Todd Milles
@ManyHatsMilles
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"OG" senior writer for @SBLiveWA . Ex-News Tribune sportswriter who survived 2015 US Open. Crazy uncle. Enjoys brisk walks after birdies.
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Well
@ManyHatsMilles
, time to take off the biggest hat - TNT sportswriting. After 23-plus years, leaving the newspaper after state basketball. Thx so much for your support. Loved being YOUR sportswriter, Tacoma!!
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Colin Cowherd just said he was from Seattle. He was born in Aberdeen (three hours away on the coast). That is like being from Grants Pass and saying you are from Portland.
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Professional news: Have accepted an offer as a senior reporter with quickly-expanding
@SBLiveWA
(), which is devoted to state prep sports. Get to work with two really smart guys in
@bensolive
and
@AndyBuhler
. Start date is April 22. Please check it out!!
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Please say a prayer/nice word or two for longtime Clover Park basketball 🏀 coach Mel Ninnis. Going thru some serious stuff at the hospital.
If you have been around the area long enough, you know Mel and that big, caring heart of his. Much appreciated.
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TOUCHDOWN, Eastside Catholic: This might do it - Muasau to JT down right seam for 39y. Crusaders, 20-0 - 11:52 to go
@SBLiveWA
#wafbscores
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Ellensburg 6-foot-6 forward Olivia Anderson posts on IG that she has committed to the Washington Huskies.
One of state’s top 2023 prospects.
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Just in case you did not know, ex-Seattle Seahawks lineman Sam Adams is the new football 🏈 coach at Roosevelt High School. First-time HS coach.
@SBLiveWA
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Sad news. Reports are out that legendary Mercer Island boys basketball coach Ed Pepple died this morning. Health had been deteriorating quickly over the past month or so. All-time winningest coach, boys or girls.
@SBLiveWA
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Wow, Dubois 3-pointer at buzzer WINS IT for Woodinville:
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Don’t share a whole lot of personal stuff on Twitter: This is Conan. He is my “Miracle Dog.” Should have been killed by heavy Sixth Avenue traffic when he was a young stray. Took him in. In September, he will be 12.
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Congratulations,
@Isaiah_Thomas
on your new gymnasium. Beautiful, classy and will be used greatly in this community at Al Davies B&GC.
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Oh lord, Jibez Tinae collected this out of the sky from Huard - and went 96 Yards for a touchdown. Huard over 300 yards in first half:
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Yes, turning the big 50 today!!! Please no incessant over-the-hill jokes.
#StillHaveMyHairAndSenseOfHumor
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Big news in boys basketball - longtime Steilacoom HS coach Gary Wusterbarth retiring after 34 seasons (and 40 years teaching). Been battling Parkinson's disease; slated for surgery at the end of August. Ninth all-time in wins (567), all with Steily, including 1A title in 1985.
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Huard comes out after one handoff with 4:25 to go. Was 40 of 56 for 514 yards and 8 TD in final start.
@SBLiveWA
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UW coach Chris Petersen was asked if he regretted speaking out on late kickoffs, given the brush back by ESPN. "Not at all. I spoke my mind"
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FINAL: Seattle Prep 20, No. 1 Eastside Catholic 7: Easily coach Aaron Maul's most enjoyable back-to-back games as a coach. Wow, Panthers.
@SBLiveWA
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THIS GUY - Tacoma's Malachi Flynn, of Belllarmine Prep - is going to Canada and play for the Toronto Raptors at No. 29 in the NBA Draft.
Wrote this about him Tuesday for
@SBLiveWA
:
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Breaking: WIAA, UW agree to a one-year deal to move state football championships to Husky Stadium in December.
Scoop by
@ManyHatsMilles
:
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It is official - Class 4A champion
@GKHSfootball
is in the GEICO Bowl Series. Eagles will play Collins HS of Georgia on Saturday at 1PM at Bishop Gorman HS in Las Vegas. Read
@SBLiveWA
!
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This took a great deal of research (lots of phone calls) over the past week, but here is a list of the all-time winningest high school coaches in Washington history in six different sports. For
@SBLiveWA
:
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BREAKING: Eric Kurle steps down as
@GKHSfootball
coach, ending 26-year run leading prep football programs in Pierce County.
For
@SBLiveWA
:
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This feels like THE season Lakes HS grad Benning Potoa'e makes a big impact for UW defense:
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Lincoln's Donovan Clark Facetime's with his father before signing LOI with Boise State:
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Just landed in Vegas. A few
@GKHSfootball
fans on my flight for the GEICO bowl game Saturday, including school principal Matthew Yarkosky (very friendly) and Bethel Schools superintendent Tom Seigel. ... Their pre-event parade at school drew 2,500-3,000 folks.
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Retry cool achievement for Bonney Lake ace pitcher and UW signee Brooke Nelson, who struck out her 1,000th career batter today against Bethel. Second WA prep pitcher to ever do that:
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Covered 5 of 6 Zeke-End events in Tacoma. By far, this one has been the biggest - and local star
@isaiahthomas
certainly notices it, too. For
@SBLiveWA
:
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Oregon Coast (Cannon Beach) - 1st-round KO over any other beach in the Northwest.
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First, it was the SAW group. Now, small-school administrators in eastern and central Washington have banded together in a pushback effort against WA government officials to re-ignite high school sports.
For
@SBLiveWA
:
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Lots of dedicated coaches, ADs and volunteers out at "The Arena" at the WA State Fairgrounds constructing three basketball courts for 4A SPSL/3A PCL play starting Wednesday.
A truly unbelievable development given two weeks ago, there was no Phase 2-play plan. Read
@SBLiveWA
!
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A big congratulations to Craig "Smitty" Smith on his WIAA Hall of Fame induction Wednesday for the Seattle Times. Covered a fair share of prep and WSU football games with him, as well as golf. Have so much respect for this man - and his sportswriting career.
#Smitty
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Bonney Lake ace Brooke Nelson just tied Washington's career strikeout record at 1,117 here for the final out of Panthers' 4-0 win over Kelso. For
@SBLiveWA
:
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All WA counties move to Phase 3 on Tuesday. Great “Hoop the Puyallup” run while it lasted. Basketball 🏀 in Pierce County will return to home gymnasiums.
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Been a rough week, for undisclosed reasons. Thankful for a company in
@SBLiveSports
that cares about its employees. Much appreciated!
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We have this coming out real soon -
@SBLiveWA
's "Best in 21st Century" boys basketball bracket challenge. This will be fan vote only!! Starting Monday. Look for it!!
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Ron Brown, one of Washington's all-time greatest boys basketball coaches, spent entire 56-year tenure at one school - Centralia High School - before retiring in 2017.
Brown died Friday at age 90 in the town that so loved him.
Story for
@SBLiveWA
:
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Only met
@DerekSparks5
(a fellow Coug) a few times. What a character. And his mission to raise awareness for pediatric cancer was powerful - and awesome!!
RIP, Derek!!
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Gotta give Jaden McDaniels a lot of credit for commitment concealment. If my life depended on it, and I had to tell one person in WA a secret to be kept closed-mouthed, McDaniels would be my first choice.
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Based on new WIAA reclassification student-population figures (9-12), the five biggest schools in Washington are:
1, Chiawana (2,177)
2, Tahoma (1,984)
3, Lake Stevens (1,917)
4, Puyallup (1,863)
5, South Kitsap (1,859)
Next: Davis-Yakima (1,851), Mariner (1,798), Pasco (1,746).
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Will say this - Tim Kelly coaches his butt off. Has been the underdog in both 4A title games against Jackson and Mount Si. Found a way ... unbelievable job at Curtis (and Lincoln).
@SBLiveWA
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Welcome back, WA football in the fall. Enjoy it tonight - at stadiums throughout the state!
@SBLiveWA
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From the
@SBLiveWA
crew - myself and
@AndyBuhler
- do appreciate those who follow our coverage of
@wiaawa
(and other) sports as the 2021-22 school year finishes up.
Down time coming, and then we will be back at it.
Anyone who mentions Week 1 of football 🏈 is on probation!
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Within a 90-minute span, WA prep products Adam Conley (Olympia), Adrian Sampson (Skyline), Tim Peterson (Emerald Ridge) and Adam Cimber (Puyallup) were all pitching in big-league games Monday. Cool.
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FINAL - Bellevue 22, Lincoln 20: Scoma 43-yard FG wins it for defending champions. WILD ending. For
@SBLiveWA
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Vea, Browning and company hold up Apple Cup trophy for Huskies:
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Eastern Washington commit
@Joshuawood02
, the starting quarterback at
@GKHSfootball
, is Gatorade state player of the year for 2021.
@SBLiveWA
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Five quarterbacks in "blue jerseys" on field for start of WSU practice (12:30) today. One of them was wearing No. 4.
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Also, big thx to all the
@SBLiveWA
readers and listeners for sticking with us in this crazy 2020 of WA high school sports. Easily the most challenging in 25-plus years as sportswriter (prolly same as a fan).
The two of us - myself and
@AndyBuhler
- will be back at it in 2021.
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He did it again - Wilson High School product (and current Atlanta Falcon)
@DesmondTrufant
put on another football camp for about 300-350 kids in the South Sound on Saturday afternoon at his alma mater. Story coming for
@SBLiveWA
:
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Ex-college coaches are flocking to the South Sound high school basketball scene. The latest is Jeff Hironaka (Seattle Pacific University, Colorado Christian), who is the new boys coach at Auburn Riverside. Spent last season at tiny Genesis Prep Academy in Idaho.
Read
@SBLiveWA
!!
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FYI,
@isaiahthomas
10th annual “Backpack Giveaway” in Tacoma is Saturday starting at 11am at Al Davies Boys and Girls Club. First come, first serve. Drive-thru only.
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Anybody who thinks Oregon's win over Wisconsin was an upset has not been paying attention to the sport the past month (and/or did not attend the PAC 12 tournament).
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Bethel 4-star LB Zaydrius Rainey-Sale (
@ZaydriusS
) commits to the Washington Huskies (again) over UCLA, FSU.
Story for
@SBLiveWA
:
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Here is a stream of
#BeTheLightWA
photos and videos coming in on social media from high school stadiums throughout Washington. For
@SBLiveWA
:
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Be nice to me, Longview (as nice as you can be on rivalry night) - this is my first “Civil War” experience in 30 years as a sportswriter.
Here at Mark Morris HS for
@SBLiveWA
!!
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Today, the Washington Officials Association's oldest active official - 89-year-old Dick Hassan - called one inning of his final game before retiring at the White River-Washington softball game in Portland.
Story coming later for
@SBLiveWA
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In conversation for greatest game I have ever covered. What a finish! Read
@SBLiveWA
@SBLiveGA
@SBLiveSports
Underdog Graham-Kapowsin shocks No. 7 Collins Hill, 40-36, with final-second touchdown in Geico State Champion Bowl Series thriller
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Week 1 of WA football loaded with must-see non-league games:
* Sumner/Lake Stevens, O'Dea-GK, Eastlake-EC, Kennedy-Bothell, Camas/Roosevelt, Puyallup/Tumwater, Yelm/MT, Moses Lake/Rigby ID, Chiawana/Rocky Mtn. ID
Coming faster than you think.
@SBLiveWA
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Happy to see The Godfather of athletic directors off into retirement. With Ed Ploof in Gig Harbor;
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O’Dea’s Monte Kohler quietly one of the state’s most respected, accomplished coaches
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Chilling after last night's Cashmere-King's game, I asked Louisville signee Haley Van Lith to reflect on all the great things she has experienced over the past 9-10 months - including having Kobe and Gigi Bryant attend of her games. Now, they are gone.
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As a TNT sportswriter for 23-plus years, never got to go watch a sporting event for mere enjoyment. Today I did, and witnessed a fantastic 3A softball final between Bonney Lake and Snohomish. Congrats to the local Panthers, esp. Nelson Inc., on hard-earned 8-5 win in 13 innings.
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Contrary to what Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott told reporters at halftime, Petersen said he did not apologize for his comments.
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We even have a Tacoma college joining in the
#BeTheLightWA
salute!
Shining our stadium lights at East Field tonight to honor the 2020 high school & college seniors who sacrificed their final season for the health & safety of the community
#BeTheLightWA
#GoLutes
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Covered
@Isaiah_Thomas
since he was in 10th grade. Always been all class. Teammates played guts out with him. Total BS, Boston.
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Foss basketball coach Mike Cocke gets first pitch over the plate at Rainiers home opener:
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Who's the happiest guy in western Washington this morning? This guy - recent
@FresnoStateFB
signee
@Joshuawood02
, of
@GKHSfootball
.
Read
@SBLiveWA
!!
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In my nearly 30-years as a sportswriter, never written a story like this. Senior Cody Keys is a first-year player at 2B favorite Napavine - nine months after having a heart transplant.
His story for
@SBLiveWA
:
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Hello world, glad to re-introduce myself on my first official day as the senior writer for
@SBLiveWA
. If there are any news tips involving WA prep sports - ANY - please reach out to me or my colleagues,
@AndyBuhler
and
@bensolive
. And here is the website:
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FINAL: Ctrtis boys 58, Union 55: Tim Kelly's unbeaten streak in "grinder" games grows to historic proportions. Guy is the best at winning close important games.
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Very thankful for the kindness of ex-PLU hoops coach Steve Dickerson. He heard the story of when I was 19 and an aspiring sportswriter when Douglas KO’d Tyson.
Dickerson knows Douglas from Columbus, and asked him to autograph this bottle of “42-1” bourbon from the boxer’s label.
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Getting out on a day hike on Whidbey Island (foggy) - the calm before the football storm
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This one hurts a great deal. Spent many hours talking to this man - learning. A great, great human being with a heart as big as his booming personality. RIP, Mel.
Popular longtime Clover Park boys basketball coach Mel Ninnis dies after short battle with cancer
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FINAL: BP 30, Olympia 27 - What a comeback by the Lions, who get this Tyler Stowers to Ty Faker GW 19-yard score with 2:13 to go.
@SBLiveWA
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Early signing day shocker at Lincoln: DB Donovan Clark on crutches. Played a good portion of the season on a torn ACL. Had surgery yesterday. Signed today.
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Super proud of ex-
@thenewstribune
colleague/current squeeze
@smithlm12
for her comprehensive-coverage efforts during
@wiaawa
Class 4A/3A state basketball. Long, stressful week - like many before her (
@TJCotterill
,
@DougPacey
,
@eric_d_williams
) can attest to as TNT's prep editor.
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EXCLUSIVE: Notice any referees this winter with cameras attached to their jersey?
In bold move,
@wiaawa
runs 8-week body-cam pilot program for WA referees in effort to curb abusive game behavior.
WIAA first US-based governing body to try this in sports.
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Ryan Moore clinches Ryder Cup for America on final hole. Career moment. Wow.
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