Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 1/20/25

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fwUsanBA7hGzidN8xufLB?si=2240b93d5cb64821  A Martin Luther King Jr. Day Basketball Showcase post-game edition of Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, January 20, 2025. We hear from the Kamiak Knights Girls Basketball team with players Zia-Daye Anderson, Finley Gonzales, Maya Goldwire and Synclair Mawudeku. Then it’s the Lake Stevens Vikings Boys team with players Brian Tilghman, Daniel Ngezaho and Devin Freeman, along with Head Coach Alex Iverson.

Complete Game Broadcast: Girls Basketball Arlington at Lake Stevens 1-15-25

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FpobBoKlE7LDisRABbz4r?si=585ea4dfc5de44a5Complete Game Broadcast: Wesco 4A Girls Basketball: Arlington Eagles at Lake Stevens Vikings. Wednesday, January 15, 2025 with Tom Lafferty and Jon Rasmussen on the call. KRKO Marysville Toyota Player of the Game was Noelani Tupua. She scored 26 points, leading the Vikings to a 64-48 win.   

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 1-13-25

Basketball, wrestling and baseball on the menu for the Monday, January 13, 2025 edition of Prep Sports Weekly. We hear from the Shorewood Stormrays girls basketball team with head coach Brandon Glasser and players Rylie Gettmann, Bridget Cox, Elle Wiehle, Maya Glasser, Vanessa Spadford and Clara Djohan. Then, Steve is out and about at the Panther Classic Wrestling Tournament with the Mountlake Terrace Hawks wrestling team with head coach Jahleel Vester and wrestlers Isaac Williams and Moses Marsh; the Glacier Peak Grizzlies wrestling team with Kallel Dusenberry, Alejandro Ibarra, Dillon Bonnar and Oliver Martinez. Plus the man that put... Read More.

High School Boys Basketball-Jackson at Arlington 1-7-25

https://open.spotify.com/episode/51hbYYxdbBSRCvOBhYHcO6?si=azXazCU3RGW3JXDfBqbSfA High School Boys Wesco 4A Basketball Complete Game Broadcast; Tuesday, January 7, 2025: Jackson Timberwolves at Arlington Eagles; Tom Lafferty and former Arlington head coach Nick Brown on the call. Our KRKO Marysville Toyota Player of the Game was Leyton Martin of Arlington; he led the Eagles with 19 points (including 8/8 at the free throw line). Final Score: Arlington 57, Jackson 52.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 1/6/25

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YsXFRReKmWkcFumH5J1Wc?si=I2fce0KJTeCmRfRBmw5sAAThe first Prep Sports Weekly of the year; Monday, January 6, 2025. We hear from the Meadowdale Mavericks Boys Basketball Team, with head coach Roger O'Neill and players Payton Hernandez and Natnael Ghirmay; then it's the Edmonds-Woodway Boys Basketball Team, with head coach Tyler Geving and players William Alseth, D.J. Karl and Cam Hiatt. Finally, it's the Everett Seagulls Boys Wrestling Team, with head coach Joel Palabrica and wrestlers Cameron Grant and Darey Pestana. 

KRKO Russell & Hill Female Student Athlete of the Month-October 2024-Olivia Hoyla-Jackson Swim & Dive Team

Congratulations to our KRKO Russell & Hill Female Student Athlete of the Month for October 2024; from the Jackson High School Girls Swim & Dive Team senior Olivia Hoyla. Olivia had a very busy State 4A Swim Meet in Federal Way; she placed 2nd in the 200 freestyle relay (1:30.81); 3rd in the 200 individual medley (2:09.66); 3rd in the 400 freestyle relay (3:32.51) and 4th in the 100 backstroke (:59.03). That propelled the Timberwolves to a third place finish in state. She was district champion in all her events in 2024. During her high school swimming career, Hoyla’s... Read More.

KRKO Russell & Hill Male Student Athlete of the Month-October 2024-Ramon Little-Arlington Cross Country

Our KRKO Russell & Hill Male Student Athlete of the Month for October 2024 is sophomore ambulatory cross country runner Ramon Little of Arlington High School. Ramon finished in second place at the 2024 State Cross Country Meet Ambulatory Race at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco. He finished the course in 13:20; 23 seconds behind the three-time defending state champion Jacob Hopkins of Cascade (a previous KRKO Russell & Hill Athlete of the Month). Little’s time was the 2nd fastest ever on the course; besting Hopkins’ 2023 state championship time. (Of Note: Ramon competed on a conventional lower... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 12/30/24

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3rU78vBSZH6S2RHBAZQgkq?si=EKcWJ0H0QfKE7hXfOsOg1g The final Prep Sports Weekly program of the 2024 calendar year on Monday, December 30, 2024. We hear from the head boys basketball coach at Lynnwood, Anxhelos Pere; and from the head boys basketball coach at Jackson, Steve Johnson. Then a different kind of interview with the Girls and Boys Monroe Bearcats basketball teams, who are competing at the Cactus Jam Tournaments in Phoenix Arizona. For the girls, we heard from: Head Coach Tyson Horner, Assistant Coach Joni Edelbrock and players Halle Keller, Hope Keller, Allyson Hope Neri, Eliana Horner, Mya Mercille, Mya Paxton and Katelyn Paxton. For the... Read More.

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 12/23/24

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KcNoHdCsn4RExnbDJ7ves?si=c9b62c9452a044c4 Prep Sports Weekly for Monday, December 23, 2024. We hear from the Everett High School Seagulls, Class of 1975 Boys Basketball team, including Ross Rettenmeir, Jerry Barhanovich, Charlie Cobb (Asst. Coach), Ben Swanson, Steve Dahl, Jon Dalberg (Manager), Don Levin, Mike Collard and Dave Duffy. Then it's the head coach of the Snohomish Panthers Boys Basketball team Jeff Larson. We end with head coach Brian Hill and players Raegan Tracy, Rikki Miller, Lillian Riechelson, Samanth Thoma and Brynna Pukis of the Glacier Peak Girls Basketball Team. Merry Christmas! 

High School Basketball-Glacier Peak at Lake Stevens-Doubleheader 12-20-24

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XaWL0dHiJbEauKPkRE5yO?si=4633f838d50143daComplete game broadcast of the Wesco 4A Girls/Boys Basketball Doubleheader, Glacier Peak Grizzlies at Lake Stevens Vikings. Friday, December 20, 2024 with Tom Lafferty and Darrell Olson on the call. KRKO Marysville Toyota Players of the Game were Lake Stevens' Keira Tupua (29 points) on the girls' side and Glacier Peak's Reed Nagel (11 points) on the boys' side. GIRLS FINAL: Lake Stevens 71, Glacier Peak 63. BOYS FINAL: Glacier Peak 73, Lake Stevens 46. 

Prep Sports Weekly Podcast 12/16/24

https://open.spotify.com/show/0Wly4OaO6H8krC5CpaPvrb?si=MfCyzY-fSSufaXq8H3CaTAPrep Sports Weekly for Monday, December 16, 2024. We meet the back-to-back state champion divers: From Glacier Peak it's Addison Farman and from Archbishop Murphy it's Samantha Mandeville. Then it's 3/4s of the Jackson 200 freestyle relay swim team with Olivia Hoyla, Megan Wang and Elissa Anderson; they finished 2nd at state, while the Timberwolves took third as a team. Finally, we catch up with the head football coach at Anacortes, Justin Portz; the Seahawks won their second consecutive state 2A championship early this month with a 20-10 win over Tumwater. 

High School Basketball-Marysville Getchell at Marysville Pilchuck 12-12-24

https://open.spotify.com/episode/22lwi42pfB624ZqO580Wzk?si=_vGMbZCPRK28Ma44QxmuxQComplete game broadcast; Western Conference Boys Basketball; Marysville Getchell Chargers at Marysville Pilchuck Tomahawks; Thursday, December 12, 2024. Tom Lafferty and former Everett coach Darrell Olson on the call. KRKO Marysville Toyota Player of the Game was Chargers' forward Zach Rice who score 22 points, 19 in the first half, in leading Getchell to the 77-28 win.