Eastside Catholic suffered its first league loss last Friday, falling 5-2 at Bainbridge. Ronnie Mae Ayers hit a home run for the Crusaders in the loss. Eastside (0-1, 2-2) was scheduled to host Holy Names Wednesday and face them on the road Friday.
The Skyline football program announced Wednesday afternoon it has hired Steve Chmiel as its new defensive coordinator.
The weather was frigid on the Plateau Monday afternoon, but Skyline ace Adrian Sampson was on fire.
Eastside Catholic announced Thursday that Bill Marsh will resign his position as head football coach, yet remain as the Associate Athletic Director for the school.
Skyline soccer coach Don Braman was left scratching his head Tuesday night — unsure how it could happen again.
Rainy weather forced the Issaquah fastpitch team to delay the start of its regular season by a week — and left the team with three straight weeks of nothing but practices.
Four area high school football players were selected last week to play in the annual East-West All-State football game on June 27.
Baseball
Eastside shuts down Newport
Eastside Catholic won its first game of the 2009 season Monday, beating Newport 3-0 at the University of Washington Ballpark.
Matt Boyd pitched six innings, striking out seven and allowing just two hits. Sam Lindquist struck out three in the seventh to earn the save. Jake Gober was 1-for-2 with an RBI for the Crusaders.
New Skyline softball coach Duane Witter couldn’t pass the situation up.
The phrase “rebuilding year” might be an understatement for the defending 4A state championship Eastlake fastpitch team.
The good news: Eastside Catholic returns eight players from last year’s 14-8 district playoff squad.
The bad news: There were only 13 girls who tried out for this year’s team.
Success and the Issaquah fastpitch team are synonymous. Eight of the last 11 seasons, including the last three, the Eagles have advanced to the state tournament.
Success is nothing new to the Issaquah baseball program.
Since 2000, the Eagles have claimed three state championships and two third-place finishes.
Experience isn’t an issue for the Skyline baseball team this season.
The Spartans return 11 seniors to their lineup from a group that went 12-4 in the KingCo 3A last year and 16-7 overall.
High expectations soared over the heads of the Eastside Catholic baseball team last season. The Crusaders ran the table in the Metro League, going a perfect 16-0 in the regular season — before it all came crashing down.
The Eastlake baseball team has a new face at the helm for the 2009 season — sort of.
Only 8 minutes stood between the Issaquah girls and a fourth-place trophy on Saturday afternoon.
Fresh off coverage of the Eastlake/Bellarmine girls game, sports writer Kevin Endejan will be posting live updates of the Issaquah vs. Pasco girls game right here at 3:30 p.m.
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Federal Way cruised past Issaquah with a 54-38 victory Thursday night. For play-by-play action from the game click on the Cover It Live logo below. Issaquah plays in a loser-out contest at 3:30 p.m., tomorrow against Pasco. Check back for more live coverage.
Eastlake received a cold greeting Wednesday morning during its first state playoff appearance in 12 years.
