State Basketball: Arlington vs. Snohomish Girls 3/3/22

The WIAA/Gesa Credit Union Class 3A Girls State Basketball Tournament; Quarterfinal Round Game between The Snohomish Panthers and the Arlington Eagles; Thursday, March 3, 2022. Tom Lafferty, Joel Boyer and Steve Willits on the call, live from The Tacoma Dome. Our Allstate Insurance Good Hands Player of the Game was Arlington guard Keira Marsh; she scored 13 points; had 6 rebounds and dished out 4 assists in leading the Eagles to a 50-47 win and advanced Arlington into the semi-finals.

State Basketball: Snohomish vs. Bonney Lake Girls 3/2/22

The WIAA/Gesa Credit Union Class 3A Girls State Basketball Tournament; Opening Round Game between The Snohomish Panthers and the Bonney Lake Panthers; Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Tom Lafferty, Joel Boyer and Steve Willits on the call, live from The Tacoma Dome. Our Allstate Insurance Good Hands Player of the Game was Snohomish guard Cheyenne Rodgers; it was her defense that led the Panthers to a 46-44 win and moved Snohomish into the quarterfinals.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2/28/22

It's our pre-state basketball tournament preview show for Monday, February 28, 2022. Ten coaches that will be taking their teams to either the Tacoma Dome (3A/4A) or the Yakima Sundowm (1A/2A). Nalin Sood of Mountlake Terrace boys; Anthony Wiederkehr of Lakewood boys; Dan Taylor of King's girls; Rick Skeen of King's boys; Randy Edens of Lake Stevens girls; Alex Iverson of Stanwood girls; Joe Marsh of Arlington girls; Ken Roberts of Snohomish girls; Ebany Herd of Archbishop Murphy girls and Tevin Dillon of Mariner boys.

Class 3A Girls State Tournament-Hermiston (OR) Bulldogs at Everett Seagulls-2/26/22

The Class 3A Girls State Tournament Regionals; Saturday, February 26, 2022 featuring the Hermiston (Oregon) Bulldogs and the Everett Seagulls, live from Larry Walker Court, Walt Price Student Fitness Center at Everett Community College. Tom Lafferty, Coach Darrell Olson and Amp Harrell on the call. Our KRKO Allstate Insurance Good Hands Player of the Game was Hermiston freshman guard Izzy Simmons who scored 12 points in the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs defeated the Seagulls 53-51.

KRKO Russell and Hill Male Student Athlete of the Month-November 2021-Brandon Moore-Lake Stevens

Congratulations to our KRKO Russell & Hill Male Student Athlete for the Month of November 2021, Arlington senior cross country runner Brandon Moore. Brandon finished in second place at the Class 3A Boys State Cross Country Championships held at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco on November 6th. He completed the course with a time of 15:34; eight seconds ahead of the third-place runner. (The State 3A Champion from Bishop Blanchet won by 17 seconds). The Arlington Eagles finished seventh as a team at the state meet. Moore won the 3A District One title the week prior, and the Eagles... Read More.

KRKO Russell and Hill Female Student Athlete of the Month-November 2021-Mary Clarke-Snohomish

Congratulations to our KRKO Russell & Hill Female Student Athlete for the Month of November 2021, Snohomish sophomore swimmer Mary Clarke. Mary won the Class 3A State Championship in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.51, held at the Weyerhaueser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. She also took second place at the state meet in the 100-yard freestyle; missing the state title by a mere .04 seconds; with a time of 51.19. The Snohomish Panthers took 12th place as a team. Clarke led Snohomish to a District One championship the week before and set meet records... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2/21/22

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, February 21, 2022. We hear from a pair of wrestling state champions from Glacier Peak High School. Winning the 4A state title at 220 was senior Jacob Erickson and winning the girls' 125 state championship was sophomore Karianne Baldwin; they were joined by Grizzlies' boys wrestling coach Bryan Mossburg. We chat with two coaches that are taking their teams to the State Basketball Regionals this week; first, it's Eddie George of the Shorecrest Scots boys team and then Ebany Herd of the Archbishop Murphy girls team.  

Girls 4A Wes-King Bi-District Basketball Tournament: Eastlake at Lake Stevens 2/15/22

It's the Girls 4A Wes-King Bi-District Basketball Tournament Semi-Finals between the Eastlake Wolves of the Kingco League and the Lake Stevens Vikings of the Western Conference. Tuesday, February 15, 2022; Tom Lafferty and former Everett Coach Darrell Olson on the call. Our KRKO Allstate Good Hands Player of the Game was Lake Stevens senior guard Baylor Thomas; she had 19 points (18 in the second half, including 3 three-pointers in the third quarter) to lead the Vikings to a 48-46 win over Eastlake. Lake Stevens advances to the District Championship game and has punched its tickets to the 4A... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2/14/22

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, February 14, 2022. We start with a preview of upcoming district basketball tournaments, and feature a short interview with our KRKO Allstate Insurance Good Hands Player of the Game from last week, Bothell's Miroslav Pavlenko. Then it's Bothell's next opponent, Glacier Peak and their boys basketball coach Brian Hunter. We're joined by Everett Herald prep writers Cameron Van Til and Zac Hereth with a preview of this weekend's wrestling and swimming state championships; and finally a talk with Stanwood girls head basketball coach Alex Iverson along with senior Ava Cook.

Boys 4A Wes-King Bi-District Basketball Tournament: Bothell at Lake Stevens 2/10/22

The start of the high school basketball post-season. Game B of the 2022 Boys 4A Wes-King Bi-District Basketball Tournament as the Bothell Cougars travel to meet the Lake Stevens Vikings on Thursday, February 10, 2022. Tom Lafferty and former Stanwood coach Zach Ward have the call. Our KRKO Allstate Good Hands Player of the Game was Bothell post player Miroslav Pavlenko; he had 22 points in Bothell's 64-60 loser out win over Lake Stevens.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 2/7/22

Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, February 7, 2022; and it's an all basketball edition. Starting with Lynnwood Royals Girls Basketball Head Coach Eddie McFerrin and players Mataya Canda, Kayla Lorenz and Aniya Hooker; then it's Arlington Eagles Girls Basketball and their Head Coach Joe Marsh along with our KRKO Russell & Hill Female Student Athlete of the Month, senior Keira Marsh; she's joined by her teammate Jenna Villa. Our Russell & Hill Male Student Athlete of the Month Mariner basketball player Tijan Saine, joined by Head Coach Tevin Dillon. We wrap up with Lake Stevens Vikings Head Coach Mark... Read More.

High School Girls Basketball: Jackson at Glacier Peak 2/1/22

Complete game broadcast of the Western Conference 4A Girls Basketball match-up between the Glacier Peak Grizzlies and the Jackson Timberwolves, played on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Tom Lafferty and Joel Boyer have the call. Our KRKO Allstate Good Hands Player of the Game was Glacier Peak senior guard Hailey Stevenson. Glacier Peak defeated Jackson 42-25.