When your prep sports conference is referred to as "the already troubled Seamount League," it might be time to consider hiring a PR firm or send in the state's top high school athletics official.
The Seamount League: More Ejections Than a NASA Test Pilot
The Growing Legend Of Tony Wroten
We saw Garfield High ninth-grade basketball phenom Tony Wroten make the most incredible dunk last Tuesday, but as we'd been assured by a KING 5 cameraman that they'd caught it on tape, we didn't want to waste words describing it.
Private School Basketballers Prepare Public School Counterparts For a Lifetime of Frustration and Hopelessness
The forward-thinking youth at private Kennedy High don't want the hopeless, powerless lives of their public school lessers to come as a shock, so they are preparing them for it by obliterating them on the basketball court.
James Lipton vs. Wanda Sykes, Tony Wroten vs. Mark McLaughlin at Metro League Tuesday
Counterpoint at Tuesday night's Garfield/Inglemoor game, played at Garfield's temporary home, Old Lincoln High.
Minor-League Music Goes the Way of Minor-League Sports
If you're wondering what happens to the lesser-known bands who used to play Seattle at the Croc, evidence from the sports world shows that you ought to look for them in Kent. Or not at all.
Vocal Parents Don't Help Blanchet Hold Off Ingraham
"Play smart," came the exhortation from Blanchet parents, as their children began to fritter away a lead that had been 13 points with three minutes left. But let's face it, people--asking high school basketball players to "play smart" is like asking high school musicians to "maintain your vibrato" or high school cheerleaders to "save it for marriage." So, on our Metro League Tuesday (TM), through a series of ill-advised drives, poor passes, bad fouls and,...
"He's Like a Dancer": Phenomenal Garfield 9th-Grader Wows Packed House at Franklin (But His Team Gets Whooped)
After seeing him for the first time last night, Tony Wroten, Garfield's 6-4 9th-grade point guard prodigy, just vaulted to the top of our list of the best things about living in Seattle. You will pay $8 to see Wroten play in some musty high school gym at some point in the next four years, and he will make a pass or a juke or a slam dunk that will make you turn to the...
Beloved Basketball Coach and Documentary Star Fired For No (Announced) Reason
Bill Resler, beloved coach of the Roosevelt High School girls basketball team, which was featured in the documentary Heart of the Game, was fired on the eve of the season, reports the Times' Craig Smith. Roosevelt administrators aren't saying why, at least not publicly. Privately, according to Resler, they're telling parents he held forbidden offseason practices, which Resler denies. Smith cites previous complaints against Resler that he encourages rough play and sometimes swears. Those haven't...
Issaquah: Upset High
On Friday, Issaquah High pulled off its second earth-shattering upset of the year, defeating Bellevue High's nationally-ranked football team.

