New fire marshal comes to EFR
March 23, 2010
Eastside Fire & Rescue has filled its fire marshal position, and more.
The EFR board of directors hired Bud Backer, formerly the deputy chief of operations at the Woodinville Fire & Life Safety District. Read more
Public Works asks for money
March 23, 2010
In 2008, the City Council increased its road maintenance and repair budget for 2009 from $300,000 to $1 million. It doubled that amount for its 2010 budget. Now the Public Works Department is warning that even $2 million will be insufficient for keeping roads at their current levels. Read more
Conservation district voters elect new board member, Max Prinsen
March 23, 2010
King Conservation District voters elected Renton resident Max Prinsen, a conservation district associate supervisor and the president of a wetland-conservation group, to the district board last week.
Prinsen pulled ahead of four other candidates — including former Issaquah wetland biologist Kirk Prindle — to win a three-year term on the five-member board. Prinsen received about 42 percent of the vote in the March 16 election. Prindle placed fourth in the race. Read more
David Cheng celebrating after Formula series win
March 23, 2010
When David Cheng, of Sammamish, won his first Pacific Formula 2000 race March 6 in Fontana, Calif., his operations manager, Dan Gulickson, cried for hours.
Emotions ran high as Cheng, 20, and his crew had to adapt to last-minute monsoon-like conditions and drive intelligently to beat out the competition.
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Eastside Catholic Special Olympians win state title
March 23, 2010
When the final buzzer rang March 7 at Eastmont Junior High gym in Wenatchee, the Eastside Catholic High School Senior 3 basketball team rushed the court to celebrate. Some pumped their fists in the air while others hugged and jumped for joy.
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In Sammamish ‘Kids Can Cook’
March 23, 2010
Christa McAuliffe student Amy Wisegarver started cooking with her mom, Kristin Wisegarver, when she was just 2 years old. Amy would help with dinner and various other cooking projects at home. Eventually, she graduated to cooking meals or goodies on her own, Kristin said.
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Eastside Catholic reaches out to students of other faiths
March 23, 2010
During any given school year, up to five percent of Eastside Catholic students belong to the Muslim faith or a faith other than Christianity, according to school administrators.
That’s one reason why the school held it’s annual interfaith service March 17 in the school’s gym. Read more
Eastlake battles back to force a tie
March 23, 2010
Down 1-0 at halftime against Mount Si March 17, Eastlake soccer coach Adam Gervis told his players “you gotta hit it low.” Ryan Herman, the agile 6-foot-7 Wildcat goalkeeper would likely stop anything between his head and the crossbeam.
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Spring sports start with hopes for a postseason
March 23, 2010
Spring sports are bringing the local athletes back outside onto the diamond and the track.
Baseball
Skyline
The Skyline Spartans are gearing up for life without ace pitcher Adrian Sampson and workhorse pitcher Jared Lemke.
Skyline went 15-8 overall in 2009 (11-5 league) and coach Chris Tamminen hopes his few returning starters will step up big this season to give hard-hitting Redmond a run for its money.
“I’m thinking our pitching is still going to be strong,” Tamminen said.
Key returners include outfielder Sean Penberthy and pitcher Connor Lawhead, both seniors.
Tamminen added a slew of senior newcomers to the roster in 2010, including pitchers Jayce Nelson, Jim Carnes and Ryan Weideman.
The Spartans will look to infielders Jake Opitz and Aaron Caditz and outfielders Anthony DeMatteo and Michael Smith for leadership and quick thinking in the field.
The key to success this season: focus on the fundamentals, Tamminen said.
“We have to make sure we have good team chemistry and do all the little things right,” he said.
Games to watch: Newport at Skyline, 3:45 p.m. March 25 and Skyline at Newport, 4 p.m., April 26; Skyline at Issaquah, 3:45 p.m. March 29 and Issaquah at Skyline, 3:45 p.m. April 28; Redmond at Skyline, 3:45 p.m. March 31 and Skyline at Redmond, 6 p.m. April 30.
Eastside Catholic
Although it’s missing last year’s standouts in pitcher Matt Boyd, infielder Michael Englund and infielder-outfielder Mike Bush, the Eastside Catholic baseball team is rearing to take Metro again in 2010.
The Crusaders went 16-6 overall in 2009 and 14-5 in Metro play, winning the league championship. But coach Kurt Boyd said the team should be able to maintain its dominance with a continued focus on pitching.
“The team will reinvent themselves from years past of the high-power offense to more of a defensive minded, pressure-offense team,” Boyd said.
They’ll do that with help from returning pitchers Sam Lindquist, Andrew Villeneuve, first-baseman Steven Leighton, outfielder Garrett DeGallier and second-baseman Bobbie Schultz.
Newcomers Ryan Gillespie, Keith Barnum and Jackson Boyle will help round out the order for Eastside Catholic.
Games to watch: Bainbridge at Eastside Catholic (Bellevue College), 3:30 p.m. March 26; O’Dea at Eastside Catholic (Bellevue College), 3:30 p.m. April 1; Eastside Catholic at Eastlake, 4 p.m. April 5; Blanchet at Eastside Catholic (Bellevue College), 3:30 p.m. April 21.
Track and Field
Skyline
The Skyline girls could be in the running for a ninth-straight KingCo title in 2010. In addition to winning KingCo in 2009, Skyline won districts for the sixth year in a row and placed fifth at state.
If returning leaders like sprinter Shea O’Donnell, hurdler Amber Dodd and triple jumper Kayli Kohlrus perform as well or better than last year, the Lady Spartans will be a force to be reckoned with in Class 4A competition.
Newcomers Haley Smith, Kassia Fortier, Ashley Richardson, Lindsey Coutts and Elise Pletcher look to round out the team this spring.
The boys of Skyline, however, are looking for better than eighth place at state this season. With all-stars like junior Kasen Williams — last year he won the state high jump title (6-10), took second in the triple jump (47-10.25) and third in the long jump (23-05) — the Spartans have a good chance.
Williams will join top returners and captains Alex Lee (sprints and relays), Mark Frerker (distance), Dustin Bratten (sprints and relays), Michael Aboud and Ben Ressler.
New coach Marc Hillestad said the current roster of 104 boys features a good mix of youth and experience.
Meets to watch: Newport at Skyline, 4 p.m. April 15; Skyline at Eastlake, 4 p.m. April 22; Skyline and Issaquah at Liberty, 4 p.m. May 6.
Eastlake
The Eastlake girls are looking to reload in 2010. In 2009, the team placed fifth at the KingCo meet. As the new season gets into full swing, the girls will rely on the experience of a few returning distance runners: Chelsea Orr (800 meters), Katelyn Steen (1,600 and 3,200 meters) and Erin Blodnick (1,600 meters).
The Eastlake boys bring back a strong corps of returners in 2010. After placing 15th overall at state last year, Daniel Jackstadt (100 meters), Jason Murray (200 meters) and Brandon Cole (400 meters) will lead the team in the sprints division.
Paul Kupcis (800) and Beau Wales (3,200) look to compete among the best in KingCo, as do pole vaulters Sean Ross and Derek Halmgrenson, triple jumper Devin Bennett and hurdler Jeff Sloat.
“We are a young team and should finish in the middle of the pack at KingCo,” said coach Steve Jones.
Meets to watch: Eastlake at Eastlake Invite, April 10; Skyline at Eastlake, 4 p.m. April 22; Eastlake at KingCo meet (at EHS track), 3:30 p.m. May 12 and 14.
Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com. Comment on this story at www.SammamishReview.com.
As Klahanie goes, so goes Klahanie Park
March 21, 2010
New: March 21, 11:16 a.m.
Latest proposal would keep park with neighborhood when eventually annexed by a city
Under a new proposal offered by King County, Issaquah could still receive Klahanie Park if the city someday annexed the surrounding neighborhood — even if Sammamish acquired the park in the meantime.
