A father doesn’t want it to happen again
December 3, 2008
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Eastlake students heard the tragic story of Ryan DePuy, a Bothell High School junior who accidentally overdosed on four prescription medications last April. Contributed
Practically all 1,329 students at Eastlake High School learned about the harsh realities of prescription drug abuse among teens at a presentation in the school’s theater Nov. 24.
Scott DePuy, EFR firefighter and founder of the Ryan’s Solution Foundation, and Brent Campbell, founder of Sammamish-based Real World Info, put on the 35-minute presentation. It focused on educating students about an issue that plagues the youth population.
“My perception is that it went really well,” said Eastlake advisory coordinator Elise Meilleur. “And the students were interested to hear the personal story of someone in their community.”
The story was of Scott DePuy’s son Ryan DePuy, a Bothell High School junior who died last April from an accidental prescription drug overdose. Campbell and DePuy dished out sobering facts and stats about alcohol and drug abuse, such as large doses of Oxycontin can mimic the affects of ecstasy. They showed students a brief video to “shake them up,” DePuy said.
DePuy told his first-hand story of losing his son to drug abuse. Read more
Winter sport athletes look for titles
November 25, 2008
Eastlake Girls Basketball
Eastlake’s Alyssa Charlston is expected to be a force for the Lady Wolves this year. Contributed
The Eastlake girls basketball crew comes off a 16-8 2007-2008 season. And despite finishing fourth in the KingCo conference with a record of 9-5, the Lady Wolves return eight players from last year’s roster, including three all-KingCo players.
Junior forward Alyssa Charlston made first team all-KingCo last year and is already getting looks from about a half-dozen Division 1 schools, head coach Scott Sartorius said.
Captains Ellie Martinez (senior forward) and Hannah Ostic (senior point guard) were named to the second team and honorable mention all-KingCo respectively.
“She (Martinez) has been a quiet leader for us,” Sartorius said. “She goes out and just does what the team needs.”
Eastlake looks to Ostic’s leadership on the court to take it to an increasingly tough conference.
“She’s just a gutsy, tough, physical player,” Sartorius said. “She sees the floor so well.”
Starting his third year as head coach, Sartorius said the team is more established this season, after spending the past couple of years rebuilding.
Games to watch: at Eastlake vs. Skyline, 6:30 p.m., Dec. 12; at Eastlake vs. Redmond, 6:30 p.m., Jan. 16; at Eastlake vs. Ballard, 6:30 p.m., Jan. 28.
Eastlake Wrestling
Wolves’ wrestling went 0-11 to finish ninth in KingCo in 2007-2008 with a tiny team of just 13 players. This winter, however, Eastlake returns with a much larger crew of 30 grapplers.
Head coach Riley Cornet said it’s a young team that looks to improve throughout the year.
Key wrestlers for Eastlake this season will be Sam Boucher, Shay Fuentes, Trevor McKinnon, Tom Kuehny, Adam Nakanishi and Al Charat.
Matches to watch: Eastlake vs. Skyline at Eastlake, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 20.
Skyline Girls Basketball
The Lady Spartans’ basketball team moves up to KingCo 4A this year after going 9-7 in conference in Class 3A competition in 2007-2008. They finished with an overall record of 14-11.
The club starts the season with its third new coach in three years in head coach Greg Bruns. The team will follow the talented senior duo of Lindsey Perry and Carlie Wolken.
As newcomers, sophomores Michelle Bretl and Lindsey Nicholson may add a little depth to the starting line-up of Perry, Wolken, senior Mikayla Neves and juniors Kassia Fortier and Amy Ziegler.
Games to watch: Skyline at Redmond at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 9; Skyline at Issaquah at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 16; Skyline vs. Eastlake at Skyline at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 30.
Skyline Wrestling
Skyline’s wrestling crew is looking for some strength at its 215-pound and heavyweight spots in the 2008-2009 season.
Coming off a 5-8 overall performance last year, head coach Gus Kiss said the team has plenty of depth from the 103- to 189-pound class to contend in the new KingCo 4A surroundings after being bumped up from 3A last year.
The Spartans grapplers, who have four state tournament participants returning to the mats, saw an influx of freshman join the team this year. The 14 ninth-graders will follow the leadership of captains Tannor Steciw (state alternate 2007-2008) and Anthony DeMatteo (third place state 2007-2008, 171 pounds), as well as Nolan Richards (130 pounds) and the lone female wrestler Alexis Wilcher.
Wilcher took second place in the girls’ 145-pound match at last year’s Class 3A state tournament.
Matches to watch: Dual meet tournament at 9 a.m., Dec. 13 at Skyline High School; Skyline at Eastlake at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 20; Skyline at Issaquah at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 28.
Reporter Christopher Huber can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242, or at chuber@isspress.com.
Robotics club ready for competitions
November 25, 2008
A pair of champions
November 18, 2008
Eastlake freshman Katie Kinnear (left) and Skyline junior Andie Taylor each won a state title in one of their respective events. Taylor broke her own state 200-yard IM record set at the district meet with a time of 1 minute 58.23 seconds. Kinnear surprised many when she won the 100-yard butterfly race in 54.73 seconds, earning All-American status.
Eastlake dramatizes home life during war
November 18, 2008
It’s not often you will see a full-scale high school theater production that casts only seven actors. You will if you go see “The Cover of Life” this weekend at Eastlake High School.
Eastlake’s Kaitlin Saunders (Kate Miller) and Alex Truewin (Tommy Clifford) rehearse a scene in “The Cover of Life” Nov. 13 at Eastlake High School. Contributed
And you’ll only see one role played by a male.
The Eastlake Drama Club will be performing its fall play Nov. 20-22, starting each night at 7:30 p.m. and with a special matinee showing Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Eastlake High School theater.
“It’s a relevant play for right now,” said drama club advisor Silas Lindenstein. “There’s people in Sammamish going through kind of what people in the play are.”
Lindenstein, who is directing the play, said “The Cover of Life” is a good fit for the drama club because traditionally, many plays offer only one or two female leading roles.
“I decided to bring a play that I had already directed,” he said. “I thought it would be a good play for them to give a lot of opportunities for the girls there.”
Eastlake senior Kaitlin Saunders plays Kate Miller, a reporter who travels to the South to write a wartime story about the Clifford family. Read more
