September 7, 2011 [9]
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outlaw baseball club hosting tryouts on Sept. 10 and 11 The 18-under Outlaw Baseball Club is hosting tryouts early next month. The tryouts will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on Sept. 10 and from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 11. All of the tryouts will be at Decatur High School. Players 15 to 18 years old are asked to arrive 30 minutes early to fill out a player package or it can be downloaded at outlawbbc. com. For more information, email outlawsbbc@gmail.com. The team is looking for infielders and pitchers.
entry-level soccer referee clinic set for later this month
There will be an entry-level soccer referee clinic from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 12-14 and Sept. 19-21 at Saghalie Middle School. To pre-register, go to wasrc.org/clinicregistration. For more information, contact Lorenzo Frazier at (253) 2170169 or email lorenzofra@ hotmail.com.
Sports contact: Casey Olson colson@federalwaymirror.com or (253) 925-5565
High school football season kicks off Talented Federal Way overcomes slow start to blow away GrahamKapowsin, 37-14; Three others drop openers By CASEY OLSON sports@fedwaymirror.com
The expectations are sky high for the Federal Way Eagles’ football team this season. Head coach John Meagher returns three preseason all-state selections and numerous other starters from a season ago. But Federal Way didn’t look the part of South Puget Sound League South Division contenders during the early-going Friday night inside Art Crate Stadium. Graham-Kapowsin rolled out to a commanding 14-3 lead just minutes into the opening quarter of both teams’ SPSL South opening game. It was the same Graham-KapowD.J. May sin team that had dominated the Eagles, 41-17, during the 2010 season opener and last year’s loss seemed to set the tone for Federal Way. The Eagles dropped their first three games of 2010 and failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2005. D.J. May and the rest of the 2011 Federal Way squad weren’t going to let that same thing happen this year. The preseason all-state running back and one of the faster players in the SPSL, erupted for two second-quarter touchdowns to get the Eagles right back in the game. Federal Way eventually cruised to a relatively easy 37-14 win on Graham-Kapowsin’s home field. The Eagles tallied 34 unanswered
Decatur High School senior Michael Klavuhn returns a kickoff during the Gators’ season opening loss to the Kennedy Catholic Lancers Friday night. The ninth-ranked Lancers jumped out to a 47-0 lead during the third quarter and won 47-6. casey olson, The Mirror points, including 27 in the second quarter alone. May finished the first half with 100 yards rushing on just eight carries. The senior also scored on a 28-yard interception return early in the second half. Junior wide receiver Mike Tate also had a big game for the Eagles. Tate hauled in a 71-yard touchdown catch from first-year quarterback D’Londo Tucker to give Federal Way the lead for good in the second quarter, 17-14. Tate also ran in a two-yarder late in the first half following May’s second TD, to give the Eagles a 30-14 lead heading into the locker room. [ more football page 10 ]
Decatur senior quarterback Jason Wiley gets ready to snap the ball during the Gators’ loss to Kennedy Catholic Friday night in Federal Way. casey olson, The Mirror
Sports briefs: Storm 98’ Green wins soccer crown By CASEY OLSON sports@fedwaymirror.com
The Federal Way Football Club Storm ‘98 Green boys soccer team won the under-13 division at the Bigfoot Tournament. courtesy photo
The Federal Way Football Club Storm ‘98 Green boys soccer team were the champions of the under-13 Gold Division at the Bigfoot Tournament in Snohomish recently. The team outscored their opponents 12-0 during group play and beat GRFC ‘98 Blue in the championship game, 2-1, in a shootout. The team included Ryan
Sanchez, Aaron Wade, Austin Stafford, J.J. Allen, Ibrahim Yusuf, Angel Antunez, Darius Saelee, Aiden Basco, Evan Brewer, Misael Alfaro, Joel Burns, Mikey Winne, Dawson Atwood, Keegan Yorke, Ryan Yorke and Nick Nilsen. The team is coached by Matt Stueckle and Mike Winne. • A team from Federal Way has qualified for the United States Tennis Association’s Adult National Tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The men’s
2.5 team from Federal Way earned the berth into the national tournament by winning their division at sectionals in Beaverton, Ore. recently. The national tournament will be Sept. 23-25. The team includes Mike Sanders, Darran Hanson, Ed Borden, Judy Ronning (captain), Mike Dolan, Darryl Tyson and Steve Faber. • UCLA sophomore midfielder Kelyn Rowe [ more briefs page 11 ]