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.
Skyline soccer coach Don Braman was left scratching his head Tuesday night — unsure how it could happen again.
Eastside Catholic announced Thursday that Bill Marsh will resign his position as head football coach, yet remain as the Associate Athletic Director for the school.
New Skyline softball coach Duane Witter couldn’t pass the situation up.
Baseball
Eastside shuts down Newport
Eastside Catholic won its first game of the 2009 season Monday, beating Newport 3-0 at the University of Washington Ballpark.
Matt Boyd pitched six innings, striking out seven and allowing just two hits. Sam Lindquist struck out three in the seventh to earn the save. Jake Gober was 1-for-2 with an RBI for the Crusaders.
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.
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.
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.
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Success is nothing new to the Issaquah baseball program.
Since 2000, the Eagles have claimed three state championships and two third-place finishes.
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.
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.
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.
Eastlake received a cold greeting Wednesday morning during its first state playoff appearance in 12 years.
State tournament matchups and times for the 4A state tournament were set Sunday afternoon by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The double-elimination tournament launches Wednesday at the Tacoma Dome.
Worn, tired, bruised and bloodied, AJ Hostak embraced Eastside Catholic head coach Dennis Reddinger Saturday afternoon on the Tacoma Dome floor.
Five days after losing to Skyline, Issaquah earned redemption over the Spartans with a 60-43 victory in the first round of the KingCo 4A playoffs.
