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Wynton!!!
Garfield goes toe-to-toe with a 48-year-old man, and loses
By Sam Koelle
On the first day of the 2009 Essentially Ellington Festival, competition participants had an opportunity to ask questions of virtuoso trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Published May 15, 2009 - Sports
Lebron Wade for MVP
It’s not just the annual hoopla; something amazing is happening in the NBA
By Sam Koelle
LeBron James is one of the few indisputable MVPs in history, and it is a remarkable privilege to be able to watch him.
Published April 24, 2009 - Sports
Pump It Up
The pristine Garfield Weight Room awaits
By Sam Koelle
In the basement of the gym, tens of thousands of dollars of brand spankin’ new exercise equipment is sitting virtually unused
Published March 27, 2009 - Sports
Check Mateys!
The Garfield Chess Team takes fifth at state
By Sam Koelle
On the weekend of February 27 – 28, the Garfield High School Chess Team braved the frigid wastes of Mount Vernon to take fifth place in the Washington State Championships.
Published March 27, 2009 - Sports
Makin’ Bank
Sam is your bookie for the real March Madness
By Sam Koelle
Here are appraisals of the chances of some top teams, as well as U Dub and Gonzaga.
Published March 13, 2009 - Sports
In God’s Image
The men and women of the wrestling team fight FOR SPARTA!
By Sam Koelle
The legacy of the sculpted deities lives on even more strongly in the most masculine and appealing of all the Garfield sports teams: The wrestling team.
Published February 27, 2009 - Sports
‘Roid Me Up
An alternative viewpoint on steroids
By Sam Koelle
Consider this: We want our athletes to be amazing. We want them to perform impossible feats. We want them to be superhuman.
Published February 27, 2009 - Sports
Play At Work
The halls of Garfield provide ample opportunity for sport
By Sam Koelle
When I was a freshman, I distinctly recall ‘06 playing a game of pickup football on Alder during fifth period. Though skipping class is treated more harshly now than during the golden age, there are still many viable options for the amateur at-school athlete.
Published February 13, 2009 - Sports
Snow White and Shaun White
Local ski resorts wrangle for your favor
By Sam Koelle
Here in Seattle, we sit sixty minutes away from the snowiest mountains in the world.
Published January 16, 2009 - Sports
Ballin’
Girls basketball perseveres through coaching changes
By Sam Koelle
The Garfield High School girls basketball team has faced more than its share of challenges since the legendary 2005 state championship season.
