Sam Koelle

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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.

Published January 16, 2009 - Sports

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Talent Show 2009: The Gypsy Leg


Jazz band members Russell Blount, Sam Koelle, Carl Majeau, Frankie Pavia and Evan Shay perform “The Gypsy Leg” at the 2009 Messenger Talent Show.

Released April 10, 2009