The weather was frigid on the Plateau Monday afternoon, but Skyline ace Adrian Sampson was on fire.

The junior pitcher fought through icy rain drops and a gusty wind to help the Spartans to an 8-1 victory over rival Issaquah.

“It’s pretty cold out here, but I like it,” Sampson said. “It’s fun, it gives me a challenge …”

Sampson struck out 11 Eagles, while allowing five hits and zero runs in six innings of work.

“The fastball was lively,” Skyline coach Chris Tamminen said. “He did a job spotting — he looked pretty good, he was pretty on.”

Sampson showed true grit in the second and third innings when he wiggled out of difficult situations. With Eagle runners on second and third with one out in the second, Sampson forced a pop out and strike out to close the inning. In the third, Issaquah got its first two batters on base, before Sampson struck out the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 Eagle batters. All of the strikeouts came on high fastballs.

“They chased it so I was like I might as well put it up there,” Sampson said.

Issaquah manager Rob Reese, who coaches Sampson in the summer on the Lakeside American Legion team, knew his team would get a limited amount of opportunities on Monday.

“Those were our two chances, and if we had strung something together that could have changed the whole game,” he said.

Skyline’s bats were also hot Monday. The Spartans jumped on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first when senior Will Chandler squeaked an RBI single past Issaquah shortstop Grant Gellatly. Senior Jake Shannon drove in two more runs in the second on an RBI single, and Chandler tacked on a sacrifice fly RBI for a 4-0 lead. Chandler, who was 2-for-4, drove in his third run of the game on a RBI triple to right field in the bottom of the fourth. Right fielder Miles Perkins dove on the play, but missed the ball and injured his ribs. Reese was unsure to the extent of the injury after the game, but said it could have been a bruise or break.

Skyline tacked on three more runs via RBI singles from Jake Knecht and Ryan Somers. Knecht also scored a run on a wild pitch.

“It was good to see that we actually put the ball in the play,” Tamminen said. “I thought we ran the bases pretty good. We played an all-around pretty good game against a good team.”

Issaquah broke onto the scoreboard in the top of the seventh when Spencer Rogers drilled an RBI single to right field off of reliever Connor Lawhead.

The Eagles, who are scheduled to play Newport Wednesday night, fell to 1-2 in league and 2-2 overall. The Spartans, who are scheduled to play Redmond Wednesday, moved to 2-1 in league and 4-1 overall.

“The biggest thing about this league is that you have to come and play,” Tamminen said. “There’s no pushovers in the 4A KingCo. You’re going to have to come to play and you’re going to have to be on your A-game and you’re going to have to limit your mistakes and play a hard seven.”