Sports

A flipping-good time was shared by all in a gymnastics dual meet between Kennedy and Mount Rainier, as the visiting Lancers came away with the all-around winner in freshman Charlotte Ditmar while the Rams earned the team win in blow-out fashion,…MORE

The Ballard High School gym was packed to the rafters with students and community members Jan. 16 to honor Ballard graduate and basketball standout Kim Stewart, who had his jersey retired to the Ballard High School hall of fame.

Stewart,…MORE

Boys swimming

All-City meet

Rather than having a Decatur-Beamer and a Thomas Jefferson-Federal Way meet, the four teams decided to all get together for All-City action last Tuesday, Jan. 13.

Todd Beamer outscored its three…MORE

A few clutch plays near the end of the game and a tight-knit defense sent the Thomas Jefferson Raiders away winners in a competitive girls basketball victory that was really more the answering of a battle cry than anything else. TJ prevailed…MORE

Mike Bressler is the man at Decatur, making that program sing since arriving as coach in 1998, taking the Gator wrestlers from a dismal place to a spacey state -- two state champions and many, many qualifiers.

What was it like in ‘98?…MORE

Thomas Jefferson and Decatur were on the mat, bars, beam and vault performing well, in their own ways, as the Gators got a second place finisher, Holly Phan, and the Raiders won the meet as a team.

The action also had Kentridge and host…MORE

Boating

Coast Guard Auxiliary

Ongoing

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Des Moines Flotilla No. 32 regularly offers Boating Safety and Seamanship courses in the Federal Way and Des Moines areas.

They cover the full range of…MORE

Friedhoff wins

Thomas Jefferson graduate Amy Friedhoff took first place for San Jose State University in the 1,000 freestyle during a 166.5-109.5 team win over Cal State Bakersfield.

Friedhoff won the 1,000 in 10:53.26 and also took…MORE

If Thomas Jefferson had not fallen into the Grand Canyon in the first quarter, it might have been an easy hike the rest of the way.

The Raider girls basketball team fell behind Federal Way, 22-0, by the end of the first quarter Thursday,…MORE

Boys basketball

Decatur 65, G-K 41

Jerron Smith tallied 20 points as the Gators defeated Graham-Kapowsin in a South Puget Sound League South Division game Tuesday, Jan. 6. Jordan McCloud added 11 points and Marcus Tibbs scored eight…MORE