Issaquah High School lacrosse closes out perfect 21-0 season
May 15, 2012
Matt O’Neill, Issaquah High School senior, fires the first goal of the lacrosse match May 11 as Eastlake junior Danny Keogh defends and Issaquah senior Cole Greer looks on. By Greg Farrar
The clock struck 7:48 in the first quarter and it was business as usual for the Issaquah High School boys lacrosse team. A spin, a juke and a furious goal from senior Matt O’Neill would be the first of many as Issaquah finished their perfect season by beating Eastlake, 13-4, May 11.
Skyline soccer team loses championship title in overtime 4-2 shootout
May 15, 2012
The 4A KingCo championship game between Skyline and Roosevelt high school soccer teams was not decided in regulation play. It also was not decided in the two, five-minute overtime periods.
It all came down to one-on-one penalty kicks.
With no clock, no defenders to contend with and no teammates to help them, it was between shooter and goalie. In the end, Roosevelt won the penalty-kick round, 4-2, and ultimately the KingCo tournament trophy.
Kicking for the Skyline Spartans were Ryan Shim, Sean McDonald, Kaleb Strawn, Pedro Miola and Jason Twaddle. Together, they made 28 of Skyline’s 37 goals this season. McDonald and Strawn each netted a shot for Skyline.
Taking turns with them in the spotlight was Ben Morgan, goalie for the Spartans. Morgan stopped the ball fired by Willie Spurr, a senior forward for Roosevelt. However, the Roughriders’ other four shooters scored, securing the win.
Lake Sammamish State Park to host 5K Foam Fest, soapy obstacle race
May 15, 2012
Participants enjoy a previous 5K Foam Fest, which takes them on an obstacle course filled with soapy bubbles. Contributed
A foamy, rather than muddy, obstacle race is coming to Lake Sammamish State Park on June 30.
The 5K Foam Fest, offered by Round House Racing in Ogden, Utah, includes an army-style obstacle course using bubbly foam that contestants need to plow, slide and run through.
A small sampling of obstacles is the 30-foot and 50-foot slip and slides filled with foam; the Stumpy Jumper, an inflatable pool of foam with pillars to run across; and the Body Washer, a free-standing, plastic frame filled with foam.
But have no fear, mud-lovers. Julia Fullmer, Round House spokeswoman, said the race also features mud obstacles, and standard army course obstacles, like mud crawls, wall climbs and running over tires while trying to get through a wall of hanging balls.
Fullmer said organizers choose Foam Fest locations that are close to big cities and fit requirements needed for the race obstacles.
Foam Fest came into existence in 2010 and has been held in multiple states, from Texas to California.
Liberty boys soccer team ends season with 2-1 loss
May 15, 2012
With a 2-1 loss to the Sammamish Totems, Liberty High School’s boys soccer team ended its season in the first round of the KingCo 3A Tournament.
Sammamish’s Miguel Hernandez scored a goal off a Beau Blanchard assist in the 48th minute of the game, while Gio Sanchez added an unassisted goal in the 52nd minute to lead the Totems to the win against the Patriots.
Liberty’s Josh Johnson notched an unassisted goal in the 79th minute for the Patriots.
Eagles tennis team goes undefeated, wins KingCo
May 15, 2012
As far as KingCo 4A tennis is concerned, there’s a new sheriff in town.
The Issaquah High School girls tennis team went 10-0 this year on their way to the KingCo conference championship. Along the way, they defeated quality opponents in Skyline, Woodinville and even beat Newport, who had not lost to another school in more than 10 years.
“After we beat Newport we caught fire in the conference,” head coach Shannon Small said. “It’s quite an accomplishment for the girls. The girls are ecstatic.”
After toughing out some terrible weather early in the season, Issaquah was able to put in hard work in the limited practice time they had.
“A lot of them gave up other sports to focus on making varsity,” Small said. “It’s just great for them to be able to walk away from their high school career as KingCo champs.”
Up next is the road to the state championships, for which Small said she has two hopefuls — Sam Garrard and Kelsey Wilson. But for now she’ll sit back and take in their accomplishment.
“We’re able to pause and just celebrate,” she said. “The girls can give themselves a pat on the back. We haven’t really got a chance to just stop and celebrate.”
Eastside Catholic beats Bishop Blanchet with walk-off homer
May 15, 2012
Eastside Catholic High School defeated Bishop Blanchet in extra innings May 12 to take the Metro Conference championship.
After tying the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Blanchet scored a run in the top of the eighth. Again the team tied it at 4-4 in its half of the inning.
Eastside Catholic starting pitcher and Issaquah native Alex Foley staved off Blanchet one more time, throwing a scoreless frame in the top of the ninth. He was rewarded by his teammate Jeff Bohling hitting a two-run, walk-off home run to end the game with a final score of 6-4.
Course record set at first Cougar Mountain Trail Run
May 15, 2012
Joseph Gray set a new course record at the first 2012 SCOTT Cougar Mountain Trail Run.
Gray’s mark of 30 minutes and 19 seconds beat second-place finisher Lance Thompson by 48 seconds.
The next run is scheduled for June 16 and will be an eight-mile race. Register online at www.nwtrailruns.com. Registration costs $35.
Liberty lacrosse team falters in 11-3 loss to Mount Si
May 8, 2012
Anthony Mantz, Liberty High School midfielder, runs in to try a shot on the Mount Si goal in the third quarter as Zane Berhold defends during their May 2 lacrosse match. Mantz had an assist and a goal in the game. By Greg Farrar
Freshman Blake Picchena scored four goals to lead Mount Si High School’s lacrosse team to its ninth win of the season with an 11-3 defeat of the Liberty Patriots on May 2 at Liberty High School.
Student cyclers take second at state mountain biking race
May 8, 2012
Silas Harrison, Issaquah High School student and Eastside Composite team member, navigates a curve in the trail during the Washougal MX Challenge on April 15 in Washougal. Contributed
Game day looks and feels a little different to coach Phil Therrein and his crew of 18 student athletes.
“Nobody sits on the sidelines,” he said. “Everybody races on race day.”
Therrein, the coach of an Eastside composite competitive high school mountain biking team since the Washington High School Cycling League’s inception two years ago, said he wouldn’t have it any other way.
The team took second place overall out of 19 teams at the Washougal MX Challenge on April 15 in Washougal, including a first-place finish in the varsity girls category from Mercer Island student Mikayla Davis.
Members of the team include four Mount Si students, as well as athletes from Issaquah, Skyline and Mercer Island high schools.
The Mount Si students include freshmen Nate Lewiston, Nick Larson, Joe Steenvroode and sophomore Boone Hapke.
Skyline wins first soccer championship since 2001
May 8, 2012
Daniel Richardson (left), Skyline High School’s midfielder, tussles with a Woodinville High School player during the May 1 shutout. Richardson scored his first goal of the season in the 30th minute, bringing the half-time score to 2-0. By Lillian Tucker
The Skyline High School boys soccer team made school history last week by becoming the 4A KingCo regular season champs, for the first time.
In a shutout against the Woodinville High School Falcons on May 1, the Skyline Spartans won 3-0. That victory, along with the team’s two-week winning steak brought its conference record to 8-2.
“It feels good to win finally,” said mid-fielder Pedro Miola, a Skyline senior.
Both in 2010 and 2011 the Spartans came in second in the regular season. They then lost the KingCo tournament title to Garfield in 2010 and to Eastlake in 2011. Skyline finished first in 2001, but the school was in the 3A division then.
But there is another reason why the win means so much to the Spartans.
“You guys are going to the state tournament because you won here,” coach Don Braman told the boys after the match.
A crescendo erupted from the post-game huddle that surrounded Braman.
“What I want you to recognize,” said the coach, “is that it took a lot of work to win tonight.”
