Michael Harthorne
Ballard High School girls gymnastics coach Stephanie Gundel watches one of her athletes while preparing for the winter season earlier this year. She was named KingCo 4A Coach of the Year for gymnastics.

BHS coach roundup

Gundel named coach of the year, Fulwiler resigns

By Michael Harthorne
June 17, 2009

Ballard High School girls gymnastics coach Stephanie Gundel was named KingCo 4A Coach of the Year for her work with the Beavers this past winter season.

Under her coaching, Ballard sophomore Taylor Sterns placed 10th all-around Feb. 10 at the Washington State Individual Gymnastics Meet.

In other news, Derek Fulwiler, first-year girls basketball coach at Ballard High School, resigned from his position last month. More ›  |  (1 comment)

Ballard basketball star commits to St. Martin's

Eric Taylor, Ballard High School's standout basketball player and member of the All-KingCo team, signed a letter of intent this spring to play for St. Martin's College in Lacey, Wash.

Taylor lead the Beavers in scoring last season with 14.9 points per game and helped the team reach the KingCo 4A playoffs for the first time in school history.

His scoring average was seventh in the league, and he finished second in free throw percentage (85.7) and sixth in assists per game (3.4). More ›

Courtesy of Seattle Storm
2007 MVP Lauren Jackson, rejoins her team as she returns from her home country of Austrailia earlier this week. This year the team is determined to stay healthy and win as many games early in the season to make the playoffs, then the finals.

Seattle Storm prepares for new season, settles into new home

By Allison Espiritu
June 4, 2009

After being knocked out early before advancing to the Western Conference Finals last season, the Seattle Storm is coming back to the 2009 season, which opens June 7, with a team ready to go all the way.

Finishing the 2008 season with a record of 22-12, the Storm had a few setbacks toward the end of the season. Most vital was the loss of 2007 MVP Lauren Jackson who had to sit out after she had injured herself with an impingement of her right ankle, a bone spur break off which lodged into her ankle during training for the Olympics with her Australian National Team last July.

However, after undergoing ankle surgery following the Olympics, Jackson returned from her home country of Australia earlier this week and has joined the team in preparing for its upcoming season.

“It’s been a good couple days practice, it’s great getting back with the girls and I’m a little bit tired but that was to be expected with the flight,” Jackson said. “But it’s great being back and everyone is as positive as ever.”

Jackson’s focus this season is to get back to her best, she said. More ›

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