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At halftime, Eastlake head coach Pat Bangasser reminded his team that they were playing in their home gym. The last-place Issaquah Eagles boys basketball team was leading 36-29 and was hitting its shots under pressure.
“(Issaquah) got good shots. They were hot,” Bangasser said after the game. “They were hungry for a win.”
Issaquah was the home team this night due to school construction. But Eastlake had more fans and the better record. The Wolves had underestimated Issaquah’s energy coming into the contest, but the players fed off the crowd, said Eastlake guard Ryan Sikma.
“We came out in the first and didn’t respect ‘em,” he said. “They questioned our passion.”
But with ego in check, Eastlake battled back in the second half to beat Issaquah 62-52 Feb. 5 at Eastlake High School.
The schools’ bands had combined to create a more powerful pep machine and fans from both sides packed the gym.
The key to the victory for Eastlake was holding Issaquah to just one field goal — two points — in the fourth quarter, while scoring 22 of its own. The Eagles’ only basket that quarter came in the final 20 seconds, and was not nearly enough. Issaquah went to 2-12 KingCo and 5-13 overall.
Eastlake improved to 10-4 in league play and 13-5 overall.
Concerned with being down by seven at the break, Eastlake shifted gears on defense and came out playing a 1-3-1 zone, stifling any Issaquah penetration down low.
“The 1-3-1 zone defense hurt us. We weren’t moving,” said Issaquah guard Nick Price. “The 1-3-1 slowed us down and we’re a running team. So we need to keep a fast pace.”
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Bangasser said he wasn’t worried once his guys came out with a new attitude in the second half.
“They had the look in the eye, ‘I got it coach,’” Bangasser said.
Eastlake took the third quarter to catch up. The Eagles still led 50-40 at the end of the third. Senior forward Michael Russo, once again, came through in the clutch with 11 points in the fourth. Read more
From the way Skyline came out of the gates against Eastlake Jan. 29, it could have been over by the end of the first half. But that wasn’t the case as the Wolves adjusted early on, contained Skyline’s offense and nearly outlasted the division-leading Spartans.
After two straight league-game losses, Skyline spent its practice that week refocusing, said head coach J. Jay Davis. It paid off.
Read moreSkyline swimmers capped off the final meet of the season with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay, edging out Liberty by 0.65 seconds in 3 minutes 43.06 seconds. But the win wasn’t enough to top Liberty. Although the eight points earned for the win didn’t change the outcome, relay anchor Alex Palumbo said he was happy Skyline won at least one of three relays.
Read moreIt was Eastlake’s game to lose and Skyline took it at the last moment.
The Skyline girls improved to 6-6 in KingCo 4A Crest Division play after sophomore Morgan Farrar made a hectic lay-in with 17 seconds remaining Jan. 29.
Read moreBoys Basketball
Friday, Jan. 29
Eastside Catholic 64, Ingraham 54
1 2 3 4 Final
Ingraham 11 17 10 16 54
The Eastlake girls select fifth-grade basketball team is celebrating a successful mid-season tournament.
The girls, from various Sammamish elementary schools, won the eighth annual Chelsea Ebert Ferndale Basketball Jam Jan. 15-17 in Ferndale. It took home the championship after beating Ferndale 26-19 in the final.
The girls went unbeaten in the tournament, said parent Matt Gallant.
They beat the UBA Lightning 48-12 in the first round, Ferndale 18-13 in the second and the Whatcom Magic 52-12 in the third. On its way to the title game, Eastlake beat Sport n’ Skilz 32-9 and Lake Stevens 31-17, according to statistics from Gallant.
The fifth-graders play in the Puget Sound Traveling League under coaches Todd Beahm and Tom Marxen.
The players are: Gina Marxen, Avery Hanson, Natalie Gallant, Gabbie Beahm, Emily McDonald, Alissa Matrinez, Ally Wynecoop, Nikki Johnson, Marqui MacLachlan, and Korbyn Stahl.
Sammamish 13-year-old Brian Mogg earned what his family called his biggest golf tournament win after he finished even-par Jan. 17-18 in the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Golf Open.
“I studied and admired Martin Luther King so much, so it’s really nice to win a tournament named after him,” Mogg said a day after the tournament. “I prepared well and felt really confident going in.”
Mogg won the seventh- and eighth-grade class of the youth tournament after hitting a 71 (-1) Jan. 17 at McCormick Woods in Port Orchard and a 72 (+1) Jan. 18 at Chambers Bay in Tacoma, he said.
“I only made five bogeys in two days,” Mogg said. “This is probably one of my biggest wins, because it was at two of my favorite courses and it’s named after Martin Luther King.”
With his 143 total score, Mogg beat Cole Madey of Lake Oswego, Ore. by three strokes and Mukilteo’s Joe Fryer by six strokes.
Sammamish residents R.P. McCoy and Spencer Weiss finished fifth (157) and sixth (158) respectively.
The Eastlake girls basketball team gave the Knights of Newport a run for their money Jan. 22, but a last-second shot to send it to overtime just missed.
Newport donned all-pink uniforms as it hosted Eastlake for its first Cancer Awareness night. But promoting the cause did not distract the Knights from the task at hand: holding its second-place spot behind Issaquah in the race for the playoffs.
Read moreThe Eastlake Wolves boys basketball team posted its highest points total of the season Jan. 22 when they blew Newport out of the water 90-73.
The most they had scored in a game prior to the KingCo 4A league contest in Factoria was 78 — in the first game of the season.
“They shot the lights out of it,” said Newport head coach Dave Olzendam after the game. “We scored a lot of points. We just couldn’t stop them.”
Read moreBoys Basketball
Friday, Jan. 22
Eastside Catholic 55, Bishop Blanchet 48
1 2 3 4 Final
Blanchet 11 12 6 19 48
East. Catholic 15 12 18 10 55
EC Scoring: Jake Springfield, 15; Jonathan Callans, 12; Nile Kramer, 7; Jack McCarthy, 7; Connor Creswell, 5; Joey Schreiber, 5.
Garfield 66, Skyline 55
1 2 3 4 Final
Skylne 7 15 17 16 55
Garfield 15 19 12 20 66
Skyline Scoring: Kasen Williams, 17; Connor Gacek, 8; Miles Edwards, 7; Michael Ford, 7; Bryan Cikatz, 5; Cory Hutsen, 5.
Tuesday, Jan. 19
Eastlake 56, Roosevelt 55
1 2 3 4 Final
Roosevelt 16 9 20 10 55
Eastlake 13 11 14 18 56
Eastlake Scoring: Michael Russo, 18; Conner Iraola, 15; Ryan Sikma, 9; Dillon Pericin, 7; Chad Marxen, 5.
Franklin 87, Eastside Catholic 63
1 2 3 4 Final
East. Catholic 11 16 23 13 63
Franklin 31 20 17 19 87
EC Scoring: Nile Kramer, 26; Jake Springfield, 24; Jack McCarthy, 6; Hunter Clements, 4; Jonathan Callans, 3.
Skyline 55, Ballard 46
1 2 3 4 Final
Ballard 10 11 9 16 46
Skyline 8 14 17 16 55
Skyline Scoring: Cory Hutsen, 17; Miles Edwards, 9; Bryan Cikatz, 8; Connor Gacek, 7; Kasen Williams, 7.
Monday, Jan. 18
King Holiday Hoopfest
At Bank of America Arena
Skyline 48, Garfield 40
1 2 3 4 OT1 Final
Garfield 7 10 9 11 3 40
Skyline 7 8 5 17 11 48
Skyline Scoring: Kasen Williams, 16; Cory Hutsen, 11; Miles Edwards, 7; Connor Gacek, 7; Michael Ford, 4.
Girls Basketball
Friday, Jan. 22
Bishop Blanchet 49, Eastside Catholic 46
1 2 3 4 Final
Blanchet 9 14 16 10 49
East. Catholic 10 8 11 17 46
EC Scoring: Sarah Hill, 13; Michaela O’Rourke, 10; Lauren Johnson, 9; Shelby Newell, 7; Shannon Graves, 5.
Garfield 48, Skyline 36
1 2 3 4 Final
Skyline 15 4 4 13 36
Garfield 17 9 16 6 48
Skyline Scoring: Michelle Bretl, 8; Kassia Fortier, 6; Rachel Shim, 6; Lindsey Nicholson, 5; Christy Cofano, 4; Haley Smith, 4.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Eastlake 44, Roosevelt 36
1 2 3 4 Final
Roosevelt 17 0 7 12 36
Eastlake 10 18 4 12 44
Eastlake Scoring: Kendra Morrison, 18; Alyssa Charlston, 17; Kenzie Carlson, 5; Annie Borges, 2; Lauren Files, 2.
Franklin 66, Eastside Catholic 55
1 2 3 4 Final
East. Catholic 17 11 13 14 55
Franklin 12 22 12 20 66
EC Scoring: Michaela O’Rourke, 23; Shannon Graves, 7; Lauren Johnson, 7; Carly Webster, 7; Shelbey Newell, 4.
Skyline 67, Ballard, 41
1 2 3 4 Final
Ballard 6 6 18 11 41
Skyline 19 18 18 12 67
Skyline Scoring: Kassia Fortier, 20; Morgan Farrar, 11; Allie Wyszynski, 9; Rachel Shim, 7; Lindsey Nicholson, 6.
Wrestling
Thursday, Jan. 21
Skyline 48 Eastlake 30
103 – Justin Manipis, S, beat Chris Dallas 8-3; 112 – Jo Tono, S, won by forfeit; 119 – Max Benjamin, E, pinned Jerred Kiss; 125 – Collin Ehret, S, beat Max Boucher 10-4; 130 – Jordan Wiley, E, pinned Christian Caldwell; 135 – Shay Fuentes E pin Ryan Anderson; 140 – Ben Reh, S, won by forfeit; 145 – Jordan McCaslin, S, won by forfeit; 152 – Danny Christianson, S, won by forfeit; 160 – Trevor McKinnon, E, pinned Douglas Lawson; 171 – Cameron Coyer, E, pinned Cyrus Sorkosh; 189 – Ryan Adamson, S, won by forfeit; 215 – Anthony DeMatto, S, pinned Brad Leimnueber; Hwt – Damen Moffiet, S, won by forfeit
Skyline 44 Newport 27
103 – Justin Manipis, S, beat Matt Droker 8-1; 112 – Jo Tono, S, won by forfeit; 119 – Jerred Kiss, S, won by forfeit; 125 – Collin Ehret, S, beat Austin Bolen 4-2; 130 – Winston Chen, N, pinned Christian Caldwell; 135 – Crhis Hoegel, N, pinned Ryan Anderson; 140 – Ben Reh, S, beat Carl Sandalang 6-1; 145 – Shawn Weisenberg, N, pinned Jordan McCaslin; 152 – Danny Christianson, S, pinned Tom Mirante; 160 – Preston Lee, N, beat Douglas Lawson 11-9 in OT; 171 – Taylor Jorgenson, N, pinned Cyrus Sorkosh; 189 – Ryan Adamson, S, pinned Hunter Greif; 215 – Sean McAlhaney, S, beat Asher Hingston 15-0 by tech. fall; Hwt – Anthony DeMatteo, S, pinned Sean McLaughlin.
Swimming
Friday, Jan. 22
Eastlake 125, Sammamish 58
200 Medley Relay – Eastlake, 1:56.51 (Kuroshe Mahak, Nicholas Howard, Jay Bennett, Steven King); 200 Freestyle – Tyler Spencer, Sammamish, 2:00.89; 200 Individual Medley – Nicholas Howard, Eastlake, 2:30.75; 50 Freestyle – Jay Bennett, Eastlake, 24.87; Diving – Chase Stites, Eastlake, 170.65; 100 Fly – Jay Bennett, Eastlake, 1:01.47; 100 Freestyle – Steven King, Eastlake, 59:40; 500 Freestyle – Tyler Spencer, Sammamish, 5:41.37; 200 Freestyle Relay – Eastlake, 1:43.96 (Jay Bennett, Shawn Dhanani, Nicholas Hoawrd, Ryker Oldenburg); 100 Backstroke – Kuroshe Mahak, Eastlake, 1:09.13; 100 Breaststroke – Nate Heglund, Sammamish, 1:15.81; 400 Freestyle Relay – Eastlake, 3:57.36 (Dylan Jessum, Steven King, Kuroshe Mahak, Ryker Oldenburg).
Lakeside 228, Eastside Catholic 103
Girls team scores: Lakeside 121, Eastside Catholic 50.
200 medley relay – Lakeside (King, Doubleday, Mentyka, Lang) 2:00.00; 200 free – Dimas, L, 2:23.80; 200 IM – Whiteman, EC, 2:35.12; 50 free – Amy, L, 27.44; 100 fly – Mentyka, L, 1:03.77; 100 free – Amy, L, 59.97; 500 free – Mentyka, L, 5:42.86; 200 free relay – Lakeside (Lieu, Gardiner, Hehar, Amy) 1:55.06; 100 back – Xie, L, 1:11.26; 100 breast – Doubleday, L, 1:16.14; 400 free relay – Lakeside (Xie, Gardiner, Kuhrau, Amy) 4:16.89.
Boys team scores: Lakeside 107, Eastside Catholic 53.
200 medley relay – Lakeside (Ekavithvorakuis, Mahoney, Shabb, Yu) 1:47.18; 200 free – Hallowell, EC, 1:46.43*; 200 IM – Craine, L, 2:13.48; 50 free – Hallowell, EC, 21.79*; 100 fly – Ekavithvorakuis, L, 54.98*; 100 free – Kim, L, 21.72; 500 free – Ekavithvorakuis, L, 5:14.57*; 200 free relay – Lakeside (Fox, Fitch, Mahoney, Stolz) 1:35.44; 100 back – Shabb, L, 58.51; 100 breast – Mahoney, L, 1:04.43; 400 free relay – Lakeside (Crane, Kerry, Shabb, Xu) 3:45.30.
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