‘Cats defeat Issaquah

The Mount Si JV girls’ tennis team played an outstanding match against Issaquah last week, winning 14-2. Singles winners were Daisy Ponce, Cortney Becker, Rosie Lockie, Leah Coffey and Kelsey Wise. Doubles winners were Wise/Sarah Swamey, Dana Christenson/Becker, Lauren King/Carrie Cole, Vivian Yang/Tana Thompson, Kendra Kinghorn/Lauren Clapp, Mariah Stevens/Katie Woolsey and Amber McCrory/Brittany Whims.

JV defeats Liberty

Winning their second match in a row, the Mount Si JV girls tennis team defeated Liberty late last week, 8-4. Singles winners were Daisy Ponce, Rosie Lockie, Kelsey Wise, Leah Coffey and Sara Lentgis. Doubles winners were Mariah Stevens/Katie Woolsey, Brittany Whims/Amber McCrory and Lauren Clapp/Kendra Kinghorn.

Mount Si falls to Issaquah

The Mount Si varsity tennis team lost to a very strong Issaquah team recently, 2-7. In singles play, Michelle Ludtka of Issaquah defeated Erika Strine of Mount Si, 6-2, 6-1. Ashley Hoyt of Issaquah defeated Alina Plavsky of Mount Si, 6-3, 6-0. Nana Hatori of Issaquah defeated Nicole Vanourek of Mount Si, 6-0, 6-2. Bridget Russell of Issaquah defeated Britta Safstrom of Mount Si, 6-1, 6-1. Madeline Conner of Issaquah defeated Rebecca Coffey of Mount Si, 6-0, 6-3 and Lauren Goodman of Issaquah defeated Janelle Campbell of Mount Si, 6-7, 7-5, 7-5.

In doubles play, the team of Stine/Plavsky from Mount Si defeated Hoyt/Casi Senoison of Issaquah, 6-1, 6-3 and the team of Vanourek/Safstrom of Mount Si defeated Hatori/Megan Burns of Issaquah, 6-1, 6-3.

Wildcats drop Liberty

Strong singles play by several Wildcat girls tennis players gave Mount Si a 7-2 win over Liberty last week. Erika Strine of Mount Si defeated Elaine Aragones, 7-5, 6-4. Alina Plavsky of Mount Si defeated Erica Schneider, 6-2, 6-2. Teri Owen of Liberty defeated Nicole Vanourek, 6-0, 6-0. Britta Safstrom of Mount Si defeated Haily Schlemlein, 7-5, 6-3. Rebecca Coffey of Mount Si defeated Ashley Potoshnik, 6-4, 6-2 and Janelle Campbell of Mount Si defeated Paige Martin, 6-1, 6-1. Finally, Kathryn McFarland of Mount Si defeated Michelle Quach, 3-6, 6-4 and 7-5.

In doubles play, the team of Safstrom/Vanourek defeated Potoshnik/Rachel Lewis, 6-4, 7-6.

Mount Si falls to Newport

The winnning streak ended at two as the Mount Si boys’ track team fell to Newport last week, 92-53. Despite the defeat, there were many notable performances.

Alex Grazda continued his stellar season by winning the javelin, high jump and the discus. Brady Barry kept his dual meet winning streak alive in the 100 and 200 meter as well. He hasn’t been defeated yet in league competition.

Adam Rothgeb continued to show why he is one of the best athletes on the Eastside by winning the 110 and 300-meter hurdles. He also ran down and vanquished a Newport runner who took the baton with a five-yard headstart in the 4×100 relay. He pulled out the win in the final leg of the event.

The combination of Rothgeb, Sean Bothell, Frank McLaughlin and Barry won in a season best of 44.6 seconds. McLaughlin also took third in the long jump and the 200 meter.

The distance runners had a great day. Drake da Ponte finished third with a personal-best time of 4:51 in the 1,600 meter while Brad Allen took a third in the 3,200 meter. Thomas Goble and Joe Taklo ran season-best times of 2:09 in the 800 meter with Goble just nosing out Taklo for second.

Finally, Nick Johnston threw a 2-1/2-foot personal best to take second in the shot with a mark of 42 feet, three inches and Dan Floyd took third in the 400 meter.

Mount Si ties Newport in tight battle

The Mount Si High School girls’ track team battled Newport to a 75-75 tie on April 21. Meaghan Dunklee started the ‘Cats off by winning the 100 hurdles and also ran a great time of 50.2 to place second in the 300 hurdles.

Jessie Oliver had a blazing time of 12.7 to win the 100 meter and ran 49.8 to place first in the 300 hurdles. Ellie Allen set two personal records running 5.28.4 to place second in the 1,600 meters, and winning the 3,200 meter in a time of 11.50.4.

Nicole Remish was a double winner, capturing the 400 meter in 1:03 and winning the 200 meter in 26.8. The 4×100-relay team made up of Remish, Oliver, Symone Shaw and Kali Roestel broke the school record by running 51.7. The same group of girls also won the 4×200-relay in a league leading time of 1:51.9. Symone Shaw won the long jump and Shannon Posey had a season’s best throw of 125 feet, 9 inches in the javelin to win that event.

JV team struts stuff

The Mount Si JV softball team traveled to Yakima over spring break to play two tough teams on the other side of the state.

Against West Valley, whom they beat 13-7, the ‘Cats found themselves down 0-5 against a tough pitcher. A rally in the fifth inning tied the score. Mount Si then scored two in the sixth and sealed the game with six runs in the seventh on doubles by Amy Whitney, Dennae Englund and Lynnae McKiernan to take a 13-7 win. McKiernan picked up her first win pitching in a complete game. Whitney led the team offensively with four hits and made an outstanding “snow cone” catch to end the game. It was West Valley’s first loss of the season.

There was no doubt, however, who dominated once Mount Si was through with Hanford, 15-3. Mount Si scored in five different innings. Englund had five RBI’s and Faith Hutcherson scored three runs and had three hits. Tricia Coccia had her best pitching performance ever, striking out eight while giving up only one base hit. Camille Weber scored two runs and April Saffell had four outs playing second base. Alicia Elmore scored four runs and was on base five times with several clutch bunts.

Mount Si falls to Liberty

The Wildcat JV softball team suffered a loss last week to Liberty, 3-10. The team played well for three innings but three errors contributed to the loss. Faith Hutcherson scored a run and had two stolen bases. Sam Rileys’ single in the fifth inning plated two runs.

Mount Si blows out Liberty

The Wildcat girls’ golf team won their third match of the season last week, defeating Liberty 257-270. Katie Somers led the medalist effort with a 40. Jen Sanford shot a 53 and Whitney Eands also shot a 53. Alyssa Bliven shot a 54, Becky Wada shot a 57 and Katie Stapleton shot a 58. Jody Smith shot a 61 and Gina Zanella shot a 59.

Team falls despite medalist honors

Despite a 38 from Katie Somers, the Mount Si golf team fell to Bellevue last week at Mount Si Golf Course, 254-237. Somers won medalist honors, shooting well below a 43 from her closest competitor.

Others contributing to the effort were Jen Sanford shooting a 53, Katie Stapleton shooting a 54, Becky Wada shooting a 54, Alyssa Bliven shooting a 55, Whitney Eand shooting a 57, Jodie Smith shooting a 57 and Stephanie King shooting a 61.

‘Cats squeak by Bellevue

On April 8, the Wildcats baseball “C” team regrouped after their loss to Issaquah with a gut check 1-0 win over Bellevue.

“It was a well played game by both teams today. We saw two very good pitching performances and error-free defense from both teams, but the difference today was Jake Handy,” said Warren Brown, C team assistant coach. “Their pitcher threw a four hitter at us, but we scored a run in the first and our pitching and defense made it stand up.”

In the first inning, Ian Brown, leading the team in walks, led off for the ‘Cats with another free pass. After an Evan Aaltonen single and an infield out, Brown scored what turned out to be the game’s only run from second on a Jake Handy single.

From there the pitching was indeed the difference. Handy threw a tidy, complete game, two-hit performance at the Wolverines – seven innings, 81 pitches, 11 strikeouts, zero walks and one hit batter. In the fourth inning the ‘Cat defense backed him up when Bellevue put together a scoring opportunity. With a Bellevue runner on third with one out and the infield drawn in, Trevor Gardunia fielded a hot shot to second and made a strong