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Eagles win season opener
By Don Borin/Stop Action PhotographyMaya Witherspoon (left), Issaquah High School freshman guard, goes up for the layup in the Eagles’ season opening 57-19 win over Mount Rainier on Dec. 3. By Don...
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Eagles keep Wildcats winless
by Greg FarrarMaya Witherspoon, Issaquah High School freshman guard, is fouled in the second quarter while driving between Mount Si’s Mady Privatsky (left) and Camryn Buck. Witherspoon sunk one of her...
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Skyline rallies against Newport for season’s first win
With a 44-38 deficit heading into the fourth quarter, the Skyline Spartans needed to make some game-changing plays, and they did it by going back to their original game plan. By Greg FarrarBraden...
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Patriots’ swim title tops year’s best sports stories
It was another successful year for Issaquah community sports. By Greg FarrarThe trophy looks awesome up close for the Liberty High School swim team as it celebrates the school’s first-ever state swim...
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Issaquah High School boys basketball team beats Newport, 56-47
By Greg FarrarJason Crandall (20), Issaquah High School junior guard, scores and is fouled by Jace Goforth, of Newport, during the third quarter of their Jan. 3 basketball game. Issaquah won, 56-47. By...
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Patriots cruise to win over Kangs
Demps twins lead in 63-52 victory over Lake Washington The 2014-2015 Liberty High School girls basketball team has many strengths. By Greg FarrarDanielle Demps (right), Liberty High School senior...
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‘Best game ever’
Rivalry lives up to the hype as Skyline wins thriller over Issaquah A lot of hyperbole can emerge from a contest between two big rivals. But the Jan. 9 matchup between Issaquah and Skyline high...
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Liberty dismantles Interlake on senior day
By Greg FarrarCherelle Demps, Liberty High School senior guard, draws a blocking foul from Interlake senior Adriana Cottle during the second quarter Jan. 23. Demps had a game- and season-high 20...
View ArticleIssaquah boys claim KingCo title with win over Redmond
The state’s top-ranked Issaquah High School boys basketball team locked up a KingCo 4A title with its 57-37 win over Redmond Jan. 30. The Eagles’ defensive ball pressure made the night difficult for...
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Skyline girls use balanced attack to beat Eastlake
When sharpshooter Cassidy Daugherty gets going, it’s even tougher for opponents to defend a Skyline High School team filled with offensive weapons. By Greg FarrarCassidy Daugherty, Skyline High School...
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Patriots fall to Newport, 48-46
Less than two weeks before Liberty basketball’s first game, senior forward Ashlan Applegate was in the midst of a euphoric celebration erupting at Puyallup’s Sparks Stadium. Shortly after winning the...
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Robert Biegaj leads Spartans past Bears
Robert Biegaj didn’t join the varsity roster until late last season, but he witnessed some of the reasons why the Skyline Spartans finished with a 7-13 overall record. “Just from watching from the...
View ArticleIssaquah grad earns Player of the Week
Northwest University’s Domi Mendezona was named the Red Lion Cascade Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her play against Pacific Lutheran University and Quest University. Mendezona, a...
View ArticleLiberty basketball rallies for heart health
During the month of December, Liberty High School Associated Student Body students will focus their efforts to support the American Heart Association’s “Rock the Beat” program. Students, players, staff...
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Spartans produce solid results at holiday tournament
Basketball teams that shoot 11 of 31 at the free-throw line don’t typically win, but the Skyline High School girls managed to do it during their most recent outing. In the championship game of the...
View ArticleIssaquah boys go 1-3 in national tournament
The Issaquah High School boys basketball team spent a portion of its winter break competing in the prestigious, invitation-only MaxPreps Holiday Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. The Eagles went 1-3 in...
View ArticleLiberty boys place fifth at Surf ‘N Slam
The Liberty High School boys basketball team traveled to sunny San Diego during winter break to compete in the annual Surf ‘N Slam high school basketball tournament. The Patriots went 1-2 in the...
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Eastlake engineers second-half surge to down Skyline girls
Maggie Douglas (44), Eastlake High School senior post, reaches in trying to strip the ball from Skyline senior post Bryn deVita during the first quarter of their Jan. 15 basketball game. By Greg Farrar...
View ArticleSpartans boys lose to Wolves on ‘Money’ shot
The play is called “Money,” and Davis Woerner made sure it was worth every cent. Needing a clutch shot late in regulation, Eastlake High School boys basketball coach Brian Dailey drew up a play for...
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ONE TWO-PUNCH
Liberty teams sweep Sammamish Danielle Demps, Liberty High School junior guard, runs full court with a turnover and scores two of her game-high 13 points, as a bleacher full of classmates looks on...
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Patriots hit a wall with pair of losses as regular season comes to a close
It’s been nothing but smooth sailing this season for the 14-5 Liberty girls basketball team, but things got a little rocky just a week before the end of the season. It began with a 53-45 loss to Mercer...
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Two much eagles
Senior guard duo rallies Issaquah girls past Skyline By Greg FarrarMackenzie Wieburg (right), Issaquah High School senior guard, busy at both ends of the court during the fourth quarter, rejects a shot...
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Eagles scorch nets, Wolves in KingCo hoops
For fans of the jump shot, the first half of Issaquah High School’s Feb. 5 basketball game at Eastlake was a beautiful thing to witness. The Eagles were on fire from 3-point range, sinking seven shots,...
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Woodinville bottles up Eagles’ top scorers
It was a simple but effective formula that wound up being the difference in Woodinville’s victory over Issaquah in a Feb. 12 girls basketball playoff game. By Greg FarrarMackenzie Wieburg, Issaquah...
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Liberty girls take third at KingCo tournament
The scoreboard painted a bleak picture after the first quarter of the Liberty High School girls basketball team’s Feb. 13 contest against Juanita. The Patriots managed just two points in the first...
View ArticleEastlake eliminates Issaquah in girls hoops
A big first-half deficit proved too much for the Issaquah High School girls basketball team to overcome, and it ended the Eagles’ season Feb. 18. Issaquah trailed 12-1 after one quarter, 29-10 at...
View ArticleLiberty girls advance to basketball regionals
The Liberty High School girls basketball team isn’t ready to head home just yet. The Patriots’ season will continue after a Feb. 22 double-overtime win against Holy Names earned them a spot in the...
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Garfield ‘tornado’ blows away Issaquah, 83-65
The Issaquah High School boys basketball team had hoped things would turn out differently than 2012, when they last played for the KingCo title against Garfield. In front of a packed gym Feb. 21 at...
View ArticleLocal gymnasts medal at state
Only two Issaquah athletes earned medals at the girls state gymnastics finals Feb. 21-22 at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall. Issaquah High School’s Amanda Dumont placed eighth on the bars with a score...
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Liberty’s season ends at regionals
Patriots fall to top-ranked Cleveland, 48-35 If anyone had any questions about the Liberty High School girls basketball team’s season goal, they need only to look at the players’ forearms as they...
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Tacoma tuneup
Eagles draw tough bracket after 64-48 rebound win over Bellarmine Prep By Greg FarrarTyler Gibson, Issaquah High School junior guard, has the ball batted out of bounds by Bellarmine Prep’s Rex Bodoia...
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Eagles’ wings clipped
Issaquah suffers third loss to eventual state champ Garfield, settles for third By Greg FarrarJake Henke (24), Issaquah High School senior forward, is called for a foul after Garfield sophomore guard...
View ArticlePelicans, Huskies win youth basketball tourneys
Congratulations to the Pelicans, winners of the seventh- and eighth-grade tournament and the Huskies, winners of the sixth-grade tournament in the Issaquah Parks & Recreation boys league. On the...
View ArticlePatriots host golf fundraiser
The Liberty High School boys basketball team will hold a golf fundraiser May 30, featuring special guest speaker Mack Strong. Festivities begin with a 1 p.m. golf tournament at Maplewood Golf Course,...
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Liberty basketball team stays busy
The Liberty High School boys basketball team played its final minute of the season in February, but the work never stops for the Patriots, who have a busy summer on tap. Liberty’s long list of summer...
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Skyline coach looks to make basketball more competitive
The Skyline High School boys basketball program has reached the state tournament twice in its 17 seasons of existence, something Bill McIntyre will be looking to change as he takes over as head coach...
View ArticleLiberty High School hires new girls basketball coach
Carly Fromdahl has been tapped as Liberty High School’s new girls basketball coach, replacing Curtis Terry. Fromdahl was an assistant on Terry’s staff last year, helping lead a team that was one of the...
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Patriots preview: Liberty strives to be ‘tough’ and ‘together’ in 2015
Change is inevitable in high school athletics. By Greg FarrarConnor Chapman, Liberty High School sophomore forward, drains a 3-point basket during the second quarter of the Patriots’ Dec. 3 basketball...
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Powerful Inglemoor steamrolls Skyline girls
The deck was stacked against the Skyline High School girls basketball team in its first game of the 2014-15 season. By Greg FarrarAlicia Shim, Skyline High School senior co-captain, watches one of her...
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Red-hot Taylor McKerlich leads Skyline girls to win
As a sophomore, Taylor McKerlich was mostly successful on offense when she got good position under the basket. By Greg FarrarJade Loville, Skyline High School freshman wing, is double-teamed by...
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Patriots prepare for postseason
As the 2015 winter high-school postseason begins, most Liberty High School sports teams are finding that everything is just a little bit different this year. By Greg FarrarSamantha Kelderman (31),...
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Patriots make history, win district playoff basketball game
The 2014-2015 Liberty High School boys basketball team did something Feb. 14 that no past Patriots squad has ever done. By Greg FarrarNoble Cooper (right), Liberty High School junior forward, is fouled...
View ArticleFalcons dash Eagles’ KingCo title dreams
If someone had told Issaquah High School boys basketball coach Jason Griffith that his star player, Ty Gibson, was going to score 37 points in the Class 4A KingCo Conference tournament title game, he...
View ArticleIssaquah girls stun Eastlake on last-second basket
Twice before, Sophie Foreman felt the heartache of having the season end with a loss to the Eastlake Wolves. She wasn’t going to go through it a third time. Foreman, a senior guard, rebounded teammate...
View ArticleLiberty wins district girls basketball title
It’s official. The Liberty High School girls basketball season is starting to feel mighty similar to one Cinderella-type playoff run the school witnessed in 2013. After the underdog Patriots knocked...
View ArticleSeattle Times honors Issaquah’s Ty Gibson
Issaquah High School senior Ty Gibson was one of five players named to the Seattle Times’ 2015 all-area teams for boys basketball. Seattle Times reporter Josh Liebeskind wrote: “The KingCo MVP was...
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Issaquah Eagles boys basketball team returns to state
Ty Gibson gave the Issaquah High School boys basketball team the lift it needed in the second half, scoring 21 of his game-high 26 points as the Eagles defeated the Jackson Timberwolves, 56-52, in a...
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Liberty Patriots’ season comes to a close after regionals loss
Liberty High School senior Cherelle Demps’ plan of attack appeared simple in the team’s Feb. 28 regional playoff game. By Greg FarrarSitting sadly on the bench after the Demps sisters fouled out in the...
View ArticleHoops coaches pick all-conference teams
KingCo Conference basketball coaches recently announced their selections for the 2014-15 all-conference teams. Local selections are listed below. KingCo 4A boys MVP: Ty Gibson, Issaquah Sportsmanship...
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Elite basketball academy comes to Newcastle
Jasen Baskett and his Emerald City Basketball Academy were homeless. By Christina Corrales-ToyPacific Courts, a new gym featuring two full-sized basketball courts, is set to open in Newcastle on March...
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