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The 19th Annual (after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic) returns tonight (June 24) to the Yakima Convention Center to honor athletes, teams, and coaches throughout the Yakima Valley and Central Washington in 21 different high school sports.

Have a 'Man Cave" or a 'She Shed' that you'd like to show off to everyone in the Yakima Valley and Central Washington? Here's your chance (without having to let hundreds of people traipse through your house!)

Earlier tonight (April 26) on KIMA-TV's Action News, Sports Director Alan Sillence pulled back the curtain to his own office to reveal his collection of memorabilia that he has held on to during his tenured career in television covering sports in the Yakima Valley and Central Washington. At the end of his sportscast, he solicited viewers to send in photographs of their most sacred of places.

The Yakima Elks Club recently hired its first ever female greenskeepers and they happen to be my nieces, Kaliegh and Harlie. They were featured in a piece by KIMA-TV's sports anchor Alan Sillence on Friday's (Aug. 14) telecast.

Because, obviously, there just simply hasn't been much in the way of live sports to cover, I thought I'd give KIMA-TV's sports anchor Alan Sillence a call about a potential story for him involving two young women that are doing something unique that hasn't been done before. They also happen to be my nieces, Kaleigh and Harlie!

A.C. Davis High School Girls Wrestler Cameron Guerin was named the 2016 'Female Athlete Of the Year" by the Yakima Valley Sports Commission at the 15th annual Yakima Valley Sports Awards Luncheon held earlier today at the Yakima Convention Center. The ceremony honors high school teams, athletes and coaches in over 20 different sports. Winners are voted on by the Sports Department from the Yak

The Granger High Boys Wrestling squad was named the 2016 'Team Of the Year" by the Yakima Valley Sports Commission at the 15th annual Yakima Valley Sports Awards Luncheon held earlier today at the Yakima Convention Center. The ceremony honors high school teams, athletes and coaches in over 20 different sports. Winners are voted on by the Sports Department from the Yakima Herald Republic. Read

West Valley High's multi-sport standout Justin Van De Brake was named the 2016 'Male Athlete Of the Year" by the Yakima Valley Sports Commission at the 15th annual Yakima Valley Sports Awards Luncheon held earlier today at the Yakima Convention Center. The ceremony honors high school teams, athletes and coaches in over 20 different sports. Winners are voted on by the Sports Department from th

Yesterday my good friend Ty Paxton, aka 'Larry Markwart,' took the ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) 'Ice Bucket Challenge' and named me as one of three people he wanted to see complete it as a means of raising money and bringing awareness to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Earlier today, I had the honor of co-emceeing the 12th annual Yakima Valley Sports Awards luncheon held at the Yakima Convention Center.  The awards acknowledge the most outstanding individual and team performances from the 2013-14 high school sports world in 20 categories.