WIAA “The Tea”: Monday Board Meeting expects further direction in Re-Starting Sports
****1/4/2021 UPDATE!!!! The WIAA Executive Board will meet on Wednesday instead of tonight. Executive Board President Tim Thomsen says they…
Column: The Litter Box; Goodbye My Friend Rocky
1/2/2021 Goodbye Rocky By Larry the SportsCat (Katlama, WA) Hi everyone, I…
Column: “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” B-U-T-T
12/28/2020 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 28 “ B-U-T-T” (I promise) By Bruce Williams My two sisters and I…
The Burner: Tumwater junior TE Ryan Otton the latest to carry on the family tradition
12/22/2020 Ryan Otton is no stranger to success on the gridiron. He grew up in a family where his grandfather…
WIAA Tea: 10 Amendments to be considered at WIAA Winter Meetings; Increasing Basketball Schedule Tops Proposals
12-21-2020 (Renton, WA) The WIAA Executive Board usually meets 5 or 6 times a year but so far this year…
The Burner: Puyallup’s Head Boys Basketball Coach Resigns
12/21/2020 Regardless of when the boys basketball season can resume this school year the Puyallup Vikings will be looking for…
The Burner: WESCO moves forward with Unique Plan to Re-Start Sports
12/218/2020 The Wesco League in District 1 (North Seattle to Blaine) is moving forward with a different re-start plan for…
Column: “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” The Magic of Christmas
12/21/2020 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 27 “The Magic of Christmas” By Bruce Williams Christmas was always magical when…
The Burner: From the Congo to Camas, the Jacques Badolato-Bridsell story
12/20/2020 The Columbian’s Meg Wochnick has this awesome piece up and is a MUST read on Camas Football player Jacques Badolato-Birdsell.…
Opinion: Although Frustrating Games will be Played this School Year
12/17/2020 We’re all tired but we are also all competitors and we need to finish this thing we are in…
The WIAA Tea: Executive Board updates Sports Re-Start plans
12/16/2020 ***Updated*** After Governor Inslee updated the in-person learning to allow more the WIAA released a statement of optimism regarding…
The Burner: Kamiakin’s runningback Tuna Altahir commits to Eastern Washington
12/16/2020 Tuna Altahir was a standout at Kamiakin last season. The 6-foot, 215-pounder led the MCC in 2019 as a…
The Burner: Seattle Seahawks select Ellensburg football player George Wright for ‘We’ve Got Spirit’
12/14/2020 When the Seattle Seahawks reached out to high school football coaches around the state, seeking contestants in “We’ve Got…
Column: “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” My Top 5 Christmas Movies
12/14/2020 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 26 “My Top 5 Christmas Movies” By Bruce Williams Narrowing it down to…
The Burner: Steilly’s Emeka Egbuka heading to Columbus, Ohio
12/12/2020 Steilacoom has been knocking on the door for the past several season threatening to make a run to the…
The Burner: Local athletes discuss being recruited during a pandemic
12/8/2020 The pandemic has caused a lot of changes in the sports landscape, but one area that often gets overlooked…
Column: “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” How the ’80’s Wrecked ’70’s Rock Bands
12/7/2020 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 26 “How the ’80’s Wrecked ’70’s Rock Bands” By Bruce Williams My wife…
Column: “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Ads Shmads
11/30/2020 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” Chapter 25 “Ads Shmads” By Bruce Williams I’m convinced corporate America doesn’t understand social…
Emerald Downs: NW Legend Richard Wright Passes Away
Northwest Horse Racing Legend Richard Wright Passes Away By Gary Dougherty 11/28/2020 A Northwest horseman since the mid-1960s, Richard Wright…
Thanksgiving 2020 Reasons to Celebrate
11/26/2020 Thanksgiving 2020. It doesn’t take much to find all the negatives that can and will be associated with anything…