And that is what happened Feb. 4 when Manipis and DeMatteo met in the championship round of the 113-pound weight class. Manipis defeated DeMatteo 2-0 to win the title. Both cruised to the championship round.

Justin Manipis (bottom), Skyline High School junior, and Skyline sophomore Joseph DeMatteo wrestle each other at 113 pounds in an all-Spartan championship final at the KingCo 4A tournament. Manipis won the match, 2-0. Photo by Greg Farrar

Manipis won his first two matches with pins. DeMatteo won a match with a pin and defeated Issaquah’s Jordan Hamilton 8-3 in the semifinals.

Eastlake’s Eric Harper won the 170-pound division with a 4-2 decision against Inglemoor’s Sam Gastineau. Harper reached the final after posting an 8-5 decision against Issaquah’s Andrew Ramirez in the semifinals.

Skyline had three second places.

Griffin Howlett was the runner-up in the 106-pound class after losing a 6-3 decision to Issaquah’s Torre Eaton. Ian Crouch took second at 152 when he lost to Bothell’s Brandon Davidson, 11-0. Michael Mecham was second at 160 after losing to Woodinville’s Ryan Christensen, 25-8.

Skyline’s Tristan Steciw was third at 120 pounds after pinning Issaquah’s Louden Ivey.

The Spartans had two fourth places. Joey Gurke was fourth at 132 after getting pinned by Bothell’s Kyle Hansen. Tyler White was fourth at 138 after losing to Woodinville’s Connor McCaw, 4-0.

Skyline’s Cyrus Sarkosh was fifth at 170 after pinning Inglemoor’s Blake Moody in 1:39.

Eastlake’s Ryan Wasserman was fourth at 152 after losing a hard-fought 7-6 decision to Issaquah’s Taylor Evans. Ryan Green, of the Wolves, was fifth at 160 when he decisioned Issaquah’s Tucker Brumley.

Skyline finished fourth in the team standings with 187 points. Eastlake was ninth with 68.5 points.

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

The game pitted two of the Crest Division contenders against each other. With the victory, Issaquah moved into a tie with Skyline for first place while Eastlake dropped to second. However, as competitive as the three teams are, the race for the division title might not be settled until the end of this week.

Entering this week, Issaquah and Skyline were both 8-3 with Eastlake 7-4.

In the first meeting between Eastlake and Issaquah on Dec. 16, the Wolves emerged with a 73-67 victory in overtime.

The second meeting was an intense battle in the first half with the teams deadlocked at 25-all at halftime.

But Issaquah broke loose in the third quarter, outscoring Eastlake 21-6 to take a big lead the Eagles never relinquished.

Issaquah’s Mandie Hill, a sophomore point guard, led all players with 21 points. Senior Sabrina Norton, who recently became eligible, added 13 points, and sophomore Mackenzie Wieburg chipped in 12 for the Eagles.

“We made some adjustments for the game and the team did a good job of adapting to them,” Gibson said.

The Eagles also relied on their usual strength – defense.

“Our key to the game was our ability to focus on playing defense, which is always our emphasis,” Gibson said.

Issaquah’s defensive play limited the Wolves to just one player in double figures – Kendra Morrison. The 6-foot-1 senior scored 13 points. Caleigh McCabe, who played a big role in the first game, was held to five points.

Wolves top Newport, Bothell

The Wolves posted two victories last week. On Jan. 25, Eastlake rallied in the final quarter to defeat visiting Newport 42-33. Eastlake trailed by six points after three quarters but outscored the Knights 21-6 in the fourth period to win the game.

Marijke Vanderschaaf, a 6-3 sophomore, scored a game-high 13 points to lead Eastlake. Abbi Carlson and Morrison each had eight points.

On Jan. 28, the Wolves walloped visiting Bothell 68-18. Eastlake blew out Bothell 18-4 in the first quarter and held a commanding 39-12 lead at halftime.

Morrison scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Wolves. Vanderschaaf added eight points.

Eastlake boys fall to Issaquah

The Issaquah High School boys basketball team had no answer for stopping Eastlake’s Brandon Lester. However, Lester and the visiting Wolves couldn’t stop the hot-shooting Eagles, either Jan. 27 in a KingCo Conference 4A contest.

Issaquah, led by Nick Price, won the rematch 83-59.

Price scored 24 points to share game-high honors with Lester, who had a big week. In three games, Lester scored 95 points.

“I love Lester’s game. He is so crafty and really strong when he gets in the paint,” Issaquah coach Jason Griffith said. “He gives everything he possibly can.”

Price had plenty of help, too. Drew Danner tossed in 13 points, Ryan Sexton 12 points and Fletcher Martin 10 points as the Eagles avenged an early season loss to Eastlake.

Eastlake led 18-17 at the end of the first quarter but Issaquah blitzed the Wolves in the second period 20-10.

Other than Lester, no other Eastlake player scored in double figures. Michael Hwang was the next highest with eight points.

On Jan. 24, Eastlake lost to visiting Newport 85-67. Lester scored 27 points, matching his season high. Kyle Laubscher added 13 points and Caleb Perkins had 10 points.

On Jan. 28, Eastlake fell to host Bothell 79-70. The game featured two of the league’s top scorers – Lester and Bothell’s Zach LaVine. The latter scored a game-high 32 points. Lester had 24 points.

Eastlake trailed by just four points at halftime but Bothell pulled away in the third quarter by outscoring the Wolves 29-19.

Eastside Catholic’s Scott Brayton, who directed his team to the Class 3A final four, was selected as 3A co-coach of the year.

Association members and other high school coaches selected the all-state teams.

Earning first-team Class 4A honors from Skyline were midfielder Maddie Christ, defender Jackie Wilson and goalkeeper Tina Vargas. Midfielder KK Standish and goalkeeper Nemo Thomas, of Eastside Catholic, were selected to the Class 3A all-state first team.

During the summer 2011 with the Bells, he played in 10 games accumulating 25 at bats where he held a .280 batting average and two RBI.

“Ryan joined us late last summer and played well during the short time he was with us,” said Jim Clem, the Bells’ pitching coach in a statement. “We think highly of Ryan and are pleased to have him back on our roster. He’s an athletic kid that gives us a lot of flexibility due to his ability to play multiple positions.”

But the Spartans were able to contain the two hot shooters and get past the Eastlake defense down the stretch.

Skyline guard Will Parker gave his team its first lead of the night with an arching 3-pointer with 1:38 remaining in the fourth quarter. And that shot gave the Spartans the momentum to out last Eastlake 70-61 in overtime.

Eastlake went to 2-6 in KingCo play and 4-10 overall. At 7-1 KingCo and 12-3 overall, Skyline remains atop the Crest Division standings, in front of Redmond (6-2).

“It took the first half for us to do what the coaches wanted us to do in the first place,” said Lucas Shannon, a Skyline senior forward who scored 21 points. “We didn’t really change much.”

But the Spartans still got beat handily in the first half on defense. Its focus was to contain Eastlake’s Lester and Hwang, who are dangerous from beyond the 3-point arc and all-around weapons for the Wolves. The pair combined for 27 of Eastlake’s 31 first-half points, including five 3-pointers.

The Eastlake’s full-court-press defense dominated and kept Skyline shooters guessing in the first half. Despite tallying 18 points in the first half himself, Lester wasn’t happy with the way his team lost focus in the second half. It tried the same scheme, but the Spartans’ defense retooled and came out in a man defense.

“(Skyline) just picked it up on defense and we did nothing different,” Lester said. “Our shots just didn’t finish.”

Hwang opened up the game with a big three and Eastlake kept the lead all the way through, at one point leading 23-15 in the second quarter. It took a 4-point halftime lead and quickly made it 38-27 early in the third.

Skyline trailed 48-39 at the end of three, but relied on Eastlake foul trouble to score easy points. In the fourth, Shannon and Parker combined to make 10 of 12 free throw shots and bring the score to 58-56, Eastlake.

That’s when Parker hit the clutch shot to take the lead.

As Eastlake lost momentum and missed scoring opportunities, the Spartans found an offensive rhythm and tightened its defense.

Lester led all scorers with 26 points. Hwang finished with 16. Parker finished with 14 for Skyline and teammate guard Jonah Eastern tallied 13, including three 3-pointers.

“We just chalk it up to our focus,” Shannon said. “We just manned up and finished.”

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.

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.

KingCo 4A Standings

Team Conference Overall

Crest

Skyline 7-1 12-3

Redmond 6-2 11-3

Issaquah 4-4 10-4

Newport 3-5 7-7

Eastlake 2-6 4-10

Crown

Garfield 7-1 9-3

Roosevelt 5-3 9-4

Ballard 5-4 7-7

Bothell 4-4 7-5

Woodinville 2-7 4-10

Inglemoor 0-8 4-9

Metro – Mountain Div. standings

Team Conference Overall

Seattle Prep 9-1 11-2

O’Dea 6-3 9-5

E. Catholic 5-5 9-6

Lakeside 4-6 8-6

B. Blanchet 0-10 1-13

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Skyline 41, Roosevelt 36

1 2 3 4 Final

Skyline 9 9 9 14 41

Roosevelt 10 10 5 11 36

Skyline scoring: Will Parker, 15; Hunter Cikatz, 6; Isaiah Richmond and Lucas Shannon, 5; Max Browne and Jonah Eastern, 4.

Roosevelt scoring: Joe Knight, 14; Josh Jacobsen, 12.

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Eastlake 69, Inglemoor 53

1 2 3 4 Final

Inglemoor 14 17 8 14 53

Eastlake 19 10 26 14 69

Eastlake scoring: Brandon Lester, 21; Michael Hwang, 16; Eric Holmdahl, 11; Kyle Laubscher, 10; Caleb Perkins, 6.

Inglemoor scoring: Trey Miller and Sam Omondi, 14.

Skyline 51, Garfield 49

1 2 3 4 Final

Garfield 16 9 8 16 49

Skyline 15 13 13 10 51

Skyline scoring: Will Parker, 14; Max Browne, 11; Bryan Cikatz, 10; Nick Kassuba, 6; Hunter Cikatz and Isaiah Richmond, 4.

Garfield scoring: Tucker Haymond, 20.

Bainbridge 67, Eastside Catholic 62

1 2 3 4 Final

E. Catholic 12 12 17 21 62

Bainbridge 13 18 9 27 67

EC scoring: Joey Schreiber, 26; Austin Soukup, 13; Joey McKay, 11; Mandrell Worthy, 6.

Bainbridge scoring: Chris Bell, 29; Rico Failla, 20.

Girls basketball

KingCo 4A Standings

Team Conference Overall

Crest

Skyline 6-2 9-5

Eastlake 5-3 8-6

Issaquah 4-3 9-4

Newport 3-5 5-8

Redmond 1-6 5-8

Crown

Woodinville 9-0 12-1

Inglemoor 6-2 10-3

Roosevelt 4-4 6-6

Garfield 3-5 4-8

Ballard 3-6 4-10

Bothell 0-8 0-13

Metro – Mountain Div. standings

Team Conference Overall

Holy Names 8-1 10-1

Seattle Prep 8-2 11-3

Lakeside 7-3 9-4

B. Blanchet 5-5 7-7

E. Catholic 2-8 5-9

Friday, Jan. 13

Skyline 53, Eastlake 50

1 2 3 4 Final

Eastlake 11 15 13 11 50

Skyline 13 15 11 14 53

Skyline scoring: Allie Wyszynski, 18; Megan Wiedeman, 15; Rachel Shim, 7; Morgan Farrar and Lacey Nicholson, 4.

Eastlake scoring: Kendra Morrison, 18; Caleigh McCabe, 12; Lauren Files and Marijke Vanderschaaf, 4.

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Inglemoor 88, Eastlake 74

1 2 3 4 Final

Easstlake 19 18 17 20 74

Inglemoor 17 19 23 29 88

Eastlake scoring: Marijke Vanderschaaf, 17; Caleigh McCabe, 15; Kendra Morrison, 12; Lauren Files, 11; Abby Carlson, 8.

Inglemoor scoring: Taylor Peacocke, 29; Kate Taylor, 20.

Bainbridge 57, Eastside Catholic 54

1 2 3 4 Final

Bainbridge 19 9 10 19 57

E. Catholic 14 13 16 11 54

EC scoring: Sarah Hill, 19; Lauren Johnson, 9; Michaela O’Rourke, 8; Courtney Brown, 7; Ashley Blanton, 6.

Bainbridge scoring: Grace Kenyon, 27; Hannah Depew, 14.

Skyline 69, Garfield 59

1 2 3 4 Final

Skyline 15 7 28 19 69

Garfield 20 9 11 19 59

Skyline scoring: Megan Wiedeman, 21; Allie Wyszynski, 17; Morgan Farrar and Lacey Nicholson, 10; Rachel Shim, 6, Susie Tinker, 5.

Garfield scoring: Shaunice Robinson, 25; Nyasha Sarju, 24.

Wrestling

Thursday, Jan. 12

Eastside Catholic 60, Franklin 24

113 — Matti Iwicki, EC, pinned Kevin Nyguen. 120 — Andrew Le, F, pinned Matthieu Bos. 126 — Jack Sy, F, won by forfeit. 132 — David Tronsrue, EC, pinned Aser Augustin. 138 — Jake Warfield, EC, pinned Ron Lam. 145 — Edgar Reynoso, F, won by forfeit. 152 — Jon Obernesser, EC, pinned Angus Sega. 160 — Anthony Roy, EC, won by forfeit. 170 — Simon Van Anen, EC, pinned Marcel Sampson. 182 — Coner Heger, EC, won by forfeit. 195 — Joe Stoutt, EC, won by forfeit. 220 — David Hurdle, EC, won by forfeit. 285 — Alex Neale, EC, won by forfeit.

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Skyline 71 Newport 9

106 — Nathan Swanson, S, pinned Adam Little, N, 1:14; 113 — Justin Manipis, S, pinned David Yingling, N, 3:53; 120 — Tristan Steciw, S, pinned Matt Droker, N, 3:45; 126 — Jo Tono, S, pinned Robert Kerdrick, N, :47; 132 — Joey Gurke, S, pinned Ryan Yuskaitis, N, 5:44; 138 — Tyler White, S, pinned Jesse Langley, N, 3:26; 145 — Christian Caldwell, S, pinned Sean Sternberg, N, 3:25; 152 — Ian Crouch, S, pinned Humza Talat, N, 1:49; 160 — Nikilay Lifshaz, N, dec. Michael Mecham, S, 8-5; 170 — Douglas Lawson, S, tech fall Gavin Strong, N, 19-4; 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, S, pinned JP Routon, N, 1:44; 195 — Kyle Nardon, S, pinned Isaiah Warren, N, 1:14; 215 — Sean McAlhaney, S, pinned Austin Curtis, N, 1:29; 285 — Taylor Shimoji, N, pinned Larry Liao, S, 1:25.

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Inglemoor 40 Skyline 31

106 — Nathan Swanson, S, pinned James Epps, I, 3:11; 113 — Josepsh DeMatteo, S, won by forfeit; 120 — Mitchell Barker, I, dec. Justin Manipis, S, 4-2 OT; 126 — Tristan Steciw, S, pinned Jake Lindloff, I, 3:07; 132 — Joey Gurke, S, pinned Larry Arnold, I, 3:52; 138 — Tyler White, S, dec. Ryan Mydske, I, 6-4; 145 — Gabe Seward, I, maj. dec. Christian Caldwell, S, 12-4; 152 — Ian Bedo, I, dec. Ian Crouch, S, 8-6; 160 — Michael Mecham, S, maj. dec. Jonathan Meiusi, I, 13-4; 170 — Sam Gastineau, I, pinned Douglas Lawson, S, 3:40; 182 — Mark Johnson, I, pinned Cyrus Sarkosh, S, 3:00; 195 — Josh Koukal, I, pinned Sean McAlhaney, S, 5:52; 220 — Ben Carson, I, won by forfeit; 285 — Andrew Stocker, I, pinned Larry Liao, S, 1:45.

Lakeside 45 Eastside Catholic 36

106 — Hunter Hughes, L, pinned Ryan Maure-Schmidt. 113 — Matt Iwicki, E, won by forfeit. 120 — Jason Lacy, L, pinned Matt Boss. 126 — Neil Xu, L, won by forfeit. 132 — Sam Dunietz, L, pinned David Transue. 138 — John Crutcher, L, maj. dec. Jake Warfield. 145 — Aidan French, L, won by forfeit. 152 — John Obernesser, E, pinned Jacy Stewart. 160 — Anthony Roy, E, pinned Ben Jaffee. 170 — Peter Scott, L, maj. dec. Connor Heger. 182 — Kea Roberts, E, pinned Connor Haney. 195 — Joe Stout, E, won by forfeit. 220 — David Hurdle, E, won by forfeit. 285 — Kody Burleson, L, pinned Alex Neale.

Boys swim and dive

Thursday, Jan. 12

Issaquah 115, Skyline 68; Skyline 143, Bothell 32.5; Issaquah 148, Bothell 32

200 medley relay — Issaquah (Willy Matsua, Austin Melody, Gabe Florsheim, Brian Ruggles) 1:46.09. 200 free — Brian Ruggles, I, 1:48.84. 200 IM — Paul Jett, S, 2:02.18. 50 free — Willy Matsuda, I, 23.21. Diving — Max Levy, S, 217.0. 100 fly — Gabe Florsheim, I, 55.51. 100 free — Austin Melody, I, 52.59. 500 free — Alec Raines, S, 4:58.87. 200 free relay — Issaquah (Willy Matsua, Gabe Florsheim, Dave Nam, Brian Ruggles) 1:32.34. 100 back — Willy Matsuda, I, 56.81. 100 breast — Ben Nussbaum, I, 1:05.09. 400 free relay — Skyline (Paul Jett, Matt Haynie, Ashton Powell, Alec Raines) 3:32.46.

KingCo 4A Standings

Team Conference Overall

Crest

Skyline 4-1 9-3

Redmond 4-2 9-3

Issaquah 3-3 9-3

Newport 2-4 5-6

Eastlake 1-5 3-9

Crown

Garfield 6-0 8-2

Ballard 5-2 7-5

Roosevelt 4-2 8-3

Bothell 3-3 6-4

Woodinville 2-5 4-8

Inglemoor 0-6 4-7

Metro – Mountain Div. standings

Team Conference Overall

Seattle Prep 7-1 9-2

O’Dea 5-3 8-5

E. Catholic 5-4 9-5

Lakeside 2-6 6-6

B. Blanchet 0-8 1-11

Saturday, Jan. 7

Lakeside 69, Eastside Catholic 51

1 2 3 4 Final

E. Catholic 18 4 14 15 51

Lakeside 14 18 18 19 69

EC scoring: Joey Schreiber, 27; Mandrell Worthy, 10; Joey McKay, 8; Blake Maimone and Austin Soukup, 3.

Tuesday, Jan. 3

Ballard 56, Skyline 47

1 2 3 4 Final

Ballard 13 9 18 16 56

Skyline 12 15 8 12 47

Skyline scoring: Lucas Shannon, 14; Will Parker, 10; Bryan Cikatz, 8; Jim Wackerhagen, 6; Nick Kassuba, 5.

Ballard scoring: Seth Berger, 14; John Verduin, 12; Jake Devine, 11.

Woodinville 41, Eastlake 38

1 2 3 4 Final

Woodinville 6 9 8 18 41

Eastlake 6 3 24 5 38

Eastlake scoring: Caleb Perkins, 14; Michael Hwang, 11; Mason Pierzchalski, 5; Kyle Laubscher and Brandon Lester, 4.

Woodinville scoring: Robbie Jackson, 13.

Girls basketball

KingCo 4A Standings

Team Conference Overall

Crest

Eastlake 5-1 8-4

Skyline 4-2 7-5

Issaquah 3-3 8-4

Newport 2-5 4-8

Redmond 1-5 5-7

Crown

Woodinville 7-0 10-1

Inglemoor 4-2 8-3

Roosevelt 4-3 6-5

Garfield 3-3 4-6

Ballard 2-5 3-9

Bothell 0-6 0-11

Metro – Mountain Div. standings

Team Conference Overall

Holy Names 6-1 8-1

Lakeside 6-2 8-3

Seattle Prep 6-2 9-3

B. Blanchet 4-4 6-6

E. Catholic 2-7 5-8

Saturday, Jan. 7

Eastlake 55, Garfield 53

1 2 3 4 Final

Eastlake 9 13 13 20 55

Garfield 10 14 11 18 53

Eastlake scoring: Kendra Morrison, 12; Maggie Douglas and Caleigh McCabe, 11; Abby Carlson, 6; Bella Zennan, 5.

Lakeside 53, Eastside Catholic 40

1 2 3 4 Final

E. Catholic 11 2 11 16 40

Lakeside 10 12 16 15 53

EC scoring: Sarah Hill and Michaela O’Rourke, 13; Lauren Johnson, 6; Ashley Blanton and Molly Callans, 3.

Lakeside scoring: Danielle Estell, 14; Kaylee Best, 13; Christina Cheledinas, 12.

Friday, Jan. 6

Eastside Catholic 64, Rainier Beach 8

1 2 3 4 Final

R. Beach 6 0 0 2 8

E. Catholic 15 19 19 11 64

EC scoring: Michaela O’Rourke, 21; Audrey Menz and Ana Wu, 8; Shelby Newell, 7; Sarah Hill, Lauren Johnson and Emma Burnham, 6.

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Woodinville 64, Eastlake 57

1 2 3 4 Final

Eastlake 9 20 8 20 57

Woodinville 13 19 17 15 64

Eastlake scoring: Kendra Morrison, 20; Marijke Vanderschaaf, 11; Caleigh McCabe, 9; Maggie Douglas, 6; Abby Carlson 5.

Skyline 65, Ballard 42

1 2 3 4 Final

Skyline 20 12 18 17 65

Ballard 10 9 12 11 42

Skyline scoring: Susie Tinker, 20; Megan Wiedeman and Allie Wyszynski, 10; Morgan Farrar, Lacey Nicholson and Rachel Shim, 6.

Wrestling

Saturday, Jan. 7

Liberty Invitational

At Liberty H.S.

Team scores — Not reported.

106 — Nathan Swanson, Skyline, maj. dec. Jayden Schwope 9-1 Hazen. 113 — Joseph DeMatteo, Skyline, pinned Kody Nyugen, Skyline 1:52. 120 — Mark Garcia, Lindbergh, won by Inj. def. 126 — Luke Garcia, Lindbergh, pinned Steven Edson, Highline :24. 132 — Brandon Long, Redmond, maj. dec. Austin Clark, Hazen 9-1. 138 — Conner Small, Liberty, dec. Daniel Karpman, Hazen 7-1. 145 — Emmanuel Martinez, Renton, pinned Tyler Aguirre, Skyline :30. 152 — Ian Croch, Skyline, dec. Pat Legate, Highline 12-10 (OT). 160 — Hamilton Noel, Liberty, maj. dec. Michael Mecham, Skyline 14-5. 170 — Eric Harper, Eastlake, maj. dec. Douglas Lawson, Skyline 15-2. 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, Skyline, pinned Sean Donovan, Redmond :52.195 — Sean McAlhaney, Skyline, pinned Hector Esquive, Hazen :36. 220 — Elijah Lopez, Renton, dec. Travonn Russel 7-5. 285 — Paul Toala, Highline, pinned Jedd Strother, Highline, 2:58.

Thursday, Jan. 5

Eastside Catholic 59, West Seattle 18

106 — Nick Marek, WS, pinned Ryan Mazure, 0:23. 113 — Mathew Iwicki, EC, pinned Jimmy Bui, 0:57. 120 — Anthony Tran, WS, won by forfeit. 126 — Matthieu Boss, EC, won by forfeit. 132 — Nigel Tambagan, pinned David Tronsrue, 3:29. 138 — Jackson Warfield, EC, won by forfeit. 145 — Double forfeit. 152 — Jon Obernesser, EC, won by forfeit. 160 — Anthony Roy, EC, won by forfeit. 170 — Connor Heger, EC, won by forfeit. 182 — Kea Roberts, EC, won by forfeit. 195 — Joe Stout, EC, pinned James Costello, 3:21. 220 — David Hurdle, EC, won by forfeit. 285 — Alex Neale, EC, won by forfeit.

Skyline 72, Garfield 6

106 — Amrit Puri, S, pinned Andy Trinn, 0:23. 113 — Justin Manipis, S, pinned Janney Dalgrem, 1:33. 120 — Jonathan Jo, S, pinned Emilio Pepella, 0:23. 126 — Tristan Steciew, S, won by forfeit. 132 — Fasel Alexander, G, pinned JC Abboud, 0:53. 138 — Tyler White, S, pinned Ryan Miller, 0:47. 145 — Christian Caldwell, S, pinned Tom Fox, 0:21. 152 — Ian Crouch, S, pinned Jacob Rosenthal. 0:21. 160 — Michael Mecham, S, won by forfeit. 170 — Douglas Lawson, S, pinned Jackson Wallner, 2:16. 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, S, pinned Aaro Goff, 1:09.195 — Sean McAlhaney, S, pinned Cole Teller, 0:32. 220 — Double forfeit.

Skyline 64, Redmond 9

106 — Amrit Puri, S, won by forfeit. 113 — Justin Manipis, S, pinned Matthew Amaral, 3:32. 120 — Tristan Steciw, S, won by forfeit. 126 — Jerred Kiss, S, Christian Hammond, 15-8. 132 — Brandon Long, R, pinned JC Abboud, 0:57. 138 — Marcio De Faria, R, dec. Tyler White, 18-11. 145 — Christian Caldwell, S, maj. dec. Eli Grady, 15-6. 152 — Ian Crouch, S, won by forfeit. 160 — Michael Mecham, S, dec. Blake Emery, 5-0. 170 — Douglass Lawson, S, won by forfeit. 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, S, pinned Sean Donovan, 0:52. 195 — Kyle Nardon, S, pinned Josh Thielsen, 1:51. 220 — Sean McAlhaney, S, won by forfeit.

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Issaquah 35, Skyline 34

106 — Spencer Tickman, I, pinned Amrit Puri, S, 3:26; 113 — Justin Manipis S maj. dec. Jordan Hamilton, I, 9-1; 120 — Louden Ivey, I, pinned Tristan Steciw, S, 4:41; 126 — Max Tickman, I, won by forfeit; 132 — JC Abboud, S, won by forfeit; 138 — Jerdon Holgerson, I, dec. Tyler White, S, 7-2; 145 — Joseph Tommemaker, I, maj. dec. Christian Caldwell, S, 15-3; 152 — Ian Crouch, S, pinned Taylor Evans, I, 1:12; 160 — Michael Mecham, S, dec. Tucker Brumley, I, 8-4; 170 — Andrew Ramirez, I, maj. dec. Douglas Lawson, S, 10-2; 182 — Cyrus Sarkosh, S, pinned Zach Garner, I, 1:15; 195 — Kyle Nardon, S, won by forfeit; 220 — Sean McAlhaney, S, dec. Matt Solusod, I, 17-11; HWT — Jonathan Norris, I, pinned Larry Liao, S, 1:18.

Friday, Dec. 30

Brian Hill Invitational

at Eastside Catholic H.S.

Team scores — Skyline A 208.50, Roosevelt 203.50, Blanchet 134, Eastside Catholic 128, Archbishop Murphy 110, Kennedy 108, Lake Washington 105.50, Evergreen 99.50, Shorecrest 95, Juanita 65, Cle Elum 58, Eastlake 56.50, Franklin 56, Skyline B 39, West Seattle 29, Cedarcrest 24

106 — Justen Mah, Franklin, dec. Thanh Troung, Juanita, 10-8. 113 — Matt Iwicki, Eastside Catholic, dec. Justin Manipis, Skyline A, 4-0. 120 — Jesus Escalona, Shorecrest, dec. Austin Flegel, Lake Washington, 10-4. 126 — Jacob Sands, Roosevelt, dec. Jesse Marek, Blanchet, 14-7. 132 — Calvin Olds, Roosevelt, pinned Moises Torres, Evergreen, 2:39. 138 — Abraham Torres, Evergreen, dec. Spencer MacKenzie, Kennedy, 4-2. 145 — Willie Spurr, Roosevelt, pinned Christian Caldwell, Skyline A, 2:40. 152 — Ian Crouch, Skyline A, tech. fall Danny Werlech, Kennedy, 18-3. 160 — Anthony Roy, Eastside Catholic, maj. dec. Mike Mecham, Skyline A, 13-4. 170 — Eric Harper, Eastlake, dec. Yaroslav Petrehko, Lake Washington, 8-5. 182 — Conner Kruse, Archbishop Murphy, pinned Cyrus Sarkosh, Skyline A, 1:24. 195 — Peter Johnson, Blanchet, maj. dec. Joe Stoutt, 15-5. 220 — AJ Shropshire, Roosevelt, pinned Solomon Yetbarek, Blanchet, 1:56. 285 — Ian Bolstad, Shorecrest, pinned Myhre Eng, Evergreen, 3:48.

Boys swim and dive

Saturday, Jan. 7

* State qualifying mark

KingCo diving qualifier

At Juanita H.S.

1, Max Levy, Skyline, 415.45*; 2, Eric Klassen, Redmond, 355.65*; 3, Drew Carlson Rothe, Woodinville, 328.75*; 4, Andrew Bowker, Lakeside, 328.30; 5, Cody Sodawasser, Bothell, 318.65; 6, Cody Hall, Mercer Island, 297.90; 7, Coleman Mitchell, Bainbridge, 294.55; 8, Alex Thompson, Garfield, 281.90; 9, Sasha Krumm, Woodinville, 277.45; 10, Ryan McQuarrie, O’Dea, 263.90; 11, Micah Rubart, Woodinville, 253.40; 12, Zac Skeltis, O’Dea, 247.80; 13, Dylan Claughton, Woodinville, 236.95; 14, Skiah Garde-Garcia, Garfield, 227.65.

Friday, Jan. 6

Eastlake 95, Garfield 91

200 medley relay — Garfield (Michael Grega, Yang Yu, Tyler Mi, Seth Palmer) 1:49.00. 200 free — Bailey Layzer, G, 1:56.28. 200 IM — Zach Alleva, E, 2:10.59. 50 free — Edward Kim, E, 21.86*. Diving — Antoine Signoretty, E, 195.25. 100 fly — Richard Baron, E, 1:03.93. 100 free — Henry O’Neil, E, 54.39. 500 free — Layzer, G, 5:06.91. 200 free relay — Eastlake (Baron, Kim, O’Neil, Jason Kroon) 1:37.47. 100 back — Alleva, E, 59.90. 100 breast — Kim, E, 1:03.60. 400 free relay — Eastlake (Alleva, Jackson Berman, Kroon, O’Neil) 3:37.18.

Bainbridge 147, Eastside Catholic 27

200 medley relay — Bainbridge (Todd McCarthy, Jared Bell, Andrew McCarthy, Colin Chupik) 1:42.77 . 200 free — Spencer Alpaugh, B, 1:52.41. 200 IM — Marcus Tonsmann, B, 2:14.48. 50 free — Chupik, B, 22:48. Diving — Coleman Nitchell, B, 175.25. 100 fly — T. McCarthy, B, 54.08. 100 free — Alex Nowjack, B, 52.12. 500 free — Grant Dunaway, B, 5:37.16. 200 free relay — Bainbridge (Kevin Yalung, Nowjack, Alpaugh, Dunaway) 1:35.93. 100 back — A. McCarthy, B, 56.48. 100 breast — Chupik, B, 1:05.43. 400 free relay — Bainbridge (A. McCarthy, Nowjack, T. McCarthy, Chupik) 3:18.93.

Tuesday, Jan. 3

Inglemoor 101, Skyline 85

200 medley relay — Inglemoor (Mateusz Merchel, Josaiah Clark, Andy Chapman, Matthew Yusen) 1:46.35. 200 free — Alec Raines, S, 1:53.36. 200 IM — Matt Haynie, S, 2:14.87. 50 free — Paul Jett, S, 23.18. Diving — Max Levy, S, 252.25. 100 fly — Seth Birell, I, 58.68. 100 free — Paul Jett, S, 50.37. 500 free —Casey Colella, I, 4:58.90. 200 free relay — Skyline (Jett, Ashton Powell, Tucker Russell, Raines) 1:36.93. 100 back — Merchel, I, 58.15. 100 breast — Clark, I, 1:08.03. 400 free relay — Inglemoor (Yusen, Birell, Gene Hoffman, Merchel) 3:32.03.

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

So did Skyline’s fans. The last-second theatrics sent both student sections into an uproar. But as quickly as Skyline’s fans thought their team had executed a textbook come-from-behind victory, the Eagles’ faithful ultimately reveled in the victory over its district rival. Issaquah improved to 3-3 in KingCo and 8-4 overall after it won 52-51. It remains in third place behind Skyline (4-2, 7-5) in the Crest Division standings.

“I was just trying to get the shot off,” said Wiedeman after the game. “I didn’t really know the time.”

Issaquah got off to a strong start, pressing hard on defense and frustrating the Skyline offense throughout the first half.

The Eagles controlled the tempo and went up 15-10 after the first, at one point leading 13-2. Quincey Gibson, Issaquah’s sophomore point guard, hit back-to-back 3-pointers to go up 24-12 in the second.

The Spartans scored 12 that quarter but still trailed 29-22 at halftime.

After Issaquah lost to Garfield Jan. 4, the girls resolved to refocus on their team’s defensive strength, said head coach Kathy Gibson.

The key was “making plays on defense, for us,” she said. “After the Garfield loss, we’ve got to get back to defense. And I thought we did a pretty darn good job.”

Skyline came out in the second half with a new energy on defense and ended up narrowing the deficit to one point by the end of the third. Skyline junior guard Rachel Shim put the Spartans up 37-35 after hitting a buzzer-beater and a free throw shot. That play proved a pivotal point.

“That and-one play was big,” Shim said. “It pumped up the team a lot. That’s what got us going.”

Shim finished with 12 points, while Wiedeman led all scorers with 16.

Quincey Gibson led Issaquah scorers with 12 points — all coming from beyond the 3-point arc. Teammate Aimee Brakken scored 11 points and Mandie Hill and Monica Landdeck each had nine.

Despite its slow third quarter, on both sides of the ball, the Eagles managed to step up their defense in the fourth, causing Skyline to scramble at the last second.

“I think we just played really well as a team,” Quincey Gibson said. “Contain on defense and don’t foul. We just wanted to get the win.”

Skyline boys

The Skyline boys improved to 4-1 in KingCo 4A conference play after beating the Issaquah Eagles 64-53 Jan. 6.

Issaquah, now 3-3 in the Crest Division and 9-3 overall, sits in third place behind the Spartans (9-3) and Redmond (4-2, 9-3).

Issaquah held onto an 11-10 lead going into the second quarter, but Skyline sped ahead and eventually led 26-21 at the break.

Despite senior guard Nick Price’s 21-point effort for the Eagles, the Spartans relied on double-digit performances from three players. Lucas Shannon, a senior forward, scored 16, Will Parker, a senior guard, scored 15 and sophomore guard Jonah Eastern finished with 11 points.

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.

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

At this point in the season, both the Wolves and Spartans seemed focused on steady improvement to get their top gymnasts prepared for the KingCo and district meets in early February.

“Everybody did really well. We improved our score by three points,” said Skyline coach Michelle McCombs.

Among Eastlake’s top performers of the evening was Nicole Rader, a junior who finished with a personal best in the floor routine. She scored an eight and helped the Wolves to its best score yet, said head coach Jennette Fuller.

“We got our highest score of the season,” she said. “They’re working hard and doing the best they can, and that’s really all I can ask them to do.”

For Skyline, Amy Bearman stood out with a third-place finish in the vault competition. She scored an 8.1 to Inglemoor’s Mina Tanaka, who scored an 8.6 in the event. Tanaka also won the beam (9.2), the bars (8.6) and took second in the floor routine (9.3). Tanaka ultimately won the all-around with a combined score of 35.5.

Skyline vaulters Alyssa Holt and Kelly Lin each scored a 7.5 in the event. Bearman and Lin earned a 6.4 and 5.0, respectively, in the bars event, and even though Bearman was sick, she placed sixth in the beam event with 7.8 points. She also tallied an 8.3 in the floor competition. Holt scored a 6.2 on the beam.

“I see Amy and Alyssa probably being able to go fairly far through the season,” said McCombs.

Fuller said she was happy with her team’s turnout at the meet. With 15 members this season, it was the first meet where Eastlake fielded a full set of competitors in every event. The team is showing progress since starting to rebuild in 2009.

“It has been growing,” Fuller said. “The competition in KingCo is stiff. We have one of the best leagues in the state.”

Despite the tough competition from teams like Woodinville, Bothell and Inglemoor, Skyline’s McCombs expects good things from Bearman and a few other standouts.

“I have high hopes for several kids to make it past KingCo and to districts,” McCombs said.

Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or chuber@isspress.com.