Hoop camp returns
Applications are now being evaluated for The Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only. Boys and girls ages 10 - 19 are eligible to apply. Past participants include: Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jamison. Players from 50 states and 17 foreign countries attended the 2004 camp. College basketball scholarships are possible for players selected to the All-American Team.
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South Highline National battled a long ways back but not all the way, taking third place after a postseason ending 17-12 loss to Rainier in the District 7 Senior All Star Tournament at Highline East Sunday.
Manager Ron Dickneite spoke to the players after the loss to Rainier, a team from the southeast area of Seattle by Boeing Field.
"Give yourselves a round of applause," said Dickneite. "You played one heck of a tournament. I'm telling you, we took that first loss against West Seattle and everyone thought we'd be out quickly.
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Nothing went right at the right time, pitching was atrocious in the early innings and hitting couldn't keep up in the latter frames for Pac West in a 18-9 loss to Rainier in the Juniors All Stars District 7 Championship at Highline East Monday.
Pac West went through five pitchers in seven innings and were on the brink of losing this by the 10-run rule in the fifth and then sixth innings before settling for being nine back after the umpires callled the game on account of darkness going into the seventh.
"We just couldn't find anyone to throw
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Attack. Repeat. Attack.
These directives drove South Highline National to a 5-0 shutout of previously unbeaten Pac West, Thursday, in a provisional championship game at the 2005 Washington District 7 Little League age 11-12 tournament.
Bludgeoning bats forced a final facedown between the squads on Friday at the Pac West Baseball Complex in SeaTac.
Vandalism: July 9 - at Lake Burien Presbyterian, two windows in the fellowship hall and one window in the sanctuary were broken. All windows had holes smashed in them the size of a basketball. The holes were not big enough to allow entry.
Stabbing: July 10 - in the 16300 block of International Blvd., after refusing entry to the suspect a bouncer at the Safari Club was stabbed in the throat with a bladed screwdriver. He was later in stable condition at a hospital.
Fight: July 9 - in the 16300 block of International Blvd., at 2:40 a.m. a fight broke out in the parking lot of the Safari Club.
Explosion: July 4 - in the 19800 block of 8th Ave. S, between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m., a portable toilet exploded by unknown suspects at North Hill school. Total loss is $1,000.
SOAP Violation: July 6 - S. 216th St. and Pacific Highway S, at 9 a.m. An 18-year-old female was in the Stay Out of Area of Prostitution (SOAP) on Pacific Highway. She was jaywalking. When officers questioned her, she claimed to be shopping but failed to produce any evidence.
Assault, 2nd degree: July 1 - 16700 block of Southcenter Parkway, 10:45 p.m. The victim's car was rammed multiple times by an unknown subject in an unidentified vehicle.
Assault: July 10 - in the 4600 block of S 160th St., a 19 year old assaulted another person with an iron and a broom. The suspect also threatened to kill others and burn down the house.
Possession of stolen property and felony eluding: July 5 - 14100 block of 37th Ave. S. A stolen vehicle was spotted by an officer. When he tried to stop it, the car sped away as the driver tried to elude the officer.
Redondo-area teenager Tyler Veit recently was honored for doing the right thing.
Tyler was presented with a bicycle helmet from the Des Moines Police Department and had a $1,000 donation in his name made to Johnson & Johnson and Safe Kids.
All this because he was wearing his bicycle helmet on a ride through Des Moines last summer when this safety precaution paid off - big time.
Tyler's mother, Joan, noted after the honor was announced that it has always been a rule in the Veit household to wear a helmet whenever you ride anything with wheels.
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Sound Transit's board of directors approved July 15 plans for moving forward with extending Central Link light rail to Sea-Tac International Airport.
"We made a promise to voters to take light rail to the airport and today we found a way to do that," said Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Sound Transit Board vice chairman.
"It took a lot of hard work by Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle and the city of Sea-Tac to make this happen.
