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Tennis clash of the titans
Brian Adamowsky
I’m not a big fan of tennis.It seems boring to me, especially nowadays with space-age rackets that eliminate much of the scintillating serve-and-volleying that I would find exciting.Federer-Nadal III changed all that. With Sunday’s epic Wimbledon final won by 22-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal over 26-year-old (How is that possible?!?) Swiss Roger Federer causing ESPN’s tennis [...]

WCCBL All-Star game ends in
3-3 tie

MOSES LAKE — The first two innings of the 2008 West Coast Collegiate Baseball League All-Star game belonged to the hitters. The rest was all about pitching.

Race Car Country Club
PAHRUMP, Nev. — Pushing 140 mph in his Radical SR8 LM race car, John Morris is a body at rest in motion.

Digest: Jamaican sprinter outruns rival in 100m showdown
Asafa Powell capitalized on Usain Bolt's weak start and edged the world-record holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to finish in the 100 meters at the DN Galan meet on Tuesday.

Hot tickets
Spokane RiverHawks at Wenatchee AppleSox 7 p.m.

Camps, clinics, leagues
APPLESOX ALL-SKILLS CLINIC, July 29-31, 9 a.m. to noon, Paul Thomas Sr. Field, for boys and girls, instructed by AppleSox coach Ed Knaggs and AppleSox players, $70 early registration, $80 on first day of clinic, www.applesox.com or 665-6900.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Jogging in the city
A runner-friendly town?

On the trail: Doing some daydreaming at Cloudy Pass
HOLDEN VILLAGE — Some years ago, I made the mistake of laying over for a day at Lyman Lake — biding my time (and escaping the mosquitoes and biting flies) by hanging out in my tent. Not that the lake above Holden Village is bad — not with towering peaks to stare at and a nearby glacier to explore. But I kicked myself later for not moving on up sooner to Cloudy Pass, just a mile away and 900 feet higher in elevation.

Triathlon: Jablonski endures heat
ELLENSBURG — Wenatchee's Jason Jablonski overcame a steep deficit after the swimming leg to come back and win the Whisky Dick Triathlon on Sunday.

Baseball: All-Star Game on radio
MOSES LAKE — Tonight's West Coast Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game will be broadcast on a five-station radio network throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Camps, clinics, leagues
APPLESOX ALL-SKILLS CLINIC, July 29-31, 9 a.m. to noon, Paul Thomas Sr. Field, for boys and girls, instructed by AppleSox coach Ed Knaggs and AppleSox players, $70 early registration, $80 on first day of clinic, www.applesox.com or 665-6900.

Seen @ Chelanman multisport weekend
Four triathletes gather at Lakeside Park at Lake Chelan for Saturday's Chelanman races. More photos from this event are online at wenatcheeworld.com. Click on "Seen@" for those, as well as hundreds of other photos of the faces of North Central Washington.

Hot tickets
Spokane RiverHawks at Wenatchee AppleSox 7 p.m.

Digest: Wie to play on PGA Tour again
Fresh off a disqualification on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie has decided to tee it up against the men, again.

Monday, July 21, 2008
Sox' skid hits four at All-Star break
KELOWNA, B.C. — When a team is playing its 16th game in as many days, no lead is safe.

Chelanman rolls on
CHELAN — Kara Nielsen was the first woman to cross the Chelanman half-iron triathlon finish line on Saturday. But the Seattle resident heard plenty of footsteps in the final yards — from her dog, who began to chase her at the final corner.

Three records fall at WVSO
EAST WENATCHEE — Three track records were set at Wenatchee Valley's Super Oval on Saturday night, as the racing action on the quarter-mile track was fast and furious.

Camps, clinics, leagues
WVC KNIGHTS FUN IN THE SUN SUMMER FASTPITCH CAMP, July 21-23, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at WVC softball field, $70 (includes t-shirt), any and all ages and skill levels. Info: Shelly Pflugrath at 682-6880 or 682-6883.

Foreign-born athletes take Olympic stage for U.S.
NEW YORK — As the U.S. struggles with immigration policy, Americans will get a chance next month to see their melting-pot nation through the prism of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms at the Beijing Olympics.

Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sox surrender late lead
KELOWNA, B.C. — When a team is playing its 16th game in as many days, no lead is safe.

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Tired AppleSox thumped in Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. — The beds in the Wenatchee AppleSox' hotel were a welcome sight late Friday evening.

Death of the Sandlot
Sandlot baseball, a slice of American life enjoyed for decades by boys from coast to coast, appears on the verge of extinction.

Cutting the Tour's heart out
If you went to the Tour de France's official Web site, letour.fr, and checked out the standings after the 11th stage, you would have seen a roll of honor, listing the leader by the various categories of jersey a rider would have been wearing at the start of the next stage — yellow (overall leader), green (sprint points), red polka dot (climber) and white (best young rider, up to 25.)

Create your own Olympics viewers guide
NEW YORK — NBC has almost made a viewer's guide to the Olympics an obsolete idea.

Camps, clinics, leagues
WVC KNIGHTS FUN IN THE SUN SUMMER FASTPITCH CAMP, July 21-23, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at WVC softball field, $70 (includes t-shirt), any and all ages and skill levels. Info: Shelly Pflugrath at 682-6880 or 682-6883.

Week in Rec Sports — Explosion 14s lock up state; nationals next
RICHLAND — The Explosion14U girls fastpitch softball team came through the loser's bracket to capture the ASA A state championship July 12-13.

 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Football players from the Rainier Mountaineers football team get off the bus after lunch and head to the field at Triangle park where Wenatchee High School is hosting a four-day football camp this week.

Wenatchee football camp: A quick look at Tuesday's doings
Eastmont High School players were not at the camp Tuesday in Wenatchee. Coach Doug McGill took them bowling during the afternoon as a team-building activity, and they worked out in the evening at Wildcat Stadium with Archbishop Murphy, which is staying in East Wenatchee.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Camp Football: 15 teams come to town for drills, team-building
WENATCHEE — The annual Wenatchee High School team football camp — going on now since 1997 — has become much more than just the opening of the Panthers' preseason.

Saturday, July 19, 2008
Panthers' QB battle down to 2
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Panthers open the football season against cross-river rival Eastmont.

 

COLLEGE SPORTS
New WSU head football coach Paul Wulff throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Monday's game between the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

Wulff 'anxious' for WSU debut
SEATTLE — Paul Wulff stood tall on the mound, stretching out his shiny, new, white Mariners game jersey. He then fired a hard, low strike that seemed to startle Sean Green, the Seattle reliever who was catching a ceremonial first pitch from Washington State's new football coach on Monday night.

College football: EWU tabbed second
HELENA, Mont. — Big Sky Conference football coaches and media that cover the league predict the University of Montana will win the conference football championship this fall.

Saturday, July 19, 2008
A special place in the college game
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ahmad Rashad's daughter came home from middle school one day saying a classmate wanted her father's autograph.

 

REC SPORTS

Track and field
9-10 Girls:

200 Meter Dash – 7th Place – Miranda Standerford – 35.26 (District Time – 36.20)
Standing Long Jump – 5th Place – Miranda Standerford – 5’ 10 1/2” (District Jump – 5’ 6 1/4”)
4 x 100 Meter Relay – 5th Place – 1:22.01 – Molly McGuire, Lucy Wavra, Ashlee Sherill and Claire Nordt (A dropped baton at the first exchange hindered their time, but they were still able to finish the race.)
50 Meter Dash – 8th Place – Kailey Crawford (Moses Lake) – 8.32 (District Time – 8.37)
Softball Throw – 2nd Place – Kailey Crawford (Moses Lake) – 77’ 10 3/4” (District Throw – 77’10”)


9-10 Boys:

50 Meter Dash – 1st Place in his Heat/5th Overall – 7.67 – Matthew Springer (District Time – 8.17)
•200 Meter Dash – 4th Place – Marcus Garcia – 32.95 (District Time – 34.34)
400 Meter Dash – 7th Place – Drew Whited – 1:17.63
•Softball Throw – 7th Place – Marcus Garcia – 99’ 11”
•4 x 100 Meter Relay – 3rd Place – 1:04.24 – Matthew Springer, Marcus Garcia, Tobias Butler and Drew Whited (District Time - 1:05.84)
4 x 100 Meter Relay – 6th Place – 1:10.14 – Zachary Frasier, Carl Brandt, Max Flynn and Noah Woodward (District Time - 1:12.34)


11-12 Girls:

400 Meter Dash – 8th Place – 1:10.54 – Paige Moreland (District Time – 1:10.88)
800 Meter Run – 8th Place – 2:52.92 – Sami Zontek (District Time – 2:57.24)
Standing Long Jump – 6th Place – 6’ 11” – Marit McQuaig (District Distance – 6’ 8”)
Softball Throw – 5th Place – 107’ 8 3/4” – Anna Conklin (District Distance – 106’ 8”)
4 x 100 Meter Relay – 4th Place – 1:00.63 – Bree Hendrickson, Paige Moreland, Ali Sealby and Marit McQuaig (District Time – 1:02.20)
100 Meter Dash – 8th Place – Caylah Lunning (Moses Lake) – 14.81 (District Time – 15.23)





11-12 Boys:

400 Meter Dash – 7th Place – 1:10.31 – Christian Brandt-Sims (District Time – 1:10.81)
Standing Long Jump – 5th Place – 7’ 3 1/2” – John Dye (District Distance – 6’ 9 3/4”)
Standing Long Jump – 6th Place – 7’ 2 3/4” – Christian Brandt-Sims (District Distance – 6’ 7 3/4”)
4 x 100 Meter Relay – 3rd Place – 1:00.42 – John Dye, Ian Whited, Luke Carlson and Ryan Wheeler (District Time – 1:00.91)


13-14 Girls:

•800 Meter Run – 6th Place – 2:43.91 – Anna Dye
800 Meter Run – 7th Place – 2:46.53 – Olivia Kesterson (District Time – 2:47.31)
1600 Meter Run – 6th Place – 6:19.72 – Andi Zontek (District Time – 6:27.67)
•Standing Long Jump – 2nd Place – 7’ 6 1/2” – Anna Dye (District Distance – 7’)
Standing Long Jump – 3rd Place – 7’ 4 1/4” – Roslyn Green (District Distance – 6’ 11 3/4”)
4 x 100 Meter Relay – 2nd Place – 55.41 – Christie Adams, Roslyn Green, Rebecca Tarbert and Lynnette Nygard (District Time – 56.19)
•4 x 100 Meter Relay – 6th Place – 57.64 – Olivia Kesterson, Alicia Williams, McKenna Smith and Anna Dye

13-14 Boys:

•100 Meter Dash – 2nd Place – 11.93 – Isaiah Brandt-Sims (District Time – 12.45)
200 Meter Dash – 2nd Place – 25.30 – Spencer Wilson (District Time – 25.82)
Standing Long Jump – 4th Place – 8’ 2” – Joey Michael (District Distance – 8’ 1/4”)
•Standing Long Jump – 7th Place – 7’ 10 1/2” – Isaiah Brandt-Sims (District Distance – 8’ 3 1/2”)
Softball Throw – 5th Place – 175’ 8” – Josh Woodward (District Distance 170’ 5”)
•4 x 100 Meter Relay – 3rd Place – 49.40 – Spencer Wilson, Joey Michael, Spencer Smith and Isaiah Brandt-Sims (District Time – 50.58)
4 x 100 Meter Relay – 8th Place – 55.88 – Cristian Sanchez, Jack Dunley, Josh Woodward and Carson Grater

Monday, July 21, 2008
Golf
Game Day: July 17, 2008
Game: Low gross, low net, count putts, KP 2nd shot #15
Div I: Low gross Bev Peer 86, low net Claudia Speer 66, putts Linda Hinton 27
Div II: Low gross Carol Brantner 100, low net Mary Hammond 65, putts Beth Dobbs 33
Div III: Low gross Gloria Hainline 105, low net Wilma Robarts 75, putts Beth Hayes 31
KP: Bev Peer
Chip-ins: Cheryl Kingsley #9,Linda Hinton #13
Birdies: Nellie Kirk #8, Sue Chin #7

Tennis
Tournament Results:

Sportsmanship Award – Taylor Ferriell & Bill Temby/Nicholas Ferriell
(Taylor & Nick’s grandparents also participated)

1 Win each to: Greg & Bailey Talmadge (father/daughter)
Brett Hendricks & Sierra Craig (Mackenzie’s sister)
Jolynn Sullivan & Tom Perry

1 Win & a Bye to: Laura Temby & George Webster/Geoffrey Hiltz
Group D Winners Monte Durmmond & Joani Roller

2 Wins Greg & Nevis Smith
John Andrist & Laura Temby
Geoffrey Hiltz & Brittany Webster (her father also played)

2 Wins & a Bye to: Kees & Dawna den Otter

3 Wins Fred & Kathy Maple (Grand parents to 2 of the participants)
Group C Winners Mark Milner & Mackenzie Craig (Sierra’s Sister)
Group B Winners Cindy & Craig Vidano

4 Wins
Group A Winners Robert & Leah Brownell (Father/Daughter)

 

PRO SPORTS

Pro baseball: M's moving back to KIRO
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners are returning to KIRO AM radio next year.

Four ejected after fight in WNBA
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This keeps up, and the Palace is going to get a rep.

Storm lock down Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — Sue Bird scored 22 points, Swin Cash added 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the Seattle Storm locked down two of the league's top scorers while holding on for a 76-73 victory over the Minnesota Lynx in an early Tuesday afternoon game.

 

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Public Notice City of Wenatchee Board Member Openings The City of Wenatchee has openings on the city’s Planning Commission and Code Enforcement Board and is actively recruiting interested city residents to fill these positions. The Planning Commission meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm, at Wenatchee City Hall. The Commission considers long range planning policy, amendments to the city’s development regulations and reviews subdivision and zoning applications. The Code Enforcement Board meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 5:30 pm, at Wenatchee City Hall. The Board hears cases and appeals and renders decisions regarding civil violations of specific city ordinance and sections of the Wenatchee Municipal Code. Those interested in applying for a position should send a letter of interest to: Rick Smith, Community Development Director PO Box 519, Wenatchee, WA 98807 or e-mail: rsmith@wenatcheewa.gov Attorneys are especially needed and encouraged to apply. For more information contact Rick Smith at (509)664-5981. Please submit letters of interest by June 30, 2008.

Journeyman Lineman Electrical Engineer Transmission & Distribution Engineer Training Coordinator See our web site at: www.chelanpud.org for job listings, qualifications and application procedures, or call the PUD’s Job Information Line 661-8001. EOE/M/F/H

Compensation Manager Technical Writer (hydro operations) Chelan PUD has openings for qualified individuals. For additional information, job listings, qualifications and application procedures visit our Web site at: www.chelanpud.org or call the PUD’s Job Information Line at 661-8001. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/H

 

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