Eastlake girls fall to Issaquah 62-49 in rematch
January 31, 2012
Issaquah High School girls basketball coach Kathy Gibson knew she had to make some adjustments for the rematch with the Eastlake Wolves.
The key was just how well her team would adapt to those changes.
The Eagles apparently adapted quite well Jan. 27 when they defeated the visiting Eastlake 62-49 in a KingCo Conference 4A contest.
Kendra Morrison (left), Eastlake senior forward, pulls down an offensive rebound and tries for a putback in the second quarter Jan. 27 as Issaquah junior guard Ali Mendezona defends. Photo by Greg Farrar
Local players earn all-state soccer honors
January 31, 2012
Three members of the Skyline High School girls soccer team that won the Class 4A state title last fall were selected to the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association all-state team. In addition, Skyline’s Don Braman was named Class 4A coach of the year.
Eastside Catholic’s Scott Brayton, who directed his team to the Class 3A final four, was selected as 3A co-coach of the year. Read more
Bellingham Bells sign Ryan Somers
January 31, 2012
The Bellingham Bells have resigned Ryan Somers to play during the 2012 season. Somers, a catcher, will return for his second season with the Bells. A native of Sammamish and graduate of Skyline High School, he is a redshirt sophomore at Seattle University. Somers redshirted for the Seattle University Redhawks in 2010 before becoming a regular in 2011 where he played in 40 games, starting in 27 of them. Read more
Skyline basketball tops Eastlake in overtime
January 18, 2012
If Eastlake would have figured out a way to get Michael Hwang and Brandon Lester the ball in the second half Jan. 13, the Wolves could have ridden a comfortable lead to victory over Skyline.
But the Spartans were able to contain the two hot shooters and get past the Eastlake defense down the stretch. Read more
Eastlake qualifies swimmers for state in loss to Issaquah
January 18, 2012
It was Brian Ruggles’ day to be in the water Jan. 10.
Despite having to swim against Ed Kim, Eastlake’s phenom sophomore, in the relays, the Issaquah senior dropped time from his 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke performances to help the Eagles beat the Wolves 109-76 at Boehm Pool.
Ruggles, who also helped Issaquah win the 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard free relay, improved his state time in the 50 free when he finished in 22.57 seconds. And in the 100 back stroke, he cut 2.5 seconds from his previous district-qualifying time, finishing in 57.79 seconds.
“I felt really strong in the water,” Ruggles said after the meet. “I’m strong off the start. I love working on starts. I haven’t dropped time in that since sophomore year.”
Eastlake’s Kim, however, had quite a meet for himself. Aiming to qualify for state in all eight individual events, he added two more to his list. He had previously qualified for the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle, the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly.
Against Issaquah, he cruised to victory — adding state-qualifying times — in the 200-yard individual medley (1 minute, 48.25 seconds) and the 500 freestyle (4:45.28).
And with four meets left, Kim has plenty of time to work on his time in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Kim walked into the Issaquah meet with no recorded time this season in either of the two events he won. His time in the 500 free was more than 15 seconds faster than the state-qualifying standard and about 32 seconds faster than the meet’s second-place finisher, Ben Nussbaum, of Issaquah.
“Racing Ed…it’s really fun to keep up with him,” said Ruggles, a longtime teammate at the Bellevue Club.
Issaquah saw a strong performance from another state-bound swimmer. Gabe Florsheim won the 100-yard butterfly event in 54.36 seconds, a second faster than his state qualifying time earlier this season. He also contributed to the Eagles’ 200-yard medley relay win, sending it to state with a finish of 1:42.73. Eastlake’s relay team took second in 1:49.94. Florsheim also helped Issaquah win the 200-yard free relay (Dave Nam, Henry Pratt and Nussbaum) in 1:38.18.
Ruggles also helped the Eagles’ close out the meet with a win in the 400 free relay. He, Nam, Willy Matsuda and Austin Melody swam the relay in 3:28.97, about 12 seconds ahead of Eastlake’s team (Kim, Alleva, Jackson Berman and Henry O’Neil).
Eastlake’s state-meet veteran, Zach Alleva, took it easy at the dual meet so he could rest for a meet in Austin, Tex. Jan. 14-15. Although already state-bound in the 100 breaststroke, Alleva won the event in 1:05.51. He had qualified for state with a previous time of 1:02.64.
“That was more of a cruise for me,” Alleva said after the race.
Melody won the 200 individual medley in 2:05.37, good enough for a sure spot at the district meet. He also improved on his district-qualifying 100 freestyle time when he won it in 52.27 seconds.
Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.
Scoreboard Jan. 18
January 18, 2012
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Scoreboard Jan. 11
January 11, 2012
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The buzzer-beater that wasn’t
January 9, 2012
Skyline players and coaches might still be talking about Megan Wiedeman’s near-buzzer-beating shot Jan. 6.
Wiedeman, the Spartans’ standout senior post, almost won the game at literally the last second at a packed Issaquah High School gymnasium. She made the 22-footer, but the officials ruled it no good after it rolled off of her finger tips just a split second after time expired.
“I thought we won,” Skyline coach Greg Bruns said.
Megan Wiedeman, Skyline High School senior post, watches her last-ditch effort head toward the hoop as Issaquah senior guard Taryn Holmes defends. Photo by Christopher Huber
Eastlake, Skyline gymnasts see improvement all around
January 9, 2012
Although neither the Eastlake nor the Skyline gymnastics team won their recent meet, members of both are seeing continued improvement.
The Inglemoor Vikings won the third meet of the season Jan. 5 at Skyline High School with a cumulative score of 167.55 points. The visiting Roosevelt Roughriders took second with 151.85. Skyline scored 127.2 and Eastlake tallied 99.95 points.
Amy Bearman, Skyline senior gymnast, goes airborne and focuses on planting her hands just right during the vault event Jan. 5 at Skyline High School. Photo by Christopher Huber
Sammamish teams enjoy some winter hoops success
January 4, 2012
The Eastside Catholic boys basketball team kept it close in the home stretch, but ultimately fell 57-50 to Chaminade (Calif.) in the championship game at the Chaminade Christmas Classic Dec. 29. Senior Joey Schreiber had 24 points and 15 rebounds in the final, finishing the tournament with 96 points in four games and leading the Crusaders to a second place finish.
