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The plan was simple for the Issaquah volleyball team Monday night.
“We wanted to try and jump out on them, put a lot of pressure on them early,” head coach Todd Parsons said.
The objective is the same for the Skyline girls soccer team in every game — play as hard as possible early, and set the tone for the rest of the match.
One more overtime on Friday and there’s no telling if Eastlake’s Gene Dales would have had any voice left.
“This is why we keep doing what we do,” said the hoarse coach, after his Wolves defeated Issaquah 34-33 in triple overtime. “This was a nail-biter, there was about nine different opportunities to win for both teams.”
Skyline’s plan was simple — swarm early on defense, and strike quickly on offense.
A small, but boisterous group of fans chanted ‘three-peat’ as the Skyline girls soccer team walked to the sideline Tuesday after defeating Newport 2-0 to start the KingCo 4A season.
What looked like it might be a slugfest into the final minutes, resulted in an abrupt knockout for Skyline Friday as the Spartans rolled 38-14 over one of Oregon’s top 6A football programs, Lake Oswego.
Bodies were strewn everywhere in front of the goal line.
Then, out of a pile emerged Issaquah middle linebacker Nik Landdeck, hoisting a football over his head. The senior glanced at the referee, watched him point in the direction of the Eagles, and sprinted to midfield where he was swarmed by teammates, coaches and the Issaquah student body.
There are times the returning Issaquah volleyball players think about just how close they were last season.
For Chandler Jenkins and the rest of the Liberty Patriots, Friday night’s halftime pep talk was simply a continuation of last season’s come-from-behind magic that led to a trip to the 3A state football championship game.
Sure, team goals are high for the two-time defending state champion Skyline girls soccer team in 2010.
The wait is officially over.
Skyline senior wide receiver Kasen Williams — a five-star recruit and one of the top rated receivers in the nation — picked the University of Washington in a dramatic, and unique fashion on Friday night.
Nobody really talks about it — but then again, the goal never really changes for the Issaquah football team.
Anyone who’s dabbled in the sport of golf has had at least one.
You know, one of those days where its tempting (although not advised) to send a driver wheeling across the fairway.
The regular-season ride was rough — downright bumpy at times.
But none of that mattered Sunday night as the Lakeside Senior Legion baseball team defeated the Kennewick Bandits, 10-7, earning a chance chance to defend last year’s state championship at the 2010 AAA Senior Legion state tournament July 28 – Aug. 1 in Selah.
Quiet and unassuming, Colin Curtis sat in the visitor’s clubhouse last Thursday at Safeco Field.
The Lakeside Senior Legion baseball team started its 33rd annual Brandy Pugh Memorial tournament off strong, but fell shy of placing.
It has followers of the Issaquah Little League flicking through the record books.
“As far back as people can remember, nobody can recall a team at the Coast or Major level going undefeated through League and City championships,” said Mike Mahovlich, coach of the Issaquah Little League Coast Blue Jays.
Over the last decade, Issaquah native Ken Esteves moved as far away as Southern California and Florida.
Regular-season high school football practices don’t officially get underway for two months.
