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FRIDAY: ABERDEEN.
The Daily World
Of all the questions surrounding Hoquiam's first season as a Class 1A football team, team speed won't be among them.
Their potential for breaking big plays make the Grizzlies one of the preseason favorites as they make their debut in the Evergreen 1A League....
TUKWILA (AP) -- Nate Jaqua scored twice, Fredy Montero added a goal and the reigning U.S. Open Cup champion Seattle Sounders advanced to the title game with a 3-1 victory over Chivas USA on Wednesday night.
Jaqua scored in the 10th minute and again in second-half stoppage time, while Montero...
League: Evergreen 1A
Color: Crimson and Gray.
Coach: Jason Ronquillo.
2009 record: 4-5.
Sept. 4: at Aberdeen (NL)
Sept. 10: Kalama (NL)
Sept. 17: Forks
Sept. 24: at Montesano
Oct. 1: Rochester
Oct. 8: at Rainier
Oct. 15: Onalaska
Oct. 22: at Elma
Oct. 29: Tenino.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Hideki Matsui knew immediately when he turned on Jason Vargas' belt-high fastball that he didn't quite get all of it.
So Matsui watched, closely, as he trotted down toward first base, waiting to see if Ichiro Suzuki was going to climb the fence and rob his countryman.
"It might have...
BY RICK ANDERSON
The Daily World
For a rivalry that is entering its 105th contest, this year's edition of the Aberdeen-Hoquiam football game contains a surprising number of firsts.
Replete with new and revived touches, the Bobcats and Grizzlies will tee it up for the 105th time at 1 p.m. Saturday...
The Daily World
ELMA -- The annual Big E Weekend kicks off this Labor Day weekend with three straight days of racing, culminating in the annual appearance of the World of Outlaws national tour at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma.
On Saturday, the Northwest Wingless Tour, as well as the PDRA dwarfs,...
Clubbers take fifth at World Masters
Shorthanded and playing in intense heat, the Aro Glass Clubbers placed fifth in their classificiation at the Las Vegas World Masters slowpitch tournament last weekend.
The defending AAA (55 and over) champions, the Clubbers won their three pool-play games...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson will be named WNBA most valuable player for the third time in her career, a person with knowledge of the voting told The Associated Press today.
Jackson will be honored before Game 1 of Seattle's Western Conference semifinal against Phoenix...
SEATTLE (AP) -- So much for all the fuss around Washington about having to play in the breath-zapping elevation at Brigham Young.
To hear coach -- and former BYU star quarterback -- Steve Sarkisian tell it, the elevation of 4,500-plus feet in Provo, Utah, is the perfect place for his Huskies to...
Thursday: Hoquiam
The Daily World
ELMA -- Lessons learned from its four-year journey through the Evergreen 2A League, including its final four games last season, will hold Elma in good standing this season in the Evergreen 1A League.
The Eagles parlayed two tough losses to Centralia and Tumwater...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The NCAA has denied Mississippi quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's request for a waiver that would allow him to play immediately, meaning the former Oregon standout won't be eligible until 2011.
Mississippi officials announced Tuesday plans to appeal the ruling, with a response...
Raymond football reunion set
Members of some of Raymond High School's greatest teams will be honored in a football reunion scheduled for this weekend.
Raymond's state championship teams of 1973-75 and 1993, plus top-ranked clubs of 1962, 1969 and 1970, will be recognized in events planned for...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Felix Hernandez's season can't be fully measured by his so-so won-loss record. It seems his value this year as the Seattle Mariners' ace is how well he 'holds' victories.
Hernandez held the Los Angeles Angels to just three hits and no runs through seven innings, walking three and...
BY RICK ANDERSON
The Daily World
Stepping on the accelerator when most of his rivals were in reverse, Curt Zander exceeded his admittedly modest expectations in the Grays Harbor Pro-Am.
The Ocean Shores pro birdied three of his final five holes to tie first-round leader Tom Sovay of Redmond for the...
SEATTLE (AP) -- It's a wonder what three home runs in one inning does to the mood of a ballclub.
Bobby Abreu, Hideki Matsui, and Peter Bourjos each homered in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Angels broke a nasty scoreless spell for a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners Monday night.
"I can...
WEDNESDAY: ELMA.
The Daily World
MONTESANO -- The winner of 26 straight Evergreen 1A contests, all by double-digit margins, Montesano has dominated league play of late to the extent that few other football teams in the state can match.
Significant graduation losses, at least one major off-season...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- Roger Clemens put his right hand on the lectern, leaned down toward the microphone and made what might be the most important pitch of his life: "Not guilty, your honor."
Those words, uttered Monday in a strong, confident voice by the seven-time Cy Young Award winner...
League: Evergreen 1A.
Colors: Maroon and Gray.
Coach: Terry Jensen.
2009 record: 11-1.
Sept. 3: at Black Hills (NL)
Sept. 10: Castle Rock (NL)
Sept. 17: at Rochester
Sept. 24: Hoquiam
Oct. 1: at Tenino
Oct. 8: Forks
Oct. 15: at Elma
Oct. 22: Rainier.
Oct. 29: at Onalaska
NEW YORK (AP) -- This trick shot by Roger Federer was most definitely real.
He's even hit it before.
The five-time U.S. Open champion was up at the net when his first-round opponent, 96th-ranked Brian Dabul of Argentina, lofted a lob. Federer spun around to sprint toward the baseline. A couple of...
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- The mini-mashers from Hawaii had a hard time with Japan's strong pitching.
Japan's rewards are bags of dirt they scooped from around the pitching rubber and a Little League World Series championship after beating the boys from Waipahu, Hawaii, 4-1, on a sunny Sunday...
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