Alexa Smith, Erin Nicol and Heather Morris walked hand-in-hand back to the Issaquah bench Saturday night with smiles plastered on their faces.
Issaquah had a chance to seal a state berth Friday night, but a second-half slump led the Eagles to a 71-59 loss to Inglemoor.
Worn, tired, bruised and bloodied, AJ Hostak embraced Eastside Catholic head coach Dennis Reddinger Saturday afternoon on the Tacoma Dome floor.
Frustration set in as the third quarter clock wound down.
Foul calls, traveling violations and turnovers piled up for Issaquah. By the end of the quarter, a comfortable double-digit lead shrunk to seven.
When CJ Danforth stepped onto the Eastside Catholic mat his freshman year he weighed just 86 pounds and had zero wrestling experience — a long way from a dream of a state championship.
The scenario was cut and dry: Win and keep playoff hope alive, lose and start thinking about next season.
Through a conspicuous side door of a Preston industrial complex building and down a short, cold hallway that smells faintly of a wet dog, the Issaquah gymnastics team gathers four times a week for practice.
Lexi Willcher circled the Skyline mat room. She slid in a sideways motion, weaving between teammates with speed and precision.
Eastside Catholic had the defending 3A state champions against the ropes for one quarter Tuesday night, but couldn’t keep the pace.
Skyline High School cheerleaders have already rooted on their football and girls soccer teams to state championships this year, now they have a title to call their own.
Fatigue might have finally caught the Skyline wrestling team Monday night in its home gym.
Sporting blank stares and walking single file, the Skyline boys exited their home gym and headed to the locker room after Tuesday night’s 76-62 loss to Inglemoor — nobody spoke a word.
Skyline edged rival Issaquah 95-90 in a KingCo 4A swim meet Tuesday afternoon at Boehm Pool.
Megan Mills meticulously jots down the evening workout routine on a whiteboard, her smile illuminating the lobby of the Klahanie Mountainview Pool. The scene is one that has played out every practice before the Eastside Catholic swimmers hit the water.
The dull thud of one, two, three dribbles echoed throughout the empty Samantha Smith Elementary gymnasium. She cocked the ball back with her right hand, released, followed through with text-book precision and swish — nothing but net.
Kelly Logie stepped to the line.
The dull thud of one, two, three dribbles echoed throughout the empty Samantha Smith Elementary gymnasium.
It wasn’t necessarily a work of art, but the Eastlake girls basketball team happily accepted the result of Monday night’s home matchup with KingCo 4A foe Woodinville.
Eastside Catholic boys basketball coach Steve Kramer didn’t deny it — he was concerned Monday night.
A short-handed Issaquah wrestling team took the hand it was dealt Tuesday, earning a split in its first dual matches of the season.
Michael Russo simply ran out of big plays Monday afternoon in the second round of the Bellevue Community College Christmas Classic.
