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    Articles by Erick Walker
    Auburn Mountainview moves 11 wrestlers on to district tourney
    Auburn Mountainview moves 11 wrestlers on to district...
    By Erick Walker • February 9, 2009 12:43 pm

    So much for being a young program. Auburn Mountainview looked like anything but a bunch of youngsters on Saturday at…

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    Auburn Riverside's Sam Melick shoots over Auburn's Iszia Johnson during SPSL North action.
    Auburn Riverside boys basketball knocks off Auburn, 77-60
    By Erick Walker • February 9, 2009 12:41 pm

    Things are coming together for the Auburn Riverside High boys basketball team. As much was evident Friday night, when the…

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    WRESTLING: Auburn outlasts Tahoma, claims sub-district crown
    WRESTLING: Auburn outlasts Tahoma, claims sub-district crown
    By Erick Walker • February 8, 2009 12:22 am

    Auburn had an ace in the hole Saturday night during the South Puget Sound League North Division sub-district wrestling tournament…

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    SPSL North Wrestling Sub-district Tourney At a Glance
    SPSL North Wrestling Sub-district Tourney At a Glance
    By Erick Walker • February 4, 2009 5:21 pm

    SPSL NORTH WRESTLING • WHAT: Sub-regional wrestling tournament. • WHEN: Today and Saturday. Matches begin this evening at 4 p.m….

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    Auburn Riverside's Ryan Rogers drives to the hoop against Kentlake.
    BOYS BASKETBALL: AR knocks off KL, clinches playoff...
    By Erick Walker • February 4, 2009 2:07 am

    He has had sparse playing minutes throughout the season and at times has been forced to fight through foul trouble….

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    Kentridge boys basketball upsets Kentwood, pulls into tie with Auburn in SPSL North
    Kentridge boys basketball upsets Kentwood, pulls into tie...
    By Erick Walker • January 26, 2009 5:08 pm

    Gary Bell wasn’t about to let the Kentridge boys basketball team slip any further down in the South Puget Sound…

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    Kentlake's Morganne Comstock
    GIRLS BASKETBALL: KL, turnovers thwart Auburn
    By Erick Walker • January 24, 2009 1:37 am

    It all came down to the line Friday night for the Kentlake High girls basketball team. And when it mattered…

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    Auburn Riverside's Nichole Jackson goes up for a shot in front of Kentwood defenders Lindsey Moore (5) and Courtney Johnson (42).
    AR girls tumble to Kentwood, 61-45
    By Erick Walker • January 22, 2009 1:51 pm

    Jessie Genger and the Kentwood High girls basketball team gave eighth-ranked Auburn Riverside a taste of its own medicine Tuesday…

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    Under Dick Pruett
    Community mourns loss of legendary wrestling coach Pruett
    By Erick Walker • January 22, 2009 1:45 pm

    He left an impression. For some, it was the trademark, stiff-legged limp that is remembered most — the result of…

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    Auburn wrestling grabs third at Kelso Invitational
    Auburn wrestling grabs third at Kelso Invitational
    By Erick Walker • January 19, 2009 8:10 pm

    The Auburn High wrestling team enjoyed an afternoon of near perfection on Saturday. The Trojans went a perfect six-for-six in…

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    Kentwood boys knock off No. 2 Federal Way 52-50
    Kentwood boys knock off No. 2 Federal Way...
    By Erick Walker • January 19, 2009 1:18 pm

    There’s still plenty of basketball left to play. But even Kentwood boys basketball coach Michael Angelidis had trouble keeping his…

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    Swartz loses controversial match at Pacific Coast Championship
    Swartz loses controversial match at Pacific Coast Championship
    By Erick Walker • January 7, 2009 5:09 pm

    It was the match virtually all in attendance wanted to see. One of the biggest wrestling tournaments of the year…

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    Kentwood's big man
    SPSL BASKETBALL REPORT: Auburn falls flat against KW
    By Erick Walker • January 7, 2009 1:58 am

    The plan seemed clear enough Tuesday night to the fifth-ranked Auburn High boys basketball team. Stop Kentwood junior Joshua Smith…

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    Jay Garthwaite
    The Garthwaite way: Former baseball star returns to...
    By Erick Walker • December 26, 2008 8:38 pm

    Pens and pads in their hands, a host of dads sit on wooden benches outside the batting cages and hang intently on the teacher’s every word, jotting down notes feverishly.

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    Kentridge looks to continue SPSL North dominance | Boys Swim
    Kentridge looks to continue SPSL North dominance |...
    By Erick Walker • December 22, 2008 7:09 pm

    The numbers are quickly adding up for Kentridge High’s boys swim team.
    So, too, are the titles.
    And from the early look of things, the Chargers’ run of South Puget Sound League North Division dominance isn’t going to change any time soon.
    The key to the Chargers’ success?
    “We’ve had a lot depth,” fifth-year coach Ted Rychlik said.

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    Auburn’s Swartz captures Spud Walley Invitational
    Auburn’s Swartz captures Spud Walley Invitational
    By Erick Walker • December 15, 2008 3:15 pm

    Talent was in abundance during Saturday’s Spud Walley Invitational at Sedro-Woolley High. Five of the 10 teams in competition finished…

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    Auburn’s Jake Swartz
    Wrestling: Auburn’s Jake Swartz grapples with history
    By Erick Walker • December 12, 2008 2:28 pm

    He has always been short on words, but big on wins.
    Little has changed during the last year for senior and two-time state wrestling champion Jake Swartz, Auburn High’s – and, without exaggeration, the state’s – premier wrestler.

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    Auburn Riverside's Amanda Thomson is hammered by Kentwood defenders as she drives the lane.
    Conquered: No. 2 Ravens crumble to Kentwood
    By Erick Walker • December 12, 2008 12:48 pm

    Tears of frustration were shed. Hugs of joy were passed out. And it was clear shortly after fourth-ranked Kentwood knocked…

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    Auburn High School’s basketball squad
    Banking on the big guys in the SPSL...
    By Erick Walker • December 5, 2008 2:24 pm

    They’ve been gone from the South Puget Sound League North Division just two years.

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    Kentwood volleyball coach Bil Caillier
    The evolution of Bil Caillier | Kentwood Volleyball
    By Erick Walker • November 21, 2008 3:20 pm

    He started out as “just one of the girls.”
    Now, a little more than seven years, one memorable ejection, a job firing and three children later, Bil Caillier has morphed into one of the premier high school volleyball coaches not only in the area, but in the entire state.
    No longer is the Kentwood coach the quiet one in the classroom of legendary Auburn High volleyball coach Nancy Zehnder.

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