Grant Huson, Co-Features Editor
// Published January 28, 2023
For these three seniors, the answer is clear. Dane Parker, Sophia Sheppard and Naomi Hotchkiss are thrilled to see how this next level of sports will play out.
Margo Hermann, Digital Media Editor
// Published December 21, 2022
1997 Puyallup High School alumna Allison Klotz led her team as a second team all SPSL and an honor role player. Now, working as a physical therapist recruiting manager in Seattle, Klotz shares how volleyball has impacted her life and how she carries the lessons she learned with her.
Maddy Weaver, Sports Editor
// Published December 16, 2022
The basketball team of 1972 had just captured another SPSL Championship for the sixth consecutive year and the football team reclaimed the league title. But behind the bright yellow jerseys and the leather balls, there was something more, something deeper.
After 34 years of coaching girls volleyball and softball, former coach Tony Batinovich has discovered the key to making unforgettable memories and unbreakable bonds.
Maddy Weaver, Sports Editor
// Published November 29, 2022
Sports such as basketball, soccer, swimming, gymnastics are offered all over Washington state. But of all the common sports, senior Ripken Renner chose the physical sport of ice hockey.
Margo Hermann, Assistant Sports Editor
// Published November 29, 2022
A leader in her sport, Ivy Vindivich has been on the volleyball court for the last nine years, four of those with Puyallup High School.
After a difficult season last year, girls volleyball saw there...
Margo Hermann, Assistant Sports Editor
// Published November 29, 2022
This November, Shadrach Witham went to State for cross country. As a senior, Witham leads his team as a captain and consistently ranks highly at cross country meets. But when Witham first joined the sport in his freshman year, he still had a long way to go until success.
Legendary Puyallup football coach, Mike Huard, and new coach, Brian Grout, share the memories made, the lessons learned and how coaching a group of young men at the high school level becomes more than a job but a part of a legacy.
