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BY KEVIN [email protected]
Keegan Kemp started his football career a little dif-ferent than everyone else
in his family, but there was never a question of where he’d end up
“My fi rst year of youth football, I was a lineman because I was a pretty good blocker,” he said. “The year af-ter that, I started to play quarterback and never stopped.”
The position change was only logical for Kemp, the grandson of former American Football League quarterback and Congressman, Jack, and son of 11-year National Football League veteran quarterback, Jeff.
“I’d seen fi lm of my grandpa and my dad playing,” Keegan said. “I honestly felt that quarterback was the coolest position to play. I liked hav-ing the ball in my hands.”
Keegan, 18, is the youngest of four brothers, all Bellevue Christian students who played their youth and high school careers in the East-
lake system. He is only the second brother, however, to follow the steps of his grandpa and dad.
Kory, now 24, quarterbacked at Whitworth. His other brothers, Kyle, 26, and Kolby, 21, were wide receiv-ers at the University of San Diego and Wheaton College, respectively.
“Keegan was a pretty natural quarterback from the beginning,” said Jeff, who coached all of his sons through the Greater Eastside Junior Football Association. “Leadership is a natural trait in him, so quarterback is natural too.”
Now a second-year starter for the Wolves, Keegan has his team off to a perfect 7-0 start and a No. 1 ranking in the 4A classifi cation. The 6-foot, 193-pounder has completed 62 of 103 passes (60 percent) for 947 yards, eight touchdowns and six interceptions and has also rushed 58 times for 493 yards (8.5 yards per carry) and nine TDs.
The solid numbers are directly related to Keegan modeling his game after his dad — a self-described
scrapper with a good arm. On four different NFL teams — including the L.A. Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles — Jeff completed 52 percent of his passes for 6,230 yards and 39 TDs.
“He’s a stronger quarterback at the high-school level than I was,” Jeff said. “The main thing I had was a strong arm and I was tough. Keegan has those two things, but he’s also a really good passer and makes plays.”
Those are the traits that Eastlake head coach Gene Dales loves about his senior signal caller.
“Even when things aren’t going so smoothly, like throwing the football, he’s got the ability to tuck the ball and run,” he said. “He’s so danger-ous.”
Perhaps the most unique thing about his quarterback, however, is that he doesn’t actually attend East-lake. Like his brothers before him,
A FAMILY TRADITIONThird-generation QB Keegan Kemp leads Eastlake
Keegan Kemp stands with his dad, former NFL
quarterback, Je� . As a senior QB at Eastlake, Keegan has helped the
Wolves to a 7-0 start and a top ranking in the 4A
classi� cation. CHAD COLEMAN, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
SEE KEEGAN, 9
All the marbles are on the table at 7 p.m., tonight when undefeated Eastlake (7-0) hosts Skyline (5-2) in a regular-season fi nale that will decide the KingCo Crest champion.
The game will likely be a shootout with two teams bring contrasting offensive styles and strengths to the fi eld.
No. 1-ranked Eastlake has 2,739 yards of total offense — averaging 254 per game on the ground. The Wolves are led by running back Ryan Lewis (1,024 yards, 16 TDs).
Quarterback Keegan Kemp also provides a dual threat, completing 62 of 103 passes for 947 yards and eight TDs, while running for 493 yards and nine TDs.
Skyline has 3,110 yards of total offense — averaging 342 per game through the air.
Junior quarterback Max Browne has completed 75 percent of his passes for 2,148 yards (306 per game) and 24 TDs. Receivers Trevor Barney and Taggart Krueger have combined for nearly 1,000 of the passing yards and 14 TDs.
The winner of tonight’s game will face KingCo Crown champion Woodinville, Thursday, Oct. 27, at Pop Keeney Stadium for the KingCo 4A Championship. The loser earns the No. 2 seed and will face the Crown No. 4 next week for the right to move onto the state-qualifying round.
In fi ve attempts since 2004, Eastlake is winless their Pla-teau rivals, losing by a combined score of 177-55. Skyline has won three consecutive KingCo Crest titles since 2008.
For reports and photos from last week’s football games go to www.sammamishreporter.com or www.issaquahre-porter.com.
Eastlake, Skyline play for Crest title tonight
Skyline soccer knocks o� Issaquah
Skyline overtook the top spot in the KingCo 4A girls soccer standings Tuesday, beating rival Issaquah 4-0.
Brooke Bofto’s unassisted score in the 26th minute gave the Spartans a 1-0 halftime lead.
Anna Deweirdt added another goal in the 46th minute, via an assist from Sydne Tingey.
Jackie Wilson and Abbie Litka scored in the 53rd and 77th minutes, respectively, both on assists from Maddie Christ.
Goalkeeper Tina Vargas recorded the shutout for Sky-line, which improved to 7-0-1 in league and 11-0-2 over-all. If the Spartans win one of their two fi nal games they will fi nish as the KingCo 4A regular-season champions.
Issaquah, which dropped to 6-1-2 in league and 8-4-2 overall can fi nish no worse than second place. If the Eagles won their fi nal game Thursday against Garfi eld and Skyline loses its two games, they could still fi nish fi rst. Results from Thursday occurred after The Report-er’s deadline.
A day a� er � nishing third at the KingCo 4A tournament, the Eastlake boys golf team fought back to capture second at the District 2 meet, Oct. 12 at Willows Run.
� e Wolves earned 45.25 points, � nishing only behind Woodinville’s 53.25.
Eastlake advanced three golfers and one alternate through to the 4A state tournament May 22-23 at a site to be deter-mined.
Sophomore Spencer Weiss led the way for the Wolves, plac-ing sixth overall with a two-day total of 77-75—152.
Junior Li Wang fought back from a rough 8-over par 80 in the KingCo tournament, shooting a 1-over par, 73 for a two-day total of 153 and eighth place.
Senior Jack Fisher placed 10th overall with a 76-78—154,
Eastlake golfers take secondIssaquah fencerclaims world title
Wang Yung, an instructor at Issaquah-based Washington Fencing Academy, won the 2011 Veteran Fencing World Championship in saber Oct. 2 in Porec, Croatia.
It was the � rst world championship for the nine-time national team member.
Yung faced competition in the men’s 60-69 division that included several established fencers. He defeated three-time World Champion and an eight-time European Champion, Richard Cohen, 9-7, in the championship match.
Yung also coached two students, Ellen O’Leary and Jane Eyre, who took home silver medals for the United States.
Jim Adams, Wang Yung and David Seuss pose a� er win-ning world fencing titles. PHOTO COURTESTY OF NICOLE JOMANTAS SEE GOLFERS, 9
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Keegan goes to Bellevue Chris-tian.
According to Dales, that doesn’t impact his performance in the area he considers Keegan’s strongest — leadership.
“When he talks the kids listen because they know he’s going to give everything he’s got all the time,” Dales said.
Wide receiver Aaron DiGeno-va, who has played with Keegan the last six years, agreed.
“He holds himself to a high standard and I think the whole team responds to that,” he said.
Keegan faced an even more unique situation before the sea-
son when Bellevue Christian de-cided to start a football program for the fi rst time. Playing within the Eastlake program since he was 8, Keegan’s senior season could have been in jeopardy.
He said BCS athletic director Mark DeJonge sat him down, explained the scenario and offered to even hold the new program back a year if it was go-ing to cause him to miss his fi nal season at Eastlake.
“That was just great and really nice of him,” Keegan said. “I really appreciated that.”
Fortunately, for the Kemps, Eastlake and Bellevue Christian School, Keegan was allowed to continue under a grandfather clause.
“Everyone’s been great about
it,” said Keegan, noting he tries to watch BCS games when he can. “I’m just really happy for my friends over there, who for most of them, are getting to experience football for the fi rst time.”
As for the Eastlake squad, Keegan couldn’t be more op-timistic about the possibilities. The Wolves have outscored op-ponents 301-86 headed into this Friday’s regular-season fi nale against Skyline — a game that will determine the KingCo Crest title with the winner moving onto the KingCo Championship.
“I’ve been Eastlake varsity team three years now and it feels different this year,” Keegan said. “There’s just a great togetherness in the group of guys. It’s a great feeling in practice, in fi lms and
on game day.” Admittedly, thoughts of a state
championship linger, but Keegan said the team is focused on a one game at a time approach.
As for what comes after the season, Keegan would love noth-ing more than to continue in the footsteps of his dad and brothers. As an undersized quarterback, smaller Division II and Division III schools have recruited him.
He chuckled at the idea of following his dad’s long-shot path from Dartmouth College to a free-agent call-up in the NFL, noting he wouldn’t turn the offer down, but it’s highly unlikely.
“I just want to be able to play four more years of football,” Keegan said, smiling. “It’s my favorite thing to do.”
KEEGANCONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
while junior Will Sharp earned 15th place and the � rst alternate position with a 77-80—157.
Skyline � nished fourth as a team with 27.5 points and advanced two golfers through to state. Freshman Kelley Sullivan placed fourth overall with a two-day total of 79-73—152, while sophomore Brian Mogg was 11th with an 80-75—155.
Issaquah � nished sixth with 22 team points, just a half point out of � � h place. � e Eagles will also send two the state tournament. Sophomore Taylor Swingle placed 12th with a 77-78—155 and junior Bryan Jung placed 13th with a 79-77—156.
GOLFERSCONTINUED FROM PAGE 8
BY KEVIN ENDEJAN
Gerard Galvin has always adjusted quickly.
� ree years ago, as an Eastlake freshman, he was the only member of his class to make the varsity soccer lineup — a feat head coach Adam Gervis said few players ever ac-complish in his program.
Two seasons later he was asked to switch from his natural forward position to the defense. He made the move with no complaints and quickly became an anchor in the back� eld.
“� at will tell you a little about him,” Gervis said. “He just worked, he’s a worker, and that’s what we love about him.”
Now, a senior leader on the Wolves’ defensive line, Galvin is preparing for a much larger, life-changing transition o� the � eld.
Born in Singapore and a resident of Sammamish the last 14 years, Galvin shares dual citizenship.
� ere is a twist, however. If he wants to keep his
citizenship overseas he has to do what all other 18-year-old Singaporean males do by devoting two years of his life to the National Service — a program similar to those in South Korea and Israel that
require young men to join the armed forces or police force.
“It was de� nitely a tough decision,” said Galvin, noting his parents gave him
a choice of attending college in the U.S. or going back to his native land.
With the recent death of an uncle, the move back to Singapore seemed like the natural choice, however. It provided Galvin a chance to help his widowed aunt run her Italian restaurant on the weekends all while gaining a unique life experience.
“I have a lot of friends here and I’m going to miss my friends a lot, but I’ve got to adjust to the way of life in another part of the world,” Galvin said.
He has only been back to Singapore once since birth, returning the summer of
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Gerard Galvin will immediately move to his native Singapore after graduation to join the military. KEVIN ENDEJAN, Reporter Newspapers
Bellevue Chris-tian will have a football team for the � rst time in school history for the 2011 season, but Eastlake will get to keep its quarter-back.
According to Wolves’ head coach Gene Dales, Keegan Kemp, cur-rently a junior at Bellevue Christian, will be given a “grandfather clause” and be allowed to play his senior season at EHS — the closest school to where his family resides and the place he’s played the last two seasons.
� e decision is not a problem at all for Bellevue
Christian, which told the Bellevue Reporter it immedi-ately contacted the Washington Inter-scholastic Activi-ties Association in support of Kemp.
“When we were going through the
process we called the WIAA and we wanted Keegan to participate at Eastlake, and we didn’t want to take that opportunity away from him — that’s the last thing that we wanted,” BCS athletic director Mark DeJong said.
Kemp completed 77 of 127 passes for 1,258 yards, 13 touchdowns and only one interception in 2010.
Kemp will return as Eastlake’s quarterback
“He just worked, he’s a worker, and that’s what we love about him.” – Adam Gervis
[ more GALVIN page 16 ]
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Elation quickly turned to deflation for Issaquah dur-ing Saturday’s annual High School Baseball Classic at Safeco Field.
After rallying to tie Kent-wood in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Eagles surrendered five runs in the top of the eighth, falling 7-2 to the Conquerors.
Trailing 2-1, Trenton Nagasawa led the bottom of the seventh off with a single. He eventually came around to score with two outs on a throwing error.
Kentwood wasted no time in grabbing the lead back, however. The Conquerors used an error, a walk and three singles off reliever Ray Sherman to put five runs on the board and nab the victory.
Issaquah scored its other run in the bottom of the fifth when Matt Gonn drove in Nagasawa on a double.
Gonn finished the game 2-for-2, Nagasawa
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The Eagles, who fell to 2-6 overall, had two games cancelled earlier this week. They are scheduled to face non-league Mount Rainier next at 11 a.m., Saturday at IHS.
SOCCERGee records hat trick for Eastlake
Eastlake senior James Gee netted three goals and had an assist Tuesday night as the Wolves rolled over Roosevelt, 5-1.
Gee scored unassisted goals in the 22nd, 55th and 57th minutes and had an assist on Evan Yamada’s goal in the 20th minute. Sam Langston added a score in the 47th minute as Eastlake improved to 3-0 in league and 4-2-1 overall.
Skyline blanks Inglemoor
Skyline kept the pressure on last Friday, earning a 3-0 victory over Inglemoor.
The Spartans, who out-shot the Vikings 24-10 for the contest, struck first in the 16th minute when Braxton Griffin knocked in a score off an assist from Evan Kamber.
Skyline tacked on two more second-half goals from James Molyneux-Elliot and Travis Strawn.
Goalkeeper Steven Pankiewicz recorded his third shutout of the season as the Spartans improved to 3-0-1 in league and 6-0-2 overall.
Issaquah nets 5 in second half
Issaquah erupted for five goals in the second half of last Friday’s league contest to down Roosevelt 6-3.
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and Drew Tacher added a goal in the 52nd minute. Is-saquah improved to 2-1-1 in league and 5-1-3 overall.
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his freshman year. Galvin said he knows a minimal amount of the native lan-guage, Malay. But none of that really concerns him.
“You kind of pick it up,” Galvin said, smiling.
He will take off for Singapore two weeks after graduating from Eastlake, then complete a physical field test that will determine whether he is fit to join the military or the police.
“I heard that the police force would be easier, but I like the army and the more physical stuff,” he said.
While the excitement and uncertainty of the upcom-ing journey is on his mind, don’t be fooled — Gal-vin has some unfinished business he wants to take care of on the Eastlake pitch first. The Wolves are off to a fast start, sporting a 3-0-0 league and 4-2-1 overall record. As the lone member of Eastlake’s last state tournament team — a group that finished third in 2008 — he hopes to help the Wolves return to the promised land. He said a state championship would be the perfect send off.
“That would be my ultimate goal,” said Galvin, who has two goals and an assist in seven games this season. “I tasted it my freshman year when we got to the semifinals, I just want to get back to that spot.”
Gervis certainly likes his team’s chances with his soon-to-be soldier — a player he trusts to lead the huddle every game.
“He’s that type of player, he’s energy,” Gervis said. “He brings this vibrancy. It’s like, ‘OK boys, let’s get it done.’”
[ GAlvIn from page 15]
Gerard Galvin cracks jokes during practice. He is known for his great sense of humor, according to his head coach. kEvin EndEjan, Reporter Newspapers
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Gesser accepts position at WSU
BY KEVIN ENDEJAN
The opportunity was simply too good for Jason Gesser to pass up.
Two years after ac-cepting the head football coach position at Eastside Catholic, the former Wash-ington State University quarterback is headed back to his alma mater to work as a graduate offensive as-sistant. He said his new role will involve helping the coaching staff anyway he can, working mainly behind the scenes in meetings and in the fi lm room.
“To be able to get a chance to go back there and help out in a coaching capacity is a dream,” said Gesser, who posted a 10-10 overall record over two years at Eastside Catholic.
The former Heisman Trophy contender said has mixed emotions about leav-ing his current position.
“I’m always going to be a Crusader from here on out,” he said. “This place has done tremendous things for me and I hope that I return the favor for them as well.”
One thing Gesser doesn’t feel bad about, however, is whose hands he’s leaving the program in.
Eastside Catholic an-
nounced May 26 that it hired Gesser’s former WSU teammate and University of Idaho special teams coordi-nator Jeremy Thielbahr to take the reigns.
“I’ve just respected him since the fi rst day I met him,” said Gesser, noting he had no role in recruiting Thielbahr. “He’s high-en-ergy, very well spoken and just passionate.”
Thielbahr spent the last four years at Idaho where he was an assistant running backs coach and a special teams coordinator. Prior to that, he coached various offensive and defensive positions at Montana State University.
Thielbahr got his coach-ing start when former Cougar coach Mike Price offered him graduate posi-tion in 2002.
“I kind of fell into the col-lege role a little bit,” he said. “I started liking the culture and the lifestyle of it.”
But, Thielbahr noted, NCAA limitations put on interaction with players and the constant travel started to wear on him. Not to mention his wife, Meredith, works in Seattle.
The move to high school seemed natural for the former WSU running back, tight end and special teams captain.
“I initially got into
coaching to get into high school coaching,” Thiel-bahr said. “I think all coaches, when they start thinking about coaching they think back to their high school coach or people who have had effect on their lives. I did the same thing.”
Thielbahr graduated from Sandpoint High School (Idaho) in 1997. He credits his former high school coach Satini Puailoa with providing him some of his best football memories.
“My favorite memories weren’t me running out in the Rose Bowl in 1997 with Ryan Leaf, it was me running for an 80-yard touchdown in high school and seeing my parents up in the stands and seeing the community rally behind me,” he said.
He said he hopes to bring that same joy to the Eastside Catholic community where he’ll run a high-tempo offensive similar to that of Gesser’s and an aggressive four-man front defense.
Thielbahr met with his players for the fi rst time on Tuesday. He said he’s ex-cited about the enthusiasm he’s already seen in just four days on the job.
“I wouldn’t have taken the job unless I wanted to be here and there’s no doubt I’m here for the long haul,” he said. “I want to get this thing going at the highest pace I possibly can.”
Thielbahr takes helm at EC
Jeremy Thielbahr comes to Eastside Catholic from the University of Idaho football program where he coached the running backs and special teams. KEVIN ENDEJAN, Sammamish Reporter
BY KEVIN ENDEJAN
Former Skyline Spar-tan Adrian Sampson was selected Tuesday in the 16th round of the Major League Baseball Draft as the 493rd overall pick by the Florida Marlins.
“I was just waiting all day with my dad and a couple of friends watch-ing MLB.com,” Sampson said. “It felt good, it was a huge weight coming off my shoulders.”
Sampson, who gradu-ated from Skyline in 2010, spent this past spring help-ing Bellevue College win the 2011 Northwest Athletic As-sociation of Community Colleges champion-ship. The right-hander pitched 45 2/3 innings, sport-ing a 4-2 record with 53 strikeouts and a 2.36 ERA.
He missed his entire senior season with Skyline in 2010 after un-dergoing Tommy John surgery in July 2009. He got back on the mound, however, that summer where he pitched for the Lakeside Senior Legion baseball team.
“I’m back to full strength now,” said Sampson, noting he
threw 140 pitches in a recent game.
Sampson wasn’t sure as of Tuesday afternoon if he would sign with the
Marlins, or play another season for Bellevue College. He said he has some scouts and advisers to speak with later this week.
Adrian be-comes the second member of his
family to be selected in the MLB Draft. Older brother Julian, also a right-handed pitcher, was selected out of high school in the 12th round of the 2007 draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. He is currently competing for an independent team in the Boston area.
“I saw my brother do it and I just wanted to be like him and follow in his footsteps,” Adrian said. “I feel lucky and blessed to be where I’m at right now.”
Sampson selected by Flordia Marlins
Skyline graduate Adrian Sampson, seen pitching for the Lakeside Senior Legion team last summer, was selected Tuesday by the Florida Marlins in the MLB Draft. KEVIN ENDEJAN, File photo
“I saw my brother do it and I just wanted to follow in his footsteps. I feel lucky and blessed to be where I’m at right now.” – Adrian Sampson
BY REPORTER STAFF
Eastlake Lacrosse announced June 1 that it has added former professional lacrosse star Chris Panos as its new head coach.
Panos, who has been the head coach at Nathan Hale High School over the past two years, will take over an Eastlake pro-gram whose varsity team made its way back to the playoffs with a record of 11-6-1 this year, fall-ing to Tacoma in the fi rst round.
“I can’t tell you how excited I am to be joining the Eastlake lacrosse program,” Panos said.
“I was looking for an opportu-nity where my 30-plus years of lacrosse experience could help a program take that next step. Con-sidering both the depth of talent already in the program and the support they get from the parents and the community, Eastlake is clearly ready.”
In its inaugural season back in 2006, Eastlake’s varsity team took the Division II state title. After moving up to Division I the following year, the Wolves found it diffi cult to crack into an exclusive group of the state’s top lacrosse programs.
Today, Eastlake has a very popular youth program with hun-dreds of lacrosse players, some only in the second grade.
“A number of head coaching opportunities were available to me,” Panos said. “One of the things that excited me most about Eastlake was the strength of their youth program.
I look forward to helping kids improve at all levels of the program because it all feeds into the success of our high school teams.”
Panos played his college ball at Division I Hofstra University
and was drafted fourth overall in the fi rst round by the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League.
He played on four champion-ship teams and was selected three times as a member of Team USA where he competed in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.
“I don’t know that we could have found anyone with better credentials or a higher lacrosse IQ to lead our program,” said Darren Peterson, board presi-dent of Eastlake Lacrosse. “We are thrilled to welcome Chris to Eastlake.”
Eastlake hires former lacrosse pro as new head coach
Chris Panos , retired lacrosse professional will coach Eastlake next season. CONTRIBUTED
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As far as symbolism goes, East-lake couldn’t have scripted a more � tting ending last Friday.
Seconds a� er the Wolves jarred the ball loose and recovered a fumble, it was lights out for Skyline — literally.
“We hadn’t beaten them yet in school history and this was a great way to start it o� ,” said senior Brian Quick, whose forced fumble sealed 28-21 victory and the KingCo Crest title.
With 31 seconds le� , wide re-ceiver Andrew Giese was drilled by Quick at the Spartan 33-yard line. � e ball squirted loose into the hands of Sean McDonald. Just as the Wolves’ linebacker celebrated, the power surged and the stadium went pitch black.
A 20-minute delay and a kneel-down later, the losing streak was o� cially over at � ve games.
“It feels great,” McDonald said.
“It’s just great for the whole com-munity and everyone supporting us, it’s just awesome.”
� e victory moved Eastlake into the KingCo 4A Championship game last night against Woodin-ville, securing a trip to the state-tournament qualifying round.
It never came easy, however.Eastlake, which held a 28-7 lead
with 7 minutes le� in the third quarter, fended o� a furious come-back by the Spartans.
Skyline quarterback Max Browne’s 2-yard touchdown pass to Mason Gregory and Damien Greene’s 1-yard TD run with 9:09 le� in fourth quarter, pulled Sky-line back into the game.
Eastlake’s defense rose to the occasion twice in the � nal minutes, however.
With 3:03 le� , Bryan Cassill bat-ted a pass down for a turnover on downs at the Wolves’ 30-yard line. A� er punting the ball back with 2:06 le� , Quick came up with the big forced fumble.
“� at’s what you’ve got to do, bend not break,” McDonald said. “A couple of plays got away from us, a few mental mishaps, but we got the majority of them right and that’s what it came down to.”
Skyline took the game’s � rst lead
when Browne (30-for-49, 313 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) found Greene for an 8-yard TD in the � rst quarter.
Eastlake answered 54 seconds later. Cassill returned the ensuing kicko� 72 yards and two plays later quarterback Keegan Kemp rushed the ball in for a 15-yard TD.
Running back Ryan Lewis gave the Wolves their � rst lead, taking the ball 68 yards for a TD on the � nal play of the � rst quarter. He added a 2-yard TD in the second quarter to give Eastlake a 21-7 hal� ime lead.
Lewis (22 carries, 193 yards) struck again in the third quarter
picking up a fumble and rushing it into the end zone from 9 yards out
“I was back there, it just popped out and none of the Skyline players realized it,” Lewis said.
� e victory moved No. 1 ranked Eastlake to 8-0 on the season.
“It’s always tough because when you’re No. 2 nobody really cares, and all the sudden we’re No. 1 and we get to be the big dog for a little while,” Eastlake head coach Gene Dales said.
Skyline fell to 3-1 in league and 5-3 overall. � e Spartans will travel to face the KingCo Crown No. 4, Roosevelt (2-3, 4-4), in a loser-out crossover game at 8 p.m., Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
ISSAQUAH SECURES CREST’S THIRD SEED
Issaquah locked up the No. 3 seed in the KingCo Crest last Friday, beating Newport 41-28.
� e Knights jumped on the board � rst behind Isaac Dotson’s 45-yard TD run, before the Eagles responded with 35 unanswered points.
� e o� ensive explosion includ-ed three Jack Gellatly touchdown runs from 2, 2 and 12 yards. He added another 12-yard score later
in the game.Quarterback Ethan Kalin also
connected with Reed Peterson for two touchdowns from 48 and 33 yards.
EASTSIDE CATHOLIC SINKS BAINBRIDGE
Eastside Catholic rallied from behind Oct. 20 to defeat Bain-bridge, 27-24, securing third place in the Metro Mountain Division.
Trailing 24-19 in the fourth quarter, Trey Reynolds connected with Matt Callans for a 17-yard go-ahead touchdown.
Reynolds hit Jake Spring� eld for a 19-yard TD earlier in the game while Henry Jarvis added a 2-yard run for a TD. Kicker Danny Omil-iak connected on � eld goals from 34 and 47 yards.
� e Crusaders ended the regular season at 2-2 in league and 5-3 overall. � ey faced the No. 3 seed from the Metro Sound, Nathan Hale, last night. Results occurred a� er � e Reporter’s deadline. � e winner moves on as the No. 5 seed into the state-qualifying round of the 3A tournament and the loser earns the sixth seed. Both teams are guaranteed trips to the round of 32.
Eastlake turns lights out on Skyline for Crest title
Eastlake players and fans rejoice a� er the
Wolves’ 28-21 victory over Skyline last Friday
– their � rst ever over their Plateau rival. Far right, Skyline’s
Adan Lopez wraps up running back Ryan
Lewis. CHAD COLEMAN, Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter
Eastlake vs. Woodinville (KingCo 4A Championship (played last night)
Eastside Catholic vs. Nathan Hale (Played last night)
Issaquah vs. Inglemoor7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28Pop Keeney Stadium
Skyline vs. Roosevelt8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29Seattle Memorial Stadium
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� eir inspiration comes from all over.
Kiera Jay was fascinated by the main character in her fantasy novel.
Luke Greenwood was bummed he missed an opportunity during a Boy Scout trip.
Christian Lee — well, he just likes to try new things.
As for Tiger Mountain Archers Club director Pat Moore, he’s simply glad he can provide the platform for kids to learn about a sport he’s loved his entire life.
“For me that’s what it’s all about, giving the kids an opportunity to experience (archery) because it was a lot of fun for me when I was a kid,” he said.
Moore, an information technology administrator in his professional life, has op-erated the Tiger Mountain Archers Club for the last � ve years. He took it over from founder Jerry Pfeifer, who launched the program 10 years ago in his backyard.
Since then, there have been a few changes — most notably the venue.
When he took over the club Moore immediately searched for a place other than his friend’s yard. An inquiry to the Issaquah Sportsmen’s Club drew a quick response.
“� e � rst time I’d met with them they basically said ‘here’s the keys, show up on Wednesday,’” Moore said.
“� ey’re very pro youth.”For the last � ve years,
the group has met every Wednesday, November through August, at the Sportsmen’s Club located in the woods behind Issaquah High School.
Moore hasn’t just invested a large chunk of his time teaching and constructing target stands from scratch.
“I’m a sucker, so I have a whole bunch of equipment that I let the kids use,” he said, pointing to a table full of compound bows, recurve bows and targets. “I looked at it as I can go spend $1,200 on a new bow, or I can spend $1,200 on an entire youth program’s worth of equipment.”
Moore’s generosity, mixed with his willingness to teach the sport to anyone interest-ed along with a handful of parents who are also certi-� ed instructors, makes Tiger Mountain Archers Club a rarity in King County. � ere is only one other archery club in the county, located in Kenmore, and it focuses more on training elite archers.
As a result, kids come from all over to be a part of the Issaquah group.
Jay, 14, makes her way from Auburn once a week to spend three hours hon-ing in on targets. She’s only participated since October,
Tiger Mountain Archers Club provides kids rare experience
Pat Moore, center, has directed the Tiger Mountain Archers Club the last � ve years.The group currently has 38 members, ages 8 through 18 participating. KEVIN ENDEJAN, Reporter
Issaquah resident Christian Lee takes aim during a recent Tiger Mountain Archers Club meeting. KEVIN ENDEJAN, Reporter [ more ARCHERS page 11 ]
� ree players from Sammamish on the Seattle Sounders U-15/16 acad-emy team will compete in the National Champion-ship � nals July 10-16 in Milwaukee, Wisc.
Michael Gallagher, Jesse Klug and Sam Langston all earned the honor last week in the national playo� s in Dallas when the Sound-ers won their bracket and quali� ed to be one of eight teams to compete for the national title. Gallagher
and Klug participated in Texas, while Langston stayed home recovering from an illness.
� e � nals will be played at Marquette University, Marquette High School and Uihlein Soccer Park. � ey open up the tourney July 10 against the Dallas Texans.
� e Sounders entered last week’s tournament as the third seed, but the No. 1 and No. 2 teams lost, so they are now the top seed.
3 locals to compete for national soccer title
Issaquah residents Zoe Reep, Claire Siefkes, Keelin Dillon and Erica Baril helped the Eastside FC take the Rainier Challenge title June 19 in Puyallup. CONTRIBUTED
� e Lakeside Senior American Legion baseball team consisting of players from Issaquah, Skyline and Newport high schools continued to struggle over the weekend losing � ve of six games at the Curt Daniels Memorial Tournament in Portland, Ore.
Lakeside, which defeated Mudville 5-4 to start the tournament June 30, dropped its next � ve contests by a combined total of 49-13. � ey were shut out in three of those losses, falling 3-0 to Portland Baseball; 15-11 to Baden Red; 10-0 to the Salem Dodgers; 11-2 to the Bay Area Warriors and 10-0 to Taylor Baseball.
Lakeside has now lost 11 of its last 13 games, drop-ping to 15-16 overall.
� ey host the annual Brandy Pugh Memorial Tourna-ment July 6-11 at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue.
Lakeside woes continue
Issaquah girls help Eastside FC to Rainier title
� e Eastside FC girls U-12 Blue team won the 19th Annual Rainier Chal-lenge Soccer tournament June 19 in Puyallup, taking the Copa Division.
Eastside, coached by Dan Bubar, defeated the Washington Premier White on penalty kicks, 4-3, a� er a 1-1 tie at the end of regula-tion. � ey lost 3-1 to the same Washington Premier team in pool play.
� e team features four Issaquah girls, including 11-year-olds Zoe Reep, Claire Sie� es, Keelin Dillon and Erica Baril.
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Give it a shot
Luke Greenwood, 11, is one of the top archers in the Northwest. kevIN eNdejaN, Reporter
but is already hooked. “I enjoy the challenging
part of it,” she said “The tournaments have also been really fun, so I like the competition.”
Lee, 15, is from Issaquah. He was always interested in trying archery, so he was pleasantly surprised to find the club so close.
“I love it,” he said. “It’s definitely something I knew I wanted to stick with it before I even started.”
Then, there are phenoms like 11-year-old Luke Green-wood from Bellevue. Disap-pointed that he missed out on a Boy Scout trip where he would get to fire a bow, Greenwood was determined to give the sport a try. One trip to the range last fall and he was not only hooked — he was a natural.
“He has no idea how good he is,” Moore said. “I said, “you’re our ringer,” and he said, “what’s a ringer?”
Greenwood has won all five competitions he’s par-ticipated in, most recently taking the Washington State 4H Archery Junior Cham-pionship at the end of May. He shot a perfect score and ended the weekend with 35 bullseyes to also claim the junior Sharp Shooter award. Greenwood will next compete at the Easton Junior Olympic Archery Championships July 11 in Sacramento, Calif.
The secret to success?“You just have to listen to
what they’re saying and it works,” he said, smiling.
Of course Moore realizes not everyone will become the next star. But, that’s also not the most important thing for him.
“Just seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces, it’s just fun,” he said. “Why wouldn’t you want to do that?”
Little League baseball and soft-ball all-star teams around Issaquah and Sammamish started their respective tournaments over the Fourth of July weekend.
Tournaments for 9-10 year-old baseball and softball and
10-11-year-old baseball and soft-ball launched on Saturday.
As of The Reporter’s deadline six area teams were still alive.
The Eastlake 9-10 year-old team was in the winners’ bracket semi-finals, while Sammamish was still
alive in the losers’ bracket.The 10-11 year-old Eastlake and
Issaquah baseball teams were still alive in the losers’ bracket, while the 9-10 year-old Eastlake softball and 10-11 year-old Issaquah soft-ball teams were still alive.
The 11-12 year-old (Majors) baseball tournament begins Sat-urday, July 9 at Hartman Park in Redmond.
For updated results and brackets, go to the District 9 website, www.washdist9.org/.
District 9 Little League tournaments get underway on eastside
