Liberty girls soccer team clinches state berth
October 19, 2011
NEW — 11:15 a.m. Oct. 19, 2011
The Liberty High School girls soccer team clinched a Class 3A state tournament berth for the second straight year Tuesday when the Patriots defeated visiting Lake Washington 3-0 in a KingCo Conference 3A/2A contest.
Liberty improved its league-leading record to 11-0 and captured the KingCo 3A Conference’s automatic Class 3A state playoff berth. As KingCo No. 1 the Patriots do not have to play in the league tournament for a state tournament berth.
The Patriots will enter the state tournament next month seeded as the District 2 No. 1 entry and will host a first-round game.
The Patriots, who have three games left to play in the regular season, stretched their lead to 11 points over Lake Washington, which entered the game tied with Interlake for second place.
Issaquah High School volleyball team wins
October 18, 2011
It took a while for the Issaquah High School volleyball team to get the knack of winning, but the Eagles captured a pair KingCo Conference 4A matches last week.
Issaquah won its second straight match Oct. 13 by defeating host Eastlake, 3-1. The Eagles dropped the first set, 25-19, but bounced back to win, 25-18, 25-10, 25-18.
Sam Rogers led the Eagles with 21 kills and 10 digs. Lindsey Ferguson contributed 21 digs and Mckenzie Bostic had 42 assists. Kirsten Fischer gave the Eagles a strong game up front with 14 kills and Leanne Scott had 10 digs.
On Oct. 11, Issaquah notched its first victory of the season when the Eagles swept visiting Redmond, 3-0. Issaquah won the games, 25-14, 25-14, 26-24.
This has been a rebuilding year for Issaquah, which saw almost its entire team graduate from last year’s squad that finished second in the 4A state tournament.
Issaquah High School volleyball team wins again
October 14, 2011
NEW — 4 p.m. Oct. 14, 2011
It took a while for the Issaquah High School volleyball team to get the knack of winning but the Eagles captured their second straight match Thursday by defeating host Eastlake 3-1.
Issaquah dropped the first set 25-19 but bounced back to win 25-18, 25-10, 25-18.
Sam Rogers led the Eagles with 21 kills and 10 digs. Lindsey Ferguson contributed 21 digs and Mckenzie Bostic had 42 assists. Kirsten Fischer gave the Eagles a strong game up front with 14 kills and Leanne Scott had 10 digs.
The victory was the second of the week and of the season for Issaquah, which is 2-5 in KingCo Conference 4A competition and 2-7 for the season. Eastlake dropped to 3-4 in league play and 4-6 overall.
Skyline Spartans’ attack is too much for Issaquah Eagles
October 11, 2011
Considering it’s playing with virtually a whole new team this season, the Issaquah High School volleyball squad put up a good fight Oct. 6 against the improved Skyline Spartans.
Skyline, the host team, won 3-0 to improve to 7-2 overall and 3-2 in league play. It was the Eagles’ first loss to the Spartans in three meetings.
The Eagles finished with a little comeback in the third set that made things interesting. Otherwise Skyline dominated the match, using a number of attack options and scoring points with quick kills from standout Maddie Magee from the left side of the court.
“I think they have a lot of weapons,” Issaquah coach Todd Parsons said after the match. “We played one of our better matches … and forced them to make kills on us.”
Skyline looked like a synchronized machine for much of the match.
Liberty girls soccer team nips Mercer Island
September 30, 2011
NEW — 11 a.m. Sept. 30, 2011
It was better late than never Thursday for the Liberty High School girls soccer team.
Kali Youngdahl scored a goal in the closing seconds as the Patriots nipped visiting Mercer Island 1-0 in a KingCo Conference 3A/2A thriller.
Kailiana Johnson assisted on Youngdahl’s goal. Liberty goalkeeper Macaire Ament recorded the shutout.
With the victory, Liberty improved its league record to 6-0 and remained in a tie with Interlake for first place. Liberty plays at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Interlake in a big showdown.
In other league action, Interlake defeated Juanita 4-1; and it was Bellevue 2, Mount Si 1; and Lake Washington 5, Sammamish 0.
Issaquah girls soccer team moves into first place
September 28, 2011
NEW — 12:15 p.m. Sept. 28, 2011
Annie Hoffman had a goal and an assist Tuesday as she led the Issaquah High School girls soccer team to a 3-1 victory against visiting Ballard in a KingCo Conference 4A contest in Gary Moore Stadium.
Delany Foreman and Alissa Evans scored Issaquah’s other goals.
The Eagles’ improved their league record to 2-0-1 and moved into a first-place tie with Redmond.
In other action, Skyline downed Inglemoor 4-1. Brooke Bofto, Makenzie Ware, Sydne Tingey and Anna Deweirdt scored Skyline’s goals. The Spartans are 2-0 in league play and 6-0-1 for the season.
In other league games, it was Eastlake 0, Newport 0; Garfield 3, Roosevelt 1; and Redmond 1, Woodinville 0.
Unbeaten Skyline wins volleyball league opener
September 27, 2011
The unbeaten Skyline High School girls volleyball team opened KingCo Conference 4A competition Sept. 20 with a 3-0 victory against visiting Garfield. Skyline won the games, 25-13, 25-16, 25-17.
Madison Stoa had four blocks, 21 assists and three aces for Skyline. Teammate Halle Erdahl contributed 15 kills and 11 digs. Molly Mounsey added seven kills and three blocks for Skyline, 5-0 on the season.
In other action, Issaquah dropped a heartbreaker to host Inglemoor, 3-2. Issaquah won the opening game, 25-23, and then dropped the next two games, 25-18 and 25-14. The Eagles rallied in game four, 25-17. However, Inglemoor won the tie-breaker, 16-14.
Sam Rogers led Issaquah with 22 kills, 10 digs and five aces. McKenzie Bostic had 50 assists for the Eagles and Cassie Elenes had 12 kills. Lindsey Ferguson contributed 14 digs and 6 aces.
Issaquah suffered another tough loss Sept. 22 when the Eagles fell to visiting Bothell, 3-2. Issaquah won the first game, 25-12, but Bothell took the second game, 25-23. Issaquah won the third game, 25-20, but Bothell again came back to win the fourth game, 25-21. Bothell won the tie-breaker, 15-11.
Bostic had 49 assists for Issaquah. Rogers had a strong all-around match with 25 kills, three blocks, 17 digs and seven aces. Leanne Scott contributed 20 digs and Elenes had four blocks.
Issaquah, Skyline win soccer league openers
September 21, 2011
NEW — 1 p.m. Sept. 21, 2011
The Skyline and Issaquah high-school girls soccer teams each won their KingCo Conference 4A openers Tuesday with shutouts.
Skyline, 5-0-1 overall, nipped host Newport 1-0. Sydne Tingey, assisted by Brooke Bofto, scored Skyline’s goal at the 43rd minute.
Audrey Thomas and Lyrik Fryer each had a goal and an assist as they led Issaquah to a 4-0 victory against visiting Inglemoor. Jocelyn Eng and Annie Hoffman also scored goals for the Eagles, 3-3 overall. Goalkeeper Ashley Batistich recorded the shutout.
In other league action, it was Eastlake 2, Ballard 1; Redmond 2, Bothell 0; and Woodinville 2, Roosevelt 0. Garfield defeated Lakeside 2-0 in a nonleague contest.
Skyline volleyball team remains unbeaten
September 20, 2011
The Skyline High School volleyball team defeated visiting Mercer Island, 3-0, Sept. 15 in a nonleague match in a battle of unbeatens.
Skyline won the games 25-23, 25-22, 25-18. Madison Stoa had six kills, 30 assists and three aces and Maddie Magee contributed 17 kills and three aces for the Spartans. Halle Erdahl also had eight kills and 11 digs, and Kennedy Stoa 15 digs for Skyline.
The Spartans are 4-0 on the season. Mercer Island’s record went to 4-1.
Magee had a 16 kills and Stoa had 16 assists Sept. 13 when Skyline defeated host Bellevue, 3-0.
Skyline won the games 25-11, 25-15, 25-12. Erdahl contributed seven kills and 11 digs, and Molly Mounsey had three kills and four blocks for the Spartans.
Skyline High School volleyball team is still unbeaten
September 16, 2011
NEW — 2 p.m. Sept. 16, 2011
The Skyline High School volleyball team defeated visiting Mercer Island 3-0 Thursday in a nonleague match in a battle of unbeatens.
Skyline won the games 25-23, 25-22, 25-18. Madison Stoa had six kills, 30 assists and three aces and Maddie Magee contributed 17 kills and three aces for the Spartans.
Halle Erdahl also had eight kills and 11 digs, and Kennedy Stoa 15 digs for Skyline.
The Spartans are 4-0 on the season. Mercer Island’s record went to 4-1.
