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City, county both winners and losers in trail decision By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com The city hearing examiner handed both the City of Sammamish and King County wins and losses in deciding the county’s appeal of the conditional development permit awarded for the southern portion of the Lake Sammamish Trail. A decision was released Feb. 8 by city Hearing Examiner John Galt. Neither county nor city
officials responded to requests for comment shortly after Galt’s decision was released. Following a meeting outside of the hearing asked for by Galt, the two sides came to some agreement on four issues, according to Doug Williams, media relations coordinator for the county. The two sides remained in opposition on four additional issues, Williams said. Galt ruled primarily in favor of See TRAIL, Page 6
5th District legislators push charter schools By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com They are unlikely allies. Rep. Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah, announced in October plans to run against Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, this November. Yet both Magendanz and Mullet are backing bills aimed at preserving Washington charter schools. And in another twist, legislative District 5, which includes Issaquah and parts of Sammamish and is the home turf for both Magendanz and Mullet, contains no charter schools. A September state Supreme Court ruling declared charter schools unconstitutional and denied a reconsideration request from the state attorney general’s office. On Jan. 20, the state Senate voted 27-20 to pass a bill that sidesteps the court ruling and takes funding for charter schools from the
state’s Opportunity Pathways Account, which consists of state lottery money not tied to public, non-charter schools. Mullet co-sponsored the bill with Sen. Steve Litzow, R-Mercer Island. During testimony before the Senate, Mullet said he had never visited a charter school before he was invited to Summit Sierra Charter School in Seattle. “For me, that was a powerful visit,” he said later. Mullet told the rest of the Senate he was impressed by the passion the students had for their school. He said he did not like seeing himself as the bad guy in the recent Star Wars movie, preferring to be Han Solo or Luke Skywalker. Mullet added a question asked by his daughter, who had accompanied him to Summit Sierra, really tipped the scales in his mind in favor of charter schools. His daughter wanted to know if See SCHOOLS, Page 2
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Kevin Ahearn picks up a discarded computer monitor and its plastic shell at the corner of 245th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 24th Street.
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Kevin Ahearn earns kudos for helping clean up south Sammamish neighborhood By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com Sammamish resident Kevin Ahearn said he takes walks through the neighborhood surrounding his Southeast 19th Street home mostly for the exercise. “That’s number one with me,” he said. But there’s no denying Ahearn seems to enjoy the secondary venture that results from those long walks. Since December, Ahearn, currently laid off from Lockheed Martin, has been on a one-man crusade to rid his neighborhood of as much trash as possible. As he walks, he carries plastic grocery store bags
to transport trash he finds around the area. “I focus on recycling,” Ahearn said, adding he doesn’t pick up dog waste. He will pick up just about anything else — and does. On Feb. 10, his most recent “haul,” as he calls the bags of collected litter, included a glass bottle with some sort of electronic item inside. Ahearn searched online for the manufacturer but couldn’t figure out what it might be. Other items he’s picked up have included a couple of balls, a laundry basket, one or two wheel covers, a fire extinguisher and an Apple iMac. While he wishes people wouldn’t just toss things away, the odd nature
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of some of his finds gets his attention, and not entirely in a bad way. “I’m always surprised by some of the stuff I find out there,” Ahearn said. Ahearn’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Erin Kim, 14, is a neighbor who called the Sammamish Review thinking Ahearn, 58, deserved some recognition for his efforts. Erin said she does some community service herself through the Girl Scouts and other organizations. Ahearn always could be counted on for a generous contribution, either of money or goods, she said. “He’s just really compassionate,” Erin said. “She is a real good, community activist type of girl,” Ahearn said. When Erin first told him she had called the Sammamish Review, Ahearn said he wasn’t really sure See GARBAGE, Page 6
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More mixed-use projects could be headed for Town Center By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@ sammamishreview.com Two more large-scale mixed-use developments may be in the works for the Town Center area , according to Sammamish Senior Planner Evan Maxim. Town Center sits mostly in the area of Sammamish City Hall, stretching out along 228th Avenue Southeast. Maxim said both new potential projects are in their preliminary stages, but a development known for now as the Commons seems to be the furthest along. If all goes as planned by developers Lowe Enterprises, the Commons will rise north of Sammamish City Hall. It will consist of 235 apartment homes and 40,000 square feet of retail space.
The main access to the Commons will be off Southeast Eighth Street, with secondary access from 228th Avenue. The second project is brand new from the city’s point of view, Maxim said, adding developers are being “a little careful” of how much information is released. Developer STCA LLC is looking at 40 acres along Southeast Fourth Street, west of the longplanned mixed-use development anchored by a new Metropolitan Market. “I don’t have a good sense of how many units they plan,” Maxim said, adding Sammamish should find out a lot more about STCA’s plans in the next month or two. Not much is known about STCA, and the company’s Peter
Brennan did not return a phone call asking for comment. The number given for STCA includes a Portland area code. The two new potential projects join three others already underway. The first is Ichijo USA’s Southeast Village mixed-use development that will spring up north of Sammamish Hills Lutheran Church at 228th Avenue Southeast and Southeast Eighth Street. The project consists of 75 townhouses in 18 buildings, along with 6,500 square feet of commercial space. There’s also TRF Pacific’s The Village project on the northwest side of the intersection of 228th Avenue and Southeast Fourth Street. The anchor retail tenant is a 35,000-squarefoot Metropolitan
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said, adding there are teaching methods that just might not get a thorough study in a public school, if they are tried at all. Magendanz is helping to sponsor the state House version of Mullet’s Senate bill. The legislation will be heard by the House Education Committee Feb. 19. “There probably will be some deal-making,” Magendanz said, adding he believes there are plenty of votes to pass the bill if it gets to the House floor.
Between Dec. 14 and Feb. 10, Sammamish police received 33 reports of mail theft. The thieves are using a flat head screwdriver or a pry bar of some kind to open the mailboxes. They are hitting mostly the southern portion of the city, but reports have come in from all around Sammamish. Police ask that if you see a car parked near
From Page 1 the parents and students both love the school, why would anybody vote to close it down? For his part, Magendanz said he had supported charter schools during his days on the board of the Issaquah School District and nothing had moved him to change his mind. “I believe they drive innovation, new techniques,” Magendanz
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Cherie Vivolo Cherie Vivolo passed away peacefully Feb. 5 at Overlake Hospital Cherie surVivolo rounded by family and friends after an extended battle with heart disease. Her recovery from a massive attack in January of 2014 was a miracle to behold. Cherie was born in 1933 to parents Colistia and Robert Black in Spokane. Cherie spent many summers and extended time with her grandparents, Greta and David Van Bell, where she learned the benefits of hard work, humor and humility that guided her for the rest of her life. Cherie raised four children and instilled the values of her upbringing onto them. Cherie married the love of her life, Pasqualé “Pat” Vivolo in 1958. Originally settled in the Rainier Valley of Seattle, Pat, Cherie and children moved to the family farmhouse at Sammamish in 1972, where she spent the rest of her life at the home she truly loved. Cherie had a witty personality, caring heart, and lived life to the fullest, volunteering
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as president of Kimball Elementary PTA, director of the Issaquah Food Bank for 15 years and as an active member of the Issaquah Community Baptist Church. In addition to these works, her hobbies included leadership in the Issaquah Homemaker’s Club, crafting, baking, sewing, countless charities and the founding of the Pine Lake Card “Bags” Club, as she spent endless hours devoted to community, charity and good friends. Cherie is preceded in passing by her husband Pat Vivolo and daughter Nancy Vivolo of Port Angeles. Cherie is survived by her son Gregg Vivolo, son Phil Vivolo, daughter Vonie Bright with husband Tom Bright, grandchildren Jessica Johnson and husband Travis Johnson, Isabella Bright, Jake Powers, Kirk and Leah Reeves, great-grandchildren Brittany Nicholson, Rylan Johnson, best friend Charlotte Scherer, plus countless other friends. Celebration of life to be held on Friday, Feb. 19, 1 p.m., at The Eastridge Community Church, 24205 S.E. Issaquah-Fall City Road, Issaquah, WA 98029. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Issaquah Food Bank, Issaquah Senior Center, Humane Society of Washington or the charity of your choice in her name.
Scout earns Eagle rank Boy Scout Troop 636 honored Austin Halstead, 17, at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Feb. 6 at the First United Methodist Church. Halstead is a full time Running Start student at Bellevue College as a Skyline High School senior. He has been an active Scout since joining Cub Scouts as a Tiger in first grade and went on to earn the Arrow of Light. After bridging to Boy Scout Troop 636, Halstead earned 32 merit badges while enjoying backpacking, sailing and igloobuilding. He was inducted to the Order
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The last piece of yesteryear is going, going, gone By Greg Farrar gfarrar@isspress.com It is going to be sad to watch as the last patch of Issaquah valley farmland disappears forever, but after all, it was only a matter of time. The first nail was probably hammered in the coffin in May of 1987, when the Skyport park bond issue failed by just 137 votes. After seeing almost 30 years of so-called “progress” and increased congestion, I wonder if 137 out of the 3,818 “no” voters then would have regrets today of not saying “yes” to
passing that $5.2 million bond to save what is now Pickering Place from development. That bond Greg Farrar had to pass with a 60 percent yes vote, too, so despite a 55 percent yes vote, it was a minority that cast the die. The growth, the traffic and the urban density became inevitable and relentless after that. With the swaths of orange fencing now encircling the
30 acres of what was once the Barlow farm, the hammer has now fallen on the last nail. The Gateway apartments, at what is now known as the Mull property, will consist of 400 residential units in 18 buildings, and the Gateway Senior Housing project will add another 146 units. I wasn’t working here until July 1996, 10 years after that Skyport vote, but one of my most vivid memories when I started at The Press is one I had the foresight to note in my very first column. “Coming east on I-90 from home in Mountlake Terrace,
a wonderful pocket of fog appeared in the sunrise, rising on the south side of the interstate saying, ‘Take my picture!’ ” Next to what was then the Mark Frisby Tennis Academy and Racquet Club, I walked through some waist-high marsh grass and made photos of dew sparkling like diamonds in the early sun. There were other reminders of Issaquah’s rural character, too, but they’ve been disappearing from before my camera lens as well. So, folks, after two big waves of development in the last 30 years, here comes the next tsu-
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Rock ‘n roll may burn out, but never fade away
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Tom Corrigan’s Off The Press articles are always thought-provoking, yet the one appearing in the Feb. 4 edition of the Sammamish Review, “It’s only rock and roll — but I like it,” is somewhat melancholic. Was it intentional or coincidental that his piece on the musicians who have recently passed appeared when it did? Feb. 3 marked the death of rock-and-roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, who were killed in a 1959 plane crash. That event later became known as “The Day the Music Died,” which Don McLean referred to in his song “American Pie.” In reference to musical recording formats falling out of favor, it brings to mind the first music video broadcast on
MTV, which was, ironically, “Video Killed the Radio Star.” There are numerous songs about life and death. Tom Waits reminds us about the inescapability of riding in a hearse with his lyrics, “Here come the Big Black Mariah.” Along these lines there is the album “Last Man Standing” by 81-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis. The title derives from the recording artists of the 1950s such as Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, all of whom have died, leaving Lewis the “last man standing.” Corrigan’s question, “Does rock and roll really never forget?” may not have an answer. However, possibly the omens are telling us to get out and support live music, but better yet, living musicians! Larry Crandall Sammamish
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nami. Big hotels are up and the huge apartment development on Gilman Boulevard is nearly complete. The Barlow farm survived the late 1980s and the last two decades of growth, but that big wide open space was just too tempting and becoming too valuable. For now, the fog still settles there when the conditions are right, what with the damp earth and the right temperature, but the next time you see it, try and drink in the sight. Once it’s gone, so is the last piece of what was left of the old Issaquah pioneer town of yesteryear.
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Vandalism A worker in the Sammamish Parks Department reported someone had turfed and left big grooves in the lawn off a parking lot in East Sammamish Park on Northeast 16th. The vandalism was discovered Jan. 26.
Mail theft Police dealt with a rash of mail thefts around Sammamish in late January and early February. q Someone pried opened a bank of mailboxes in the 3800 block of 212 Avenue Southeast. Police don’t know how much mail was stolen during the theft, reported at around 2 p.m. Jan. 31. The same cluster of boxes was struck again the following night. q Someone busted open three locking mailboxes in a cluster of boxes in the 2800 block of 216th Avenue Southeast. The thefts were reported around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 31. Suspects hit the same boxes later that week on Feb. 4. q Someone stole the mail from the box of a residence on Southeast Eighth Street. The theft happened Feb. 3 q Several mailboxes were pried open Feb. 3 in the 2200 block of Northeast 31st Street. q Multiple mailboxes were struck on Southeast 23rd Place on Feb. 3. q Thieves struck a single resident on Southeast Eighth Street on Feb. 4. q Multiple mailboxes were forced open sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Feb. 4 on Northeast 14th Place. q This time the mailboxes hit were in the 2100 block of Southeast 29th Street on Feb. 4. q Nine boxes were emptied Feb. 6 in the 3700 block of 219th Avenue Southeast. q And lastly, two mailboxes were targeted the night of Feb. 7 in the 3100 block of 231st Place Southeast.
Car prowl Two unlocked vehicles were rifled through the night of Feb. 1 while parked in a driveway the night of Feb. 1. Nothing was reported stolen.
cut the chains on the playground equipment at Margaret Mead Elementary School on 216th Avenue Northeast. The damage was discovered Feb. 1.
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Police said an unknown person used an unknown object to break a window in Samantha Smith Elementary School on Northeast 14th Street. The vandalism occurred Feb. 1.
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Shakespeare Club for Kids, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Friday, Feb. 19 Sammamish Don Fels ‘Vanishing Symphony presPoints’ Art Exhibit, a ents ‘Energy Life, visual history lesson of Affirmation’ Nielsen’s WWII with a personal Third Symphony, connection, on display at 2 p.m., Eastlake High City Hall through April School, 400 228th Ave. 14, 801 228th Ave. S.E., N.E., Sammamish, $20/ adults, $15/students 295-0500 and seniors, $10/10 and Fun and Games younger, sammamishsymFriday, ages 5-12, phony.org 3 p.m., Sammamish ‘My Aging Parent Library, 825 228th Ave. Needs Assistance, S.E., register for one time Where do I Find only, 392-3130 Help?’ 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 Sunday, Feb. 21 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Mary, Queen of Pine Lake Peace Catholic Church Covenant Church youth groups, Mass at 5 ministry for children p.m., dinner and meetings with special needs, at 6:30 p.m. Sundays, 39110:45 a.m., 1715 228th 1178, ext. 129 Ave. S.E., call 392-8636
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he wanted to do an interview. In the end, he decided it wouldn’t hurt and might inspire others. Ahearn said he thinks some people thought he was homeless when they first spotted him hiking through the area carrying grocery store bags of trash. “I got a lot of stares,” he said. Now, Ahearn says people spot him and thank him for what he is doing. He generally sticks to the street or sidewalk, but will walk off into wooded areas
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where people often seem more likely to throw things away. He’s not afraid to cut into a briar patch to free a strayed tin can. Cans are probably the one item Ahearn finds the most. Ahearn’s walks are usually miles long. He keeps track on his computer of how many bags he collects — averaging about two or three a day, but running as high as seven. On Jan. 30, he noted he’d picked up a total of 61 bags of trash since he’d started 46 days earlier. Ahearn said he likes his neighborhood, with his walks stretching from the QFC in Klahanie, past Beaver Lake and all the way up to the Plateau Club. “It’s a really cool neighborhood, I like it. It irritates me when I see this kind of pollution.”
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Monday, Feb. 22
Arts Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0579
Tuesday, Feb. 23 Public Safety Committee meeting, 9:15 a.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0579 Youth Writing Club, ages 10-14, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130
Wednesday, Feb. 24 Sammamish Plateau Community Bible Study, open to all women and their children, 9:30 a.m., Faith United Methodist Church, 3924 IssaquahPine Lake Road S.E.,
Trail From Page 1 the county on three of those questions. Regarding Condition 2, Galt wrote Sammamish had no right to force the county to improve drainage in the area beyond the level it sat at prior to trail construction. Galt also ruled with the county regarding a stop sign at the intersection of the trail and 206th Avenue Southeast. The county wanted the stop sign to favor the trail, requiring street traffic to stop. Galt wrote that safety was the primary factor in making the decision, arguing that vegetation and signage make it impossible for those using the trail to see in both directions
email deannacbs@outlook.com Lake Washington School District Board meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0579 Life in Service at Downton Abbey, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Wednesday night youth group; games, worship and fun for students in grades six through 12; 7-9 p.m., Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road
Thursday, Feb. 25 Ad Hoc Communications Committee meeting, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0579 on 206th. Galt also ruled with the county regarding the city’s call for a study of a culvert near the trail. Galt ruled the county neither created, nor would the trail exacerbate, any problems with the culvert. Of the issues Williams said were still in play, the city won with regards to permit condition 14. The condition spelled out requirements for the survival rates of vegetation planted as mitigation along the trail by the county. Galt said the city’s requirement is “not measurably” different from similar county requirements. It was also previously announced the two sides had come together on a plan to save 63 significant trees along 550 feet of trail.
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February 18, 2016
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Hot-shooting Wolves dominate KingCo playoff opener Girls basketball: Eastlake 70, Skyline 41
By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com With three of the top 10 scorers in the Class 4A KingCo Conference, the Eastlake girls basketball team is developing
a high-powered attack that’s becoming increasingly difficult to stop. Those three scorers – sophomore guards Gina Marxen and Cameron Edward, and senior forward Sarah Priestley – were on top of their games when the Wolves opened the playoffs against the Skyline Spartans on Feb. 10. The trio combined for 49 points and helped
Eastlake shoot 56 percent as a team, paving the way to a 70-41 rout of their plateau rivals in a first-round KingCo tournament game at Inglemoor High School in Kenmore. “Having confidence in each other is just going through the roof right now,” said Marxen, who led all scorers with 24 points, the third game in row
and ninth time this season she has eclipsed the 20-point mark. “We’ve been working hard, pushing each other, and I think everyone has gotten better this season. It’s really showing.” Skyline had a decent first quarter as all five starters scored. Eastlake led 17-14 after eight minutes but gradually pulled away in the sec-
Spartans, Wolves swimmers head to state By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com The Skyline and Eastlake boys swimming and diving teams are heading to the Class 4A state championships this week, and both appear poised to finish the season on a high note. Skyline finished in third place with 200 points and Eastlake was fourth with 170 points during the eight-team SeaKing District 2 championships, Feb. 12-13 at Juanita High School in Kirkland. Skyline got off to a fast start in the championship heats with a first-place and state-qualifying time in the 200-yard medley relay. Juniors Jacob Leahy and Ryan Kinnear, senior Ian Camal Sado and sophomore William O’Daffer won in 1 minute, 40.3 seconds. The Spartans also had a strong finish in the finals, placing second in the 400 freestyle relay. Camal Sado, O’Daffer, Leahy and freshman Joseph Spaniac recorded a state-qualifying mark of 3:17.01. Leahy didn’t mince words when asked about his team’s prospects in those events at the state meet, Feb. 19-20 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. “I definitely think we’ll get in the top eight in both the relays,” Leahy said. Skyline previously qualified for state in the 200 free relay but ran up against a loaded field in the district finals, finishing sixth in 1:34.18. Leahy had a good weekend in his individual events, taking third in the 100 butterfly (53.32) and third in the 100 backstroke (53.61). The backstroke, in particular, featured a talented field as all six finalists recorded state-qualifying times in their preliminary and
ond and third periods behind a surgically precise offense. The Wolves were 15 of 22 (68 percent) from the field during the middle two quarters, outscoring the Spartans 40-23. Skyline senior guard Cassidy Daugherty said her team’s defensive blueprint was to contain at least two of Eastlake’s three stars, but Marxen
Skyline junior Jacob Leahy swims the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 53.98 in the preliminary round. championship races. “I feel like I can still go faster,” Leahy added. “I still want to go under a 53 in my backstroke. It’s just continuous work and our coaches now are starting to taper us and rest us for next week because we’ve still been working on getting in shape. “So hopefully when I’m rested I’ll be at 100 percent and I’ll be able to go my fastest.” O’Daffer is headed to state in the 200 individual medley (fourth, 1:59.58) and 100 butterfly (fourth, 54.23). Spaniac qualified in the 200 free (third, 1:49.49) and 500 free (third, 4:56.61). Camal Sado qualified in the 50 free (seventh, 22:51) and 100 free (seventh, 48.97). Kinnear (50 free) and freshman Sam Shauf (100 backstroke) will also compete at state for Skyline. Eastlake senior Markus Zimmermann is looking to wrap up his high-school career in style, and he won a district title with a time of 4:49.65. That was 2 seconds faster than his preliminary heat, when he
surged past his friend, Newport’s Martin Wu, over the latter half of the race. “I don’t know where I was at timing-wise, but I just tried to keep a solid tempo the last 300, just to try to secure that first seed for tomorrow,” Zimmerman said. Zimmerman was the district runner-up in the 200 free (1:46.07) and also helped the Wolves to a state-qualifying time in the 200 free relay. He teamed with sophomores Brandon Yue and Nolan Van Nortwick, and senior Cory Flynn for a fourthplace time of 1:32.31. Yue has a chance to add to his collection of state medals after placing second in both the 200 IM (1:57.92) and 100 breaststroke (58.72). Eastlake’s divers secured three of the top five spots at the district meet. Bryce Bussiere was second (361.90), Rylan Gordon fourth (302.15) and Camden Bean fifth (260.50). State preliminary heats start at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 and the finals begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 20.
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Eastlake sends four to Mat Classic state tourney By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com
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was highly effective on dribble drives, Edward finished with 15 points on five 3-pointers, and Priestley added 12 on a variety of post moves and putbacks. “All of them got to us, so we didn’t follow through with our defense,” Daugherty said. The Spartans did well
The Eastlake High School wrestling team will have four representatives when the Mat Classic XXVIII state championship take place Feb. 19-20 at the Tacoma Dome. The Wolves competed for state berths during the Class 4A Region II championships at Bellarmine Prep High School in Tacoma, where the top-four placers in each division moved on. Fifth-place regional finishers are alternates for the state tournament. All four Eastlake qualifiers are going to state for the first time. They are William Galarpe (132 pounds), Noah Morse (182), Eric Plummer (220) and Zohdi Cooperrider-Young (girls division, 105 pounds). Galarpe finished fourth at regionals, earning his spot with a 7-5 decision over Timberline’s Ed Skill and a first-period pin of Mount Si’s Duncan Harrison. He opens state against Tahoma’s Justin Sipila. Morse, who opens state against Beamer’s Mitchell Owens, earned regional victories over Gig Harbor’s Zachary Batanian (42-second pin) and Issaquah’s Chance Gunter (10-7 decision). Plummer lost twice
at regionals to Yelm’s Noah Littlefield, but clinched his state berth with a 13-7 decision over Newport’s Logan Anderson. Plummer will wrestle Andrzej HughesMurray of Federal Way to open the state tournament. Cooperrider-Young, a senior, will take on Grandview’s Viannei Perez in a 105-pound match in the girls’ state tourney. q Skyline will be sending only one wrestler to Mat Classic in first-time qualifier Scott Huff. The sophomore finished third at regionals in the 132-pound bracket, finishing his run there with a 5-4 decision over Eastlake’s William Galarpe. Huff opens state against Union freshman Danny Snediker. The Spartans have three state alternates in Matt Oss (195), Jacob Gehrett (1380 and Kenta Despe (113). q In the 3A tournament, Eastside Catholic qualified two wrestlers. Sophomores Nickolas Reeves (152) and Duncan Heger (160) are making their state debuts. Reeves will face North Central’s Bryan Wais in a first-round match, while Heger opens with Mount Spokane’s Morgan Ruegsegger.
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