Seventh-place Liberty stunned Newport 2-1 on Tuesday, April 22 to knock the Knights out of KingCo 3A’s top spot with a win at home.
Thanks to solid contributions from Bellevue residents, the Sammamish Rowing Association won gold at the 2008 Northwest Sculling Regatta.
Colton Bielaski hit a game-winning RBI double in extra innings, as Bellevue defeated Issaquah 1-0 in an eight inning contest at Bellevue High School on April 24.
To say it has been a tough week for the Knights family would be a vast understatement.
Drew Wate, Eastside Catholic: Wate won both the shot put and the discus in the Crusaders’ April 17 track meet against Seattle Prep and Ingraham.
Oregon State recruit Blake Gibbs blasted a two-run homerun in the fourth inning that made a 7-1 Newport lead seem insurmountable, as the Knights defeated Bellevue 11-2 at Bellevue High School on April 18.
It’s hard to believe that the spring season is already beginning to wind down with a race to the playoffs. It seems like only yesterday I was preparing my summer football previews, yet here we are only two weeks away from spring sport playoffs.
Darryl Gonyea had to find some offense.
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Since we aerated the greens this week at Bellevue Golf Course, let’s talk about why this has to be done. We do this twice per year, pull out the cores, shovel them off the green, and top-dress the green with sand to make it smooth again to putt on.
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After essentially being suspended for the first seven practices of spring ball by Washington head football coach Tyrone Willingham, it appears Bellevue High graduates E.J. Savannah and J.R. Hasty are back with the team.
Thanks to a three-run fourth inning, the Totems staved off a late Interlake surge, and Sammamish defeated the Saints 4-3 to even up the season series at a game apiece.
By JOEL WILLITS
Junior Jeff Melby hit a two-run homerun in the fifth inning to help break a 1-1 tie and pace Bellevue to a 6-1 victory against Interlake at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue on Wednesday, April 16.
With chants of “Save our Sonics” with a little “Clay Bennett sucks!” thrown in every once in awhile, the Sonics did their part in what could be the final game ever for the franchise in Seattle: win.
By JOEL WILLITS
Brian Biccum, Sammamish soccer: Biccum scored both Totems goals in a 2-0 win against Liberty on April 11. Biccum has scored five goals in Sammamish’s last two games, both wins.
