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Sports
Fife championship bid stalled by Sentinels
With the 2009 Nisqually League Cham-pionship – a championship the Fife boys soccer team had not won in 20 years – in sight, the Steilacoom team was the only thing standing in the way. As it turned out, the celebration would not be coming after this game, as Steilacoom came out on top, 4-1. Read more...
Fastpitch continues its winning tradition
As of April 20, the Fife fastpitch team had won six games, lost two, and had five rained out. Read more...
Hatchery closing could devastate local fishing – and beyond
Fishermen – tribal, commercial and sports – around the south Puget Sound area could be receiving more bad news if a proposal to close the 90-year-old Voights Creek Hatchery is approved in the state’s final budget later this month. Read more...
Runner Gaylord getting back on track
Fife senior Gena Gaylord outran almost everyone in the state last year in the 400-meter. The one athlete who was a little faster in the finals at the state championship that day, Aundreaha Martinez from Tumwater, graduated last spring. Read more...
Boys win opening game, will face Anacortes
The Fife boys won their first-round state tournament game against Hockinson, 54-44, and will play Anacortes next in the quarterfinals March 12 at 4 p.m. at the SunDome in Yakima. Read more...
Girls basketball returns to state after 11 years
The last time a Fife girls basketball team went to the state tournament was 11 years ago. Read more...
Basketball teams gear up for tourney
Boys and girls end season with streaks
Coach Mark Schelbert figured his boys basketball team would be in the hunt in the Rainier Division of the 2A Nisqually League. Despite losing three of their first four games back in December, Schelbert was confident the team would progress and be playing well together when it counted. Read more...
Preps basketball: Midseason review
Now that the high-school basketball season has turned the corner into the home stretch, it is time to look at the Fife High School boys and girls basketball teams – where they are at this point, how they got there, and in what direction they are headed. Read more...
With its 57-41 win over Eatonville on Jan. 13, the Fife boys basketball team kicked off league play and improved their record to 5-4 for the season. Read more...
