Middle School Sports
Published 10:27 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
SMS Eagles cross country
The Eagles began their cross country season by taking part in the league invitational held at Pine Lake On Tuesday, Sept. 26.
Over 400 athletes competed and it was a beautiful day. The Eagle team consists of the following sixth-graders: Ramsey Bland, Trevor Conrad, Courtney Cowan, Sabrina Frost, Katie McGrath, Alix Parsons, Christine Stapleton, Jacob Wright, Tate Wright, Van Magnan, Christina Volken, Miranda Rawlings, Courtney Wilhelm and Anna Mounsey.
The seventh-grade team consists of: Dane Aldrich, Matthew Bumgardner, Tucker Dana, Landon Edwards, Ben Houldridge, Katie Jensen, Jessica Kennedy, Justin Pinkston, Kyle Seymour, Landon Storrud, Josh Supkoff. The eighth-graders are Alex Anderson, Ashley Cowan, Eythan Frost, Nick Hahn, Zach Jensen, Dillon Oord, Dannah Parsons, Morgan Seymour and Carter Williamson.
The Eagles hosted Tolt at Centennial Park in Snoqualmie on Sept. 28. The Eagles were strong and earned many personal bests. For the sixth-grade girls, Christina Volken took first place, Miranda Rawlings second, Sabrina Frost fourth and Courtney Cowan sixth while Christine Stapleton, Alix arsons and Courtney Cowan took eighth, ninth and 10th places. For the sixth-grade boys, Trevor Conrad took second, Jacob Wright third, Ramsey Bland fourth, Van Magnan seventh and Tate Wright 11th.
For the Eagle seventh- and eighth-grade girls, Dannah Parsons finished third, Ashley Cowan sixth, Morgan Seymour eighth and Katie Jensen 10th. Landon Edwards and Jessica Kennedy finished 16th and 17th, respectively.
The seventh- and eighth-grade boys ran hard. Dane Aldrich came in second, Dillon Oord fifth, Carter Williamson ninth, Nick Hahn 10th, Eythan Frost 12th and Kyle Seymour 13th. Landon Storrud, Alex Anderson, Zach Jensen, Josh Supkoff, Ben Houldridge and Matthew Bumgardner also took part in the meet.
The Eagles are at Chief Kanim next week to face the Hawks.
Eagles explode to victory
The Snoqualmie eighth-grade varsity football team opened their season on a thunderous note by running over visiting Tolt.
Receiving the ball to start the game, quarterback Andrew Dunklee led the Eagles as they marched down the field with hard running from tailback Rob Lane and fullback Joe Farmer. The Eagles completed the drive with a Dunklee-to-Derek Welsh reception down the middle for a touchdown. Early in the second quarter, outstanding blocking allowed Welsh to return a kickoff 75 yards for the Eagles second touchdown of the game.
The solid defensive effort of the Eagles forced a turnover on downs on Tolt’s side of the field and the Eagles were quick to capitalize. Running behind the strong line of Caymon Granillo, Kasey Channita, Anthony McLaughlin and Sam Vradenburg, Farmer scored from five yards out. In the second half, the Eagles scored two more touchdowns, one by Welsh and one by Jake Pierce. The strong leg of Jordan Walthall added six extra points and the smash-mouth inside running of Colton Lewis added another, leading the Eagles to a 37-6 victory.
The defense stepped up to some early challenges by Tolt with the aggressive inside play of Lane and Granillo stuffing any inside threat, while Alec Deichman and McLaughlin controlled the outside sweeps, slamming opponents to the turf. Defensive backs Shelby Williams and Erik Meister made some outstanding hits, shutting down any deep threats. It was a great team effort to start their season.
Eagles’ JV boys slam Thunderbirds
The Snoqualmie Middle School’s junior-varsity football team defeated the Tolt Thunderbirds 25-0 Sept. 27. The Eagles were led to victory by T.J. Jacobs on offense and Trevor Lane on defense.
The entire offensive line performed well throughout the game. Other key performers on offense were Shane Dixon and Travis Hilleary. Outstanding defensive plays were made by Sean Batye, Sean Cantalini, John Hillman and Josh Mitchell. Ryan Atkinson, Nick Crandell and Peter Tilton did a great job substituting.
Hawks demolish Eatonville
The Chief Kanim varsity football team trounced Eatonville on the road last week 30-0.
Eatonville had some huge players, but soon found out that determination and quickness beats size. Chief Kanim’s first play went 68 yards for a touchdown as Ian Ilgenfritz hit Ryan Herman down the sidelines. The extra point was run in by Matt Bankston and the Hawks were off and rolling.
Later in the half there were touchdown runs by Justin Bridges and Matt Bankston and another touchdown pass to Ryan Herman giving the Hawks a 27-0 halftime lead.
In the second half, Chief Kanim concentrated on their running attack and ate up some clock. Ryan Herman kicked a 20-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to end the scoring for the game.
Korbin Paulson and Ilgenfritz led the defense in tackles and Ryan Herman and Brian Jewett each had an interception. Jacob Littlejohn had quarterback sack. On offense, Matt Bankston finished the game with 140 yards rushing on 17 carries, Ilgenfritz had over 100 yards in the air and Herman added 108 receiving. The coaches are very proud of the effort but know there is much more work ahead to reach the team’s potential.
