October 2014

information from The Whale Trail

The Southern Resident Killer Whales are endangered and seriously declining; their 2014 population of 79 is the lowest since 1985. To aid their recovery, Orca Relief is urging NOAA Fisheries to conduct a public process that will result in a Whale Protection Zone for the SRKWs.

A well designed and enforced WPZ would provide the Southern Resident Orca a safe-haven in the very core of their critical habitat, and a relief from vessel impacts including noise, disturbance and air pollution. Bruce Stedman, Executive Director of Orca Relief will describe the key aspects of how a protected area for the Orca should be developed and how it could help the SRKWs begin to recover.

Join us to hear the latest about the orcas, and updates from Robin Lindsay (Seal Sitters), and Diver Laura James (tox-ick.org). This is the first in a new series of Orca Talks hosted by The Whale Trail in West Seattle.

Buy tickets ahead of time and we'll save you a seat! And hurry - this will likely sell out.

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The 6th Annual Salty Half Marathon race was held on Oct. 18 beginning at the Don Armeni Boat Lanch along Alki’s boardwalk with the 13.1 mile course extending up into Lincoln Park. Runners had to be able to complete the 13.1 miles in less than 3 hours.

The race was started by Tamara Mackey, who took on the challenge of completing 52 half marathons in one year and completed it. Since then she has been the organizer of this event that saw 133 runners competing.

Awards were given the top 5 male and top 5 female finishers overall. Everyone participating received a custom finishers' memento from Bedrock Glass.

133 runners. The ladies were really close in time so seconds were added.

Top Male Finishers and times
153 Kyle McCoy 1:22 35
45 Michael Wasserman 1:27 36
148 Mickey Allen 1:29 58
119 Brent Olson 1:32 43
89 John Becker 1:34 52

Top Female Finishers and times
117 Lori Moriarity 1:36:29 44
107 Cassie Smithco 1:36:56 36
18 Claudina Valcarlos 1:37:10 32
109 April Norman 1:37:29 35
124 Alisha Winger 1:40:59 34

by Paul Moseley

The Chief Sealth Seahawks showed took the west side honors tonight as they won the 2014 Huling Bowl in dramatic fashion friday night, beating West Seattle 18-14.

West Seattle came in with intensity - having battled against bigger schools all year in the Metro Sound league - they opened the game on defense by sacking Sealth QB Weston Reed twice in the first series.

On their first possession, the Wildcats exploded off the line and set Fynniecko Glover up for a 15 yard run for the first score, going up 7-0.

In the 2nd quarter, it was the Wildcats again. Quarterback Joey Kane connected on a beautiful 40 yard pass to Carter Mensing. That set Glover up for his 2nd running TD from 5 yards out and it was 14-0 at half-time.

Chief Sealth finally converted in the top of the 4th quarter with a 35 yard run by Daron Camacho, closing the gap to 14-7. Then, at 6:21 in the 4th, Chief Sealth recovered a fumble on the West Seattle 25 yard line. 2 minutes later, Camacho was in the end zone again. A 2 point conversion by Reed put Chief Sealth on top 15-14.

By Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Golf, West Seattle Wildcats style.

This season the team experienced some good success, with a win for the boys team over league power O'Dea for the first time in at least a few years.

The Wildcats also posted a 7-2 league finish that was the best for some time, too, and, the good times on the fairways, greens, rough, sand bunkers and tees continue for two of its golfers who just qualified past the Metro Golf Tournament at the West Seattle Golf Course to the district tourney happening in Snohomish on Monday.

"Only Kevin Cuddy is a senior, and graduates," said Wildcats' coach, Velko Vitalich. "Everybodyelse comes back."

So the success should continue next season for the Wildcats, with the majority of the team coming back including Jack Page, Alex Nguyen and Tony Flores, who altogether in this Metro tourney helped the sixth place finish happen out of 15 3A Metro schools.

Also returning for the Wildcats, and largely helping the team notch that top six finish are the top two players for them, being Zach Gibson and Bailey Fuentes.

by Tim Clinton
Sports Editor

Thursday, Oct. 16
Football
Federal Way 49, Mount Rainier 6
Mount Rainier managed to find the end zone once in Thursday's matchup with the powerful Federal Way team at Federal Way Memorial Field.

Girls soccer
West Seattle 3, Ingraham 1
West Seattle's Wildcats won in Metro League action Thursday.
Seattle Prep 3, Chief Sealth 0
Chief Sealth was shut out by Seattle Prep on Thursday.
TJ 4, Mt. Rainier 0
Thomas Jefferson blanked the Rams in Thursday's match at Highline Memorial.
Kennedy 7, Renton 0
Kennedy Catholic lived up to its reputation and won big again Thursday.
Highline 9, Tyee 0
Highline hammered the Totems on Thursday.
Hazen 7, Foster 0
Foster suffered a shutout loss at the hands of Hazen Thursday.
Lindbergh 6, Evergreen 0
The Wolverines came up empty Thursday.

Volleyball
Kentridge 3, Mt. Rainier 0
The Chargers swept the Lady Rams on Thursday.
Highline 3, Tyee 0
Highline emerged victorious against the Totems this past Thursday.
Evergreen 3, Lindbergh 2
The Wolverines of White Center outlasted Lindbergh on Thursday.
Kennedy 3, Renton 0

(Burien, WA)—Burien Brat Trot organizers announced today that the expected income for last Sunday’s epic community event will be over $66,000—the most ever in the 6 year history of the race.

Some highlights from Brat Trot 2014 include:

A record number of sponsors and individuals donating to help the event succeed—including major gifts from Foundation partner HMS Host and an individual donor, specifically to help students-in-need run the Brat Trot by allowing the Brat Trot Team to waive their registration fees.

A record number of student runners this year! Thanks Highline Schools for coming out to show your community support and your school pride!

Nearly 1,600 registrants!

A great win by our male and female winners
Mason Gionet took home the blue ribbon medal for fastest male at 18:27
Erika Whinihan took home the blue ribbon medal for fastest female at 19:54

The FASTEST TEAM and the TEAM REGISTRATION contests were both won by CrossFit Burien this year!

A “show your 12th man pride” contest at Brat Trot—won by Burien resident Susan Williams

The school registration drive contests were won by:

The Burien Arts Gallery, centrally located in downtown Burien, is calling for artists to apply via www.burienarts.org for consideration to have their work exhibited in the Burien Arts Gallery. We are interested in contemporary artists working on topical narratives in all genres, but specific to 2015, we would like to curate shows focusing on:

GLASS WORKS (in 2 dimensions and 3)
MULTI-MEDIA
FIBER ARTS

In addition, we are building several shows based upon the following themes:

METAMORPHOSIS
ALTERED REALITY
STORIES, PERSONAL & UNIVERSAL

Burien Arts, a 501(c)3 non profit, opened its Gallery in October 2013; it is the only fine art gallery between West Seattle and Tacoma.

Entry form is easily accessible online and can be submitted immediately, electronically by going to www.burienarts.org

Artists chosen by the review panel will be curated into the 2015-16 Exhibition schedule. Exhibitions will run approximately one month, include a reception and may include a small talk by the artist(s).

Sports Roundup

Thursday, Oct. 16
Football
Federal Way 49, Mount Rainier 6
Mount Rainier managed to find the end zone once in Thursday's matchup with the powerful Federal Way team at Federal Way Memorial Field.
Girls soccer
West Seattle 3, Ingraham 1
West Seattle's Wildcats won in Metro League action Thursday.
Seattle Prep 3, Chief Sealth 0
Chief Sealth was shut out by Seattle Prep on Thursday.
TJ 4, Mt. Rainier 0
Thomas Jefferson blanked the Rams in Thursday's match at Highline Memorial.
Kennedy 7, Renton 0
Kennedy Catholic lived up to its reputation and won big again Thursday.
Highline 9, Tyee 0
Highline hammered the Totems on Thursday.
Hazen 7, Foster 0
Foster suffered a shutout loss at the hands of Hazen Thursday.
Lindbergh 6, Evergreen 0
The Wolverines came up empty Thursday.
Volleyball
Kentridge 3, Mt. Rainier 0
The Chargers swept the Lady Rams on Thursday.
Highline 3, Tyee 0
Highline emerged victorious against the Totems this past Thursday.
Evergreen 3, Lindbergh 2
The Wolverines of White Center outlasted Lindbergh on Thursday.
Kennedy 3, Renton 0
Kennedy Catholic cruised past the Indians Thursday.
Hazen 3, Foster 1

By Gerardo Bolong

KENT - Kepe Bonner and Tyler Andrews of Mount Rainier earned a West Central/Southwest 4A bi-district boys tennis berth following play that began with South Puget Sound League North Division action on Oct. 9 at Kent Meridian High School.

After surviving the round of 32, the pair moved into the division crossover matches in the round of 16.

Bonner and Andrews began with a tough 6-3, 6-2, win against Sam Morman and Jacob Brown of Puyallup before Cameron Martin and Donavan Gomez of Thomas Jefferson sent the Ram pair into the consolation round, 6-1, 6-2.
Regrouping strongly, Bonner and Andrews were matched against another Puyallup pairing, this time the team of Connor Herriford and Jackson Hope, with a bi-district berth on the line.

This pairing forced the Ram pair into survival of the fittest mode with Bonner and Andrews out stroking the Vikings 6-3 in the first set. On and on the teams squared off in the second set. Using a late service break, the H & H tandem pulled out a 7-5 second set triumph.

By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

TUKWILA - Domination of the singles matches propelled the Highline High School boys tennis team to a 5-2 Seamount League win against Foster on Thurs., Oct. 16.

The Pirates improved to 5-5 league and 5-6 overall while the Bulldogs dropped to 2-7 league as well as the same overall. The league tournament begins on Oct. 23 after school classes end for the day and will follow the same schedule on Friday at the Valley Ridge Park courts in SeaTac. The tourney will continue on Saturday, if necessary.

"We've got a mixture of senior and freshman, this year," said Bulldog head coach Sopheak Ngeth. "Or No. 1 doubles has seniors who took up tennis at a later age than your typical seniors."

Jason Hewett posted a 6-1, 6-2, No. 2 doubles win against Foster's Dousiltan Nguyen as part of Highline's singles control.

"I tried mainly to hit to his backhand," said Hewett. "I'd like to get to district and even state."

Tyler Terlouw's 6-0, 6-0, defeat of Araic Papryan added to the Pirate bank of singles wins in the No. 3 match up.