Issaquah Indians baseball team comes up short in state
July 24, 2012
Ryan Siefkes, Issaquah Indians left fielder, lines a lead-off single in the sixth inning July 20 in the opening round of the 19U Pony State Championship Tournament at Lake Washington High School. By Matt Carstens
Jackson Meyer isn’t your typical frontline starter. He’s not the hardest thrower. He doesn’t rack up the strikeouts. But he does do one thing pretty well.
Win.
“He’s done it all year,” Issaquah Indians head coach Glenn Meyer said. “He doesn’t walk anybody, and keeps us in games. He’s a pitcher, not a thrower. He’s done it all year for us, and he’s done it forever. We’re in every game he pitches. He’s always around the plate. He was actually pissed, he walked a guy today. He’s walked three guys in 100 innings, we don’t give up extra bases when he’s on the mound.”
And Jackson continued to do that June 20 against the Stallions at Lake Washington High School. Jackson didn’t allow a run until the fifth inning, when he allowed a sacrifice fly. By that time the Indians had gone ahead in the third inning and never looked back.
Lakeside Recovery pitcher Brandon Mahovlich gasses competition
July 17, 2012
Brandon Mahovlich smokes in a pitch for Lakeside Recovery to a batter from Pacific Tech Construction in the fourth inning July 14 during the Brandy Pugh Memorial Tournament at Bannerwood Park. By Greg Farrar
Lakeside Recovery catcher Jim Sinatro squatted down behind the plate July 14 at Bannerwood Field. As pitcher Brandon Mahovlich peered in for the sign, Sinatro extended only his index finger.
Field of Champions 14U Bears win league championship
July 17, 2012
The Field of Champions 14U Bears won their league championship July 9 after finishing 5-1 in the championship tournament.
The team was led by coaches George Fletcher and Tommy Brown, both of whom are Issaquah High School graduates.
“I would say the difference in the tournament was the pitching depth and our defense,” general manager Alan Patrick said. “Those were the two biggest strengths throughout the tournament.”
The Bears were faced with an extra game because of their draw, so the pitching depth provided them enough innings to overcome the challenge.
They won the championship game 4-3.
“It was a great game,” Patrick said. “A lot of offensive and defensive highlights. The cool thing about the tournament is that every single kid had a moment that was key to us progressing and winning the championship. So all 13 players contributed to the championship. It was a complete team effort.”
Issaquah Indians eye repeat as league champs
July 3, 2012
The Issaquah Indians huddle before the taking the field on defense in the bottom of the fifth inning June 28 with a 3-1 lead against the Bothell Blue Devils. Issaquah won, 9-3. By Greg Farrar
There’s only one thing harder than winning the Pony Baseball’s Northwest Regional Championship. And that’s doing it two years in a row.
Lakeside Recovery rides hot streak to postseason
July 3, 2012
When they’re hot, they’re hot. When they’re not, they’re not.
And after June 30’s 13-1 routing of Prep Sportswear’s ball club at Bothell High School, the Lakeside Recovery team proved just that.
Lakeside coach Rob Reese said that kind of winning margin — the team has scored at least seven runs in 10 of the team’s 14 wins this season — is not uncommon for this year’s team.
“Offensively, we’re kind of contagious,” he said. “We can be hit and miss offensively, though. When we do hit, everyone hits. When we don’t hit well, nobody hits well.”
Dodd Field gets new turf, opens to Little League
June 26, 2012
Project Manager Greg Crockett and son Torin Crockett cut the ribbon June 9 at the opening of Dodd Field. By Juan Gonzalez
On June 9, Issaquah Little League celebrated the opening of two new artificial turf fields at Dodd Field behind Issaquah Valley Elementary School. The fields are named after Terry Dodd, former league president and 30-year volunteer.
The dedication included baseball-themed music provided by the Issaquah High School marching band, a ribbon cutting ceremony, three championship baseball games, and a variety of attractions including a dunk tank and speed pitching booth.
Issaquah Little League began the $320,000 project to add turf to Dodd Field in October 2010.
Return of the freak show as Tim Lincecum makes pitching debut at Safeco Field
June 19, 2012
Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants Cy Young award-winning pitcher and former Liberty High School star, makes his pitching debut at Safeco Field June 16. By Greg Farrar
With their season on the line in a loser-out playoff game in the KingCo tournament, the 2003 Liberty Patriots knew they something had to give. Read more
Tim Lincecum scheduled to face M’s June 16
June 12, 2012
If all goes according to plan, Tim Lincecum, former Liberty High School and University of Washington star and current San Francisco Giant, will face the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field for the first time in his career.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner is having struggles this year, posting a 6.00 earned run average, along with a 2-7 record in his first 13 starts.
The Giants previously visited the Mariners at Safeco during May 2009, but Lincecum pitched the previous day, missing the Mariners series by one day.
The game starts at 7:10 p.m. June 16.
Issaquah School District baseball players drafted
June 12, 2012
Three Issaquah School District baseball players were drafted in last week’s Major League Baseball Amateur player draft.
Skyline High School grad and current Bellevue College pitcher Adrian Sampson was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the 166th overall pick in the fifth round. His Bellevue College teammate and Liberty High School grad Ian Parmley was chosen by the Toronto Blue Jays two rounds later in the seventh round with the 235th overall pick.
Skyline senior catcher Jim Sinatro was chosen in the 35th round by the Houston Astros with the 1,059th overall pick.
Issaquah High School baseball falls in state playoffs, 3-1
May 22, 2012
It was an up-and-down year for Issaquah High School baseball in 2012, but a late-season surge vaulted the team into the state tournament for the first time since 2009.
Hoping to ride the hot hand of senior pitcher Brandon Mahovlich, Issaquah’s offense came up short, and the team lost to Puyallup, 3-1, on May 19 at Everett Stadium.
“Puyallup’s a great team,” Issaquah head coach Rob Reese said. “We had our chances, just didn’t get enough runs. They had six hits and two of them were bunts. They clutched up, they had a triple one time and another sac fly. When we got guys on it was always with two outs, it seemed like. We just couldn’t get the run. We couldn’t string enough together.”
Mahovlich struggled early, but managed to give up only one run in the first inning and one run in the second.
