The week in sports
Published 11:01 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
‘C’ soccer team ties Interlake
The Mount Si Wildcat ‘C’ soccer team played a gritty game against the Interlake Saints recently overcoming adversity to salvage a tie, despite playing most of the game with a man down.
Nick Harmon opened scoring from his position as stopper with a perfectly placed high floater from 40-yards out. About three minutes later, Adam Baumgartner received a red card while nearly scoring again when he collided with Interlake’s keeper, causing the ‘Cats to play with a man down for the remaining 75 minutes of the game.
The Saints took advantage of the situation to pull ahead with the next two goals. At that point the Wildcats played with one less defender, moving the extra man to forward to go for the score. The defense held Interlake scoreless after that move, and the Wildcats moved back to offense making several great attacks. Finally, defender Baker Borgen scored, playing forward instead of his usual defense. The defense, lead by T.C. Service, continued to hold Interlake off for the tie.
‘C’ team starts season with tie
The Mount Si High School ‘C’ soccer team opened its season with a hard-fought tie against the Issaquah Eagles at Centennial Fields on March 21. The Wildcats dominated the first half but were not able to score despite several excellent attempts that just didn’t go in. Adam Baumgartner opened scoring with a goal early in the second half, but the Eagles scored the next two goals to take he lead. The Wildcats kept attacking and never let up, and Adam scored his second goal to bring the ‘Cats back to a tie. Bryce Wermann did an excellent job in goal to keep the game within reach. Nick Harmon did well defensively, turning back many attacks.
Several standouts at invitational
The Mount Si girls’ track team competed last weekend at the Liberty Invitational, placing third out of eight teams. Nicole Remish won the 400 meter in an outstanding early season time of 1:01. She also placed second in the 200 meter with a time of 26.9 seconds. Meaghan Dunklee won the pole vault, clearing eight feet. She also placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles.
Shannon Posey won the javelin with a toss of 117 feet, five inches. Posey also placed second in the discus with a distance of 94 feet and fourth in the shot with a throw of 30 feet, four inches.
Ellie Allen and Katie Hogan both ran personal bests to place third and fifth in the 3,200 meter. Jessie Oliver placed second in the 100 meter and fifth in the 200 meter. Oliver also placed third in the triple jump.
The 4 X 200 relay team of Remish, Dunklee, Oliver and Ariann Barr placed second.
‘Cats open season with solid win
The Mount Si girls’ track team opened the season with a solid 89-56 win over Mercer Island last week. Nicole Remish had great times of 13 seconds and 26.9 seconds to win the 100 and 200-meter runs. Ellie Allen ran an outstanding early season time of 12:11 in the 3,200 meters and also won the 1,600 meter with a time of 5:32.
Shannon Posey was a double winner in the discus and javelin while teammate Bethany Barrus won the shot put. Jessie Oliver won the triple jump with a distance of 29 feet, eight inches, and Devan Paulus won the pole vault with a height of seven feet, six inches.
Seymone Shaw had an outstanding early season jump of 15 feet, five inches to place second in the long jump. The 4 X 100 relay team of Remish, Oliver, Shaw and Monica Nelson won that event and just missed the school record with a time of 53.3 seconds.
The 4 X 200 team ran a 1:53 to place first and the 4 X 400 team of Ariann Barr, Hillary Burk, Katie Hogan and Allen also won.
‘Cats perform at Invitational
Several Mount Si track standouts had strong performances at the recent Liberty Invitational. In the 100 meter, Bradford Wilbert took fifth with a time of 12.1 seconds. For the 110-meter hurdles, Adam Rothgeb won with a time of 15 seconds flat. In the 1,600 meter, Drake daPonte took fifth with a time of 5:00.1 and Brad Allen took sixth with a time of 5:02.6.
For the 200 meter, Brady Barry took second with a time of 23.4 seconds and Frank McLaughlin took fourth with a time of 24 seconds.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Rothgeb placed third with a time of 44 seconds flat. In the 3,200 meter, Brad Allen placed sixth with a time of 10:51.9. For the 800 meter, Thomas Goble placed fifth with a time of 2:17.1. Alex Grazda had a strong showing, winning the high jump with a height of six feet, two inches. He also took second in the javelin with a throw of 169 feet, four inches and fourth in the discus with a throw of 112 feet, nine inches.
Teammate Keith Keller placed fourth in the javelin with a throw of 143 feet. Brady Barry placed third in the long jump with a distance of 19 feet, four inches. Mike Montgomery won the pole vault with a height of 10 feet with teammate Sean Bothell taking fifth with a height of eight feet, six inches.
In the shot, Nick Johnston took sixth with a throw of 39 feet, nine inches. Rothgeb won the triple jump with a distance of 39 feet, seven and three-quarter inches while Dan Floyd took second with a distance of 39 feet, five inches.
Track team topples Mercer Island
The gray clouds enveloped Mercer Island High School as the Mount Si track team approached, bringing their own storm with them. When the carnage was over, the boys team had whipped the Islanders soundly, 84-60.
Leading the way was the senior trio of Adam Rothgeb, Brady Barry and Alex Grazda. Rothgeb won the 110 hurdles in an eye-popping early season time of 14 minutes, six seconds, putting him among the state leaders in the event. He then followed with victories in the 300 hurdles and the triple jump. Barry teamed with Rothgeb, Bradford Wilbert and Stefan Marth for a stirring victory over a quick Mercer Island team, posting a time slightly over a second off from the school record.
Barry continued his dominating day with victories in the 200 meters and the long jump and barely missed sweeping the sprints, getting outleaned at the tape in the 100 meters. Grazda won the javelin contest with a throw of seven feet in addition to placing second in the discus with a throw of 119 feet.
Other players who contributed to the team’s effort were Kyle Meyers, who won the shot and placed third in the discus, and Cary Purchase, who set a personal best record by breaking the 100-foot barrier in the discus for a second-place finish. Freshman Carter Howell continues to impress, taking a third in the shot. Stefan Marth finished second in the javelin and Keith Keller took third, giving the boys a sweep of the event.
The distance crew had their hands full running against some outstanding Mercer Island athletes, but they held their own. Brad Allen took second in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200, while freshman Drake daPonte started what is sure to be an illustrious Mount Si career by placing third in the 1,600. Joe Taklo contributed by battling his way to a second-place finish in the 400.
Finally, those crazy pole vaulters dominated the hapless Islanders to put an exclamation point on the resounding team victory. Sean Bothell won the event in his first-ever attempt, clearing 10 feet, six inches. Coach Gregg Meyers was seen doing blackflips.
‘Cats win opener
After a rainout early last week, the Mount Si ‘C’ baseball team opened the season with a 13-0 win over Interlake. Alan Brown took the mound for the Wildcats and retired Interlake in order in the first inning while striking out one. In the bottom of the frame, Ian Brown led off with a walk and advanced on a single by Evan Aaltonen, followed by a infield out. He scored on Jake Handy’s sacrifice fly to center field.
In the third inning the ‘Cats combined four walks, a hit batter, an Interlake error and a two-run single by Handy to add five more runs to their lead. After Aaltonen scored a run in the fourth on Handy’s second hit, Mount Si batted around in the fifth for six more runs to close out the Saints in five innings. Handy drove in five runs and Aaltonen, Aaron Fischer an
