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City Council turns focus on several topics at retreat

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com The Town Center project.

Better communication with the public. The controversial barricade on Northeast 42nd Street.

These issues and more received attention during the City Council’s annual retreat held Jan. 14-16 in Tacoma.

“I thought it went very well,” said Mayor Don Gerend. “This was an opportunity for us to get to know each other not only socially, but how we are going to work together.”

“We all come home feeling good, I think,” added Council member Kathy Huckabay.

The Town Center development currently consists of two multiple use projects on 228th Avenue Southeast, including the new Metropolitan Market set to open in 2017 near 228th Avenue and Southeast Fourth Street.

Huckabay said much of the discussion was on the scale and design of plans to revamp Fourth Street, which will see a significant increase See RETREAT, Page 3

Council OKs survey, study on Sahalee Way

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammamishreview.com Insisting they still haven’t made up their minds as to the full scope of the Sahalee Way rebuilding project, the Sammamish City Council nevertheless approved in a 5-2 vote, $190,000 for surveying work and a geotechnical study needed for the project.

Deputy Mayor Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo and Councilwoman Christie Malchow were the no votes at the Jan. 12 council session.

Valderrama-Aramayo and Malchow both argued the full scale of the project needed to be determined prior to spending any money on the work.

But the survey of the road and geotechnical study

will be usable no matter how the council eventually decides to proceed, said John Cunningham, city public works director.

Cunningham said by starting this work now, Sammamish still would be in a position to begin construction in 2017. Once the studies are done, he added city staff could come back to the council with a good recommendation for the overall project in March.

Cunningham’s proposed timeline had a public hearing on the project in April.

The final project would then be up for council approval the following month, followed by design work. Bids could go out to contractors in early 2017.

The two recently approved studies will look at See SAHALEE, Page 3

Eastlake outpaces Inglemoor, Page 6

CULTURE IMMERSION

Montana reservation proves to be the perfect summer vacation for teen

By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com

Since a trip to Disneyland or a sunny beach somewhere probably wouldn’t make the local paper, you can probably guess that Sammamish’s Lizzy Nevins, 14, didn’t spend 10 days of her summer in one of those spots or any place like them.

“I’ve always been really involved in service,” Lizzy said, adding that she thought it would be wonderful to get a close-up look at a different culture.

In this case, that different culture was the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana.

From late July to early August of last summer, Lizzy lived and worked among the Native Americans in the reservation town of Lame Deer.

“She’s become more aware of the world around her,” said mom, Kim Nevins. “I think it was really good for Lizzy.”

Lizzy’s trip was offered by Visions Service Adventures, an international service program for middle school and high school students. Nevins said the company is just about the only one she found that had specific programs for middle school students. She clearly felt it was important for Lizzy to be with youth her own age.

Lizzy said the group of students she was with numbered about 20 and had different rotating jobs on the reservation. Perhaps their most important task was building an animal-proof fence around

By Greg Farrar / gfarrar@sammamishreview.com

Sammamish 14-year-old Lizzy Nevins is seen here at Ebright Creek Park after having spent a part of her summer volunteering with other students in a service program living and working in Montana among Native Americans at the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. the garden on the reservation college. The fence consisted of rocks, wood and chicken wire.

“It was really quite cute,” Lizzy said.

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Tent City 4 gets closer to a temporary home here Plans are moving forward for the homeless encampment known as Tent City 4 to land at Mary, Queen of Peace Church on Feb. 6.

If all goes as planned, the church, at 1121 228th Ave. S.E., will host the encampment for 120 days.

The church must receive a permit in order to host the camp. The city deemed the application for that permit complete on Jan. 11, John Cunningham, pubic works director for the city, said in an email.

Cunningham added the city sent a notice of application to the appropriate parties the following day.

The appropriate parties are

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nearby residents or any nearby schools, which include the Arbor School, a Montessori school, and Skyline High School, both located on 228th Avenue Southeast.

In an e-news message sent to the school community, Skyline Principal Donna Hood said Mary, Queen of Peace has been diligent in speaking with as many nearby stakeholders as possible, including Skyline officials. Hood noted the church previously hosted Tent City 4 in 2013.

The e-news page goes on to invite students and the community to get involved with the various service opportunities available during Tent City 4’s stay.

By statute, City Hall’s acceptance of the church’s application triggered the beginning

performance displaying the group’s virtuosity in compositions from three different centuries.

The symphony will perform at two concerts, at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Eastlake High School Performing Arts Center,

of a 21-day written comment period. Written comments can be emailed to Chris Hankins, city code compliance officer, at chankins@sammamish.us.

They can also be dropped off in person at the permitting desk at Sammamish City Hall or mailed to Hankins’ attention at City Hall.

Hankins said that as of Jan. 15, he had received no comments on the application for the church’s hosting of Tent City 4. But he also added the notifications only went out to the various parties earlier that same week.

The written comment period ends Feb. 2. At that point, city and church officials should get together for a reconciliation meeting, a chance to iron out any differences, said Rich Shively parish

and at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Meydenbauer Theatre in Bellevue.

The group will perform Carl Nielsen’s “Symphony No. 3,”; Bach’s “Fantasia and Fugue in C,” originally written for the organ

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but transformed into an imposing orchestral work; and Schumann’s “Overture, Scherzo and Finale,” a miniature symphony given an alltoo-rare performance.

Stern, who also conducts the Seattle Philharmonic, has previ-

occupants at its current High Point location in Issaquah.

The Sammamish Municipal Code has an extensive section devoted to temporary and non-conforming uses of local property, which includes homeless encampments.

Among numerous other regulations, rules call for screening to be in place between the encampment and any abutting residences. A designated smoking area must be identified. The camp must allow regular inspections by city police and other officials. The code also contains requirements for food, water and waste disposal.

Go to codepublishing.com/ WA/Sammamish and search for Chapter 21A.70.195 for a complete listing of the regulations.

ously served as associate conductor and assistant conductor of the Seattle Symphony; as music director and conductor of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra; and music director of the Port Angeles Symphony.

The Sammamish

Symphony Orchestra is in its 24th season, and has grown in size and stature to become an integral part of the Eastside artistic community.

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“Our hope is that all could happen in time for them to move in Feb. 6,” Shively added, admitting the schedule is tight.

Another requirement of the city was for the church to hold a public meeting regarding the encampment, which it did on Dec. 30. About 30 people showed up for the session and there was little, if any, opposition to Tent City 4 in evidence.

When Tent City 4 was last in Sammamish, the encampment had space for up to 100 residents. This time, church officials limited the number of persons who can stay in the camp to 52. In midDecember, the church reported Tent City 4 had about 28

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Fire Districts 10, 38 eye merging A committee is looking into a merger between District 10 and King County Fire Protection District 38.

The change would have to be approved by voters in both areas, and for those in Fire District 38, it would mean a big change in how they pay for their fire service.

Retreat From Page 1 in traffic as the TRF Pacific project moves forward.

TRF has been trying to find tenants for the commercial space that will be part of its village development, Huckabay said. For example, TRF has talked with several hardware stores with no success. One obstacle might be the rents TRF want to charge, Huckabay said.

Huckabay added there was no further word on any specific tenants. TRF wants a restaurant to be part of the development, but no one has signed up, at least publically.

As mayor, Gerend largely acts as council president. Breaking somewhat with tradition, he allowed public comment during the

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District 10 alone stretches out over some 110 square miles.

But that area has gotten smaller and smaller over the years, as more and more areas are annexed into cities such as Sammamish and Issaquah. Those annexations cut into the revenue districts collect to pay for such things as stations, equipment and administrative functions. By joining

together, these fixed costs would be shared by more people.

The districts are a part of Eastside Fire & Rescue, the regional partnership that includes the cities of Sammamish and Issaquah. Fire District 10 covers much of the unincorporated areas from Carnation down to Maple Valley.

The new fire authority would remain a part of EFR. The new district

would have a new name: Eastside Fire Authority.

In the long term, the fire districts say working together as one fire authority would sustain emergency-service levels for the areas they serve while strengthening EFR. The Fire Authority Planning Committee plans public meetings in February. The question will likely go to the ballot in a special election in April 2016.

retreat, which was visited on Saturday by about 12 residents.

For the first regular council meeting of 2016, Gerend changed the procedure for public comment. He allowed council members to respond to resident remarks and ask questions. Gerend turned several issues over to Deputy City Manager Lyman Howard for further review. Gerend said he intends to continue those changes.

On another front, a traffic study of the controversial Northeast 42nd gate may well be in the works, several council members indicated, including Gerend.

The council heard from the public on both sides of the issue during the retreat. Some want the barricade gone, while others say tearing it down will create traffic and safety issues.

When officials

worked to remove a barricade on another Sammamish street, the city authorized extensive mitigation to ensure there were no traffic issues. Deputy Mayor Ramiro ValderramaAramayo noted the barricade issue has been in front of the council in one way or another for about 15 years. The surrounding streets were built and approved by King County before Sammamish was incorporated as a city.

Valderrama-Aramayo said the county granted some 30 variances on nearby roads. If the barricade is removed, some surrounding streets may need generous amounts of rebuilding.

Valderrama-Aramayo said he was disappointed the council did not get to planned discussions of either city finances or – with the exception of the barricade - transportation projects or issues. Both

Gerend and ValderramaAramayo said those topics would be on the agenda of future council work sessions.

Prior to the retreat, Gerend said he hoped to come to a consensus on revamping the means council members use to get items on the agenda for meetings. The mayor and city manager may put on any items they like.

For the rest of the council, four members must indicate they want an issue added. The problem is that four council members constitute a quorum and having four council members together discuss even what to put on an agenda violates open meeting laws.

For the future, Gerend said the council informally agreed to change the requirement for getting items on the agenda to involve three council members.

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Sahalee From Page 1 Sahalee Way between Northeast 25th Way and state Route 202, or Northeast RedmondFall City Road. But council members are divided on where the project will end as the piece of Sahalee that reaches state Route 202 is outside the city limits.

Though he said he is aware the price would be high, ValderramaAramayo has repeatedly mentioned the idea of a bridge at the location.

Some portions of the approved studies would not apply to plans for a bridge, according to Cunningham.

In any case, Valderrama-Aramayo said he hopes the city at least tries to see if the city of Redmond would be willing to help with the final costs. Councilman Tom Odell said Sammamish hasn’t even begun that conversation yet.

In October, the council passed in a 4-2 vote with one member absent, a $15.7 million plan to upgrade Sahalee Way between Northeast 25th Way and Northeast 37th Way. ValderramaAramayo was one of the

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“no” votes.

At the time, he said since the plan did not reach state Route 202, it would merely move the existing traffic bottleneck further down the road and compared the project to “putting lipstick on a pig.”

Later that month, the council called a do-over for their plans regarding Sahalee Way, setting up a public hearing for Nov. 4. The public showed its interest, jamming the meeting and flooding the city with comments.

Due to the number of those comments, city staff postponed a report on the open house until early this year.

During the debate over the survey projects, Valderrama-Aramayo said he would like to see the staff summary before approving anything.

In voting for the surveys, Councilman Bob Keller said the work would be something like a “feasibility study.”

“We haven’t agreed to any designs. The public is not going to be excluded,” Keller added later in the meeting.

“The fact of the matter is, we have to start this project,” Odell said.

“We need to get this show on the road.”

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

On Further Review

OPINION

SAMMAMISH REVIEW

Making it a mission to give welcome to all Leslie Banic has heard the tales of racial bigotry plaguing Muslim and refugee communities around the world.

Before a similar incident could occur in Issaquah, she decided to take action.

The front window of her local chiropractic business now has a sign from the national group Main Street Alliance that reads “Hate Has No Business Here: We stand with our Muslim community members. We stand with refugees and immigrants.” The additional message, “All are welcome here,” is printed in ten languages.

Banic’s effort is at the same time both uplifting and depressing to me.

Hopefully the uplifting aspect is pretty selfevident, but the sad part is, why is this kind of

outreach needed and even necessary anywhere in the world?

Why Greg Farrar does a business have to announce it is welcoming, why can’t we take it for granted that we will all just BE welcoming? When will the hate end?

Just as it surely bothers you, it has distressed me as long as I can remember that there are people who lump other people into groups in order to put them down and keep themselves up.

Protestant against Catholic, Sunni against Shia, white against black, Hindu against Muslim, natural-born

against immigrant, Arab against Israeli, Hutu against Tutsi, housed against homeless, Nazi against Jew, ad infinitum over the course of human history. And even now we are becoming all-too knowledgeable with the latest division, Daesh against the 21st century.

So how can we make this a better world? Each of us has the power of our voice and the power of our money.

As I said, in a way it’s a shame that anyone has to post an “All are welcome here” sign at their business. But Leslie Banic is using her voice and trying to spread her attitude to others, and we need to use the power of our voice and our money to add a ripple effect to that attitude. If you need a chiropractor today, see

Leslie.

American politicians who smear entire genders, nations and religions in the cynical desire for political power need to see their campaign contributions from individuals and corporations dry up, their rallies unattended and their polling numbers vanish.

School boards need to get an earful and administrators need to be replaced when they expel a dark-skinned science whiz kid for building a digital clock to show off in school.

Police departments that target Muslims for surveillance just because they are Muslim need to be brought in line by their mayors and city councils through our votes.

Women who wish to wear hijabs and men

Letter to the Editor Playground fundraising nearing $1 million goal The new all-accessible playground at Lake Sammamish State park is garnering amazing support from Issaquah and Sammamish citizens and businesses. With a goal of raising $1 million by April, the destination playground is closing in on its goal.

In the last couple of weeks, generous in-kind donations from Lakeside Industries, Pacific Topsoil, CEKO and Encompass Engineering have added to the 73 other donations. Grants have been received from the Issaquah Arts Commission and First

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Some choose a path of evil, but many others choose a path of goodwill. It’s ridiculous to condemn or praise them based on the religion from which they came.

Last time I checked there were white males committing just as many mass shootings as anyone else.

The cure for cancer or the next theory of relativity may come from any one of us irrespective of our race or religion, the point being we are all in this together and benefit from lifting each other up. Can we finally begin to embrace that fact and do our part to not only “stand with our Muslim community members” and “refugees and immigrants in our community,” but any and every one we can reach and touch in the world?

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Financial NW, putting the playground at more than 90 percent of its goal.

The 9-foot custom blue heron that will stand guard (and spray passersby!) in the landscaped plaza at the entry to the playground has already been ordered.

Plans are on target for five days of community volunteers to help with construction in May or June, and a Children’s Fair & Concert on July 24 is being planned for the playground grand opening.

Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, a 501c3 non-profit, is spearheading the fundraising.

There are only three months left for all the funds to be received or

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who wish to wear turbans in western nations need our respect to honor their religion in public without bullying or violence, and if they need our help to do so we should offer it.

It is just not right to lump people into groups and take insecurities and fears out on the whole group. Historically, putting Native Americans on reservations was wrong. Taking away the property and livelihoods of Japanese-Americans and interning them in concentration camps was wrong. And it’s about time we stop adding sorry chapters to that black book of U.S. history.

There are now 7 billion members of the human race on the earth, and no two of us have the identical set of virtues and vices.

pledged.

View design renderings and donate at Playground4All.com or send donations to FLSSP, PO Box 605, Issaquah, WA 98027.

Donations of $1,000 or more will be memorialized on a large boulder at the playground. For more information, call Janet Farness at 425-577-3657.

FLSSP is now forming a Celebrations Committee with volunteers who would like to help plan the Children’s Fair and other events. Call if you are interested.

Thank you to all who have donated so far!

Debbie Berto Chair of Project Playground

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Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; 202-224-2621; http://murray.senate.gov/; Jackson Federal Building, Room 2988, 915 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98174; 206-553-5545 U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8th District), 1730 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; 202-225-7761; 22605 SE 56th St., Ste. 130, Issaquah, WA 98029; 425-677-7414; www.house.gov/reichert

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Police blotter Rape

A woman and her brother came into the Sammamish Police station Dec. 30 to inform police of the rape of the woman on Christmas Day. The victim told police the suspect took her home and she tried to go to sleep. The report states she was very impaired at the time.

The suspect then forced himself on her. The victim told police she has since been told the suspect has done the same thing to other women.

Police reports offered no further information on the woman or the suspect. The incident apparently took place at the victim’s home on 245th Avenue Southeast.

Shoplifting/ drug paraphernalia

Police were called to check on a car left running in the parking lot of the Klahanie QFC Store, 4570 Klahanie Drive S.E. When the owner of the car came out of the store, he was accused, apparently by store officials, of shop-

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lifting. Police also said they found drug paraphernalia on the seat of his car. He not was arrested, but was given a “no trespassing” order regarding the QFC location.

Residential burglary Between 10:30 a.m. and noon Jan. 3, someone entered a garage on East Lake Sammamish Parkway and rummaged through various items. They also looked through the car parked in the garage. Reports said nothing of any great value was taken.

Non-residential burglary

Some construction portables at a work site on Southeast Ninth Way were broken into the night of Jan. 4. Police said the thieves removed the locks from the portables. Paperwork and some power tools were reported missing.

Car prowls q An unknown suspect removed some boxes around 9 a.m. Jan. 5 from a car parked on

217th Place Southeast.

Reports don’t mention what was in the boxes. q An unknown suspect removed items from an unlocked car parked Jan. 5 on 191st Court Southeast. Reports gave no details as to what items were stolen. q A flask was the only thing missing after someone broke into a car Jan. 7 parked on East Sammamish Parkway.

The vehicle had been left unlocked, police said. q Initial reports don’t say what was stolen from an unlocked car parked in a residential driveway on 204th Avenue Northeast. The theft was reported just after noon on Jan. 7.

Stalking/ harassment

Police said at just before 9 p.m. Jan. 9 a suspect caused a disturbance at a home on Southeast 34th Street, then fired a pellet gun at the home.

The Sammamish Review publishes names of those charged with felony crimes.

Information comes directly from local police reports.

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

SPORTS

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Spartans power past Wolves in the pool

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com Ian Camal Sado’s contributions to the Skyline boys swimming and diving team go well beyond the solid times he’s recording in the freestyle and relay events.

The senior, who has prior experience at the Class 4A state championships, will be leading the Spartans back there in February. They’ve already earned automatic qualifying times in the 200yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays, and figure to add a handful of individual berths in the coming weeks.

“Coming to practice every day is a key for being a cap-

tain, setting a good example,” Camal Sado said.

His efforts were a big part of Skyline’s latest wins, a sweep of Eastlake (108-75) and Redmond (108-72) in Class 4A KingCo Conference competition at Redmond Pool on Jan. 12.

Camal Sado won the 100 freestyle in 50.20 seconds – less than a second away from the state cut – took second in the 50 free (23.51) and was part the Spartans’ winning teams in the 200 and 400 free relays.

Skyline again broke the state-qualifying standard in the 200 free relay as Jacob Leahy, Joseph Spaniac, Camal Sado and Ryan Kinnear finished in 1:32.87. But the

Spartans have work to do in the 400 free relay as their time of 3:33.15 was more than 8 seconds short of the standard.

“We were close in one of the meets,” Camal Sado said.

“Today we weren’t really feeling it. We don’t really like this pool.”

Skyline got two other winning times to defeat Eastlake and Redmond. Sophomore William O’Daffer came through in the 200 individual medley (2:00.77), the team’s first individual statequalifying time of the season.

Kinnear led from start to finish to win the 100 breaststroke (1:05.52) and Leahy won the 50 free (23.13).

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Skyline Sophomore William O’Daffer carves through the water during the breaststroke leg of his winning 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2 minutes, 0.77 seconds, the first individual state-qualifying time of the season for the team.

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Eastlake controls the pace to beat Inglemoor, 47-40

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com The Eastlake boys basketball team has developed its identity enough to know it isn’t going to win many high-scoring games.

“We’re not going to go score 90 points,” coach Steve Kramer stated matter-of-factly.

The Wolves’ formula for winning centers around fundamentals like team defense, rebounding and making free throws. They stuck to the plan effectively in a Class 4A KingCo Conference outing on Jan. 12, holding off a late surge from the Inglemoor Vikings for a 47-40 victory at Eastlake High School.

Eastlake stumbled to seven losses in eight games to start the season, but began to figure things out in late December at the Bellevue College holiday tournament. The Wolves

went 2-1 there and have been more competitive in KingCo games, winning twice in January.

Kramer said the Wolves have solidified their rotation and have learned to trust each other.

“I think everybody knows who is supposed to score, who is supposed to defend, who is supposed to rebound,” he said. “I think the roles are pretty well established and everybody is doing their best to fulfill their role.”

The Wolves (5-9 overall, 3-7 KingCo) stifled Inglemoor (6-7, 3-6) for most of the night and the 40 points allowed were the fewest for any Eastlake opponent this season.

Eastlake didn’t light up the gym either, shooting 35 percent in the first half, but had a 21-14 lead at the break thanks to seven points from Grant Henderson and 29-percent shooting from the Vikings.

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Eastlake junior guard Grant Henderson scores two of his 11 points during the Wolves’ Jan. 12 basketball game against Inglemoor.

The Wolves got some separation in the third quarter, pushing the lead to as many as 12 points despite going 5 for 21 (24 percent) from the floor. But their work ethic resulted in a couple big baskets – Ethan Thompson finished after four offensive rebounds under the hoop, and

5-foot-9 guard Cody Cox absorbed contact for a layup and a 3-point play.

“For the first time this year, we really went to the offensive glass really hard,” Kramer noted.

Inglemoor missed its first five shots of the See PACE, Page 7

Skyline overcame an eight-point halftime deficit to beat the Inglemoor Vikings 49-46 in a Class 4A KingCo Conference boys basketball game on Jan. 15.

The Spartans (6-7 overall, 4-7 KingCo) got a game-high 14 points from senior forward Braden Ahlemeyer, who shot 6 of 7 from the field along with collecting eight rebounds and four blocks.

Kellan Przybylski chipped in eight points, with DJ Moore and Ben Smith each scoring seven for Skyline. Ryan Hamilton had 12 points to lead Inglemoor.

Skyline has a bye from KingCo play this weekend and returns to action at 7:15 p.m.

Jan. 26 when it hosts Eastlake. q Eastside Catholic held off a late surge from host Ballard and got a 58-56 victory in Class 3A Metro League

action on Jan. 15.

Iain McLaughlin had a game-high 18 points and Brock Mackenzie added 12 for the Crusaders (5-5, 4-2), while Simon Czyzewski and Shay Curcuruto scored 16 and 12, respectively, for the Beavers.

Eastside Catholic travels to face defending 3A champion Garfield at 8 p.m. Jan. 22. q Mount Si jumped out to a 32-22 halftime lead and held off every Eastlake rally in the second half for a 56-50 win in KingCo 4A action on Jan. 15.

Gavin Gorrell led three Wildcats in double figures with 14 points, with Danny Tomson scoring 13 and Cody Randall adding 10. Mount Si (4-11, 2-9) moved within a game of Eastlake (5-10, 3-8) for the conference’s final playoff berth.

Girls basketball q Eastlake swept a pair of KingCo games in convincing fashion last See ROUNDUP, Page 7

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Pool From Page 6 The Spartans are looking to improve their standing at the state meet. They finished 23rd last season.

“I think it’ll be the strongest of my four years I’ve been swimming with this team,” Camal said. “We definitely have a lot of new swimmers who are able to keep on the lower end for the ‘B’ and ‘C’ relays. Today was a great example – our ‘B’ relay caught up to the other teams’ ‘A’ relays.”

Eastlake could be hard-pressed to equal its ninth-place finish in 2015 as top pointscorer Jackson Berman graduated, but it has a good chance to win a pair of medals in the diving competition as seniors Rylan Gordon and Bryce Bussiere continue to improve.

Bussiere (210 points) edged Gordon (207.05) for first place against Redmond and Skyline, and both are on track to return to state. Gordon was 15th and Bussiere was 16th there last year, and six athletes who finished ahead of them have graduated.

“We’ve got KingCo and districts coming up, so the most important thing is just getting to those and qualifying for state,” Gordon said. “But my goal this

year is to get top eight at state.”

Gordon has been diving since his freshman season and convinced Bussiere to join the Eastlake squad last year. Despite being a novice at the sport, Bussiere caught on quickly.

“I just was always on the trampoline when I was younger and it was just a lot of fun doing flips with my friends,” he said. “I just came out trying to have fun and it turns out I’m pretty good at it.”

They try to help each other improve, a key since neither trains with a club team.

Gordon said he’s doing especially well with a forward double somersault and a back-facing one-and-a-half with a twist. Regardless of how the season ends, he’s not likely to get too high or too low.

“I try not to get too stressed about it because I’m just grateful for the opportunity to go out there and dive there at the King County Aquatic Center,” Gordon said.

“It’s a great building, great facility, and it’s cool just being there with guys from all across the state.”

The Wolves won two other events at Redmond Pool as Markus Zimmermann took the 200 free in 1:49.84 and Brandon Yue captured the 500 free in 5:04.53.

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Roundup From Page 6 week, beating Inglemoor 50-32 at home on Jan. 13 and winning 66-37 at Mount Si on Jan. 15.

The Wolves held Inglemoor to 30-percent shooting from the field and kept them from scoring more than 10 points in any quarter.

Eastlake was 15 for 20 (75 percent) from the

Pace From Page 6 fourth quarter, helping Eastlake build its biggest lead of the night at 41-26. But the Vikings found life through a half-court trap, forcing turnovers and limiting shot attempts as the Wolves simply tried to possess and eat up the clock.

Ryan Hamilton’s 3-pointer got the Vikings within four points in the final two minutes, but Henderson, who finished with 11 points, drove the baseline for a bucket and a 43-37 lead.

Thompson had 10 of his game-high 16 points in the final period, and the Wolves shot 14 of 16 (88 percent) from the free-throw line in the game.

Kramer said his team needs to handle pressure defense more effectively.

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free-throw line as a team, and got big games from Gina Marxen (13 points, five assists, four steals), Cameron Edward (11 points) and Sarah Priestley (nine points, 11 rebounds, four steals).

Eastlake (11-4, 8-3), which is tied for second place in KingCo, travels to Issaquah for a 6:30 p.m. tipoff on Jan. 22. q Eastside Catholic seized control with a 17-6 lead after one quarter, and defeated Ballard 38-29 in Metro League

girls action on Jan. 15.

Ballard’s Stella Sohl was the game’s only double-digit scorer with 11 points. Katie Spires had nine to lead EC (3-5, 2-5), with Mae Bryant scoring seven and Bailey Haner adding six.

The Crusaders travel to Garfield at 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 22. q Kennedy Nicholas led three players in double-figure scoring as Inglemoor defeated Skyline 65-50 in KingCo 4A girls basketball on

Jan. 15.

Nicholas stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, five steals, four blocks and three assists as the Vikings (10-4, 7-3 KingCo) moved into fourth place. Skyline (5-7, 5-6) dropped to sixth place in the nineteam conference.

The Spartans have a nonleague outing at 5 p.m. Jan. 23 at Liberty, and return home to face Eastlake at 7:15 p.m.

Jan. 27.

Eastlake had faced a half-court trap, but for some reason, the Wolves didn’t seem prepared.

Eastlake junior point guard Parker Lester, who scored eight points, indicated that’s part of his responsibilities.

“I’ve got to take control of the team, take leadership, make sure that we all know what (offense) we’re in and protect the ball, make sure it’s not in (the opponents’) hands.”

Jaxon Peay came off the bench to lead the Vikings with 12 points, 10 of them in the second half, but the Wolves held Inglemoor’s top

three scorers – Hamilton, Jalen Woodley and Michael Hagen – to a combined 17 points.

“We just like to put

pressure on people and force them into mistakes,” Lester said, “and that leads to some easy offense for us.”

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