Chief Kanim announces Presidential Fitness Awards
The Chief Kanim physical education department would like to recognize those students who ranked among the elite in the Presidential Fitness Challenge. The following students were tested in muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and speed, and scored high enough to earn the Presidential Fitness Award.
Students earning Presidential status are: Ariane Barr, Alisha Fischer, Joe Taklo, Evan Hickam, Nic Caffroy, Jody Poth, Sean Bothell, Mikel Ushler, David Carlson, Clint Irving, Dereck Hanneman, Jay Dochnal, Nick Donate, Eric Forslin, Sarah Lewis, Lacey Blais, Kali Roestal, Katrina Zwick, Hillary Burk, Ian Adams, Catherine Vitolo, Eric Alexander, Faith Hutcherson and Miles Whitaker.
North American Youth Sports to hold annual spring youth basketball tournaments
North American Youth Sports announced that it will hold its annual spring basketball tournament at Auburn High School, April 12 – 14.
This tournament will feature ten different brackets. They include fifth and sixth-grade boys, fifth and sixth-grade girls, seventh-grade boys, seventh-grade girls, eighth-grade girls, eighth-grade boys, ninth and tenth-grade boys, ninth and tenth-grade girls, eleventh and twelfth-grade boys and eleventh and twelfth-grade girls.
All grades are based on the grade in which the student is currently enrolled.
The entry fee for this tournament is $95 and guarantees each team a minimum of two games with awards presented in each bracket. Entry deadline is March 22.
For additional information or an entry form, please call Shawn Dugre at the toll free NAYS spring tournament hotline, 1-888-629-2275 or tournament director Tony Callero at (253) 931-4719.
Pony to hold sign-ups
Pony baseball will be holding league sign-ups soon. Children ages 13-16 can participate.
* For more sign-up and tryout information, call Jim Straka at (425) 888-5893.
Ten Star to hold basketball camp
Applications are now being evaluated for the Ten Star All Star Summer Basketball Camp. The camp is by invitation only and is for boys and girls, ages 10-19.
Past participants include Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antwan Jamison. Players from 48 states and seven foreign countries attended the 2001 camp. Camp locations include Olympia.
* For a free brochure, call (704) 568-6801.
Athay continues competition
Michelle Athay, age 9, from North Bend, competed in two gymnastic invitationals recently.
In the New Year’s Invitational, hosted by the Northshore Gymnastics Center in Woodinville, she took first in her age group. She scored a 9.1 in the vault, 8.9 in the uneven bars, 9.3 on the balance beam and 9 in the floor routine.
She then competed in the Flips Invitational, hosted by Flips USA Gymnastics of Reno, Nev. There she took tenth overall, but placed first in the balance beam with a score of 9.5.
* For information on classes or other gymnastics programs at Gymnastics East, call (425) 392-0326.
Football looking for help
The Sno-Valley Junior Football Association is looking for board members and coaches for the upcoming season. Be a part of making football happen this fall for kids ages 7-14 in the Snoqualmie Valley, from North Bend to Duvall. For more information, contact Cathy at (425) 831-5705 or Greg at (425) 888-0583.
Jacobsen key again
Former Mount Si Wildcat Mick Jacobsen scored 19 points as No. 24 Western Baptist snapped a nine-game losing streak recently to No. 17 Oregon Tech in convincing fashion, 80-62. It had been almost five years since the Warriors topped the Owls, the last being a 96-69 shellacking in the Cascade Conference playoffs in 1997 – the first year WBC advanced to the NAIA II National Tournament.
Western Baptist did not allow Oregon Tech (19-7, 9-4) to get closer than 10 points after building an 11-point advantage at the half. Jacobsen was 9 for 13 from the field, including four dunks, as the Warriors delivered 62 percent of its field goal efforts in securing sole possession of second place.
