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Kent 15-year-old Connor Sims drives ball 319 yards

August 6th, 2010 at Fri, 6th, 2010 at 5:43 pm by Erick Walker

Connor Sims went the distance on July 26. Literally.
The 15-year-old Sims, a freshman-to-be at Kentwood High, won his age bracket during the state driving competition at Everett Golf and Country Club.
Sims outdrove roughly 20 other golfers in his age division. Each golfer received two chances to hit the ball. Sims’ winning drive sailed 319 yards.
“I was just looking to relax, and I hit my first one down the middle,” he said.  “It felt good because I knew I could hit the ball a long way compared to the other kids.
“I hit it right off the center of the club.”

is the sports writer for the Kent Reporter newspaper. His specific prep sports coverage focuses on Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, Kentlake, Kentwood, Tahoma, Auburn and Auburn Riverside. Walker has been a sports reporter since 1994. Before coming to the Reporter Newspapers, he worked seven years for the King County Journal, where he covered prep football, wrestling and fastpitch along with the Tacoma Rainiers and Seattle Mariners. Walker has been covering sports in the Kent Valley since 2000. Outside of the newspaper industry, Walker is married (Janinne) and has two children (Asher, 10, and Nolan, 4).

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