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EMS Timberwolves achieve league champ three-peat

1 week ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

The Enumclaw Middle School boys basketball team earned a Plateau League championship by finishing their season with a perfect 10-0 record. Even more impressive, this marked the third year in a row the Timberwolves finished as undefeated league champs. The EMS team is a combined group of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students. “Coach Patterson and I have had great talent and amazing young men come through our program these last few years,” head coach Sam White said in an emailed report.
Hornets swarm Gators: Neff, Marlow, Daigle, and Poelman top individual events

2 weeks ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

Thursday’s cool and cloudy conditions apparently agreed with the White River High tracksters, who swamped the visiting Decatur Golden Gators. Competing March 27 on their home turf, the Hornets boys rolled to a decisive 100-44 victory over their 3A North Puget Sound League foes. On the girls side, White River won 72-50. The Hornet boys were paced by Dainton Neff who swept the throws, Michael Marlow in the distance races and sprinter Hunter Maris.
Enumclaw middle schoolers sweep state championship, takes gold

3 weeks ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

A team of Enumclaw sixth-grade boys captured a state basketball championship by winning every game during a Spokane tournament. The squad, made up of students from both Enumclaw and Thunder Mountain middle schools, went 6-0 during the March 14-16 tourney. The victories came in dominant fashion as the team won by an average of 23 points per game. The team was coached by former Enumclaw High players Casey Hanson and Cameron Stratton.
Hawaaboo takes fourth in long jump during national track and field competition

3 weeks ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

Enumclaw’s Kira Hawaaboo earned All-America honors for the second time in her collegiate career when she placed fourth in the women’s long jump during the NCAA Division III indoor track and field championships. Now a junior at Linfield University in Oregon, Hawaaboo’s All-America effort came March 14 at Golisano Training Center on the campus of Nazareth University (Rochester, New York).
Track and field, soccer, and tennis leap into 3A

1 month ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

Spring athletes have been turning out for more than two weeks, fine-tuning their skills on the baseball and softball diamonds, on the soccer pitch and the tennis courts, not to mention the lacrosse fields and in the various track and field events. Now it’s time to test those skills against both nonleague competitors and those in the 3A North Puget Sound League.
Hornets coaches, athletes make all-league lists

1 month ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

Athletes from both Enumclaw High and White River were honored when North Puget Sound League 3A coaches selected their winter season all-league teams. GIRLS BASKETBALL White River: Chris Gibson, Coach of the Year; Maggee Schmitz, sophomore, Player of the Year; Vivian Kingston, senior, first team; Dakota Sprouse, senior, first team; Malia Froemke, sophomore, second team; Gracie Banks, sophomore, second team. Enumclaw: Kalee Swanson, senior, first team; Kaidyn Johnson, sophomore, second team.
Spring sports are ready to tackle 3A league

1 month ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

Editor’s note: Due to space constraints, this article was shortened and the other half will be published in the March 19 edition of the Courier-Herald. Spring athletes have been turning out for more than a week, fine-tuning their skills on the baseball and softball diamonds, on the soccer pitch and the tennis courts, not to mention the lacrosse fields and in the various track and field events.
After undefeated season, WRHS girls basketball hit a wall at state

1 month ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

The 2024-25 basketball season will remain a memorable one for the White River High girls, for several reasons. First, head coach Chris Gibson’s squad advanced to the state tournament at the Class 3A level, a jump from the smaller 2A ranks where the Hornets had resided since 2010. Second, White River’s move to the North Puget Sound League 3A produced an undefeated regular season (12-0) and the accompanying league title.
Despite rough start, WR Hornet basketball sees path to state semi-final

1 month ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

The White River High girls will take the court early Wednesday, looking to advance to the quarterfinal round of the Class 3A state basketball tournament – and, in the process, stave off elimination from the season-ending competition. Wednesday’s contest kicks off the first of four days of hoop action in the Tacoma Dome.
White River’s Kingston, Schmitz hit 1,000 points

1 month ago | courierherald.com | Kevin Hanson

A pair of White River basketball standouts joined some elite company this season, surpassing the 1,000 point plateau for their four-year Hornet careers. The first to make the club was Greg Schmitz who collected his 1,000th point during a January game. He’s the first to reach the milestone for the boys’ team since 2012. On the evening of Feb. 19, during a district playoff game, Vivian Kingston scored her 1,000th point.