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.
Five Hazen tennis players made it to the 3A state tennis tournament on May 23-24.
Months of hard work came to fruition in Pasco May 23-24 as track athletes competed in the 3A state meet.
A lot has happened since 1996. One thing that hasn’t is the Liberty softball team missing the state playoffs.
Grueling, painful, a test of will, maybe even boring at times. There are a lot of ways to describe long-distance running. Lindbergh’s Matt Miland chooses an unexpected one: calming.
Teams selected by coaches and players around the league
The 3A state tennis boys singles and doubles tournaments are at Kamiakin High School on May 23-24.
It was just a matter of experience vs. inexperience. In the Hazen baseball team’s regional-round state tournament loss against Issaquah, the Highlanders may have been a little too caught up in the moment early and it cost them dearly.
The Hazen baseball team is facing Issaquah in the regional round of the 3A state tournament on Saturday.
In the end, Liberty’s season-ending 6-3 loss to West Seattle on Tuesday was an issue of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
The Seamount League meet was on May 7 and 9 at Highline Stadium.
With a little luck, a towering home run and some great pitching by the team’s usual starting catcher, Liberty started the KingCo tournament on the right path, with a win.
Liberty
Hornets eliminate Renton from playoffs
After a 4-2 win over Columbia River that clinched a state tournament appearance, the mood of the Hazen baseball team was a little different on the 160-mile bus ride from Vancouver back to Renton.
