Back-to-back wins for the Hornets
The eighth-grade Hornets boys’ basketball team won the Best Western Hotels Seaside Classic basketball tournament Jan. 30 and 31 in Seaside Ore. This is the third tournament win of the season for the Hornets. The team also won the Harbor Hoops tournament in Aberdeen, Wash., and the Shelton Invitational. The team also finished second in the Oregon Preps, Enumclaw and Skyline tournaments.
The team includes: Brian Price, Baker McCullough, Peter Nordby, Drake Rademacher, Evan McCrillis, Josh Dorrance, Tyler Rodriquez, Kasey Kilwine, Chase Olson, Eric Van Hulse and Sam Rabb. The team is coached by Bob Price, Greg Nordby, Tom Rademacher and Jeff McCullough.
Yellow Jackets show their folkstyle stuff
Kyle Opland led the Enumclaw Yellow Jacket wrestling club at the 2010 Washington Folkstyle Championships by winning the 70-pound Schoolboy 12- to 13-year-old division
In the same division, teammates Jayden Fend finished sixth at 105 pounds and Levi Norton was seventh in the 77-pound class.
The threesome, along with several teammates, competed with more than 1,200 other wrestlers Jan. 30 and 31 at West Valley High School in Spokane.
In the Bantam division, for six and seven year olds, Jacob Dixon placed third in the 60-pound class. Cole Bowen placed eighth in the 55-pound class and Tyson Russell participated in the 45-pound class.
Among eight and nine year olds in the Intermediate division, Tanner Chase finished second in the 80-pound class. Trevor Chase was sixth in the 95-pound class and Nate Belcourt was eighth in the 50-pound class.
Ryland Popke, 70-pound class, and Mason Fend, 80-pound class, participated in the Novice 10- and 11-year-old division.
Daytona 500 not kind to Kahne
After running up front most of the day, Enumclaw NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne finished 30th in Sunday’s Daytona 500.
“I hate it for the Budweiser team,” the No. 9 Ford Fusion driver said. “We ran up front most of the day, but got shuffled back. It was all about getting in the right line out there today, and it just didn’t work out at the end. It’s just disappointing that our day ended with a wrecked car.”
Kahne, who started fourth after winning Thursday’s second Gatorade Duel race, lasted through two race delays and a series of restarts toward the end of the race, but with just laps to go got bumped from behind, ending his day.
Racing continues Saturday from California. Television coverage begins locally at 1 p.m.
