Greg Lee

Jamie Weisner is often told she plays basketball like a guy.

TACOMA – Quantity trumped quality in the State 4A boys track and field championships Saturday afternoon. Gig Harbor, which had more than double the qualifiers thanks to more available state berths than Mead, captured the team title, topping the Panthers on a gorgeous final day in Star Track XXX at Mt. Tahoma High School.

TACOMA – People noticed that Eddie Gonzalez had some hops. They encouraged the University junior to turn out for track and try high jumping, so he did.

TACOMA – Quantity trumped quality in the State 4A boys track and field championships Saturday afternoon.

University junior Eddie Gonzalez wins the State 3A high jump crown while North Central's Katie Knight added a victory in the 1,600 meters to her 3,200 title she won.

Throwers Damon Unland of Ferris and Courtney Hutchinson of Mead were winners Friday at Star Track XXX in Tacoma.

TACOMA – Katie Knight was disappointed she didn’t get to go head to head against the reigning 3A 3,200-meter state champion on the opening day of Star Track XXX Thursday evening at Mt. Tahoma High School. That will have to wait until Saturday when the North Central junior meets Amy-Eloise Neale of Glacier Peak in the 1,600.

TACOMA – Katie Knight was disappointed she didn’t get to go head to head against the reigning 3A 3,200-meter state champion Thursday evening at Mt. Tahoma High School.

In the Hutchinson family, throwing the shot put has become a rite for the five sisters. Corissa and Ashley won state championships at Mead and the middle sister, Courtney, joined her older sisters with a state title two years ago as a freshman before finishing runner-up last spring.

In the Hutchinson family, throwing the shot put has become a rite for the five sisters.

Coeur d’Alene High senior Madison Seaman still hears her father cheering for her. Six months ago, Joe Seaman took his own life. The reasons why will forever remain a mystery, but one thing is for sure – the daughter’s love for her father remains intact.

Coeur d’Alene High senior Madison Seaman still hears her father cheering for her.

For the Greater Spokane League boys and girls track champions, the District 8 4A meet went better than scripted. Although no team trophies are awarded, Mead’s boys and Central Valley’s girls started their second seasons Friday evening by picking up where they left off in league. The Panthers, behind four-event champion Wes Bailey, piled up 194 points, 57.5 ahead of runner-up Ferris. The CV girls, behind three-event winner Savannah Hoekstra, finished with 177.5, 13 better than Mead.