January 2015

By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Midway through the boys basketball match up Tues., Jan. 6, in SeaTac, Nisqually 1A Seattle Christian was in position to challenge Life Christian Academy (Tacoma), trailing only 38-32.

And, following a discouraging third quarter, the Warriors were able to regroup, only to be toppled by the Eagles, 67-52, despite Taggart Anderson's 17 points -- 15 in the first half -- from long range. Anderson was 5 of 12 from 3-point land.

"We had some good execution and aggressiveness in the first half," Warrior head coach Shaun DeYager said. "We passed the ball in and kicked it out well. Anderson had the feeling and was making his outside shots (Including 3-pointers). Then, we had four calls to open the second half before losing our aggressiveness. Our late comeback was because we got aggressive, again. You get rewarded for aggressiveness."

The SCS halftime deficit grew to 55-38 after three quarters thanks to a flood of Warrior turnovers that created waves of Eagle scoring.

By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Quick starting offense and defense plus powerful performances under pressure laid the ground work for Nisqually 1A Seattle Christian's 38-34 girls basketball home victory against Pacific League 2B Life Christian Academy (Tacoma) on Tues., Jan. 6.

Clinging to a 30-28 lead heading into the fourth quarter, Seattle Christian matched points with Life Christian until the Warriors held a 34-32 margin with 3:50 remaining in regulation time.

Forty-two seconds later, Madelyn Weber assisted on an Abby Louie layup.

After a LCA made free throw, the teams traded turnovers until Kelli Ronish emerged from a pack of players to run the court and feed Louie for a layup that put the Warriors into a 38-33 lead as 48.3 seconds showed on the game clock.

The tough Seattle Christian defense held up until the end.

Louie recalled the play and her ability to convert three-pointers.

"Kelli made an amazing pass," said Louie. "I felt comfortable on my shooting. Coach Dave has confidence in me and gave me the green light. When I made my first three-pointer, I felt good."

Join Ray’s Café for “Shell-Fest 2015” from January 19-31 to celebrate the local Northwest shellfish bounty. The two-week event will feature 12 new shellfish menu preparations by Ray’s Chef de Cuisine Paul Duncan, only available during the fest. Pair these delicacies with daily cocktail, wine and beer specials to create the perfect shellfish lovers meal.

The Shell-Fest menu includes the following new preparations; prices range from $5-20 per dish:

Steamed Manila Clams
Penn Cove Mussels Marinara
Sautéed Blackened Shrimp
Rock Shrimp Tacos
Chilled Peel & Eat Prawns
Popcorn Shrimp
Dungeness Crab Bisque
Washington Razor Clams
Baked Half Shell Oysters
Steamed Half Dungeness Crab
Prawn Cocktail
Drunken Oyster Shooters

Ray's Café is located at 6049 Seaview Ave NW, just outside Ballard, and upstairs from Ray's Boathouse. Shell-Fest 2015 runs January 19-31. The Café is open daily from 11:30 a.m.; last seating at 9 p.m. Ray's Café bar is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. with happy hour daily from 4-6 p.m. and 9-10 p.m. For reservations call 206-789-3770 or visit www.rays.com.

By Isabella Munson

People have the right to know what they are eating regardless of race, class, gender, ethnicity, citizenship, or religion. However, big corporations spend large sums of money to take away this basic right.

As a young teen living in Washington State, the idea of not knowing what is in my food and the impact it has on my body and the environment is a scary idea. Growing up with parents who work constantly to protect people and the environment, I have deep respect and amazement for the beauty and intricacy that is nature. Developing crops that in the long term could harm current and future generations is ludicrous. Even though the long-term effects of these crops are not certain, there is growing evidence that the pesticides used on them could be harmful to honey bees, which we depend on for an estimated one third of everything we eat.

by Ed Shepherd
SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

Kennedy Catholic's superior depth handled easily the Tyee/Evergreen/Highline co-op team in a swimming meet at the Evergreen Pool Thursday.

The Lancers, top 10 in the state in boys swimming at state last season, look to that spot for a finish this time around, too, or, higher, like the year before 4th place state finish for the Lancers.

"Top 10 looks good for us and we might be able to fight our way to fifth or sixth," said Sean Prothero, Lancers coach, who attended Kentwood High School, 1999-2003, still, helps hold the 400 free relay pool record at that 4A school. His helper, coach, little sister, Marley, won the state title in the 200 IM, too, when she was at Kentwood a decade ago. "We have a chance to make our mark, again."

Making a 'mark' refers to getting on the podium for an award presentation, which the top six highest scoring teams in the state get to do.

The Totems/Wolverines/Pirates boys swim team has a first-year coach, Megan Reynolds, and, she's excited about her team's prospects this season, of learning, as much as anything else.

By Jeremy Martin

It took less than 24 hours for twitter nation to anoint Hafid Yassan's late game thunder jam against Cleveland High as the prep dunk of the year. Touted as the 'most insane high school dunk ever,' by the Sporting news, it laid claim to the top spot in the January 7th edition of Sports Center's top ten plays of the night on ESPN.

But for the moment, none of that mattered Yassan and the rest of the Cheif Sealth International high school starting five had just given up the game winning basket to the reserves during an inter squad scrimmage in perpetration for a Friday night road game at Seattle Prep.

Yassan, internet darling and star of a vine that basically exploded the internet was now on the deck doing pushups as penance for his team's defensive lapse.

“We're not going to buy into any of the hoopla, nothing changes, not here,” Chief Sealth head coach Colin Slingsby said.

And yet, in reality everything changes.

The dunk, seen by tens of thousands across the country and beyond has brought the teenager to national prominence, making an over night celebratory of a normally reserved young man.

by Tim Clinton
Sports Editor

Wednesday, Jan. 7
Girls basketball
West Seattle 61, Holy Names 46
West Seattle stunned Holy Names to up its overall season record to 9-2 Wednesday.
Garfield 62, Chief Sealth 52
Garfield grabbed a victory against the Seahawks in Wednesday action.
Kennedy 44, Hazen 29
The Lancers won convincingly this past Wednesday.
Foster 49, Highline 47
The Bulldogs edged out the Pirates by two points Wednesday.
Lindbergh 54, Tyee 13
The Totems were trounced by Lindbergh in a Wednesday contest.
Renton 53, Evergreen 34
Evergreen fell to the Indians on Wednesday.
Crosspoint 45, Shorewood Christian 13
Crosspoint clobbered Shorewood Christian in Wednesday action.

Boys basketball
Renton 64, Evergreen 37
Renton routed the Wolverines on Wednesday.
Kennedy 64, Hazen 56
The Lancers took sole possession of first place in the Seamount League with Wednesday's win.
Foster 49, Highline 40
Foster was victorious against the Pirates on Wednesday.
Tyee 64, Lindbergh 54
Tyee topped the Eagles in a Wednesday contest.

Gymnastics
Mount Rainier

By Jeremy Martin
Sports Reporter

Thursday night, the Seattle Lutheran girls found themselves in a battle against a visiting Puget Sound Adventist squad; at least for a while they did.

Knotted at 16 midway through the second quarter the Saint's decided enough was a enough and turned on the proverbial jets, racing away on a 16-0 run to close out the half turning a potential Sharks upset bid into a 59-24 drubbing by the home team.

Led by a swarming defense and breakneck offensive philosophy, Lutheran's keys to victory were simple; run, run and run some more.

“We're trying to push the ball, this team is kind of young a lot of the kids haven’t played a lot of varsity basketball. They're still learning the game and were getting better, we're improving,” Lutheran head coach Bruce Carlson said. “We want to push the ball up the court, we hit our shots and did a better job rebounding.”

Of course the Saint's had plenty of success when they chose to slow things down as well.

By Jeremy Martin
Sports Reporter

The final score may have said otherwise, but Thursday night's Seattle Lutheran 78-41 victory over Puget Sound Adventist was a hard fought, grind it out affair that didn't feel safe until mid way through the 3rd quarter when the Saints held a 31 point lead.

A physical evening, both team's spent plenty of time at the charity stripe as neither squad was willing to give up easy runs at the basket.

The aggressive play led to a few turnovers on both sides, but it also produced plenty of Saint fast break points coming off steals and long outlet passes.

“We try to play a high tempo, pressure defense and we let that translate into our offense. We love to push, we love to run the early break and take what we can out of it,” Lutheran head coach Brett Kapels said.
Lutheran put an emphasis on shutting down passing lanes, tallying 19 steals with seven players recording at least one takeaway.

“The boys did a pretty good job of playing smart, being the right position and putting pressure on to create turnovers,” Kapels said.

Join us for “Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska,” on Wednesday, January 28, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Our presenter is Dean Adams, author of Four Thousand Hooks: A True Story of Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska (UW Press).

Learn Dean Adams’ personal story as a young halibut/black cod fisherman bound for Alaska, and about the people and organizations that have contributed over many decades to Ballard’s fishing fleet. Dean will sign copies of his book, available for purchase at this event ($15 paperback/$25 hard copy). The event is brought to you by Ballard Historical Society and Sunset Hill Community Association.https://ballardhistory.wordpress.com

Fishing and Coming of Age on the High Seas of Alaska
Wednesday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunset Hill Community Association, 3003 NW 66th Street, Seattle, WA map
Suggested donation: $5 -$20. Refreshments provided.
Co-hosted by BHS and Sunset Hill Community Association
More info: https://ballardhistory.wordpress.com or(206) 784-2927