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Articles by Shawn Skager
Auburn senior Mario Luevano celebrates his 220=pound championship win over Meadowdale's Tim Smith.
Auburn, Auburn Mountainview earn top-10 finishes at Mat...
By Shawn Skager • February 25, 2015 12:30 pm

Auburn and Auburn Mountainview battled to top-10 team finishes at this past weekend’s Mat Classic XXVIII state 3A wrestling championships at the Tacoma Dome.

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Jacob Apodaca roughs up Bonney Lake’s David Smith in the 285-pound final at the South Puget Sound League 3A sub-regional wrestling tournament. Apodaca earned a trip to this Saturday’s regional tourney with a 5-2 decision.
Auburn grapplers snag sub-regional title
By Shawn Skager • February 11, 2015 6:41 pm

The Auburn Trojan wrestling squad continued its dominance of the South Puget Sound League 3A with a first-place finish at the sub-regional tourney Feb. 7 at Auburn High School.

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Auburn Riverside senior guard Mitch Wetmore in action against rival Auburn.
Raven boys are setting winning traditions | Boys...
By Shawn Skager • February 11, 2015 6:00 pm

Mitch Wetmore is no stranger to seeing an Auburn Riverside basketball team succeed.
Unfortunately for Wetmore, the Ravens’ senior point guard and co-captain, until this year it wasn’t the boys basketball squad.

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Pacific City Councilmember Josh Putnam will not seek reelection.
Pacific Councilman Putnam not running for reelection
By Shawn Skager • February 11, 2015 5:58 pm

Pacific voters decide in November who will be the city’s mayor for the next four years and who will fill three City Council seats up for election.

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Auburn Riverside's Kolten Rosin (21) and Julian Gulchuk (3) battle Auburn's Tyler Peray for the ball (3).
Auburn Riverside beats Auburn 64-57 | Boys basketball
By Shawn Skager • February 7, 2015 3:13 pm

The Auburn Riverside boys wrapped up its regular season with a 64-57 South Puget Sound League 3A win against district rival Auburn at the Auburn Riverside gym.
The Ravens (9-5 league, 12-8 overall) built on a 30-29 advantage at the intermission, outscoring the Trojans (6-8, 8-12) 16-10 in the third quarter to hold a 46-39 lead going into the final frame.
In the fourth quarter Auburn Riverside held off Auburn to win the game 64-57.

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Vic Kave
Pacific City Council votes to ban all marijuana...
By Shawn Skager • February 4, 2015 6:41 pm

The Pacific City Council answered the question of what to do with marijuana business in the city this past week, voting to put the kibosh on recreational and medical pot stores, processors and producers.

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Members of Auburn Mountainview’s robotics team
Kent’s ShoWare hosts FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition
By Shawn Skager • February 4, 2015 6:22 pm

Inside, it’s a nerd’s paradise.
Hundreds of students gather around scores of tables, all loaded with machine parts for the robots built to take home the coveted Washington FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) title at Kent’s ShoWare Center.
In the middle of the pits, a practice area allows the teams to finish fine-tuning the 18-inch-by-18-inch robots, preparing them to compete in Cascade Effect, this year’s challenge.

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Members of Auburn Mountainview’s robotics team
Young minds test skills in robotics showdown at...
By Shawn Skager • February 4, 2015 5:12 pm

Inside, it’s a nerd’s paradise. Hundreds of students gather around scores of tables, all loaded with machine parts for the robots built to take home the coveted Washington FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) title at Kent’s ShoWare Center.

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Seahawks aid transition from chaos to calm | Commentary
Seahawks aid transition from chaos to calm |...
By Shawn Skager • January 21, 2015 6:56 pm

By the time Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson threw his fourth interception of the game, the 12th Man jersey had been in a heap on the floor for at least 10 minutes.
On one end of the couch sat my 17-year-old son, Conner, eyes fastened to the screen, arms crossed, looking for all the world like he’d just lost his best friend.
I suppose in a way it looked to him like that was about to happen.

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Pacific Council will vote on future of marijuana biz in city Jan. 26
Pacific Council will vote on future of marijuana...
By Shawn Skager • January 21, 2015 6:53 pm

The Pacific City Council got an earful from speakers on both sides of the marijuana debate Tuesday at a hearing conducted to solicit input from the public before the council votes on the future of marijuana businesses inside the city.

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Auburn heavyweights Mario Luevano
Auburn big men Jacob Apodaca and Mario Luevano...
By Shawn Skager • January 21, 2015 6:52 pm

Coming into this season, the Auburn Trojan wrestling squad was chock-full of talented wrestlers.
Picked the second best 3A team in the state by washingtonwrestlingreport.net’s preseason ranking, the expectation for Troy wrestling is high.

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Auburn ponders changes to water shutoff notification rules
Auburn ponders changes to water shutoff notification rules
By Shawn Skager • January 21, 2015 6:43 pm

Too much work, and it eats up too much time.
To be specific, going out and placing notices of approaching water service termination on doors of homes whose residents haven’t paid their utility charges.
These are among the reasons the City of Auburn cited Monday night for potential rule changes related to notifying property owners their water service is about to be turned off and placing liens on their property.

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Auburn Riverside's Olivia Denton goes for the lay up against Juanita's Shelley Waltar at the King Showcase at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Auburn Riverside girls lose two straight over weekend...
By Shawn Skager • January 19, 2015 8:45 pm

The Auburn Riverside girls basketball team’s record fell to 11-3 on Monday morning with a 54-45 non-league loss to Juanita at the Matin Luther King Jr. Showcase at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Against the Rebels (5-10 overall) the Ravens (6-2 league, 12-3 overall) never seemed to find their rhythm, shooting just 26.9 percent from the field, or 18-of-67.

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Pacific to host hearing on future of marijuana business in city
Pacific to host hearing on future of marijuana...
By Shawn Skager • January 14, 2015 5:35 pm

At a public hearing hosted by the Pacific City Council at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, city residents once again get to speak their minds on the future of marijuana businesses in the city.

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Auburn Riverside's Olivia Denton elevates for a bucket.
Auburn Riverside girls tops in SPSL 3A
By Shawn Skager • January 14, 2015 5:17 pm

One question has been foremost on the minds of Auburn Riverside girls basketball fans this week.

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Auburn Mountainview's Robbie Wilson dishes against Peninsula.
Peninsula topples Auburn Mountainview 69-58 | Boys basketball
By Shawn Skager • January 10, 2015 12:40 pm

No. 10 Auburn Mountainview had no answer for Peninsula’s JaQuori McLaughlin on Friday, with the Seahawks’ shooting guard torching the Lions for 38 points on the way to a 69-58 boys basketball win in Gig Harbor.

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The Auburn Blast U12 soccer team
Auburn Blast U12 girls win Washington Recreational Cup
By Shawn Skager • January 7, 2015 4:47 pm

The Auburn Youth Soccer Association (AYSA) Auburn Blast Girls U12 are the Washington Recreational Cup winners for 2014.
The Blast, made up of players from Auburn, Covington, Bonney Lake and Puyallup, defeated the Sammamish Dynamite in penalty kicks, capping a 21-0-1 season.
After battling to a 1-1 tie in regulation, the Blast overcame the Dynamite 3-1 in penalty kicks.

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Unbeaten Auburn Riverside devoured the 3A competition throughout the season
2014 in review: A sports year to remember...
By Shawn Skager • December 30, 2014 5:55 pm

2014 was an amazing year for high school athletics in the Auburn-area. So much so that it’s hard to pick just a handful of outstanding team and individual achievements.

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Auburn freshman Jason Brown drives to the hoop against Steilacoom.
Auburn edges Steilacoom 43-37 at ShoWare Shootout |...
By Shawn Skager • December 22, 2014 2:45 pm

Freshman Jason Brown had a game-high 14 points as Auburn squeezed past the Steilacoom 43-37 Saturday at the ShoWare Shootout in Kent on Saturday.

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Katelyn Cooper photographs a seal on the Galapagos Islands.
Photography comes naturally for Auburn teen
By Shawn Skager • December 19, 2014 6:21 pm

It didn’t take Katelyn Cooper long to find her passion. When she was only 3, her parents put a Fisher Price camera in her hands.

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