Who keeps a school running behind the scenes?
March 26, 2013
Walking through the front doors of Issaquah High School, it is evident that the school is a well-oiled machine.
Flamboyant posters advertise numerous clubs and Associated Student Body events. Students mingle in the commons and walk past on their way to math help. The grounds are very safe, clean and well-groomed.
Sophie Mittelstaedt
Issaquah High School
The question: Who runs this machine that is Issaquah High School? If you hang around the school for some time, you will most likely spot one of these people, like custodian Steve Holeman.
Issaquah defeats Holy Names, 20-6
March 26, 2013
Lacrosse Roundup
BELLEVUE — Haley Mincin scored five goals as Issaquah earned its first high school girls lacrosse win of the season in a 20-6 defeat of Holy Names on March 18 at Robinswood Park in Bellevue.
Issaquah was firing on all cylinders offensively, as several players scored multiple times each during the matchup. Suzy Emerson, Miranda Hansen and Katy Bucy contributed three goals each in the win.
Holy Names had a hard time getting things going against a tough Issaquah squad as it found itself down 10-4 at the half. Wendy Donier led Holy Names in scoring with four goals.
Eagle dancers bust a move
March 26, 2013
For a young team, every advance in competition becomes a first, and so the Issaquah High School Dance Team celebrated its first win in district competition, to be followed by a trip to state at the Sun Dome in Yakima on March 23 in hopes of winning a trophy at state for the first time.
However, that trophy was not to be.
Team Captain Raché Strand said the team performs and competes in the hip-hop category. Hip-hop is a style of dancing that finds it roots in street dancing in the 1970s.
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The Issaquah High School Dance Team poses March 2 at Eastlake High School with their Sea-King District 4A trophy in the hip-hop/military category before heading to Yakima for state competition March 23.
“Hip-hop is like thug or gangsta,” Strand said. “It is more like street dancing or like dance crew, lots of getting low and kind of aggressive dancing. We dance to popular music, like stuff you would hear on the radio for dancing party music.”
Eagles are all about the new in 2013
March 12, 2013
By Sebastian Moraga
Amelia Cunningham fires the ball home during drills at Issaquah High School’s softball practice. The Eagles have a new coach in Ron Hatlen and a new attitude this season, players said.
For this year’s Issaquah High School squad, the word is new.
New year, new coach and a new chance to leave last year’s campaign behind.
Last year’s squad lacked enthusiasm, senior catcher Heather Benjamin said. This year is different, she added.
Boys’ seasons come down to experience
March 12, 2013
Issaquah
The Issaquah High School Eagles’ 2012 season saw a young squad win five in a row at the end to qualify for state.
Now, that squad is a year older and preparing for what coach Rob Reese said could be its breakout year.
“It’s a pretty good mix,” he said. “It’s a really, really good junior class and a group we’ve been counting on to have good things from.”
By Greg Farrar
Liberty High School baseball players huddle before they split into two squads March 6 for a practice game.
Ten players are coming back this season.
Buddies traverse the world of high school wrestling
March 12, 2013
When Issaquah High School’s wrestling coach Kirk Hyatt gives his recruitment speech every year, he always tells his athletes the same thing: If you are going to recruit someone, recruit your best friend.
“There are going to be times when you need them, and then there are going to be times when you need them,” Hyatt said.
Below, Matt Solusod (left), Issaquah High School senior, works to get Roosevelt junior Bijan Safai to the mat during their 220-pound wrestling match Jan. 17, on the way to winning by a pin.
Seniors Matt Solusod and Jerdon Helgeson know what he is talking about. The two have been wrestling since middle school, and together they have gone from dreading practice to serving as co-captains for Issaquah’s varsity team.
Issaquah cross country coach is inducted into hall of fame
March 5, 2013
Gwen Robertson
Longtime Issaquah High School Coach Gwen Robertson might just get used to plaudits in winter.
First, her husband was inducted in December 2011 into the USA Track and Field officials’ hall of fame. Then, in January of this year, Robertson received her own hall call.
The state’s cross country coaches association inducted Robertson, who has been involved with IHS teams since Ronald Reagan was a first-term president.
Taking a fresh look at the movie classics
February 26, 2013
Living in Issaquah, we all experience those days where we are stuck at home while it’s raining outside. On these days, I always find myself sipping a cup of tea and brainstorming a good movie to watch.
Hall Monitor
Katherine Lewis
Issaquah High School
As I was curled up in a blanket watching “The Breakfast Club,” it got me thinking. I feel like teenagers, and even adults, end up watching the poorly filmed, low budget movies on Netflix when they could be watching fabulous movies that seem to have been forgotten. I have compiled a list of movies I think everyone should watch.
“The Breakfast Club” (1985) — This is officially one of my all-time favorite movies. Five high school students from completely different social circles serve the same morning detention. Soon enough, their hearts are on the table.
Fast friends
February 26, 2013
Swim coaches form bond at the pool
By Greg Farrar
Laura Halter (left), Issaquah High School swim coach, and Kris Daughters, her counterpart at Liberty High School, greet each other with a hug as the boys swim meet between the Eagles and Patriots gets underway Jan. 24 at Julius Boehm Pool.
Issaquah and Liberty high school swim coaches Laura Halter and Kris Daughters know firsthand what it is like traversing through the state’s most competitive league year in and year out.
The Eagles’ Halter guides her teams, boys and girls, through the KingCo 4A league, while the Patriots’ Daughters manages in the KingCo 2A/3A league.
Swingin’ in Vienna brings out dancers of all abilities
February 26, 2013
On Feb. 9, students, parents and community members came together at Issaquah High School to waltz and swing the night away at the annual Swingin’ in Vienna concert.
The concert is put on by the Issaquah Jazz Band, an audition group that meets every morning before school, and the Evergreen Philharmonic Orchestra, an audition group that draws the best musicians from Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline high schools.
Iman Baghai
Issaquah High School
Doug Longman, conductor of the Evergreen Philharmonic, describes the event as “not a concert — this is an event where the orchestra and jazz band participate with the community.”
