Dave Trimmer

Jeff Bolton's chances of sticking with the Seattle Seahawks are slim, but that might be all he needs to make it somewhere else. "All I'm thinking is I'm going to do everything in my power that I can possibly do to put myself in the best position to make a team," Bolton said after practice Tuesday at Eastern Washington University. "Whether it's practice squad, active roster, whatever, I just want to make a team."

Without benefit of seeing every punt since April or to review them from three different angles in slow motion, it would appear the job of Seattle Seahawks punter is a tight competition between seventh-round draft choice Ryan Plackemeier and free agent Gabe Lindstrom. That was the company line Monday morning even though Plackemeier handled all of the kicks Saturday night and was one of the few highlights in the Seahawks' 13-3 loss to Dallas in the first preseason game.

What inquiring minds want to know, as the Eastern Washington University football team starts fall practice this week: Who will be the starting quarterback when the season opens Aug. 31 at Oregon State? All things being equal, and they appear to be now, junior Chris Peerboom will start but split time with redshirt freshman Matt Nichols.

When a young lineman, like rookie fourth-round draft pick Rob Sims, has a question, Chris Spencer is happy to help out. After all, that's how Spencer got through his rookie season with the Seattle Seahawks last year.

Tom Oswald was a man whose life was measured by numbers, but not the obvious ones. Oswald, who logged 165 games in 25 years as the football coach at Cheney High School, died Friday evening after a long battle with cancer. He was 57.

The beach is beckoning. But Reid Priddy, a standout outside hitter on the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team, isn't considering retiring to the beach. Rather, he wants to take his game outside after the 2008 Olympics in China.

Sherry Hamilton insisted her favorite color was red, and daughters Peyton and Paige squeezed their new stuffed Eagles. Other than 16-month-old Pree, who also clutched an Eagle, the whole Hamilton family appeared enthusiastic to be the newest members of the Eastern Washington University family.

Kelly Kaminski used to tell her seventh-grade students to dream big. Then they turned that concept back on her and now she is living her dream.

PASCO – North Central and East Valley took the same route and got the same result, but they had vastly different races. NC steamrolled the field, piling up 69 points Saturday to win the State 3A girls track championship at Edgar Brown Stadium.

PASCO – Maybe it's not fair to Cameron Elisara's second state championship in the shot put or Wes Nolan's surprising win in the javelin but the 2006 State 4A track championships are going to be remembered as Megan O'Reilly's weekend. O'Reilly, less than 18 hours after running the fastest high school girls 3,200 meters in Washington history, came back to gut out a thrilling 1,600 Saturday afternoon at Edgar Brown Stadium.