Whether bats weren’t hitting, or gloves weren’t fielding, the Eastside Catholic fastpitch team struggled to find consistency the first few weeks of the season.
Sunset Elementary rolled into its annual walk-a-thon with a bang Friday behind the Seattle Seahawks’ Blue Thunder drumline.
Approximately 50 people affiliated with the Lake Sammamish Kokanee Work Group observed the release of 200 kokanee fry into Ebright Creek Wednesday afternoon.
As the lyrics to the famous 1960s song by The Shirelles goes, “Mama said there’ll be days like this.”
Once the floodgates opened Monday afternoon, there was no stopping the Skyline bats.
Behind junior Kasen Williams’two first-place finishes, the Skyline boys track and field team captured the team title Saturday at the prestigious Eason Invitational in Snohomish.
The Eastlake boys claimed 12 of 17 events in Thursday afternoon’s dual with Garfield for a 103-42 victory.
Local gymnast Jessica Nesis, a student at Issaquah’s Pacific Cascade Freshman Campus, won the 15-year-old level 9 Regional title last weekend at the Pacific Northwest Regional Championships in Auburn.
Mere inches and seconds were all that separated Issaquah from overtime Tuesday night.
Ranging from a 6-foot-7, 300-pound future Division I football player to a 5-foot-4, 115-pound girl, the Issaquah track and field throwers represent just about every size, shape and personality in between.
Pitch after pitch blistered home plate Monday afternoon, leaving Eastlake and Issaquah hitters equally frustrated.
When it’s said and done, an estimated 140,000 golf fans could pass through the gates of Sahalee Country Club July 26 – Aug. 1 for the 2010 U.S. Senior Open.
Shots were there all game for Eastlake.
It wasn’t until the 73rd minute of Tuesday night’s KingCo 4A battle with Redmond, however, the Wolves were finally able to punch one in, helping them earn a 1-1 tie.
Issaquah baseball coach Rob Reese gathered his team in shallow left field on Tuesday afternoon, asking them all to take a knee. He continued to speak to his players for more than 30 minutes — delivering an animated speech normally reserved for a tough loss.
For Jim Crittenden, age is simply a number.
“I still feel like a youngster,” the 60-year-old Issaquah resident said.
Last season, the Issaquah boys soccer team went where no other group in program history ventured before — to the state playoffs.
Last season was difficult — one of the roughest ever for the Skyline boys soccer program. For the first time in nine years the Spartans finished with a losing record (4-11-1), while breaking an eight-year playoff streak.
Scott Brayton wanted his young Eastside Catholic soccer team to get tested early in the season.
Jim Magnuson was done — finito.
After seven successful years of coaching the Issaquah fastpitch team, he announced his resignation at the end of last season.
Last year’s Skyline fastpitch team was so close, but finished the season so far away from where it wanted to be — the playoffs.
