December 2014

By Ed Shepherd
Sports Correspondent

Evergreen's season ended with a five-game loss to the Lindbergh Eagles, 18-25, 24-26, 26-24, 26-24, 12-15, in West Central District 3 2A Volleyball Tournament action at Franklin Pierce High School Saturday, Nov. 7.

It's the success of the season that should be remembered, one ending where it's not ended for a long time now.

"I have been coach since 2005," said Bethany Tate, the Wolverines' head coach. "I missed coaching in the 2006 season, but came back in 2007. We have been to districts every year I've been here, but no state."
So, no difference there in past seasons to this season, as far as getting to districts is concerned. The Wolverines reached that spot the same as always in Tate's coaching tenure. But, there's more, as, by winning one game at districts, which the Wolverines did do this season, Tate can say that this season is punctuated with success.

"This is the closest we've come to making it to state," said Tate. "We usually go home from districts in two games."

By Jeremy Martin

On a day when a cold dusting of snow covered the whole of Seattle, the gym at Chief Sealth International High School was hot with some the of the area’s best basketball talent.

With the regular season tipoff less than a week away, the 14th annual Sealth Jamboree brought 11 teams together for a day long preseason showcase that allowed coaches a chance for their squads to measure up against future competition as well as a way to make early year tweaks before any meaningful contests.

“We beat up on each other for weeks and now we get a chance to go up against other kids. It’s fun, it’s a good learning experience,” West Seattle head coach Keffrey Fazio said. I like it, this is good for the coaches too. You’re playing one 10 minute quarter. You have one timeout so you try to coach your guys on the fly a little bit, and you don’t have a whole game to set things up.”

The Wildcats went 0-2 on the night, dropping a close one to Kent-Meridian followed by a buzzer beater loss to Auburn-Riverside in their second game.

By Ed Shepherd
Sports Correspondent

PARKLAND--The Highline girls soccer team came back from deficits twice and beat Port Angeles, 3-2, in a West Central District Class 2A playoff game at Franklin Pierce High School Thursday, Nov. 6.
"This is a team that's played hard for each other all year," said Pirates head coach Jeb Binns. "The seniors led us, and this team's played with a lot of blood, sweat and tears this season."

The Pirates play against Liberty (Issaquah) at 12 p.m. Saturday in a loser-out match for a state tournament berth. Liberty was a 4-0 winner over Franklin Pierce in its first district game Thursday,
It was tears early on for the Pirates this past Thursday against Port Angeles. And one Pirates' player really shed them, following her make of an own goal, scoring on her team. That player would be the Pirates' sweeper, Jackie Madsen, a senior captain, hit the ball backwards, accidentally, toward the Pirates' net while trying to clear the ball out about 12 yards from the goal. The ball flew up and over Pirates keeper Makenna Hadaller in the 10th minute of play, making it 1-0, Roughriders.

By Ed Shepherd
Sports Correspondent

PARKLAND--The Highline girls soccer team came back from deficits twice and beat Port Angeles, 3-2, in a West Central District Class 2A playoff game at Franklin Pierce High School Thursday, Nov. 6.
"This is a team that's played hard for each other all year," said Pirates head coach Jeb Binns. "The seniors led us, and this team's played with a lot of blood, sweat and tears this season."

The Pirates play against Liberty (Issaquah) at 12 p.m. Saturday in a loser-out match for a state tournament berth. Liberty was a 4-0 winner over Franklin Pierce in its first district game Thursday,

It was tears early on for the Pirates this past Thursday against Port Angeles. And one Pirates' player really shed them, following her make of an own goal, scoring on her team. That player would be the Pirates' sweeper, Jackie Madsen, a senior captain, hit the ball backwards, accidentally, toward the Pirates' net while trying to clear the ball out about 12 yards from the goal. The ball flew up and over Pirates keeper Makenna Hadaller in the 10th minute of play, making it 1-0, Roughriders.

By: Tim Clinton
Saturday, Nov. 8 Cross country State meet State cross country action for all classifications took place at the Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco this past Saturday.

Marques Chacon of Evergreen emerged as the top local finisher, taking ninth place in the Class 2A boys race with a time of 15 minutes, 50.38 seconds over the 5-Kilometer course.

Twin brother Matthew Chacon came in 14th in the same race with a 16:15.02 effort and Kevin Herbruger of Highline placed 90th in 17:38.17.

Seattle Christian came in 10th as a team in the 1A boys competition with 267 points and the Warrior girls team finished 16th with a 384 score.

Tyler Riddings placed 19th among team competitors and 26th overall in 17:00.93, followed by teammates Brandon Seeger (51st overall in 17:27.67), William Kluck (95, 18:21.67), Andrew Neumann (97, 18:24.40), Jorren Mills (119, 18:51.62), Mario Simmons (122, 18:54.42) and Mikhail Hemmerling (134, 19:40.41).
Rachelle Meyers was the top SCS girls finisher in 49th among team competitors and 64th overall with a time of 21:27.89.

By Ed Shepherd
Sports Correspondent

KENT--Seattle Christian met a physical, rough and tough, and fast Bellingham area team, Meridan, and that combination proved too much to overcome for the hard-fighting girls Warrior girls soccer team, which lost to the Trojans, 3-1, in a first round 1A Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament match on French Field in Kent Nov. 12.

"They were a good team," said SCS head coach Melissa Dunckley -- maiden name, "Bennett," who helped the Warriors girls win four of its seven straight 1A state championships back in the 1990s under then-Warriors coach Lisa Petersen.

This time, a different team with a different result, and, the beginning of the game, really, told the tale of just how good this Trojans team of way up north in Whatcom County is at playing soccer.
Didn't take the Trojans long to score in this one as, after a shot apiece for each school in the opening seven minutes of play, the Warriors' did a nice offside trap of one breakaway, in the 10th minute, before the Trojans went a different route to score two minutes later.

By Ed Shepherd
Sports Correspondent

FEDERAL WAY--Kennedy Catholic finished the girls swim season in the top 10 of 3A state -- eighth-- anchored by Angela Gagliardo's strong individual swims, and Highline's Sophia Cassam took second in diving and was close to getting first in action at the WIAA 3A Girls State Swim And Dive Championships at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way on Nov. 14-15.

"Goal was to finish in the top 10," said Kennedy coach Sean Prothero, who gets a lot of help from his little sister, Marley Prothero, who won the 4A state championship for Kentwood in the 200-yard IM in 2006 and 2007. "And to come in eighth place was rewarding."

Highline diver Sophia Cassam, who dives for the Burien area school but attends Aviation High School near Boeing Field, came so close to first, having led the event after the first eight dives completed a day earlier with a 265.85 point total. The closest diver to Cassam, with 263.85, was a Sammamish diver, Troja McKenna, with 261.40. Third was Reilly Krueger of Arch Bishop Murphy after day one.
Too bad there had to be a second day of diving!

By Jeremy Martin

The 2014-15 boys basketball season tipped off Tuesday night with Chief Sealth hosting the Foster Bulldogs.

While both squads were eager to hit the court, the 76-46 Seahawk victory could easily be seen as a case of two teams with very separate agendas; With Sealth, a senior laden squad in win now mode up against a freshman led Foster team building towards the future.

For the Bulldogs (0-1) the youth movement will come with some lumps, namely turnovers and chemistry that has yet to fully develop.

“We weren't quite ready for the speed or to execute at a level to keep up. Too many turnovers too many layups,” Foster head coach Isaac Tucker said.

Some of the early game miscues could be chalked up to rust or simply playing too fast, but that would discount the disruptive presence of the Seahhawks (1-0) 2-2-1 full court trapping press which helped the hosts account for 18 steals.

By Jeremy Martin

The opening game of the 2014-15 girls basketball season started like a track meet and didn't slow down until the final buzzer sounded with Chief Sealth coming away with a 75-50 victory over the visiting Foster Bulldogs.

The Seahawks (1-0) raced out to a quick 25-8 lead powered by a barrage of long distance shooting and aggressive defense before taking a 49-22 advantage into the half.
Senior Oshae Walker hit five three pointers for Sealth while junior Allison Hadaway connected on a pair of three pointers as well.

Walker would end the night as the game's leading scorer, putting up 26 points to go with 7 rebounds, 6 assists and four steals.

“Last year we had some ups and downs with her, I think she's finally wrapping her head around that this is what she wants to do, she wants to succeed. Basketball is her passion,” Seahawks head coach Katie Jo Maris said.

Hadaway finshed with 10 points and 6 rebounds while displaying a new found vocal leadership.
“She's playing a lot better, a lot more confident. She knows her role out there and is stepping in and is ready to provide for our team,” Maris said.

After years of being boarded up, the Alki Homestead may yet see new life. The historic landmark, which suffered a fire in January of 2009 has been the subject of speculation, and concern ever since. Owner Tom Lin made efforts to move forward with a restoration plan, had numerous architectural renderings done and was part of the meetings with Seattle's Landmark Preservation Board.

Despite those efforts Lin said he learned that finding financial support for any plan was essentially impossible with banks unwilling and other avenues even less likely.

So, in June of 2013 the building and land were put up for sale. Several people came forward with plans but Lin said he wanted to be sure that the buyer was one with plans to actually restore the beloved building which is located at 2717 61st Ave. S.W.

The Homestead, also called the Fir Lodge, was built in 1903 and was declared an historic landmark for the City of Seattle in 1997.