He took a flight down to Florida three Tuesdays ago.
Enumclaw Girl made a smooth transition from sprinter to router Sunday at Emerald Downs.
Reporter staff Abijah “Baj” Alastra has been named the new head baseball coach at Auburn High School. Alastra, who also…
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He has played some of the world’s greatest courses. Pebble Beach. Shinnecock Hills. St. Andrews.
But Doug Campbell’s first touch of golf glory came in his early teens at Linden in Puyallup, where he grew up and went to high school. And earlier this month, that connection yielded a cherished honor for him.
The man who is best known around here for his longtime tenure as the head pro at Auburn Golf Course was inducted into the Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.
Nationhood shook off Westesideclyde in the stretch run and scored a 2½-length victory Sunday in the $60,000 Budweiser Emerald Handicap at Emerald Downs.
Just in case you missed it: Kevin Radke isn’t retired.
If the Emerald Downs star jockey was retired, he wouldn’t have notched his 1,000th career victory last Saturday.
One went in the draft. Another signed as a free agent.
For the Reporter Matt Hagerty is in the win column. The apprentice jockey, who became officially eligible to ride when…
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ADAM BARRETT, AR girls basketball
That he ultimately became a successful football coach, particularly at Auburn High School, didn’t diminish his love for the diamond sport.
After another autumn of leading the Trojans into the state football playoffs, Gordon Elliott was back in the ballpark this spring as Auburn’s junior varsity baseball coach – just as he had been for the past three seasons.
For the results he produced – not to mention his two-sport versatility – Elliott has been named the Reporter’s Auburn-area Prep Coach of the Year.
Update on Auburn’s
Kevin Radke was riding high last weekend at Emerald Downs.
JULIAN-BLAKE COWAN, Auburn Riverside
Garrett Rutledge was a wanted man.
A total of 15 older fillies and mares have been nominated for Sunday’s $50,000 Washington State Legislators Stakes at Emerald Downs.
The speedy Jerry Hollendorfer-trained filly Private Dreams is likely to be the betting favorite in the 6 ½-furlong event.
The 4-year-old Johannesburg filly beat many of these same horses in the May 18 Hastings Park Handicap at Emerald. She sprinted to the early lead and never looked back, powering home by 5 ¾ lengths while establishing a stakes record of 1:08 3/5 for 6 furlongs.
Broadcast sporting events in Western Washington for June 7 through June 11.
A listing of recreational sports events and announcements in Auburn.
