Few can throw it, but Stilly Valley Seniors All-Star pitcher Ryan Walker has nearly mastered it. It’s a slider, screwball and curveball all packed into one pitch — otherwise known as the “slurve.”
The Stilly Valley All-Stars zapped out any inkling of drama in its game against South Everett in the first round of the Majors District 1 Little League All-Stars tournament. Stilly Valley took a leap toward the tournament championship game after knocking off South Everett, 14-3, Saturday, July 2, at Quake Field.
The doors at the Arlington Windermere office were closed for the day. But if you needed an agent, you could find them sprucing up Centennial Park on Friday, June 17.
A handful of agents, including the owner of the Arlington branch, Gene Bryson, worked diligently on the quaint little park, pulling weeds, trimming hedges and picking up leaves in appreciation of the 19th annual Windermere Community Service Day. The event, which takes place during the third week in June, isn’t exclusive to Arlington. Offices in Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho also spent the third Friday in June participating in some sort of community clean-up project.
Lyle Forde prefers to stay out of the spotlight and for more than three decades he’s done a good job doing so.
But on Saturday, June 18, Forde couldn’t escape the glare as students, former students, family and friends made the popular music teacher the center of attention by honoring him with a tribute retirement concert at the Arlington High School auditorium.
The familiar sound of helmets crashing together rang out Friday, June 17, during the second annual Stilly Puff Cup football game played at Haller Field.
After two superstar softball seasons at Everett Community College, Arlington High School graduate Allie Milless had no intentions on playing out the rest of her collegiate career at a four-year school.
Anthony Allen picked up a golf club when he was 8 years old. Jack Lindley took his first swing when he was in eighth grade. Although the Arlington High golfers started out differently, they finished the high school season as the top two players respectively on the Eagles’ golf team.
Arlington junior Alexis Sarver has been a competitor ever since she was born — there were no other options.
Sarver was diagnosed with cancer at birth, which had penetrated her stomach and filled nearly 90 percent of her spinal cord.
But after six grueling years, one surgery and several bouts of chemotherapy, Sarver beat the life-threatening illness and has been in remission for more than a decade.
Five months ago, Lakewood senior Andre Scott found himself lying on the side of a mountain writhing in pain following an ill-fated snowboard trick. And the only thing coursing through his mind was whether or not his final track and field season had come to a pre-mature end.
With just one high school football season ahead of him, Lakewood’s 6-foot, 6-inch, 219-pound tight-end Dustin Stanton has seemingly sewn up his future, at least for the next few years.
Arlington softball pitcher Veronica Ladines struck out back-to-back batters in the seventh inning to cap off a 1-0 victory over the Cascade Bruins in a loser-out 4A District 1 playoff game Thursday, May 19, played at Sky River Park.
