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From left to right, Taylor Indahl, Danielle Ellis (kneeling), Morgan Cabe, Alex Andren, Yasi Fardi, Sarah Campbell and Brianne Lind pose on the deck of the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way during the preliminaries on Friday. The Gig Harbor girls swimming and diving team placed 10th in the Class 4A state meet. It’s the fourth year in a row the team has finished in the top 10.

The Gig Harbor Tides girls swimming and diving team set expectations to win the Narrows League and West Central District championships and place in the top 10 at the Class 4A state meet at the King County Aquatic Center.

Published: 02:40PM November 19th, 2009

Peninsula sophomore Casey Penrose earned two top-five finishes to lead the Seahawks’ swimming and diving team to 15th on Saturday during the Class 3A state finals at the King County Aquatic Center.

Published: 02:37PM November 19th, 2009

Gig Harbor senior Jeremy Hurdus’ senior project is a mixture of sports with a Spanish kick. The varsity soccer and tennis player will travel to Honduras next month to hand deliver soccer gear to the less fortunate who live in the port city of La Ceiba.

Published: 02:29PM November 19th, 2009

Successful high school programs begin with their head coach. If you don’t believe me, look at Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools. The most well-coached teams draw the best talent and are developed into college-bound athletes.

Published: 11:47AM November 19th, 2009

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and so is the Gig Harbor Turkey Trot.

Published: 11:57AM November 11th, 2009

PASCO — They came. They ran. They overachieved. Peninsula senior Chris Borg led the Seahawks boys cross country team to a second-place finish on Saturday at the Class 3A state meet at Sun Willows Golf Course, tying their school-best finish from 1978.

PHOTO GALLERY: View more photos from Saturday's state championship event.

Published: 12:02PM November 11th, 2009

PASCO — The Gig Harbor Tides’ emotions rode high during the Class 4A state cross country championships on Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course.

Published: 12:05PM November 11th, 2009

The Peninsula Seahawks were exuberant. Then they were tested. And when it came down to the final play Saturday night at Roy Anderson Field, there wasn’t much that separated them from the Glacier Peak Grizzlies.

PHOTO GALLERY: View more photos from Saturday night's Peninsula-Glacier Peak football game.

Published: 11:53AM November 11th, 2009

This was an incredibly busy weekend for Gig Harbor and Peninsula high school sports.

Published: 11:50AM November 11th, 2009

Federal Way’s run-pass combo was too much for Gig Harbor.

Published: 04:34PM November 4th, 2009

Nobody on the Gig Harbor Tides cross country team expected Maureen Tremblay to be this good.

Published: 04:33PM November 4th, 2009

The Peninsula Seahawks boys cross country team placed five of its seven runners in the top 16 to claim the Class 3A West Central District championship last Saturday at American Lake Golf Course.

Published: 04:27PM November 4th, 2009

Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools have exceptional cross country programs. The quality of talent starts at the top and works its way down to the incoming freshmen from the surrounding middle schools.

Published: 04:25PM November 4th, 2009

Gig Harbor junior Troy Castle’s eyes lit up when the score of the Olympia-Foss football game was announced over the intercom during the celebration of the Gig Harbor’s 49-6 homecoming victory over Shelton last Thursday at Roy Anderson Field.

Published: 04:22PM November 4th, 2009

The Gig Harbor Tides girls swimming and diving team won its fourth straight Class 4A West Central District meet last Saturday at Rogers High School.

Published: 04:19PM November 4th, 2009

The Gig Harbor girls soccer team stamped its ticket to the Class 4A West Central District playoffs.

Published: 03:55PM November 4th, 2009

The Gig Harbor volleyball team beat Olympia last Saturday in the Narrows League tournament championship at Mount Tahoma High School in five games, 23-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 15-12.

Published: 02:54PM October 27th, 2009

Peninsula senior running back Darrian Creamer feels pain; he just doesn’t complain about it.

Published: 02:52PM October 27th, 2009

The Gig Harbor vs. Olympia volleyball match last Thursday authenticates my love for competition.

Published: 02:50PM October 27th, 2009

The Gig Harbor and Olympia volleyball teams didn’t disappoint in the Narrows League championship match.

Published: 02:47PM October 27th, 2009

The Gig Harbor cross country team doesn’t know anything different except winning the Class 4A Narrows League meet.

Published: 02:41PM October 27th, 2009

The Peninsula boys cross country team won the Class 3A South Puget Sound/Western Cascade Conference sub district cross country race at Fort Steilacoom last Saturday by placing five of its seven distance runners in the top 10.

Published: 03:42PM October 21st, 2009

The Peninsula Seahawks boys golf team has proven to be among the best in school history. Call it a year-long brotherhood.

Published: 03:34PM October 21st, 2009

Elizabeth Betterbed is the quintessential student-athlete. The 2006 Gig Harbor High School graduate — currently a senior at Army University in West Point, N.Y. — is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in NCAA Division I women’s soccer.

Published: 03:31PM October 21st, 2009

BUCKLEY — Peninsula head football coach Ross Filkins said something strange always happens when the Seahawks travel to White River.

Published: 03:28PM October 21st, 2009

Gig Harbor senior volleyball player Kelsie Jenkins’ eyes began to fill up with tears after the Tides swept Bellarmine Prep in three games last Wednesday in a Class 4A Narrows League contest at Gig Harbor High School.

Published: 03:24PM October 21st, 2009

Running is an innate ability on the playground. It doesn’t require hand-eye coordination or a specific skill set.

Published: 03:21PM October 21st, 2009

The Peninsula Seahawks played hard, but they needed more than effort against the perennial powerhouse Bonney Lake Panthers.

Published: 04:36PM October 14th, 2009

High school lacrosse is coming to Gig Harbor. Members of the community were accepted for provisional membership in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association last month.

Published: 04:34PM October 14th, 2009

Lacrosse is considered to be the “in” sport, and that’s changed just in the past two decades.

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