May 2012

It has been over two months since the body of Greggette Guy was found floating in the Puget Sound near Cormorant Cove Park in West Seattle, and police are still actively investigating and listening for tips in her murder.

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office cause of death in Guy’s passing is “sharp force injury of the neck and asphyxia due to drowning.” Medical examiners determined it was a homicide.

Det. Renee Witt with the Seattle Police Department said the injury to Guy’s neck could have been caused by a knife, but the implement used, or who used it, is still unknown.

Witt said there have been no new leads in the case recently, and encouraged anyone with information to contact police or Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound.

In late April, Guy’s family put up a $10,000 reward (in addition to $1,000 offered by Crime Stoppers) for tips leading to an arrest in the case.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call 911, the Seattle Police Homicide Tip Line at 206-233-5000, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

LAKEWOOD - Highline High School coach Scott Babcock will be watching his No. 1 boys doubles tennis team at the state tournament on May 25-26 as a result of concluding action at the Class 3A West Central/Southwest bi-district tournament on May 19 at Clover Park High School and the Lakewood Racquet Club.

Bao Vu and Kyle Swain will go to state as the No. 5 seed from bi-district after dropping a 6-4, 7-5, verdict to Jones and Jones of Columbia River.

The Pirate pair began the tournament with a state qualifying 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, marathon win against Riches and Potapov of Wilson. each shot was hotly contested in the excruciating affair as each duo tried to chase down every ball that was hit.

Yanello and Richardson of Lakes sent them into the third-fifth match by defeating the Pirates, 6-0, 6-1, in the winners bracket semifinals.

Blake Henley and Jennalee Gould returned to state with a girls doubles 6-0, 7-5, win against Hazen's Korai and Standberg.

Public Health of Seattle and King County informs us that the Anita's Crepes stand at the Ballard Farmers Market was closed by a Public Health food inspector on Sunday, May 20, for a number of violations.

The report stated that Anita's failed to obtain variance for vacuum packaging salmon, kept potentially hazardous foods at unsafe temperatures, lacked handwashing facilities for food handlers which counts as an imminent health hazard.

The establishment will be reopened once the inspector confirms that all issues have been resolved.

Owner Anita Ross said she is really disappointed by the situation but the stand will be back soon.

"I was so disappointed with the whole situation because I wasn't there," she said.

Ross explained that the health inspector's main concern was that nitrate was being used to cure the salmon. But the inspector has since visited the restaurant to see how the salmon is smoked in the restaurant.

"It was really just a little mix-up there," she said. "Everything has been cleared."

by Sam Reed
Chief Sealth International High School Athletic Director

There are still spots open in the annual Chief Sealth Athletics Golf Tournament, held once again at the beautiful Rainier Golf and Country Club on Friday, June 1st. Your participation not only gives you a great afternoon of golf, food and beverage (all included in the price) but also helps support over 350 student athletes and 40 coaches at Chief Sealth International High School.

The goal of the Chief Sealth Athletics Golf Tournament is to become the prime method of fundraising for our student-athletes. The inaugural event in 2011 raised over $5,000 which went directly toward supporting athletic efforts including transportation, uniforms and equipment, and building quality lower level programs (JV and C-teams).

Please consider hitting the links on Friday, June 1st as a way of showing your support to the school and the student-athletes of both past and present.

Register online here.

Sports Roundup

May 24-25
Track and field
Class 4A
Distance runner Jordan McPhee led Mount Rainier to a ninth place team finish at this past week's Class 4A West Central District meet held at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.
McPhee won the 1,600-meter run in a time of 4 minutes, 57.26 seconds and took the 3,200 in 10:48.60.
The Mount Rainier girls finished with 26 team points, but the Ram boys team did not score.
Class 3A
Highline captured fourth place as a team in the Class 3A portion of the West Central District action at Mount Tahoma, scoring 59 points. Kennedy came in 10th with 28.5.
Michelle Stolz paced the Pirates by winning the 100-meter hurdles in 14.78 and the 300 hurdles in 45.41.
Highline also won the girls 800-meter relay race in a time of 1:45.28 and took the 1,600 relay in 4:02.73.
The Highline boys team finished 19th with 19 points as the Kennedy boys came in 21st with five.
State action for Class 4A, 3A and 2A will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma.
Class 2A

LAKEWOOD - Head coach Maryann Thorpe's Kennedy Catholic tennis team sparkled in the sun at Clover Park High School and the Lakewood Racquet Club in May 19th concluding action of the Class 3A West Central III/Southwest II bi-district tennis tournament.

Defending state boys champions Mitchell and Jamie Thorp earned another district championship with a 6-0, 6-4, defeat of Jacob Yanello and Joel Richardson of Lakes High School. In the semifinal match, the Thorp brothers prevailed in a 6-0, 6-2, control of I. Jones and Z. Jones of Columbia River.

Thorp and Thorp opened bi-district by bageling Cooper and Ho of Camas in two sets, 6-0, 6-0.

Colton Erho and Anthony Brimble of Eastmont are the first state foes waiting for the Thorp bothers.

The Lancers were also successful in landing two boys singles slots to state which will be held at Kamiakin High School and the Tri-City Court Club in Kennewick on May 25-26.

AUBURN - Tenacity turned the tide completely in the direction of a Des Moines athlete on Saturday, May 19, at Auburn-Riverside High School.

Senior tennis player Alexis Gregerson of Mount Rainier nailed down a Class 4A girls singles berth out of the West Central/Southwest Bi- District tennis tournament in concluding action at Auburn-Riverside High School on Saturday, May 19.

After maneuvering through perilous ground the previous Saturday, Gregerson entered the next weekend with two wins and one loss, but within one victory of a state tournament spot.

Wasting little time, Gregerson began her morning with a state qualifying 6-0, 6-2, defeat of Gemma Robinson from Olympia. The Ram netter used deep strokes to the baseline and passing shots to control most of the sometimes long lasting points.

The second set produced opposition that required more tenacity, but the Mount Rainier ace gutted it out to victory.

SPANAWAY - Sparse run-scoring at the Class 3A West Central III/Southwest II bi-district fastpitch softball tournament on the Sprinker Recreation fields closed out the Kennedy Catholic 2012 season on the morning of Saturday,May 19.

Bonney Lake eliminated the Lancers 4-1 with each team managing only four hits, but capitalizing on errors in the field.

The prowling Panthers took a quick 1-0 first inning lead and maintained this margin until the Lancers posted a lone tally in the bottom of the fifth inning. Bonney Lake then bounced back with a two-spot in the sixth inning plus a final tally in the seventh.

Even with runners on base, the fighting Lancers were unable to deliver key hits to chase runners home.

In Friday's opener, Kennedy Catholic was shackled even more tightly in a 7-0 shut out loss to Greater St. Helen's League Prairie.

Prairie's Falcons winged to a 4-0 first inning lead and never looked back as the Lancers delivered only three hits for the game.

Seattle Christian earned a journey to Eastern Washington with its 4-1 state Class 1A opening round boys soccer win over Manson last Tuesday, but it turned out to be a fatal trip.

The Warriors traveled to Royal City near Vantage for a quarterfinal Friday, only to come away with a season-ending 3-1 loss.
Seattle Christian finished with a still impressive 16-3-1 final overall record with the playoff split.

Tuesday's Warrior onslaught centered around Grant Fremmerlid, who scored all four goals for SCS in the action at the Starfire complex in Tukwila.
Austin Baucom earned two of the assists to Fremmerlid as Josh Gehrke and Ben Piehler came through with one assist apiece.

Seattle Christian then managed only one goal while giving up three in its visit to Royal High School this past Friday.

Royal advanced into this Friday's semifinals at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

Weekend burglary foiled
These days, attempted burglaries tend to occur on weekdays while victims (and their neighbors) are more likely away at work. On Sunday, May 13, a juvenile male bucked the trend and broke into a 1400 S.W. Cambridge St. home around 3 p.m. Problem being (in his case), the victims’ neighbor was home and watched the suspect run through their yard. She yelled at him and the suspect ran off with a female accomplice who was keeping watch. Police investigated and found the young thief had scuttled through a dog door to get inside and stole a plastic cup full of loose change. The neighbor’s yelling scared him off and he left the cup of change sitting on the ground.

Attacks at mental health care facility