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PUYALLUP  Two terrific teams, two eye-popping performances. Courtney Vandersloot and... West Central 4A Girls | Kentwood

PUYALLUP — Two terrific teams, two eye-popping performances.

Courtney Vandersloot and Shauneice Samms both put on sensational shows Saturday night as top-ranked Kentwood and No. 5 Mount Tahoma tangled for the West Central 4A District girls basketball championship in a battle of unbeatens at Puyallup High School.

In the end, Vandersloot and the Conquerors claimed bragging right...

"Last year we started the games at 2 p.m. for a nine-month period, but that was tough on the folk... More News...

"Last year we started the games at 2 p.m. for a nine-month period, but that was tough on the folks who came to play. So we took a poll, and the majority of the players asked that we start the games earlier. And that’s what we’re doing," Biniek explained.

Effective today, the games will begin at 1 p.m., with the doors and kitchen opening at 11:30 a.m.

"Players like to get t...

Nothing like a little blood on the ice to get people to start paying attention to hockey again.<... Fistic follies...

Nothing like a little blood on the ice to get people to start paying attention to hockey again.

Chris Drury left some of his there the other night in Buffalo, his forehead split open after a blindside cheap shot from Ottawa's Chris Neil.

Buffalo's leading scorer got more than 20 stitches and a concussion that will keep him out for a while.

Neil got nothing, not even some p...

This is the second time I have defended Britney Spears, whose singing I abhor. I can't believe I... Defending Britney...

This is the second time I have defended Britney Spears, whose singing I abhor. I can't believe I'm doing this.

I should be writing about how Australia is set to ban incandescent light bulbs in favour of fluorescent. Or maybe about the U.S. company that is now selling stun guns to the general public. (I want the pink metallic one.)

The first time I defended her, I did so over her ...

1-St. Mark's 350, 2-Charter 313, 3-Tatnall 294, 4-Archmere 224, 5-Newark 172, 6-Brandywine 162, ... Swimming results...

1-St. Mark's 350, 2-Charter 313, 3-Tatnall 294, 4-Archmere 224, 5-Newark 172, 6-Brandywine 162, 7-Ursuline 115, 8-Tower Hill 113 1/2, 9-A.I. du Pont 100, 10-Concord 92, 11-Padua 83, 12-Sanford 70 1/2, 13-Cape Henlopen 61, 14-St. Andrew's 51, 15-Dover 27, 16-Milford 25, 17-Mount Pleasant 16, 18-McKean 15, 19-Glasgow 10, 20-Lake Forest 3.

Final: 1-St. Mark's (Madison Morrison, Alyssa Han...

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police arrested two men in a remote southern village in Pakistan and accused... Arrests in 'honour&#39

KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police arrested two men in a remote southern village in Pakistan and accused them of hacking two young women to death for having sex outside marriage, officials said yesterday.

The suspects, who are uncles of the women, were caught after authorities were tipped off by the girls' parents about the slayings in southern Sindh province, said Ajmal Magsi, an area police ...

When/where: 1:15 p.m. today, John Paul II High School, Plano Records: Midland Christian 21-... Saturday's High School Girls

When/where: 1:15 p.m. today, John Paul II High School, Plano

Records: Midland Christian 21-14; Lubbock Trinity 27-7

Notes: This is the third meeting between these teams. Trinity won the first two, making eight 3-pointers in a 59-29 victory in Lubbock on Jan. 9, then withstanding a Lady Mustangs rally for a 41-32 win Jan. 30 in Midland. ... Both teams were ranked in the Texas Associa...

Different personalities and a lack of overall time together may delay that chemistry from forming... Lubbock Coronado girls dou

Different personalities and a lack of overall time together may delay that chemistry from forming.

Lubbock Coronado tennis player Kelsy Garland had that special chemistry last year with doubles partner Natalie Day as they went 58-1 and captured the Class 5A girls doubles state championship.

But Day has gone on to play for Texas Tech, while Garland has been left to defend the doubles...

"It was a little more sweet," said Edens, a 1994 Marysville-Pilchuck graduate. "A little more swe... Northwest 4A Playoffs: Sno

"It was a little more sweet," said Edens, a 1994 Marysville-Pilchuck graduate. "A little more sweet."

The Vikings' thrilling win in the Northwest 4A District 1 tournament sends them to the state tournament for the second consecutive year.

Lake Stevens (17-7), which dropped both of its Wesco North meetings to Monroe this season, has won eight of nine.

"I told them they needed ...

British audiences have voted Spice World -- the Spice Girls' notorious foray into movies -- as t... Spice World gets 12000 thum

British audiences have voted Spice World -- the Spice Girls' notorious foray into movies -- as the worst film of all time. More than 12,000 filmgoers voted in the poll, which had a surprising choice for second worst movie -- Canadian director James Cameron's Oscar-winning Titanic. Grease 2 made it into third spot, followed by Kevin Costner's Waterworld and Hostel. The next five worst are Ana...