Local Riley Quinton (in middle with basketball) and his seventh grade Kings Knights select basketball team that won the bronze division championship at the MLK Holiday Hoopfest held at the University of Washington Jan. 16.

The 7th grade AAU Mukilteo Silver Knights boys basketball team won the Mt. Si Wildcat Classic tournament, held Jan.14-15. The Knights team went 5-0 and won the championship game against a tough Cedarcrest team.

The Marauders’ latest defeat at the hands of Lake Stevens on Friday knocked their record to 0-15. However, the Marauders still have hope for this year. For now, they are not mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.

With WESCO South opponents on the horizon and the playoffs in the near future, the Knights Boys Basketball team is poised to make a playoff run.

Keivarae Russell, Mariner High School’s star running back, announced his highly anticipated college commitment on Dec. 30. Next year he will be playing for Notre Dame's Fighting Irish.

Mitch Hovis, a seventh grader at Harbour Pointe Middlel School, as recently selected for the 2012 Pacific Northwest Swimming All-Star team.

Two-time state champion Mukilteo Lightning Boys U17, was the underdog team last year, and haven't looked back since

The U-12 Girls Mukilteo Strikers FC began practicing in August with a shared vision – work harder and improve on their performance from the previous season. While that sounds like a simple and realistic goal, it was far from it.

The Mukilteo BU-15 Black Dragons, coached by Paul Kramer and Shane Willis, finished in third place in the Division 1 NCYSA regular season, and for the second year in a row, tied for third place in the state Rec Cup.

Mukilteo's Zack Gregory (left) controls the ball, challenging his Bainbridge opponent. The Dragons' 6-1 victory will advance them into the Semifinals on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Starfire Complex in Tukwila.

The 30th annual Turkey Shoot Tournament was held in Mukilteo Nov. 18-20 for Washington State Youth Soccer Association teams. It is one of the largest recreational soccer tournaments in the Pacific Northwest.

Kamiak High School senior Bryce Larson signed with Western Washington University on Nov. 18, in a surprise signing party at Kamiak, committing to continue her volleyball career there.

Bill Johnson, a 2005 Kamiak grad, was a pro ball player for ARBA-San Ramon, a Costa Rican team, until the season ended last month. After that, he played professionally for IR-Reykjavik of Iceland.

Mariner High School running back Keivarae Russell is one of 80 of the nation’s most talented high school football players selected to play in the nationally televised U.S. Army All-American game in January in San Antonio, Texas.

The Kamiak Girls Swim Team won the 4A District Championships held at Kamiak High School on Saturday. Nov. 5. Kamiak won by more than 100 points with a score of 508; runner up was Cascade with a score of 417.

Connor Roestel of the Mukilteo Dragons (left) challenges for the ball. The Dragons suffered a 4-2 loss to the Silver Lake Spartans on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Kasch Park.

Mukitleo Misfits' Coach Zac Herrin dressed up as the Soccer Fairy to liven up their eighth game Oct. 29 at Explorer Middle School. It was their second game of the season against Marysville Youth Soccer Club's Super Strikers, and another win over them, 14-0. The Soccer Fairy gave everybody at the fields quite a show.

On Wednesday, Oct. 26, Olympic View and Harbour Pointe middle schools finished their 2011 softball seasons. Above, Harbour Pointe eighth grader Sarah Rhodes catches the batter looking to retire the side for the Hawks.

The Mukilteo Black Dragons defeated the first-place ranked Lake Stevens Blue Dragons 3-2 on a soggy Saturday morning at Olympic View Middle School. Above, Mukilteo's Brady Willis (right) battles for the ball against Lake Stevens.

The role of playoff dream-killers has reversed this year for Wesco South football. The Mariner Marauders rolled past the Jackson Timberwolves 54-28 on Friday, beating Jackson for the first time in three years.