ARLINGTON — The hits just weren’t there for the Arlington 76ers.
School has just let out for the summer, but for a large number of aspiring athletes, the training season is never over.
MARYSVILLE — The sport. The food. The tradition.
SMOKEY POINT — In its second year at the Smokey Point Plant Farm, the annual Strawberry Festival Berry Run enjoyed a big boost in turnout.
MARYSVILLE — Bats erupted in the Strawberry Tournament as Bruce and Becky’s Interiors won a June 6 slugfest to stay perfect in their third tourney game.
SNOHOMISH — The scene: a dimly lit arena, edged on one side by plexiglass windows where friends and fans look in. On the other, padded walls that reach about waist-high, where coaches and bench players watch and cheer on their teammates.
The spring sports season was kind to the north Snohomish County teams — nearly every team in the Arlington-Marysville area improved its record and standing, with five area teams advancing to their respective state tournament this season.
MARYSVILLE — Through five innings, the Stilly Valley Falcons built what proved to be an insurmountable lead, as they held off a Pepsi rally to win 7-4 and stay perfect in their Strawberry Tournament pool.
It took two games, but the Stilly league softball champs beat Mukilteo to win the tournament of champions.
Undefeated through the tournament bracket, the Stilly Valley girls had the chance to put the Magic away in their first meeting on May 31. But Stilly Valley coach Butch Diemer prepared his team to win the championship in two games, a luxury they were afforded by their no-loss performance.
As the school year winds down, summer sports opportunities are rising with the mercury in the thermometers.
With different sports camps running from June through August, the Marysville Parks and Recreation Department provides chances for area kids to hone their athletic skills across an array of sports.
Recent Little League all-star alumni clashed in the NSA spring training doubleheader at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, May 29.
The U12 Stilly Valley Crusaders, who are made up in large numbers by the Stilly Valley all-star team that advanced to the Little League softball regional last summer, won both of their games in the third of five tournament matches.
Arlington eighth-grader Max Bryson must have a spring in his step.
The Post Middle School track athlete broke a 23-year-old high jump record not long after he took up the sport. But this spring, in the middle school season, Bryson took his success to new heights and what appears to be a new national record.
At the season finals meet in Mount Vernon, Bryson cleared a height of 6-5 1/4.
Power Alley rallied against Tournament of Champions rival Pacific, but the Edmonds-area team ultimately proved to be the Bulldogs’ nemesis in a May 28 rematch at Lake Stevens’ Bond Field.
Power Alley and Pacific found themselves locked in their second meeting in four games as the champions of their respective Little League divisions.
