The contact was there — the hits just didn’t fall for the Eastlake baseball team on Tuesday night.
There’s no doubt about it — media is changing drastically before our eyes.
There’s no doubt about it — media is changing drastically before our eyes.
The word “heart” is one of the most overused metaphors in the world of sports, but for Selena Lustig it takes on a much more literal, and important meaning.
The weather was frigid on the Plateau Monday afternoon, but Skyline ace Adrian Sampson was on fire.
Skyline soccer coach Don Braman was left scratching his head Tuesday night — unsure how it could happen again.
Rainy weather forced the Issaquah fastpitch team to delay the start of its regular season by a week — and left the team with three straight weeks of nothing but practices.
New Skyline softball coach Duane Witter couldn’t pass the situation up.
The phrase “rebuilding year” might be an understatement for the defending 4A state championship Eastlake fastpitch team.
The good news: Eastside Catholic returns eight players from last year’s 14-8 district playoff squad.
The bad news: There were only 13 girls who tried out for this year’s team.
Success and the Issaquah fastpitch team are synonymous. Eight of the last 11 seasons, including the last three, the Eagles have advanced to the state tournament.
Success is nothing new to the Issaquah baseball program.
Since 2000, the Eagles have claimed three state championships and two third-place finishes.
Experience isn’t an issue for the Skyline baseball team this season.
The Spartans return 11 seniors to their lineup from a group that went 12-4 in the KingCo 3A last year and 16-7 overall.
High expectations soared over the heads of the Eastside Catholic baseball team last season. The Crusaders ran the table in the Metro League, going a perfect 16-0 in the regular season — before it all came crashing down.
The Eastlake baseball team has a new face at the helm for the 2009 season — sort of.
Only 8 minutes stood between the Issaquah girls and a fourth-place trophy on Saturday afternoon.
Eastlake received a cold greeting Wednesday morning during its first state playoff appearance in 12 years.
Issaquah trailed most of Wednesday night’s 4A state tournament opener, but battled back in the last five minutes to beat Jackson 58-55.
It was occasionally bumpy. It wasn’t always pretty. But the Issaquah girls could care less — they got the job done on Friday.
The Eagles overcame 20 turnovers and 35 percent shooting to beat Eastlake 44-34 for the Sea-King 4A District championship at Juanita High School.
“When we play tough (defense) like that you might say it looks kind of ugly, but that’s the thing – the girls play hard and if it’s low scoring like that, it’s kind of been in our favor,” head coach Kathy Gibson said.
The chances were there, the shots just wouldn’t fall for Issaquah Tuesday night.
