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� e last time an Eastside Catholic team claimed a state championship, the Cold War was going strong, and the Internet was still a decade from becoming popularized.

On Saturday, a� er a 26-year drought, the Crusaders’ girls lacrosse team � nally ended the streak by hoisting up a Division II state champion-ship trophy a� er its 17-5 victory over Kennedy Catholic. It marked the � rst school team title for Eastside Catholic since the girls cross country team won the crown in 1984.

“� is means the world,” said junior Alex Foreman, who scored nine goals in the title game.

Despite the lopsided � nal score, the game remained close through the � rst 10 minutes with Kennedy carrying the lead on three occasions. � e Lancers last lead came 7 minutes,

46 seconds into the � rst 25-minute half when Shey � ommasen gave them a 3-2 advantage.

“Not having played them or even see them play this year, it was some-thing we knew was going to take a lot of on-� eld adjustments,” Eastside’s

third-year head coach Colette Foreman said.

� e Crusad-ers made those quick � xes, and it was all East-side Catholic from there.

EC outscored Kennedy 7-1 over the � nal 17 minutes of the � rst half for a 9-4 hal� ime advan-tage. Alex Foreman scored seven of her nine goals in the � rst half.

“My strategy was to just put the ball in the net, that’s how I play,” she said.

� e Crusaders kept their foot on the pedal going on a 6-0 run over the � rst 15 minutes of the second half for a 15-4 lead.

Lauren Breynaert added four goals, three ground

balls and � ve draw con-trols, while Amanda Tsitsis scored two goals with an assist.

Sophomore goalkeeper Allie Hawes had seven saves for Eastside Catholic.

� e victory was extra special for the Crusad-ers as they claimed the crown on their turf at Charlie Acosta Field in Sammamish — the site of the Division I and II girls lacrosse title games the last two seasons.

“When we were watch-ing those teams play last year, we knew we just wanted to be here,” Colette Foreman said. “� is is our � eld and we wanted it.”

� is is the sixth year Eastside Catholic has had a girls lacrosse team. Two years ago they � nished 4-10, before losing in the � rst round of the playo� s last season. � ey � nished the 2010 campaign at 10-2 in the 16-team Division II conference.

“To come from so low to so high, it’s like we’re on top of the world right now,” Hawes said.

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Eastside Catholic’s Lauren Breynaert, left, gives teammate Shannon Graves a big hug after winning the Division II girls state lacrosse title Saturday afternoon. KEVIN ENDEJAN, Reporter

“To come from so low to so high, it’s like we’re on top of the world right now.” – Allie Hawes

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Over the last decade, Issaquah native Ken Esteves moved as far away as Southern California and Florida.

Whenever the third week of June came around, however, no obstacle — distance or otherwise — stopped him from return-ing to a patch of green grass on the corner of SE 20th Street and 212th Avenue SE in Sammamish.

In recognition of the 10-year anniversary of his friend and teammate Brock O’Connor’s tragic death, Esteves and approximately 70 others gathered last Saturday for a memorial so� ball game in the Pine Lake neighborhood. It marked the ninth straight year Esteves, along with former teammates, class-mates and family members

honored O’Connor, who was 19 when he was killed July 22, 2000 in a construc-tion accident.

“He was a leader and a friend, and a guy who is really missed by all of us,” said Esteves, who recently moved back to Issaquah.

� e sudden tragedy delivered a blow to the communities of Issaquah and Sammamish. A star baseball player at Issaquah High School and a member of the 1999 IHS graduating class, Brock lived in Sam-mamish with his family — just a couple blocks from the Little League baseball � eld that now bears his name.

“He was a great person, great friend to be around, he put a smile on every-body’s face,” Esteves said.

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Dave O’Connor, left, delivers a pitch Saturday during a memorial game for his son, Brock O’Connor. Johnny Taussig, right, robs a batter of a home run in center� eld. KEVIN ENDEJAN, Reporter

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attitude that draws so many friends back.

“Every year we just get more and more guys coming,” said Brock’s aunt, Corrine DeRosa. “It’s just amazing. You think there would be fewer and fewer as they get older, but every year there’s more and more.”

Participants are required to have known Brock or be the significant other of someone who did. But as friends get older, their fam-ilies are growing, which has added an interesting dynamic.

“Friends are having their girlfriends come, who end up turning into their wives, and then they end up showing up with their families — now there are children running around the field,” Esteves said.

According to Brock’s mom, Patti, the numbers aren’t the only thing in-creasing — so is the level of competition.

“The first year it was kind of ‘ha, ha,’” she said. “Now, it’s my team is going to beat your team.”

This year’s game cer-tainly followed suit with the Blue team edging the

Red team, 17-15. Perhaps there is no more

fitting tribute to Brock than a close, hard-fought game. Growing up in the Issaquah Little League, Brock was known for his passion for baseball. He eventually became an all-state catcher in high school and was planning on continuing his career at Bellevue College.

“He had the best arm in the state as a catcher,” said Esteves, who pitched on the 1999 Issaquah team that finished fourth in the

state. Brock’s brother, Brody,

was just 15 when his brother passed away. As many younger siblings do, he idolized Brock and followed in his footsteps by becoming a catcher.

“He was just a good older brother to look up to,” Brody said.

To pay tribute to Brock’s love for the game, the Brock O’Connor Memo-rial Fund was immediately put into place. The monies raised go to support kids in the Issaquah and Samma-mish Little Leagues who can’t afford equipment or other fees. There is also a college scholarship that goes to a baseball player from Issaquah and Skyline high schools. This year’s winners were Skyline’s Jayce Nelson and Issaquah’s Spencer Rogers.

Patti continues to be overwhelmed by the sup-port that pours out from the community, and the group of returning friends.

“It’s honoring,” she said, fighting back tears. “I’m pretty close to a lot of them. They contact me, they email me, they’re just a great group.”

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Esteves wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Brock o’connor was an all-state catcher for Issaquah High School when he graduated in 1999.

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Quiet and unassum-ing, Colin Curtis sat in the visitor’s clubhouse last � ursday at Safeco Field.

Sandwiched between � ve-time All-Star catcher, Jorge Posada, and charis-matic relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain, Curtis laced up his cleats.

Two of the biggest names in the game — Alex Ro-

driguez and Derek Jeter — strolled past, both greeting the 25-year-old Issaquah native.

� e scene — a poten-tially overwhelming experi-ence for any young player — has quickly become commonplace for Curtis since he was called up to the New York Yankees on June 22.

“All the guys have been great so far,” he said. “� ey’ve kind of shown me

what to do and helped me out along the way.”

Curtis has played in 12 of 19 possible games for the Yankees since moving up from AAA Scranton. In 25 at-bats, the le� -handed out� elder has a .200 average — � ve hits, three of which were doubles. Additionally, he has four RBI, two walks and has scored one run.

It’s his � rst two at-bats, however, that he’ll never forget.

Making a pinch-hit appearance in his Yankee debut on June 21, against Arizona’s Rodrigo Lopez, Curtis � ew out to center-� eld. While the result was anticlimactic, the experi-ence was unparalleled.

“� ere was a lot of excite-ment walking up there the � rst time,” Curtis said. “I was trying to control the excitement. I’ve had a lot of at bats, but that was de� nitely di� erent.”

It didn’t take him long to adjust to the nerves.

In his second at-bat — another pinch-hit appear-ance on June 22 — Curtis earned his � rst hit. Facing Arizona reliever Chad Qualls, he drilled a 1-1 curveball to center� eld. � e ball soared over the head of Chris Young for a double, scoring runners from sec-ond and third.

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Unusually high rainfall in June and the continued development of once natural areas in the Lake Sammamish watershed are being blamed for high water levels in the lake over the past month, which have inconvenienced homeowners and altered habitat conditions for � sh and animals.

According to data recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the water level of the lake hit a high point on June 12 and 13, when it reached 28.37 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD), a na-tional standard used for establishing eleva-tions. While this is far below the historic maximum of 33.44 feet recorded way back on Feb. 12, 1951, it does represent a signi� -cant departure from water level patterns over the past decade or more.

Looking as far back as 1996, which is when the USGS began recording water lev-els in Lake Sammamish using comparable NGVD measurements, never before has the lake hit 28 feet in any month between March and October, with high rainfalls only raising the level in the winter months.

� is year, however, the lake remained at or above 28 feet from June 4 to June 20. � is compares to a historical June average of about 26.56 feet.

Part of the reason is certainly a wet month. � e 2.49 inches that fell in June of 2010 was almost double the average, and

was more than 14 times that recorded in June last year at the National Weather Ser-vice site at Sea-Tac airport. In fact, it was signi� cantly more than any year since 1996, with the exception of 2001.

� e rising waters have not gone unno-ticed by waterfront homeowners.

Susan Sullivan, a board member of the South Cove Homeowners Association (SCHA) in Issaquah, said a number of waterfront home owners had never seen the water so high.

“Many of them were barely able to get their boats to their docks as the water has been so high,” she said. “I think most of them managed to do so just before July 4. Some of their docks were under water by 3 or 4 feet, which is typical, but not right up until the end of June.”

Water � ows into the lake from a myriad of sources, dozens of creeks and rivulets, but � ows out of the lake at just one point — the Sammamish River, which drains Lake Sammamish from the northwest corner, running north from Redmond to Wood-inville, then west through Bothell and Kenmore, into the northern reaches of Lake Washington. � is out� ow is controlled by a weir, which keeps the lake from drop-ping to very low levels in the summer but does not impede the out� ow of the higher waters.

Founder of Save Lake Sammamish (SLS), Joanna Buehler, who has received a number of local and county government awards for her e� orts to improve the ecology of the lake and its watershed, wrote on the SLS web site in June that the group was concerned about the unusually high lake level.

The rising tideThis week, eager 6, 7 and 8-year-olds learned what it takes to be a salmon at the summer Salmon Science Camp put on by Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery (FISH). From navigating by smell to evading predators, the kids developed their inner � sh with creative activities led by FISH Education Coordinator Celina Steiger. (Right) Lucas Costello tests his olfactory skills as he learns that salmon use their sense of smell to � nd their way to their home during spawning season. (Below) Grace Napolitan, left, feels what it’s like to be a salmon trying to escape the clutches of a shark, played by Eunice Cho, right. PHOTOS BY STACI BARSNESS, The Reporter

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“Seeing the ball drop ... it was kind of like a little bit of weight lifted off,” Curtis said. “I finally got it and it was exciting.”

The thrill was shared by his parents Jed and Janet, who after receiving a call late on Father’s Day, im-mediately left their home in Issaquah and flew to Phoenix.

Jed said he’ll always remember watching Colin come back to the dugout after his first hit, where he received congratulations from Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

“Colin was 9 when Alex played (in Seattle),” Jed said. “If you would have told me that some day he’d be play-ing on the same team and

that team was the Yankees, I would have just laughed. It can’t be described, there’s been a lot of pinch-me mo-ments.”

tHe startColin didn’t begin any

differently than most young baseball players.

“He was like every other little kid,” Jed said. “He started out by playing T-ball, he was that kid.”

There was one obvious difference with Colin early on, however — he abso-lutely loved the game.

Every day when Jed got off from work he would come home and play catch with Colin, no matter the season.

“We did it every day — in the summer, in the fall, in the winter, in the spring,”

Jed said.Steve Sanelli, who lived

in the same neighbor-hood as the Curtis fam-ily, helped coach Colin on an 11-12-year-old Little League All-Star team.

He said he’s not at all sur-prised by Colin’s success.

“As a Little Leaguer he was really, really easy to coach,” Sanelli said. “He could pretty much do any-thing on the baseball field. And, then he had the best attitude to go with it.”

oVercoMinG An obvious talent, Colin

earned a starting position on the Issaquah High base-ball roster as a freshman.

In his first high school game against Bothell, he hit a home run.

But it was soon after his impressive start that he was hit with a devastating diag-nosis of testicular cancer.

“He was diagnosed one day and he had surgery the next,” Jed said.

Fortunately, doctors re-moved all traces of cancer, eliminating the disease before it could reach the vascular system.

Within a few weeks of the surgery Colin was back on the field where he played a

key role in IHS history. As a starting center fielder, he helped the baseball pro-gram to its first-ever state championship in 2000.

“He could do every-thing,” high school coach Rob Reese said. “More than that it’s the way he played the game. He always had a big smile on his face, he made the players around him better.”

Colin went on to earn numerous league awards in his four-year career, helping Issaquah to a third-place finish his senior season in 2003.

tHe JoUrneyColin continued his

career at Arizona State University where he played through his junior sea-son in 2006. The Yankees selected him that year in the fourth round of the amateur draft as the 134th overall pick.

Since signing a profes-sional contract, Colin’s spent the last three and a half years playing minor league baseball in Staten Island, N.Y., Tampa Bay, Fla., Trenton, N.J., and Scranton, Pa.

“It’s a tough life bussing around,” he said. “You’re just trying to prove yourself and keep being successful and moving up. I loved it, every moment of it was fun.”

That said, don’t think for a second he wants to return anytime soon. Every day he’s fighting to keep his ros-ter spot with the defending MLB champions.

“This was always my goal,” Colin said. “(Base-ball) is what I love to do. I figured if I could keep playing and finally do it for a living, that would be a dream come true.”

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issaquah High head coach rob reese, assistant Fred Caponigro, Colin Curtis and assistant Steve Sanelli pose Monday at the Brandy Pugh Memorial tournament. Photo CourteSy oF Steve Sanelli

colin curtis checks his swing last Friday in a game agains the Seattle Mariners. the former issaquah high player ended the series 1-for-8. Ben vanhouten, Seattle Mariners

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Heartbreak at the Tacoma Dome

BY CELESTE GRACEY

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A Bellevue College campus could be com-ing to the Issaquah Highlands, a� er the city council agreed to begin negotiating the sale of land Monday.

“We’re very excited about this opportunity,” said Vicki Orrico, vice chair of the college’s board.

While initial development could start in the next 3-5 years, the college won’t see a complete buildout the land for another 20 years, she said.

� e college’s � rst concern is coming up with the $5.2 million to buy the 19-acre lot, the larg-est of three lots for sale.

Two adjacent parcels are also planned for housing developments.

� e city plans to negotiate with Ichijo for the second-largest property for $2.5 million. Ichijo, known for creating zero-energy houses, proposed building 60 homes.

� e Burnsteads are the top pick for a $1.5 million parcel, which would support 40 homes.

City Council’s decision comes a� er a compli-cated process of transferring land development rights from Park Pointe, where a large develop-ment was planned on Cougar Mountain.

To prevent it from being developed, City Council decided to sell parcels of land in the Highlands to buy Park Pointe. Once acquired, the land would be set aside for conservation.

“� is secures in perpetuity in the forested area in lower Tiger Mountain,” said council member Fred Butler. “In addition to that, it provides ad-ditional major amenities for the community.”

� e college � rst announced its interest in Issaquah in August, and the city opened up for proposals in October.

Public commenters applauded the decision to choose Bellevue College at the meeting Monday, but in the past residents shared concerns about tra� c impacts.

Since, the college has begun a tra� c impact study, Orrico said.

� e school hasn’t decided what programs it would introduce at an Issaquah campus, she said. “We’re here to listen and learn and plan jointly with you as to what that property will look like.”

Highlands moves step closer to a BC campus

Senior wide receiver Kasen Williams gives teammate Max Browne a hug after falling to Ferris 24-16 in the 4A state football championship Saturday at the Tacoma Dome. The Spartans were targeting their fourth consecutive state football championship. CHAD COLEMAN, Reporter Newspapers

BY KEVIN ENDEJAN

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Mat Taylor was positive the magic would continue in Saturday night’s 4A state championship.

Facing a de� cit for the � � h consecutive post-season contest, Skyline’s coach already had a potential game-tying play drawn up in his mind.

“I had full con� dence that we were going to score,” he said. “We had a play lined up for a two-point (conversion) that we thought was going to work.”

But, with the 2 minutes, 3 seconds on the clock, and 54 yards to go, the Spartans’ come-from-behind mojo � nally ran out.

Under heavy Ferris pressure,

sophomore quarterback Max Browne let loose on a second-down pass that fell into the hands the Saxons’ Cody Soren-son. � e interception sealed a 24-16 Ferris win, and ended Skyline’s hopes of a fourth straight state title.

“It sucks man, not only for this team, but the streak was on the line,” Browne said, � ghting back tears. “It sucks.”

� e Spartans, who beat the Saxons the last two years in the playo� s, put forth valiant e� ort at a comeback.

Alex Belling’s 37-yard � eld goal with 2:48 le� in the third quarter gave Ferris a 24-0 lead and Skyline a huge hole to dig out of.

But the Spartans never caved.

Browne, who completed

22 of 38 passes for 302 yards, drove Skyline 80 yards in sev-en plays for its � rst score — a 5-yard TD to Nic Sblendorio — with just 19 seconds le� in the quarter. Browne then caught a two-point conversion from wide receiver Kasen Wil-liams to pull the score to 24-8.

Williams responded on the defensive end, nabbing an interception Ferris’ next series.

Browne then marched Sky-line 52 yards in � ve plays, hit-ting Sblendorio again — this time for a 4-yard TD. � e two also connected on a two-point conversion, bringing the score to 24-16 with 8:05 le� .

Skyline’s defense forced Ferris to punt and the o� ense answered by driving to the Saxon 17-yard line, but three incompletions and a sack on

fourth down squandered scor-ing hopes.

“� is team is always going to come out in the second half and have that � re,” Williams said. “I knew we were going to have it, but sometimes it’s just not enough.”

� e Spartans’ problems started in the � rst half as they couldn’t capitalize on early opportunities. � ey out-gained Ferris 157-142 in total � rst-half yardage, but they turned the ball over on downs twice, had an interception and fumbled inside the Saxon 10-yard line.

“� e story at hal� ime was we just didn’t make plays,” Browne said. “� ey were there, it’s not like they manhandled

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in the secondary. We just didn’t come out firing, it’s our fault.”

Ferris, which had a 14-0 halftime lead, punched in two second-quarter TDs, both on 17-yard strikes from quarterback Ben Goodwin. His first went to Jordan Tonani and second to Riley Stockton.

The Saxons then ate up over half of the third quarter on their opening second-half drive, before Tonai broke into the end zone on a 2-yard score.

“Let’s just say we had some motiva-tion this year in the weight room,” said junior running back Kole Heidinger, who led the Saxons with 19 carries for 92 yards. “We knew we wanted to meet these guys back in the state championship and to come back here and win is just unreal.”

While the elation was obvious for Ferris, the disappointment was just as apparent for Skyline.

Williams, who started as a fresh-man, was targeting his fourth straight title — something few, if any players have ever accomplished.

“There’s a lot to take from this sea-son, “ he said. “The younger guys, it’s good that they got to go through this so they know what it feels like. They’re not going to want to have this happen again. Next year you’re going to see Skyline again.”

Browne, who will return as a junior, agreed with soon-to-be University of Washington wide receiver.

“Everyone’s got to look at them-selves in the mirror and realize what they’ve got to give next year,” he said. “We’ll be fine. We’ve got a lot of the line coming back. People are going to have to step up.”

Skyline ended its season with a 12-2 overall record.

Ferris ran the table, finishing with a perfect 14-0 record.

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By KeVIN eNDeJAN

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They might be small in stature, but the Issaquah boys basketball team hopes to have at least one sizable advantage over the com-petition this season — an ability to knock down shots.

“Our perimeter players I would say are above average for a high school team,” first-year head coach Jason Griffith said. “As far as our perimeter play, we can match up with anybody in the state.”

The Eagles, whose tallest player

is listed at 6-foot-4, have six athletes

at 6-0 or under.

Griffith isn’t discour-aged by the lack of height, however. With a significant chunk of his team coming over from the football team, they tend to make up for it with attitude.

“We don’t have a lot of size, but the size we do have plays bigger than they are,” Griffith said. “We have 6-1 kids who play 6-4, we have 6-3 kids who play 6-6.”

Leading that list of gritty players is senior Nik Land-deck. The Division I football prospect, doesn’t just bring a middle linebacker mentality to the court — he can shoot

too. Landdeck hit three 3-point shots in the Eagles’ first game against Bellevue Christian and had a team-high 18 points.

Other football players who bring athleticism over the hardwood include Evan

Peterson, Taylor Wyman and Eric Lemke.

Issaquah also returns its leading scorer from last sea-son, junior Nick Price. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged a team-best 15.8 points per game for the Eagles during

last season’s 6-14 campaign. Other returning impact

players include senior guards Derek Quan, Steven Rael and Uwila Symposa.

Seniors Arian Ghavidel and Sean Lancaster, along with juniors Cole Westover and Drew Danner are mov-ing up from junior varsity. Freshman Cory Nevin is also expected to make an impact.

Along with his team’s ability to knock down shots, Griffith points to their abil-ity to get defensive stops as a huge strength.

“We have nine or 10 guys who are very good defend-ers,” he said. “Our defensive rotation is really deep.”

Griffith hopes the defen-sive pressure translates into offense for his team — a philosophy he’s adjusting to as well.

“Being at Bellevue the last four years, we always had pretty dominant inte-rior play,” he said.

Griffith likes the direc-tion things are headed early in the season.

“I’ve established what my expectations are as a program and the kids have bought into it,” he said. “The school wants a great basketball program and they deserve it.”

Issaquah is 2-0 to start the season. The Eagles play next at 8 p.m., Friday at Newport.

Issaquah looks to out-shoot the competition

Issaquah senior Nik Landdeck works on his jump shot earlier this week in practice. kevin endejan, Reporter Newspapers

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It’s never an easy road to hoe in the Metro League.

But fifth-year Eastside Catholic head coach Steve Kramer hopes this year’s combination of height and athleti-cism will help his Crusaders make some noise in arguably the toughest basketball conference in the state.

“We feel that with this team this year, we’ll be a little bit more up-tempo than we’ve been in years past,” he said.

Eastside Catholic boasts two lanky 6-foot-7 players in juniors Joey Schreiber and Skyler White. Senior Hunter Clements adds height at 6-5, and Jake Springfield is 6-4.

“It’s the first time in a long time we’ve had height,” Kramer said. “They’re versatile, they can post up, and they’re good three-point shoot-ers.”

Schrieber and Spring-field are two of the top three scorers, returning from last year’s 6-15 team.

The Crusaders also bring back seniors Jack McCarthy, Eddie Janicki and Michael Rambaldini, along with juniors Matt Callans, Chevelle Walker and Connor Creswell. Sophomores Zane Allen and Trey Reynolds will also play key roles.

“This is a pretty hard

working group,” Kramer said. “We have a lot more athleticism this year than we’ve had in some of the years past.”

That athleticism will be key competing in

the same division as Rainier Beach, Seattle Prep, Franklin and O’Dea — four

teams who have combined for 13 class

3A state championships since 1995.

“You know you’re chal-lenged every night, there’s no gimmes in our league,” Kramer said. “Every team is difficult and you just know that going in.”

So, how do you com-pete? There’s no real easy answer, but there is a formula.

“Defend and take care of the basketball,” Kramer said. “There’s a lot of ex-plosive players and teams in our league and they can really get it up in you and try to turn it over and cre-ate offense from their de-fense. It’s critical that you defend and that you take care of the basketball.”

Eastside Catholic hasn’t been to the state tourna-ment since 1999, and only one other time in 1993. But that doesn’t change their ultimate goal for 2010.

“Our goal is like every team, to get to state,” Kramer said.

The Crusaders are 1-2 to start the season. They host Blanchet at 7 p.m., Friday.

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Major League pitcher Blake Hawksworth back to coach basketball

BY KEVIN ENDEJAN

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� ree months ago Blake Hawksworth sat in the Busch Stadium bullpen, baseball mitt in hand, his No. 53 uniform a vibrant shade of white — the mark of a Major League relief pitcher.

At a moment’s notice the call from St. Louis manager Tony LaRussa, a future Hall of Famer, could come. Any second, he might be asked to step on the mound in front of 50,000 fans and spell 20-game win-ner Adam Wainwright, or three-time All-Star Chris Carpenter.

Fast forward to Decem-ber, and the 27-year-old Sammamish native is far from the bright lights of any big league stadium.

Hidden in the con� nes of Eastlake High’s dimly-lit gym, Hawksworth is do-ing something very few, if any, baseball players of his caliber will ever attempt — he’s coaching high school basketball.

“It’s just so di� erent from what I do,” said Hawks-worth, who � nished the 2010 season with a 4-8

record, 4.98 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 90 innings. “To get in here and be just kind of a regular guy and just kind of blend in with the whole basketball thing is refreshing.”

� e 2001 Eastlake graduate assisted his alma mater during his minor league days, helping the program in 2003 and 2005. � is is his � rst time coach-ing since getting called up by St. Louis in June 2009.

Hawksworth’s choice to return was made simple when Brian Dailey was

hired as the head coach in the summer. � e duo attended school together

from � � h grade through a year of Bellevue Col-lege, and have remained best friends since.

“It’s just one of those things, you’ve got to be a part of it — just to see him coach,” Hawksworth said.

Dailey, who recently returned from playing professional basketball in Israel, wouldn’t have it any other way.

“We have a lot of dreams that we’ve talked about

in life and this was one of them,” he said. “It happened quicker than we thought.”

Dailey said Hawksworth was a talented basketball player, noting he was the � rst in their group of friends who could dunk a ball.

“He was always really con� dent, he always felt like his next shot was going in, and it wasn’t always going in,” said Dailey, cracking a smile.

Jokes aside, the � rst-year head coach is thrilled to have someone with Hawk-sworth’s life experience on his sta� .

“He’s a professional, he’s got high character, he’s a great guy,” Dailey said. “� e best thing he brings is him just being himself.”

� at example is obvious to the Eastlake players.

“With him being a professional baseball player you know he’s put in a lot of hard work for what he’s be-come,” senior guard Abdu Elkugia said. “He’s a living example that hard work pays o� .”

Hard work is a de� nite focus of Hawksworth, who brings his work ethic with him to the court every day.

“He doesn’t take anything halfway,” senior guard Con-ner Iraola said. “He always goes full tilt. If we’re not go-ing hard he’s always on us.”

Hawksworth said he’s enjoyed his time with the Wolves this season. In between baseball training at the University of Washing-ton’s Dempsey Center, he attends all Eastlake basket-ball games practices.

You won’t see Hawks-worth on the bench during games, however. He opts to sit in the stands with his wife Courtney.

“I try to sit by my wife because I know she’ll keep me in check and just try to watch the game from an-other perspective,” he said.

More importantly Hawk-sworth said he has to leave early for Spring Training, and doesn’t want to disrupt the team.

“I just want that bench to be consistent for them,” he said. “I was up front with the team when the sea-son started, if it’s baseball related obviously I’ve got to do some stu� .”

Hawksworth, who was dra� ed by the St. Louis Car-dinals in 2001 and spent his entire career in their farm

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“To get in here and be just kind of a regular guy and just kind of blend in with the whole basketball thing is refreshing.” – Blake Hawksworth

HEAPS HAS BREAKOUT GAME FOR BYU

Jake Heaps had his biggest performance yet as a

collegiate player on Saturday as he lead the BYU Cougars to a 52-24 victory over the

Texas-El Paso Miners in the New Mexico Bowl. Heaps,

a 2010 graduate of Skyline, was 25-for-34 for 264 yards

with four touchdowns and one interception.

Heaps ended his freshman campaign, completing 219

of 383 passes (57.2 perecent) for 2,316 yards, 15 TDs and

nine INTs.

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Of the 33 athletes the Spartans bring to the mat, 25 are either freshmen or sophomores.

Junior Amy Bearman is one of the few

returning Skyline athletes, and head coach

Debbie Gliner expects

big things from the four-event competitor again.

Junior Taylor McCombs and senior Emily Whan, along with freshmen Alyssa Holt and Elyssa Roeder are expected to provide depth to the team right away.

Issaquah looks to rebuild

With two of her top gymnasts, Risa Fukuda and Eva Perry, deciding to not participate this season, 11th-year Issaquah coach Ryan Fleisher isn’t quite sure what to expect in 2010-2011.

On the bright side, the Eagles do get back senior

state finalist Olivia Goree and junior Anna Fairhart.

Sophomore AJ Bowers is also expected to make an impact right away.

Eastlake relies on seniors

First-year Eastlake gymnastics coach Jennette Fuller likes the attitude her athletes bring to the mat.

“The seniors on this team have had four different coaches in the last four years and so I am proud of them for keeping the team together and for keeping with the sport,” Fuller said.

Key senior returners in-clude Maggen Wolk, Esme Fussell and Bianca Barr. Freshman Emily Rapada and sophomore Nicole Rader are newcomers who are expected to make an immediate impacts.

Skyline brings young team to the mat

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Until then, he hopes positively im-pact the Eastlake basketball program in every way possible.

“Obviously I’m not a basketball

player, but I’ve been in this gym, I’ve played here and in a sense made it out to the next level,” he said. “I think on a bigger scale I want to impact these kids off the court and be a posi-tive role model for them. I think it’s important.”

For the entire Q&A with Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Blake Hawksworth

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By REPORTER STAFF

Eastlake brings a mix of veterans and youth to the pool hoping to make some noise in 2011.

Senior Ryker Oldenbury and junior Zach Alleva both competed in the 4A state meet last season. Seniors

Dylan Jessum and Nick

Howard, along with junior Henry

O’Neil bring depth to the

group of returners. Edward Kim, a freshman,

has already made his mark, earning state qualifying times in the 500 freestyle, 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Kim’s time of 46.59 in the 100 freestyle is a new school record and tops

the winning time from last year’s 4A state meet.

high hopes for EC swimmers

Veteran swim coach Rick Wertman is excited about what the Eastside Catholic boys and girls swim teams bring to the pool this season.

The 27-year veteran, who is in his first season at the helm of the Crusaders, gets 26 returning athletes.

Leading the way for the boys is six-time state champi-on and Stanford University-bound Ethan Hallowell. The All-American is targeting a perfect run of eight indi-vidual state championships in short sprints.

The Crusaders boys also return captains Matt Leist and Joe Mahan.

The girls return junior

captain Katherine Whiteman, a Sea-King District finalist, and junior Lauren Rehn.

“EC swimming has some great athletes and swimmers eager to achieve,” Wertman said.

Issaquah returns deep group

The Issaquah swim team returns 36 athletes this season — all with plenty of experience.

The group includes se-niors Gentry Gevers, Skyler Kersten and Ben Halter; junior Brian Ruggles and sophomores Austin Melody, Willy Matsuda and Spencer McCulloh.

The Eagles also receive some impact newcomers in freshmen twins Ben and Keith Nussbaum.

Sixth-year head coach

Laura Halter likes her team’s chances this season, and sees a top-three league finish.

Skyline grows a year older

Skyline brings back a large crop of juniors from last year’s 3-5 team, hoping to shake things up in the KingCo 4A.

The Spartans, who have already equaled last year’s dual meet win total, return juniors Mitch Corson, Alex Marber, Ashton Powell, David Jett and Travis Fox.

Senior captains Austin Crow and Alex Carey along with talented sophomores Tucker Russell and Tyler Hamke provide depth up and down the roster.

Eastlake swimmers ready to make splash

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Eastside Catholic has 12 total returners for the 2011 season, but only 16 total wrestlers.

The bright side of the small turnout,

is the Crusad-ers’ deep junior class.Anthony

Roy (152) par-ticipated at state last season and is looking to build on his experience.

Joe Stoutt (215) and Drew Beggs (140) are two wres-

tlers who made the regional tournament and junior Dentin Garrett (160) and sophomore David Hurdle (215) have also both started their seasons out strong. Newcomer Matt Beggs is also expected to make an impact right off the bat.

Issaquah displays depth

The Issaquah wrestling team returns 17 athletes from last season, providing plenty of depth for the 2010-2011 season.

The Eagles are led by re-turners Max Tickman (112),

Almen Thorpe (135), Sean Novak (140) and David White (152).

Newcomer Louden Ivey (103), Caleb Pearson (125) and Jonathan Norris (275) should also be crucial to team success.

Skyline shows heart early on

The good news — Skyline sent three wrestlers to state last season, and they all placed.

The bad news — all three athletes graduated in 2010.

That hasn’t ruined head coach Gus Kiss’ optimism for 2011.

“We’re a young team with just three seniors, but the kids have shown a lot of heart and potential,” he said.

Seniors Collin Ehret (130) and Jordan McCaslin (152) will provide senior leader-ship. Freshmen newcomers Joe DeMatteo (103) and Tristan Steciw (119) are also expected to make immedi-ate impacts.

Eastlake brings back strong core

Eastlake returns experi-ence this season with state competitor Max Benjamin (130), and Adam Nakinishi (125).

Newcomers Sabrina Han-dlon (103), Michael Rosado (135), Eric Harper (160) are also expected to be key to a successful season.

Eastside Catholic grapplers return strong junior class

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