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A week ago, Max Browne quarterbacked Skyline to a state football championship. On Saturday, the Spartan junior helped Skyline to a victory on the basketball court.
Issaquah continued its hot start Friday night, beating Newport 62-47.
The Issaquah swim team won five individual events and all three relays Thursday afternoon, beating Inglemoor 103-82.
With no player taller than 6-foot-4, height isn't an asset for the Issaquah boys basketball team.
Nothing presents a more difficult matchup in high school basketball than height — and the Skyline boys basketball team has plenty of it in 2011-2012.
Issaquah won its second straight game to start the season Saturday, beating Kent Meridian 59-55 in the Les Schwab Tipoff Classic.
For the fifth year in a row, Skyline has produced Washington's Gatorade Football Player of the Year.
Issaquah opened the 2011-12 season with a bang Tuesday night, thumping Mount Si, 76-36 on the road.
This Saturday marks the seventh time in the last eight seasons the Skyline football team has reached a state championship game in the Tacoma Dome.
What started as four Issaquah and Sammamish area football teams in the state playoffs is down to one. Here's a quick glance at Skyline's state semifinal matchup with Woodinville this Saturday.
Lianna Simms hadn't netted a varsity goal all season.
Sometimes its tough to be a running back on one of the best passing teams in the state — but not days like Saturday.
The ball approached Brooke Bofto almost as if it was in slow motion.
It was announced Wednesday that Adrian Sampson, a 2010 graduate of Skyline High School, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at the University of Oregon during the 2012-2013 school year.
Skyline survived frigid temperatures, snow flurries and a long road trip to defeat Greater Spokane League Champion Mead, 27-17 Saturday afternoon.
Katie Kinnear wasn't with the Skyline swim team when the program won its first state title 2009, but she was proud to say she's been a part of the last two.
Hopes of a state championship run came to an abrupt end for the Issaquah girls soccer team Wednesday in the opening round of the 4A tournament.
Skyline junior forward Rachel Shim scored in the 75th minute of Tuesday's 4A state tournament opener, helping the Spartans to a 1-0 victory over Kentridge.
The Eastside Lions Youth Rugby Club will have open registration for the 2012 season at the Sports Reaction Center in Bellevue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17.
