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South Puget Sound League 4A North at a glance | Baseball

It’s going to be a wire-to-wire, day-in, day-out battle. While Kentwood is the early favorite, Kentlake, Kentridge, Federal Way and Tahoma all could be on top come late April.

Players to watch | Prep Baseball

• Zach Wright Pitcher - Kentlake - Senior Notable: UW-bound ace has 88-90 mph. heat to go with deadly change-up.

Tahoma gears up for another big season on the diamond | Baseball

The Tahoma High baseball team is back on the field and ready for another season. The boys have played two nonleague games, losing to Sumner 10-5 Monday and beating Emerald Ridge Tuesday 6-2. The Bears finished third in state last year and the team will be looking for that magic formula that got them that far again this year. Leading the defense in the infield will be senior Taylor Smart at shortstop. He will be playing at University of Nevada, Las Vegas next season, but for the spring he will be anchoring the hole for the Bears.

Winning continues for Tahoma with blow out of Kent-Meridian | Fastpitch

Tahoma's winning ways to start the season continued on Thursday with a 10-0 victor over Kent-Meridian in the South Puget Sound League North Division opener. Senior Katie Myers, sophomore Jordan Walley and freshman Lauren Walters combined in the circle for the Bears to pitch a no hitter against the Royals. They collected eight strike outs in total, according to Coach Tom Milligan.

Tahoma beats Emerald Ridge in close game on the road to wrap up non-league play | Fastpitch Slide Show

Tahoma bounced back from a non-league loss at Skyline on Monday with a big 4-3 victory over Emerald Ridge on the road on Wednesday. Kiley Dunn, a junior third baseman for the Bears, started things off with a two run triple with two outs.

Locked and loaded: Kentwood ready for run at state tournament | Baseball

They graduated their No. 1 pitcher and No. 2 broke his leg in January and is out for the baseball season. Strangely, things are still looking pretty good these days for the Kentwood High baseball team despite graduating Alexander Lee and losing Kent Hagen in January.

What's next for Kent-Meridian football? Not former Kentwood coach Ingles, at least

Tom Ingles isn’t coming to town. With head football coaching vacancies at Kent-Meridian and Kentlake, rumors had been swirling for a while that Ingles, who led Kentwood to state titles in 2001 and 2002, would be returning to Kent. Ingles left Kentwood for Puyallup High in 2003 after using the Kent School District’s retire-rehire process in consecutive years. Teachers in the district are only allowed to use the retire-rehire process twice, which helps explain why Ingles exited for good in 2003 despite the fact that he openly stated on many occasions his preference to remain at Kentwood. Sure, there are openings in the district, but ... “They’d have to change the board policy before I came back,” said Ingles, who stepped down from his post at Puyallup High in January after six seasons. “I’ve been approached. When I left Kentwood, it was because of the retire-rehire policy and that hasn’t changed. It’s not that I am not interested in either (the Kent-Meridian or Kentlake) job, but things would have to change.” Which still leaves us with openings. However, word was spreading late last week and early this week that the position at Kentlake had been filled, though athletic director Bruce Rick couldn’t confirm (nor deny) the hire.

Kentlake ready for return to prominence | Baseball

They know the season rides on their shoulders. As always, Kentlake High’s interchangeable pitching aces Zach Wright and Doug Christie remain unflappable, calm as ever with the road that lies ahead. The Falcon flamethrowers don’t have time these days for panic. Never have. Never will.

BOYS BASKETBALL: Kentwood's Angelidis resigns

Less than two weeks after guiding the Kentwood High boys basketball team to its first state championship since 2004, coach Michael Angelidis is stepping down.

Kick-A-Thon will raise money and food donations for Maple Valley Food Bank