For the eighth straight year, the Skyline girls nabbed a KingCo track and field team crown, taking the 4A league meet last Friday at Eastlake High School. The Spartans earned 117 points, finishing ahead of Inglemoor (101) and Issaquah (91).
Skyline earned second place overall at last Friday’s KingCo 4A meet behind six league championships. Sophomore Kasen Williams had three of those, helping the Spartans to 97.5 points. Only Inglemoor (117) had more team points.
Issaquah out-slugged Kelso 12-8 in a winner-to-state game Saturday at Kelso, earning the Eagle’s third straight trip to the state tournament, and seventh this decade.
With all the cheers and smiles generated on the Issaquah girls’ lacrosse sideline Saturday afternoon at Eastside Catholic’s Charlie Acosta Stadium, it was hard to tell the Eagles had just dropped their Division II state championship match, 14-8, to Mercer Island.
Issaquah’s offense continued to generate runs, but the Eagles were unable to snag the No. 3 KingCo spot, and a home playoff berth, falling 12-9 to Inglemoor Thursday night.
Grisham named Player of the Year in KingCo 4A
Serena Blach’s shoes are caked in mud.
But, don’t think for a second she’s going to wash them — now, or ever.
Skyline pitcher Blake Fulghum continued to force ground balls, but it was his defensive support that had head coach Chris Tamminen scratching his head after Monday’s 7-0 winner-to-state loss to Lake Washington.
The sound of the final whistle was accompanied by an explosive, and much-anticipated, yell from Issaquah junior captain Quinn Grisham on Tuesday night: “Playoffs, baby.”
Curt Towey possesses a rare luxury in 2009 — one very few high school baseball coaches stumble across in a lifetime.
Gavin Shumaker takes a practice swing in the Seattle Mariner’s batting circle Saturday afternoon. The game with Ingraham marked the sixth time in the last three years the Issaquah baseball team has played at Safeco Field.
Eastside Catholic athletic director Lance Gatter officially announced Thursday evening that former Washington State University quarterback Jason Gesser will be the new head football coach for the Crusaders.
The last time the two teams clashed, Issaquah defeated Bainbridge for the 2008 Division I state lacrosse championship.
Defeat is something the fifth-ranked Skyline baseball team isn’t used to. It’s even more rare for junior pitcher Adrian Sampson, who boasted a 14-0 record since his freshman year.
Over the last three years, the Issaquah baseball program has played more games at Safeco Field than any other high school team in the state.
Soccer’s popularity continues to grow in the greater Seattle area, and around Washington state.
It doesn’t make close losses any easier to swallow, but Skyline softball coach Duane Witter keeps reminding himself of one thing — his team is young.
There were one, two, three, four chances. Then five, six, seven.
Opportunities piled up during Tuesday night’s KingCo 4A soccer matchup between Skyline and Roosevelt, but all to no avail.
Rain, rain — seriously, go away.
Precipitation averages for the greater Seattle area are well above the norm this spring. According to Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com), there were 4.16 inches of rain this March — up from 3.65 last March, and a monthly average of 3.75. We’re halfway through April and 2.68 inches of rain has already fallen.
Times were getting tough for the Issaquah boys soccer program.
The last three years, the team won just seven games, lost 32 and tied nine. In 2007, they went winless at 0-13-3. In fact, the last time an Eagles squad had more wins than losses was in 2003, when they went 10-4-1.
