Jeremy McCleary, the feisty, 125-pound Plateau pugilist who just finished his sophomore year at White River High School, won a close decision in the title bout of his weight division at the Junior Olympic Boxing Regionals in Ontario, Ore., in late May.
Jeremy McCleary, the feisty, 125-pound Plateau pugilist now finishing his sophomore year at White River High School, won a close decision in the title bout of his weight division at the Junior Olympic Boxing Regionals in Ontario, Ore., in late May.
At the conclusion of his 13th campaign as a baseball head coach and fortuitous seventh season at the helm of the Enumclaw High squad, Eric Fiedler had guided his 2010 club to a 20-7 record overall and reeled in third place at the Class 3A state championships at Seattle’s Safeco Field May 29.
A gutsy but inexperienced Enumclaw High fastpitch squad that has relied heavily on senior Austin Rogers, made the scene of the rain-delayed, one-day Class 3A state fastpitch tournament at Tacoma’s South End Recreation Area Saturday and was eliminated by Bellevue 10-6.
Every once in a great while a special crew comes along at Enumclaw High that, through a noteworthy combination of talent and chemistry, is able to battle through whatever adversity stands in its path and battle its way deep into the playoffs.
Inclement weather postponed the West Central District III fastpitch tournament at Spanaway’s puddle-ridden Sprinker Recreation Center last weekend, but the event was rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
After clinching a berth in the Class 3A state baseball tournament by trimming North Kitsap May 11, Enumclaw High engaged in the West Central District seeding tournament at Auburn Mountainview and were blanked by Highline’s Pirates 15-0.
The Enumclaw High fastpitch squad has been just squeaking by in this 2010 campaign.
Enumclaw High’s South Puget Sound League 3A mark dropped to 8-8 for the regular fastpitch season.
The White River fastpitch team didn’t make it into the subdistrict tournament as its season seemed to come to a premature end last week, first losing to Sumner 8-3, then wrapping up by edging Enumclaw 3-1.
It took 10 innings and five different pitchers, but Enumclaw High’s baseball crew prevailed at around 11 p.m. Saturday, winning 8-7 over the Seamount League’s highly-touted Mount Rainier, regarded by many as the No. 1 Class 3A squad in the state.
Behind senior champion Chance Mitchell, sophomore A.J. Pontolandolfo and freshman Stevie Williams, Enumclaw High’s judo team finished second behind defending state champion Kentridge at the high school state championships Saturday.
On the eve of its subdistrict encounter against Highline at Auburn Mountainview Saturday, White River’s baseball squad was on the receiving end of a few nuggets of wisdom from 1984 WRHS graduate Louis Martinson.
