The organizers of the annual Tour de Peaks Valley bike ride are seeking volunteers for a number of needs.
Friends of Youth hosts its ninth annual Tee Off Fore Kids, a charity golf tournament to benefit Eastside youth, this month
As a freshman at California State University at Long Beach, Rich Belcher had a tough decision to make. He had a scholarship to play baseball, but wasn’t sure if he was playing for the right reasons—for others, instead of for himself.
Looking for advice, he went to a young professor of English, Dr. David Knowles, and unburdened himself. Knowles handed him a poem, told him to read it and return.
Belcher read it once, twice, and made a decision. He sat out that season, and soon realized a truth: that he loved the game, not just the competition but the experience of being with his teammates. He came back and earned his spot on the team, but never forgot the lesson.
“Before you expect others to respect you, you need to respect yourself,” Belcher said. “This is about being true to yourself.”
Amateur teams bring some hot competition to the hilltop in the fifth annual Snoqualmie Ridge 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament. The games begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 16.
Shortstop Tim Proudfoot’s hard work and state glory with the Mount Si varsity baseball team have ended with a scholarship to play Division 1 college baseball.
The first-team all-Kingco conference honoree signed a letter of intent to play for Texas Tech University in Lubbock on Wednesday, June 22.
“It was a perfect fit,” Proudfoot said of the school.
Three Falls Little League teams were crowned champions in last month’s local Little League Snoqualmie Valley Baseball Playoffs.
In the 11- and 12-year-old Majors, the Falls Phillies came out of the loser’s bracket to lead the Falls Red Sox 8-6 on Wednesday, June 15 at Aldarra. The Falls Tigers beat the Snoqualmie Valley Cardinals, 11-6 on June 17 at Aldarra. The Coast division is a separate minor-league program for 10- to 12-year-olds. In the AAA division for 9 and 10-year-olds, the Falls Giants bested the Falls Athletics, 14-7, on June 18 at Aldarra Field.
Mount Si High School baseball boosters plan a July poker tournament to raise funds for the Wildcats’ state-winning program.
The Baseball Champions Poker Tournament is 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Mount Si Golf Course.
Carnation’s annual Fourth of July celebration will get off to a running start with the Run for the Pies 5K run/walk through downtown, a fun and unique event that gets bigger and better every year.
The race begins at 8:30 a.m. Monday, moving from the streets of Carnation to the Snoqualmie River and new Tolt-MacDonald park trail system.
Thanks to a lot of hard work by volunteers, rain couldn’t keep the pitches and hits away forever at local ball parks this spring.
Passing on the traditions and skills of the game of baseball from one generation to the next remains the mission of the Snoqualmie Valley Little League and Falls Little League, where more than a hundred unpaid helpers keep things moving. Everyone from coaches to the umpires put in their effort without a paycheck.
Teammates on the Mount Si High School varsity baseball team will always remember the moment they won the state championship, listening to the cheers as they raised a shining trophy high.
Forever linked by that experience, the team went so far thanks to fundamentals, hard work—and a particularly close bond that dates back to their youth baseball days.
Watching an afternoon game in the Snoqualmie Valley Little League or Falls Little League, listening to the crack of the bat, the cheer of the players, the calls of the umpire, you’d think it all was effortless.
But behind the scenes, a lot of hard work, volunteer effort and scrapping for donations is required to keep the Valley tradition of youth baseball alive and thriving.
This year, for the second season in a row, Chaplins North Bend Chevrolet helped the two local leagues in fundraising efforts that keep the diamonds shining.
His vision a blur, his oxygen running out, alone on the frozen roof of the world, Brian Dickinson knew how easy it would have been to lie down and die.
But giving up was never an option for the Snoqualmie mountaineer.
“It would have been peaceful to close my eyes,” he said. But to dally would have meant death, and Dickinson knew that, too. Instead, a miracle happened, and Dickinson managed to get back on his feet, surviving to tell his tale and continue a global quest.
Sixteen students from the Cedarcrest Random Acts of Kindness Club spent a chilly Saturday morning in May on a “field of dreams,” playing baseball, giving high fives and hugs, and sharing the gift of kindness with children in the Miracle League Youth Baseball Program.
This is the ninth year for the CHS RAK students and their advisor, Peggy Filer to participate in the Miracle League games. The league was created for children with special needs; this program and the children involved are nothing short of a miracle. Not only for those who play, but also for those fortunate enough to witness one of these awe inspiring games.