Mount Si tennis has difficult week
Mount Si’s boys tennis team fell last Monday to Kingco 4A Bothell in a nonleague contest, 7-2.
The two lone Wildcat victories came in singles competition, as No. 1 Dane Fenton took three sets to fight off a good effort from the Cougars’ Tim Rogers, by the scores of 2-6, 7-5 and 6-3; and No. 6 Tyler Emsky handed Bothell’s Steve Nguyen a 6-4, 7-6 loss. All seven of the other matches played went in Bothell’s favor.
Sammamish dominated Mount Si on Thursday, 7-2. The two Wildcat victories came again in singles as Fenton, playing No. 2 singles in the match, defeated the Totems’ Nathan Schaeffer 6-3, 6-2. No. 4 Tim Coleman rallied to defeat Sammamish’s Willie Foster in three sets, 5-7, 6-3 and 6-3. The remaining singles matches were all Sammamish wins.
Doubles matches were all swept by Sammamish, but Mount Si put up a good fight in one and a great fight in another. The No. 2 doubles pair of Greg Beckmann and Blake Kinghorn won the first set 6-4, but then fell in the next two sets 3-6 and 1-6, to their Totem opponents, Ravish Khanna and Aman Singh. The No. 3 doubles unit of John Lockie and Emsky won a tough first set 7-6 (9-7 on the tiebreaker), then lost the next set to their Sammamish opponents Peter Kim and Arni Gagnidze, 6-7 (4-7). In a super tiebreaker third set called due to impending darkness, Lockie and Emsky fell 6-10 to their Totem counterparts.
Wildcat Tennis coach Gary Olson praised Coleman.
“His consistency has really improved this year and I am very proud of how he fights for every point,” Olson said in an e-mail.
JV team ties Liberty
The Mount Si boys JV tennis team tied Liberty last week 7-7. Winning their singles matches were Kevin Sandin and Ryan Schwab. Winning their doubles matches were the teams of Schwab/Kevin Walsh, Isaac Farrar/Jesse Ransavage, Scott Paophavihanh/Stephen Salmon and Josh Williams/Kyle Tjussen.
JV drops match to Bothell
The Mount Si JV boys tennis team lost to Bothell last week but there were some exciting matches. The lone singles winner was Bruno Shilot. Doubles match winners were Nick Schwarzmiller/Scott Paophavihanh, Isaac Farrar/Stephan Soloman and Josh Williams/Derek Aldrich.
Strong match against Totems
The Mount Si JV boys tennis team showed some strength with several match wins against Sammamish last week. Singles match winners were Derek Aldrich and Kyle Tjossen. Doubles winners were the teams of Kevin Sandin/Nick Schwarzmiller, Isaac Farrar/Jesse Ransavage, Kevin Waslsh/Stephan Salmon and Cameron Brennaise/Kyle Tjussen.
JV defeats Ellensburg
The Mount Si JV football team defeated Ellensburg with a 39-0 win.
‘Cats blast Liberty
The Mount Si JV soccer team defeated Liberty last week 2-0. The Wildcats played hard in the backfield with the starting defensive unit of Tonya Divers, Caylene Castagno, Becky Wada and Kelsey Parsons. The first goal was scored by center-mid Chelsea Howland with the assist by Kelsey Wise. Late in the second half, the Wildcats got another great opportunity as Linnea Olson passed to Jordyn Wilson. Wilson looked up to the open goal and shot the ball right over the keeper to make the score 2-0.
‘Cats drop match to Issaquah
The Mount Si golf team lost to Issaquah last week 193-203 to even their record at one win, one loss. Tanner Ostby had the low round with a 37 to lead the Wildcats. Other scores were Travis Dalke, 41; Mike Rutledge, 41; Jon Larson, 42; and Zach Tachell, 42.
Team remains undefeated
The Wildcat Girls “C” volleyball team kept their undefeated record alive last week by defeating the Issaquah Eagles 28-26, 29-27 and 5-11. The team showed a lot of heart and character in the win. Jessica Paladini led with five service aces and three solo blocks. Bethany Frieler had seven kills and 19 digs. Caitlyn Forslin had a team high 11 assists and Tamara Hoerth added 16 digs and 2.5 blocks.
‘Cats take second
The Mount Si cross country team hosted Interlake and Issaquah last week in their first league meet of the season. Issaquah won both the girls and boys races and the Wildcats took second place to beat Interlake.
Top performers in the meet were Thomas Goble, Brad Allen, Owen Strom and Drake daPonte. They all finished the 3.1-mile race in less than 18 minutes.
For the girls, Katie Hogan led the team placing fifth overall in a time of 21:18, and Ariane Barr placed 14th with a time of 23:07.
