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Lifetime impact: Q&A with Mount Si volleyball's big hitter Lindsay Carr
Mount Si junior Lindsay Carr has been delivering hits for the state-competitive Wildcat volleyball squad. - Seth Truscott/Staff Photo Nov 09 2012, 2:38 PM Mount Si's powerful outside hitter Lindsay Carr has been a force for the team. Carr, who broke the school's single-match kill record against Eastside Catholic with 37 on Nov. 1, is only a junior. The six-foot-two-inch Carr has a nine-foot-11-inch jump, built through lots of continuing strength training. She plays club volleyball for Sudden Impact of Bellevue, and comes later to this game than you might expect—eighth grade.
Athleticism and vision: Mount Si football's Trent Riley on the push to state
Trent Riley, Mount Si wide receiver, kept his jersey number despite being sidelined by a knee injury last season. He broke the team Nov 09 2012, 2:40 PM Watch Trent Riley at work. The cool-handed catches, the athletic juking and dodging past opposition defenders, the leap into the end zone, the celebratory moves after a touchdown—they're all signs of a player who is reaching his potential. That this comes from a player who was out with a fractured knee and missed his junior season makes things that much more interesting.
Snoqualmie Valley schools celebrate six National Merit Scholars
Pictured from left are: seniors Maria Kajercline, Mari Patis, Nick Apone, Van Magnan, Natalie Guterson and Carly Nelson. In addition to college recognition for their top scores, these senior have earned the prestigious honor to display their portrait on Mount Si Nov 09 2012, 2:51 PM Six Mount Si High School seniors from the Class of 2013 were recently named National Merit Scholars, for earning top scores in the preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which an estimated 1.5 million students across the nation take the fall of their junior year. Seniors Maria Kajercline, Mari Patis, Nick Apone, Van Magnan, Natalie Guterson and Carly Nelson were recognized as National Merit Scholards, and will have their portrait displayed in Mount Si's "Wall of Fame."
Letters | It takes the entire team to make it happen
Nov 12 2012, 9:03 AM I wanted to say thank you for running this story (Another brick in the wall: Mount Si football, Oct. 10)! As a parent of one of the linemen it was a thrill to see them being recognized in the paper. It takes the entire team working together to make it all happen and they’ve all done great this year. Keep up the awesome reporting on our local youth sports and athletes!
Send in holiday event notices for paper's upcoming special pages
Nov 12 2012, 9:04 AM Make sure to send the Valley Record your holiday events and bazaars, family and school entertainment, non-profit benefits and calendar items We’ll be publishing holilday guides beginning Nov. 28 and running through the holidays. Send holiday community and entertainment events to editor@valleyrecord or call (425) 888-2311. Or, place a free calendar item at www.valleyrecord.com.
'Glimpse of the archives': Special presentation is this week at Tolt Historical Society
Nov 13 2012, 2:35 PM Mike Saunders from the Washington State Archives will present a program described as a "Glimpse of the Archives", an overview of the Washington State Archives system, at the next general meeting of the Tolt Historical Society, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Sno-Valley Senior Center, Carnation. Saunders will also discuss The Puget Sound Branch Archives, and collections available online at the Washington State Digital Archives.
Dr. Andrea McKinney joins Sno Valley Eyecare team
Dr. Andrea McKinney - Courtesy photo Nov 12 2012, 9:06 AM Dr. Andrea McKinney is joining Dr. Brian Duvall as a full time associate with Snoqualmie Valley Eyecare. McKinney is a native of Washington, grew up in the South Sound area, and is a third-generation optometric physician. She is a graduate of the California-Berkley College of Optometry and is currently practicing in the Seattle area. Her area of focus is primary and family eye care, and her active lifestyle will put her right at home in the Valley.
The best of the local Great Outdoors: North Bend Amateur Film Challenge offers cash prizes, big screen opportunities
Nov 12 2012, 9:08 AM Once again, local would-be filmmakers can celebrate nature, activity and adventure, and, if successful, see the fruits of their labors on the big screen. Now underway, the North Bend Amateur Film Challenge is an annual contest for amateur filmmakers to create films about the great outdoors. Winning films will be presented at the North Bend Mountain Film Festival at the North Bend Theatre, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, before Warren Miller’s “Flow State”.
Ninth, Mount Si ends just behind the medals in state volleyball championships
Nov 12 2012, 9:25 AM Mount Si wound up its sixth straight trip to the WIAA state volleyball championships just behind the medals and eighth place Seattle Prep. The team fell to Glacier Peak in the first round on Friday, Nov. 9, 3-0, in three sets, 25-17, 25-22 and 25-21. Mount Si next played and beat Timberline on Friday, also in three, 25-23, 25-21 and 25-17.
Quarterfinals, here we are: Mount Si moves deeper into state championships with big Glacier Peak win | Photo gallery
Mount Si senior Keenan McVein pushes through the Glacier Peak line during a carry in the first quarter of Friday’s game. Also pictured are Bradly Christensen, Zackary Blazevich, Tyler Rutherford and Evan Johnson, right.  - Photo by Calder Productions Nov 14 2012, 1:33 PM Mount Si football had a huge win Friday, Nov. 9, against Glacier Peak in the first round of state playoffs. Coming in, the Grizzlies held a 9-1 record, the same as Mount Si. They also held a Wesco league title. That didn't matter to Mount Si, as the Wildcats pushed to a 52-19 victory at Snohomish, with impressive play on all sides by the Wildcat offense, defense and kicking divisions. The game began with a defensive duel punctuated by field goals in the first quarter. Van Winkle, Mount Si's University of Washington-bound kicker, made a 22-yard field goal (And, as he usually does, Van Winkle went on to score seven points after touchdowns as a special-teams powerhouse). Glacier Peak's kicker Spencer Petit answered back with a 32-yard field goal.