Highline ‘Titans’ Lacrosse Club Seeking Players For Upcoming Season

The Highline ‘Titan’ Lacrosse Club would like our Readers to know that they’ve opened registration for the upcoming season. The non-profit club is based in the Highline area. They play... [Read more]

Fling Discs To Fight MS At A Benefit Disc Golf Tournament Sunday, Oct. 16th

The 3rd annual ‘Lakewood Fall Fling to Fight MS,’ a benefit Disc Golf Tournament, will be held starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16th at the Lakewood Disc Golf Course in White Center. This... [Read more]

UPDATE: JFK’s Girl’s Volleyball Team Going To State Finals As #2 Seed

UPDATE: The John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Girl’s Varsity Volleyball team won their Friday night match against Prairie 3-0, then played on Saturday and beat Capital 3-2 (#7 in state), but... [Read more]

Burien Woman Bit By Marathon Bug, Runs One A Week For Full Year

by Rachel M. Lusby Burien resident Tamara Mackey is not only a strong and active member of the business community, she is also an avid marathon and half marathon “fanatic” who ran 52 half-marathons... [Read more]

Somali-American Soccer Tournament Kicking Up Storm At Highline Field

Did you know that the Seattle Somali community is hosting a Somali-American Youth Cup Soccer Tournament this week at Burien’s Highline Memorial Field? Soccer clubs from around Somalia will play all... [Read more]

“206 Ballers” Win First Annual Normandy Park Hoop Fest

Story & Photos by Mark Neuman Normandy Park City Manager Doug Schulze said the winner of the First Annual Normandy Park Hoop Fest are the “206 Ballers,” who beat Preston 18-13 Saturday,... [Read more]

Skill, Physical Play Make Lacrosse Area’s Fastest-Growing Youth Sport

by Ralph Nichols [NOTE: Interviews for this and a companion story that follows were conducted just before the 2010 youth lacrosse season ended in May. With the growing popularity of this sport locally,... [Read more]

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New Advertiser Matt Griffin YMCA Holding Healthy Kids Day Saturday

We’d like to welcome our latest Advertiser to The B-Town Blog: Matt Griffin YMCA, which is inviting Kids and Families to participate in “YMCA Healthy Kids Day” this Saturday, April 17th. This... [Read more]

Signups For Highline Lacrosse Club Now Taking Place

Did you know that there’s a Highline Lacrosse Club in the area? Well, there is. And they’re now looking for boys between 5th and 12th grade to signup and play. Here are the details, courtesy... [Read more]

“The Snake Is Back” At The 2nd Annual “Cove To Clover” Race Sunday March 14th

The second annual “Cove To Clover” fundraiser 5K race will be Sunday, March 14th, winding its way from the Normandy Park Community Club up the dreaded “snake hill” to the finish... [Read more]

Rat City Rollergirls Will Be Skating For Local Charities This Sunday

We’re huge fans of the all-girl sk8er team the Rat City Rollergirls, and when we heard that they’re kicking off their 2010 season with a charity fundraiser at Key Arena this Sunday, Jan. 31st,... [Read more]

Rep. Upthegrove Goes To Bat For Local Little League Ball Fields

Rep. Dave Upthegrove (D – Des Moines) filed a bill this week that would allow the Port of Seattle to continue to lease land to the Highline-area Little League organization at a steeply discounted... [Read more]

PACWEST Little League Signups Begin Tuesday, Jan. 26th

One way you can tell that spring is on its way is when you start seeing signs for Little League baseball registration (oh, and these 50+ degree days sure help as well) – PACWEST Little League registration... [Read more]

JFK Women’s Basketball Player Gets Some ESPN Love

Yasmine Fuller, a guard for Burien’s John F. Kennedy Catholic High School women’s basketball team, recently received some serious media love from ESPN’s “Rise Magazine,” where... [Read more]

Benefit Soccer Game For Andy MacDonald Scholarship Will Be Nov. 29th (2009)

The 2nd Annual Scholarship Benefit Soccer Game for the Andy MacDonald EMT Scholarship Fund at Puget Sound Skills Center will be held Sunday, Nov. 29th beginning at 11am at Highline Memorial Stadium. Here... [Read more]

Brats Trot Through Burien On Gorgeous Fall Day; Here Are The Top 20 Finishers

Sunday afternoon (Oct. 4th) was a gorgeous fall day, perfect for the first-ever Burien Brat Trot fundraiser race which wound its way through 5K near Olde Burien. The winners were: MEN: Alex Frank, 30,... [Read more]

PHOTOS & SOUNDS: Scenes From The Forklift Rodeo!

Last Saturday (Aug. 22nd) there was an actual “Forklift Rodeo” held at Boeing Field, and Photographer Michael Brunk was there to capture both visual and audio elements, which he has built into... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Burien Salmon Are Biting “Anything Pink” – Including Bubblegum?

You know summer is peaking when the salmon are biting so much that people are catching them from shorelines around the Burien area, including these folks seen at Three Tree Point on Sunday, Aug. 23rd: Click... [Read more]