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Ron Newberry, Sports editor
Ron has spent 20 years in sports journalism. He will write about a broad range of sports topics. 
Gail Wood, Sports reporter
Gail's special interests are college sports and the South Sound scene.
Steve Powell, City editor
Steve has been a sports fan since he started collecting sports cards of legends such as Wilt Chamberlain, Bart Starr and Mickey Mantle and listening to the Seattle Pilots and Sonics on radio in the mid-1960s. A Washington State University graduate, his first few professional journalism jobs 28 years ago were covering prep, college and pro sports.
Meg Wochnick, Sports reporter
Meg specializes in high school sports coverage for The Olympian. She is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, where she was an NCAA Div. III All-American in track and field. She will provide insight on high school sports in South Sound.
Brendan Funtek, Sports content producer
Brendan is a native of Amarillo, Texas and graduate of The Evergreen State College, his sports interests are geared toward the national scene.
Marcus Burns, Sports page designer
Marcus is a Northwest native and graduate of The Evergreen State College. He will address Northwest college and professional sports.
Mike Lang, Copy editor
Mike came to The Olympian in 2006 from the Kansas City Star, where he worked just about every job in the sports department. He would rather be playing poker or be fishing than picking high school sports teams he knows very little about.
SPORTS
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A look at this weekend's Capital Lakefair sports schedule
Capital Lakefair sporting events will be in full swing Saturday and continue through Sunday.
The Wood Bat Tournament at Capital and Timberline high schools already started on Thursday.
It's a busy weekend in South Sound with the Kick in the Grass soccer tournament taking place with 134 teams involved. The title games are Sunday. The Senior Games softball starts with its 50-and-over division Saturday and Sunday in Shelton.
A glance at the Lakefair sports schedule this weekend:
Baseball: A dozen American Legion Under-17 teams arel competing in the 31st Wood Bat Tournament at Capital and Timberline high schools. The championship game is 4 p.m. Sunday at Capital.
Run: The 33rd Lakefair Run starts and finishes at Heritage Park Saturday, with the 8K at 8 a.m. and a 3K run/walk starting at 8:05 a.m. The cost is $15 (no race T-shirt included) or $35 (race T-shirt included). Registration available at Heritage Park before 7:30 a.m. For information, check www.ontherunevents.com/lakefair.
Kit car races: This takes place Saturday on Capitol Way between 7th Street and 9th Street. Registration at 8 a.m. Races start at 9 a.m.
Tennis: The 29th annual Dennis J. Acuff Memorial Doubles Tennis Tournament will be at Rainier Vista Park in Lacey, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 360-491-0857 for information.
Volleyball: Starting at 9:15 a.m. Saturday and Sunday on the Capitol Campus. Games will be between men’s, women’s, junior, co-ed and masters teams.
Ron Newberry, The Olympian
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The college basketball world starts to lose recruits to Europe
It took one high school player to turn the world of basketball on its head.
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It's official: Richie Sexson will never sign my photo
The conversation simply started out as “You’ll never guess what I found.”
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Timberline golfer's summer packed with top golf tournaments
It’s a perfect summer for Cameron Peck, who already has had more than 100 colleges contact him about playing golf.
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The sensational, scandalous lives of athletes
The press coverage of athletes and their off-field involvements has dwindled into a cycle of superficiality for quite some time now.
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Reject Stern's demand so you can retain Sonics dignity
41 years and this fallout was worse than most Sonics fans could have imagined.
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What are some of your favorite Sonics memories?
The Sonics were my first love in the world of professional and college sports growing up in the Northwest.
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What should they call this new Oklahoma City NBA team?
Now that you have an NBA team, what about an NBA nickname?
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Yelm's Paul advances to Olympic trails final in men's hammer
Former Yelm High School track and field standout David Paul advanced to Friday’s final in the men’s hammer throw after finishing sixth in the preliminaries Monday night at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, held at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
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Bulls and Sonics make first pick headscratchers
Whoa, I really thought the Chicago Bulls were bluffing.
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Report: Sonics could trade down
According to ESPN.com's Chad Ford, the Sonics will trade out of the No. 4 pick in today's NBA draft if USC star O.J. Mayo isn't available.
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Why the Boston Celtics would beat Team USA
The perception that persistence can beat talent shouldn't be limited to sentimental sports films.
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Pitch counts have transformed baseball
Bedard hasn't even averaged six innings per start for his career! And now he's got back spasms?!
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Where do the Mariners go from here?
Well, we've covered Sports Radio Plan A: Fire the general manager and the manager right now, this is outrageous!
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Manic Monday in sports with golf, Sonics and Bavasi on center stage
What a wild day in the sports world.
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Watch this NBA Finals series with skeptical eye
NBA commissioner David Stern should have just swallowed his whistle.
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Jim McKay's class and professionalism will be missed
Once upon a time, in a world a long time ago, there was no Sportscenter.
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Impossible to love Lakers and Celtics
If you are a Los Angeles Lakers fan, you cannot be a Boston Celtics fan.
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Acts of sportsmanship becoming contagious in girls sports
For the second time in about a month, amazing sportsmanship shown by athletes in this state is making national headlines.
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