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It's another day and another rivalry for Sounders FC, which will meet the MLS expansion Vancouver Whitecaps for the first time today.
RAINIER - It's hard for Kristen Schoenherr to explain the way her game escalates at the most opportune times. She sees the time remaining, and then flips a switch.
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YAKIMA - The nerves got the best of Elma's Alexis Keating when she got to the golf course Wednesday.
The determination on the faces of the River Ridge players said it all. The Class 2A District IV girls title game was theirs to win. And if it wasn't going to happen on the last shot of regulation, it was going to happen in overtime.
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Even with his team enjoying a comfortable 14-point fourth-quarter lead, River Ridge girls basketball coach Tom Kelly knew Elma wasn’t about to go away quietly.
In recognition of Sept. 11, 2001, military personnel, police officers and firefighters will get free admission into tonight’s nonleague football game between Steilacoom and Elma at Elma High School’s Davis Field. The game begins at 7 p.m.