The Puyallup Vikings and Rogers Rams football squads will face off in approximately three hours at Sparks Stadium. I will be leaving for the game shortly. Parking is going to be hard to find tonight!

During a meeting Monday night, the Puyallup School District board of directors announced five candidates to replace the seat vacated by Kathy Afflerbaugh’s recent resignation.

The candidates are Ashlyn Arnold, an adjunct professor at Pierce College-Puyallup who works with GED students around the region and has seven of her own children; Christopher Ihrig, vice president of a business management and training consultants group who also applied for a vacant board position in January; Marcello Mancini, a South Hill resident who serves as vice president and plant manager for Medallion Foods in Tacoma; Therese Pasquier, a 20-year health care administrator and board member for the Puyallup Valley Food Bank; and Mary Reeves, a stay-at-home mother of two who homeschooled both children and has volunteer experience with several organizations.

The school board will interview all five candidates on Thursday, Oct. 29. The interviews begin at 6 p.m. at the district’s Educational Service Center, 302 Second St. S.E. in Puyallup. The board is expected to announce Afflerbaugh’s replacement at its regular meeting on Nov. 9. The new board member will fill the remainder of Afflerbaugh’s term through 2011.

Veterans Day will be a day of bowling at Daffodil Lanes in Puyallup.

The MVP Sportscamp is hosting the event from 9 a.m. through noon. The cost is $17 per student. For more information, call Greg Farias at 253-732-1323.

The Trojans 11U baseball club is looking for players with above average baseball skills, athletic ability, a passion for baseball and a solid work ethic. The program offers training, professional instruction and a regional tournament schedule. For more information, call Bruce Levin at 360-649-3628 or e-mail info@trojanbaseballclub.com

Be sure to check out the Oct. 21 issue of the Puyallup Herald for a full recap Puyallup Vikings/Emerald Ridge Jaguars SPSL football contest.  There should be a packed house at Sparks Stadium for this cross-town matchup.

The Cascade Christian Cougars have compiled an overall record of 5-0 thus far this season. Some of their most important triumphs have came against Port Townsend, Eatonville and Sequim.

The Cougars definitely have the talent to return to the Class 1A state playoffs this December. The Cougars face Life Christian, who is their biggest rival, on Oct. 17 at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner. Be sure to check out the Oct. 21 issue of the Puyallup Herald for a full report on the showdown between these two powerful private schools.