[13]December 18, 2009www.issaquah-reporter.com • www.sammamish-reporter.com

Impressive. Outstanding. Unbelievable. Pick your own adjective

to describe the fall season for Skyline athletics.

The football team’s 45-21 victory over Ferris brought the school its third state championship this fall — the most championships EVER by a 3A or 4A school in the fall.

The girls soccer team beat Issaquah 2-1 on Nov. 21 for their second straight 4A title, and the girls swim team nabbed their first ever title on Nov. 14.

Just how impressive is this? There are only three

other team sports in the fall — volleyball, and boys and girls cross country — that saw state champions from schools other than Skyline.

Pretty amazing to say the least.

While the Spartans certainly left their imprint on the fall season, two other area schools also made some noise.

The Eastlake girls cross country team won its

second consecu-tive 4A state champi-onship under head coach Troy Anderson. The Wolves’ swim team finished 11th behind sophomore Katie Kinnear’s two individual championships in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley.

Issaquah also had an impressive fall. The Eagles had four of a possible six teams, place in state. Girls soccer completed another impressive run, finishing second overall. The boys cross country team placed third, the girls swim team placed fourth, and the vol-leyball team placed fifth. The football team just missed a return appearance to the Tacoma Dome with a state-quarterfinal loss to Bothell.

I’ve covered the flip-side of high school sports around this state, including an 0-20 boys basketball

season and back-to-back softball seasons resulting in a 1-39 record.

Be certain, success isn’t

guaranteed. There are a huge portion of schools in this state which have expe-rienced decade-long state

championship droughts — many have never made it at all. To be able to do it year after year, season after

season — says a lot about the coaches and athletes in this area.

Be proud.

A fall to remember: Season will be tough to top

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Skyline quarterback Jake Heaps and coach Mat Taylor hoist the 4A state championship trophy over their heads Dec. 5 at the Tacoma Dome. chAD colemAn, Reporter

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