Editing Kirkland, Washington (section)

==Sports==
The local [[Lake Washington High School]] lacrosse team defeated intercity rival [[Juanita High School]] in the state championship 8–7 in 2015 to secure a state title.

The Lake Washington High school Baseball team won the first ever State Championship (3A) in school history during 2016, defeating Lakeside School 2–0.<ref>Howard, John William, [http://www.kirklandreporter.com/sports/lake-washington-wins-state-title-2-0-over-lakeside-prep-baseball/ "Lake Washington wins state title 2-0 over Lakeside"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175544/http://www.kirklandreporter.com/sports/lake-washington-wins-state-title-2-0-over-lakeside-prep-baseball/ |date=September 5, 2018 }}, ''Kirkland Reporter'', May 31, 2016.</ref>

Kirkland FC is an amateur soccer club in the [[Western Washington Premier League]], which began play in 2018. They are referred to as the Goats.

===Seahawks===
Kirkland was the original home of the [[Seattle Seahawks]]; the [[National Football League|NFL]] team's headquarters and training facility were located at the [[Lake Washington Shipyard]] (now Carillon Point) along [[Lake Washington]] for their first ten seasons {{nowrap|([[1976 Seattle Seahawks season|1976]]–[[1985 Seattle Seahawks season|85]]),}} then at nearby [[Northwest University (United States)|Northwest University]] through [[2007 Seattle Seahawks season|2007]].<ref name=rkbbuild/>

===Little League===
Kirkland has two Little Leagues: Kirkland American Little League and Kirkland National Little League. Kirkland National won the 1982 [[Little League World Series]] championship; they defeated a team from Taiwan 6–0 on August 28, 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/year/1982.htm|title=1982 Little League history|access-date=July 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712094508/http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/year/1982.htm|archive-date=July 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 1982 victory was subject of the [[ESPN]] ''[[30 for 30]]'' documentary ''Little Big Men''. It also was the home to Little League's 1992 Big League Softball World Series Champions representing the Eastside District Nine Leagues.

The Kirkland Baseball Commission provides recreational baseball for players ages 13–18. It is affiliated with the national [[PONY Baseball and Softball|Pony Baseball]] organization.

Since 1999, Kirkland has been the home of the [[Junior League World Series (softball)|Little League Junior Softball World Series]], which is held each August at Everest Park.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2014-07-11 |title=Kirkland secures host team duties at Junior Softball World Series for third year in a row |url=https://www.kirklandreporter.com/news/kirkland-secures-host-team-duties-at-junior-softball-world-series-for-third-year-in-a-row/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Kirkland Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>