hornets traveled to Washington for a nonleague challenge Dec. 30 and throttled the Patriots 72-53.
Enumclaw High graduate leading South Puget Sound
Led by Alec Williams’ 140-pound title and Gino Russell’s runner-up finish at 171 pounds, the White River High wrestling team came away with a third-place finish behind Ellensburg and Davis of Yakima Saturday at the 15-team Eastmont Cats Classic in Wenatchee, Wash.
Enumclaw High basketball fans made the northward pilgrimage to support their team when the Hornets took on Mount Rainier in the championship tilt at the Bellevue Community College Christmas Classic Dec. 30.
Bonney Lake High wrestling coach Anthony Clarke took a dozen grapplers to the prestigious Pacific Coast Championships in Vancouver, Wash., Friday and Saturday and his Panthers placed 12th in the team standings with 80 points.
Boosted by two champions and a runner-up finisher, Enumclaw High started off the new year with a fourth-place finish at the prestigious Pacific Coast Wrestling Championships Friday and Saturday in Vancouver, Wash.
