The new year has started and there are a few items I would like to write about in this first column as 2012 engines rev up. None are worthy of a column on its own, so I will just string some notes together about issues I am interested in or would like to figure out.
The Foster High girls basketball team is hosting the second Martin Luther King "I have a dream" girls basketball tournament.
Washington Husky fans have been making fun of Duck fans for about the last 94 Rose Bowls. Oregon has not won a Rose Bowl since 1917 when they beat the Pennsylvania Quakers 14-0 in the third Rose Bowl ever played.
The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 2-0 Saturday night at the Rose Garden in Portland in the two team's annual New Year's Eve game.
Colin Jacobs is Kent Reporter's Thunderbird of the Week | Video
Pickard stops 40 shots; Alos and Gallimore score to help secure T-Bird's 2-0 win.
The Seattle Thunderbirds host the Moose Jaw Warriors a the ShoWare Center. The puck drops at 7:35 p.m.
Military Hawk, one of the most durable and classy thoroughbreds in Washington history has died from colic, trainer Sharon Ross said.
For the second consecutive game the Seattle Thunderbirds and Everett Silvertips went to a shootout to decide a game. And for the second consecutive game the T-Birds won the shootout to win the game.
The Foster girls basketball team beat Kennedy Catholic 69-68 in overtime Dec. 13.
"It was a huge win," said Foster coach Datri Elliot. "The game went all the way to the final seconds."
Senior Sahara Hill has filled many roles in her time at Foster. This year she is taking on one of the few she hasn’t: teacher.
“This year the focus is still kind of on me,” she said. “But now it’s more of me helping my team out. I have a responsibility to work with each individual to help improve their skills. I’ll do anything I can to help them.”
Last year, the Foster boys basketball team had to rebuild after losing most of its starters to graduation. This year it faces another tall task, this year replacing one of its best players, TreVaunte Williams, who transferred just before the season.
Luke Lockhart, Sean Aschim and Colin Jacobs score for Thunderbirds in 5-3 loss to Tri-City.
The Seattle Thunderbirds will try to bounce back from last night defeat at the hands of Tri-City tonight at the ShoWare Center.
Seattle Thunderbird general manager Russ Farwell today announced defenseman Dave Sutter will be attending the Team Switzerland selection camp for the 2012 World Junior Championships being held in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, from December 26 to January 5.
The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-1 Friday night at the Toyota Center in Kennewick in the first game of a home-and-home series.
The Foster girls basketball team beat Kennedy Catholic 69-68 in overtime Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs (1-3 overall, 1-2 Seamount) went ahead by two with 58 seconds left in regulation on two free throws from Sahara Hill, but Kennedy's (2-2, 1-1) Miyah Williams nailed a shot at the buzzer to tie the game.
The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Victoria Royals 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Seattle Thunderbirds host the Victoria Royals at the ShoWare Center. Game time is 7:05
The Seattle Thunderbirds host the Prince George Cougars at the ShoWare Center Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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