Issaquah kept its post-season run alive Wednesday night, knocking off rival Skyline 2-1 at IHS. Skyline jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning via an RBI from Jacob Shannon.
The last time the two teams clashed, Issaquah defeated Bainbridge for the 2008 Division I state lacrosse championship.
Eastlake defeated Skyline 230-263 at the Plateau Club Monday afternoon. Medalist honors were shared by the Spartan’s Chelsea Guenette and the Wolve’s Dana Mydland, who both shot 43s.
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.
Eastside Catholic freshman Megan Mills swam in the KingCo Special Olympic swim meet Saturday at the King County Aquatics Center, winning three gold medals in individual events and one gold in a relay as a member of the Eastside Indians.
The Issaquah girls won 16 of 18 events Thursday afternoon, beating Ballard 123-26 in Seattle.
Soccer’s popularity continues to grow in the greater Seattle area, and around Washington state.
Issaquah broke a four-game losing skid Tuesday afternoon, beating Woodinville 11-3 at IHS. The Eagles had six batters with two hits. Marcus Gaan, Brennan Miller, Mike Paulson, Miles Perkins, Spencer Rogers and Gavin Shumaker all had multiple hits.
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.
The Issaquah boys track and field team defeated Woodinville 90-55 on Thursday behind 11 first-place finishes. The Eagles were led by Ryan Tiernan’s two first places in the 110 high hurdles (15.8 seconds) and 300 hurdles (41), and Kyle Hansen’s wins in the 200 (23.4) and long jump (20 feet, 3 inches).
The Issaquah girls 800 meter relay team of Johanna Carr, Kaley Allison, Kim Varney and Haley Jacobson are currently ranked No. 1 in the state with a top time of 1 minute, 45.7 seconds. The team has the fastest mark among relay teams from the 1B through 4A classifications.
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.
he Eastlake girls track and field team captured first place Saturday afternoon, taking first in the second annual Eastlake Invitational.
Juanita rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fourth and one more in the bottom of the fifth to defeat Skyline 4-1 last Friday.
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.
The contact was there — the hits just didn’t fall for the Eastlake baseball team on Tuesday night.
There’s no doubt about it — media is changing drastically before our eyes.
The word “heart” is one of the most overused metaphors in the world of sports, but for Selena Lustig it takes on a much more literal, and important meaning.
