Lake Youngs doesn’t deliver what you may think when first hearing its name: a view of a lake. But it does deliver a good time and a great place for beginning off-road bikers to get started.
For Leslie Folsom, success in golf has always meant adaptation.
She couldn’t hit as far off the tee as the boys in high school, so she became an ace putter. She felt she might be slipping physically, so she hired a personal trainer and became stronger.
And instead of just dealing with issues of inequality toward women golfers, she joined the board of directors at her country club and is now part of the change.
Campy Campolo doesn’t always have the best view of the football action. By design, someone’s often right in her way.
To some, a 1985 Topps Alvin Davis card doesn’t mean much. Its worth is less than a dollar, and this one isn’t even in mint condition. To Don Joss, that card means nostalgia. Memories versus dollars and cents. Or even collecting for joy versus collecting for profit. That’s the power of trading cards. To many they’re more than simple pieces of cardboard smeared with pictures, names and statistics. They’re a glimpse of personal history.
For every baseball player, Major League dreams start on Little League diamonds. Little League is where players hone their skills: How to bat, how to throw, how to field and for some select Renton Little Leaguers, how to win.
Renton Little League Cardinals teams swept the Minors and Majors titles in the District 7 Tournament of Champions competition on June 15. District 7 includes areas around Renton, West Seattle, Seatac and Des Moines.
Taekwon do is loosely translated as “the way of the first and foot” from Korean. Renton Taekwondo Athletics is an Olympic-style sport Taekwondo team. The team is a mix of fighters of all ages that travels to competitions around the country and practices at Lee’s Martial Arts in downtown Renton.
The team’s season will come to an end when it travels to Detroit July 1-6 for the USA Taekwondo Junior Olympics, where the fighters will have a chance to put all of their practice to the test.
Three seniors. Three different schools. Three different seasons. One common goal for the future: continue playing.
Renton High’s Justin Gunn, Lindbergh’s Patrick Claussen and Hazen’s Nathan Bunch all knew coming into the 2008 season that their teams would look to them for leadership. The three seniors had different levels of success this season, but all are moving on to play at the next level.
A group of local friends that found a way to use softball to stay together and active for decades has found an unexpected side effect: winning, lots and lots of winning.
The team, sponsored by Doofers Sports Bar and Grill, has been one of the best teams in the area for quite some time.
In fact, the team has won at least one tournament every year since 1979. Pretty impressive for a group of friends simply looking for a way to hang out and stay active.
It was a great year for sports in Renton. Athletes from Hazen, Lindbergh and Renton High reminded us all why we’re fans of prep sports. From swim and gymnastics, to football and basketball, there were many notable performances in the 2007-2008 prep sports season.
Whether it’s taking the team on spaghetti feeds the nights before meets or cooking up pancakes on three giant griddles after Saturday morning practices, Lindbergh’s Jeff Rettmann is doing something right.
On the strength of taking a team to the cross-country state tournament and guiding the boys track team through an undefeated dual meet season, Rettmann is the Renton Reporter’s Coach of the Year for the 2007-2008 school year.
When you’re a key part of three teams like Lindbergh’s Kenisha Macklin, there isn’t much of an offseason. Because of her role on Lindbergh’s soccer, basketball and track teams, Macklin is the Renton Reporter’s pick as the Prep Female Athlete of the Year.
It takes a lot to impress Renton High junior Armin Basic. Despite making it to the state tournament in three sports this school year and being named the Renton Reporter’s Prep Male Athlete of the Year, he expects more.
“I have to go back to the gym and get better,” Basic said. “I had higher expectations for this year.”
Hazen’s Andrey Levkiv placed first in the shot put at 13 regular season meets this year, but it’s the one meet he placed second at that he’ll remember all off season.
Step by step, meter by meter, Kanisha Calcote gets a little closer to peace of mind.
The Liberty softball team started the 3A state tournament with a bang, beating Enumclaw 15-5, but couldn’t keep the offense going. All three of Liberty’s state tournament games were on May 23 at the SERA Fields in Tacoma.
