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School officials argue for bond issue to the City Council By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com Led by Superintendent Traci Pierce, Lake Washington School District officials spent a good deal of a joint meeting with the Sammamish City Council Feb. 24 attempting to sell the latter on the district’s upcoming bond issue. To meet what school officials say are growing needs for classroom space, the district’s board of directors voted Jan. 25 to place a $398 million bond sale on the April ballot. The total tax rate would be maintained at the 2015 rate, $3.30 per $1,000 in property valuation. Serving a large part of Sammamish, along with Redmond and Kirkland, the
Lake Washington district is now the fourth-largest in the state with more than 27,300 students. Pierce said the district took in 1,114 new students this year alone, enough to fill over 30 classrooms. She also noted this was the seventh straight year of growth for the district. Over the last five, the district has averaged 652 new students, an amount equal to a new elementary school every year. As a city staffer went through a quick update of the Town Center plan, school officials noted those plans would add plenty of Sammamish students to Lake Washington schools. See BOND, Page 7
City, school district try to tame traffic around middle school By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com City and school officials said at peak times, the traffic around Inglewood Middle School just doesn’t move much. “The kids can probably walk faster,” said Cheryl Paston, city deputy director of public works. Paston was talking to a joint meeting of the Sammamish City Council and the board of directors of the Lake Washington School District. The biggest problems appear in the morning and afternoons on Northeast
Eighth Street, said Paston and others. In the mornings, especially, officials said there is a significant traffic queue on the school campus itself. Another major problem is back up at the intersection of Eighth Street and 242nd Avenue Northeast in front of the school. The spot further was described as not very conducive to pedestrian traffic. Paston noted the intersection is over capacity even before school starts in the mornings. Eighth is also used by cars headed to Eastlake High School, which sits off Eighth just to the west of Inglewood. See TRAFFIC, Page 12
By Greg Farrar / gfarrar@sammamishreview.com
Doug Hills stands Feb. 23 next to a landscape tree on 233rd Avenue Northeast at Northeast Eighth Place at a low spot where a Comcast-owned cable line in the neighborhood is strung from tree branches to fences.
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Cable line has snaked through Sammamish neighborhood for more than a year By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com It snakes around the neighborhood on 233rd Avenue Northeast like someone’s bad attempt at stealing cable and Internet service. “After about two years, the ‘Band-Aid’ is there and it looks horrible,” resident Tom Carste said.
Both he and fellow resident Doug Hills say it reminds them of pictures of Southeast Asia, where theft of electricity leads to forests of haphazard outdoor wiring. The cable in question may or may not be there much longer. Comcast reported to the Sammamish Review that it had contractors ready to remove the cable the week of
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Feb. 29. The company’s statement arrived in the form of an email from Walter Neary, senior director of communications. On Feb. 26, the email said more details might be available the following week. Carste reported he spotted a Comcast vehicle in the area Friday, but did not See CABLE, Page 9
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Eastridge hosts national Christian music tour Eastridge Church is playing host to the All The Earth is Holy Ground 2016 Tour on April 3. The concert, featuring Tenth Avenue North with guest artists Hawk
Nelson and I Am They, is at 7 p.m. at Eastridge Church’s Issaquah location, 24205 S.E. Issaquah–Fall City Rd. Tickets are $45 for VIP admission, $22.50 for advance general admission and $20 for groups. Add $5 per ticket if purchased the day
of the event. For more information, call 855-443-8499 or go to 4DTIXX.com.
School district seeking student art for calendar Issaquah School
District students are invited to submit their artwork for possible publication in the district’s 2016-17 student art calendar. The calendar is distributed free of charge to every family and staff member in the district, thanks to a
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partnership with The Issaquah Press. All current students are eligible to submit up to three pieces. Students must submit works as high quality, high-resolution digital images or color copies. The district will accept images until 4 p.m.
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School district to host surplus sale
The Issaquah School District will hold a sale of surplus computer systems, furniture and equipment from 3-5 p.m. March 22 at the May Valley Service Center, 16430 S.E. May Valley Road, Renton. To learn more, call the district’s purchasing office at 837-7071.
Plateau Water and Sewer District shortens name, has new logo The Sammamish Plateau Sewer and Water District has announced a change in “branding” for the district, complete with a new name, a new logo and even a new slogan.
The new district is now simply “Sammamish Plateau Water.” Officials held a ceremonial unveiling of a new sign with the new name and logo at its headquarters in Sammamish Feb. 29. The district also has a newly redesigned website and made changes in other communications vehicles. “Our research told us that clean and reliable water is what matters most to our customers,” said Jay Krauss, general manager. “Even if they may also have sewer service, it’s still all about the water.” The new slogan, or “brand statement” as it was dubbed by Plateau Water officials, is: “Clean water is always there because we’re always here.” Sammamish Plateau Water provides services to nearly 64,00 residents over 29 square miles, including both the cities of Sammamish and Issaquah. 10.15389.IP.R
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!mpact Oscars celebrate student filmmaking
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Above, Beaver Lake Middle School student Hunter Wray pumps a fist to thank her !mpact mentors after winning her third award for ‘A Little More Tangled.’ Wray won for Best Script, Best Soundtrack and Best Director. Three cast members won acting prizes and the movie short was named Best Picture. Below, Master of Ceremonies Max Martinkosky of Beaver Lake Middle School arrives on stage to the music of ‘Jaws.’ Max later won the Best Lead Actor award for his role in ‘A Little More Tangled.’
Above, middle school moviemakers from Pine Lake, Beaver Lake, Pacific Cascade and Maywood are dressed fashionably for paparazzi on the red carpet as they arrive with their families Feb. 26 at the second annual !mpact Oscars awards for the screening of five movie shorts they created in the Issaquah School District’s afterschool academic enrichment program. Below, All the middle school students involved in making their movie shorts in the Issaquah School District’s !mpact afterschool academic enrichment program thank their parents and mentors.
Jacob Engstrom of Pine Lake Middle School accepts his !mpact Oscar for best supporting actor in ‘How You Get The Girl’ with the shortest speech ever: ‘Thank you!’
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On Further Review
A diminutive guardian against squirrels and squeaking balls
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appy first birthday, Troy. Now, please don’t get so excited you have an accident on the floor, the couch, the bed or anything else. You certainly have a tendency to do so. I call it an “accident” out of an abundance of political correctness. Besides, I think you all know what I am talking about, that Troy has four legs, a constantly moving tail and barks at odd things, such as a stuffed bear on a shelf, one he’s had to have seen a hundred times before. We bought him a ball
that makes squeaky noises as it rolls around, something that apparently freaks him out Tom and leads Corrigan to spasms of loud yelping. I’d love to know what he’s thinking. Half Chihuahua and half Dachshund, Troy is a little on the small side, and though he doesn’t have the short legs of a wiener dog, he probably is about a foot tall and weighs in at 13 pounds. He undoubtedly has a Napoleon complex,
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constantly jumping on top of our high-backed couch so he is roughly equal to the average human in terms of eye level. We found Troy at a shelter in Lynnwood when he was three months old. The Wife calls him a “chiweenie,” a word that is a mash up of “Chihuahua” and “wiener dog,” as well as a word I find really cutesy and annoying. There are, of course, entire websites devoted to the blended breed, complete, of course, with too-cute pictures and, I assume, too-cute stories. The Wife would know for sure; I’ve never bothered to
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look and feel no need to do so now. The shelter gave Troy his name. He had a sister, Helen, and a brother, Apollo. The Wife had to explain that little Greek theme to my grown stepdaughter. I don’t know what else I can safely say here. As noted, Troy was very young when we got him, and our apartment building has a ban on puppies. If anybody asked, the shelter didn’t know his exact age and said they believed him to be a year old. I doubt the neighbors believed us, but nobody ever said anything. If somebody in charge of the apartment complex should somehow see this, what can I say? We ignored your rule on puppies. You cut down our tree. I’m going to say that makes us even. Troy is our second dog, by
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the way. The first was Hobbes, as in the classic comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes.” Hobbes was half wheaten terrier and half beagle, and even I will admit he was cute as hell. One of our neighbors dubbed him a “Disney dog.” Random memory: Shortly after we brought him home, he jumped up and, in one smooth move, scarfed down an entire stick of butter off the kitchen table in one bite. Impressive. I have all kinds of stories about Hobbes, many related to the squirrels that drove him nuts. I’m pretty sure they did it on purpose. I just don’t have as many tales about Troy at this point. Hobbes was one of a kind and a tough act to follow. Still, I think Troy will work out fine in the long run. One good thing: The squirrels pick on him, too.
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Calendar of Events Friday, March 4
Saturday, March 5
Don Fels ‘Vanishing Points’ Art Exhibit, a visual history lesson of WWII with a personal connection, on display at City Hall through April 14, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 2950500 March Madness Teen Book Tournament, ages 12 and older, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through March 13, enter for a chance to win prizes, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Toddler Story Times, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130 Fun and Games Friday, ages 5-12, 3 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., register for one time only, 392-3130
Chinese Story Time: Ni-Hao!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Volunteer at Beaver Lake Park, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 25201 S.E. 24th St., sign up at sammamish.us/events Build It Sammamish Lego Event, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 295-0500 Russian Story Time: Privet!, 11 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130
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Time: Shalom!, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392Sunday, March 6 3130 Pine Lake Study Zone, free Covenant Church drop-in homework help ministry for children for grades K-12, 3-5 p.m., with special needs, Sammamish Library, 825 10:45 a.m., 1715 228th 228th Ave. S.E., 392Ave. S.E., call 392-8636 3130 Hebrew Story Mary, Queen
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Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Caring for someone with memory loss? Do you need information and support? Join the Alzheimer’s Association Family Caregiver Support Groups for the greater eastside, 1:30-3:30 p.m. second Wednesdays, Bellevue Family YMCA, 14230 Bel-Red Road, Bellevue, contact Ruth Hansing, 206-232-2537 Teen Think Tank, 2-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free
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., email deannacbs@outlook.com ‘Thankful I’m Me!’ a Concert for Little Ones, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Teen Think Tank, 1-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130 Dale Carnegie Training: Innerview, 6:30 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, March 10 Hello English, Beginning ESL Class, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Teen Think Tank, 2-6 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Grief Share Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road Email items for the calendar to newsclerk@isspress.com by noon Friday.
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Bond From Page 1 The Town Center plan will add hundreds of new homes and apartments over the coming years, a large portion of them sitting in the Lake Washington district. Pierce did make the point she wasn’t complaining. “We welcome the growth,” she said, but noted officials just have to plan for it.
The district now uses 168 portable classrooms to house students in numbers equaling about 14 percent of the district’s student population. In the past, Lake Washington officials have said the bond sale will fund one new middle school and two new elementary schools. It will also help rebuild several existing schools, including Mead Elementary in Sammamish. In answering questions from Sammamish Councilwoman Christie
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 Malchow, school officials said Mead would be able to handle about 180 more students in what will be a two-story building. Some students may find themselves going to different schools. Pierce said boundary adjustments go hand-in-hand with rebuilding and adding schools. The Sammamish City Council is expected to decide on a resolution supporting or not supporting the coming bond issue sometime in the near future.
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New EFR chief happy to make PNW his home By Tom Corrigan tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com Before he retired, former Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Lee Soptich talked about the importance of his relationships with the people in his department, as well as the elected officials and staffers from EFR’s client cities. About a month into the job as Soptich’s successor, Fire Chief Jeff Clark says establishing those relations are, for now, his most immediate and important task. “For the first 60 to 90 days … I’m just trying to absorb as much as I can,” Clark said recently. His average day, he said, starts with talking with his immediate staff, making sure everybody is ready to go, as well as an expected routine check of his calendar and email. He also mentions he will go on calls for major emergencies. “The rest of the day is spent building relationships,” Clark said, adding that in addition to meeting EFR personnel, he has spoken with most of the elected officials from Issaquah, Sammamish
“For the first 60 to 90 days … I’m just trying to absorb as much as I can.” — Jeff Clark Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief
By Tom Corrigan / tcorrigan@sammamishreview.com
New Eastside Fire & Rescue Chief Jeff Clark, a month in to the job after replacing longtime EFR Chief Lee Soptich, is concentrating on getting to know his staff and meeting public officials. and the other cities EFR serves. He notes the structure of EFR is very different from the department he left behind in Chandler, Ariz., where he served as chief for seven years. “In Chandler, I worked directly for the city,” Clark said. Here, he works most directly for a board of commissioners that represent EFR’s service areas. “It’s a very innovative governance model,” Clark said,
adding while the governance is different, it also seems very positive. Clark said his plan is to visit city council meetings to introduce himself and meet local leaders face-to-face. On another front, Clark has gone on a few emergency runs with his new department, including a house fire in Issaquah. “What I saw was a very well-practiced … organized approach,” Clark said. He has also gone on an
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emergency medical run. He said the squad’s medical skills were up to par, but that wasn’t the attribute of the group that seemed to most catch his attention. “I was impressed with their compassion,” he said of the EMTs who handled the call. Clark noted the Chandler department is quite a bit bigger, serving a population of 250,000 as opposed to 130,000 here. Clark spent a total of 25 years with the Chandler department, but is glad for the change in location. Clark and his wife Lori had visited the Seattle area numerous times and decided they more than liked it here. “The scale of beauty here … can’t be beat,” he said, mentioning the view of snowcovered mountains often in the background. The couple had decided they wanted to move here, but also wanted to allow their
two children to graduate from high school in Chandler. Clark’s son is now at the University of Alabama and his daughter graduates high school in May. Lori Clark has stayed behind in Chandler until that happens. Clark said he will make his first quick trip to Chandler on an upcoming weekend. In the meantime, he has his fingers crossed regarding a bid he put in for a house locally. While he enjoys the natural beauty of the area, Clark also has noticed some other things about greater Seattle. For example, Chandler was “hot, hot, hot.” This area is “wet, wet, wet.” He’s also picked up on a difference in traffic. It’s much heavier than what he was used to. But Clark added there’s a difference in the drivers. He notices a lot less road rage here, that people just seem to take the traffic jams in stride. “Everybody just seems more laid back,” Clark said. EFR operates in the cities of Issaquah, Sammamish and North Bend, along with two fire districts encompassing a total of about 190 square miles.
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where it hangs over a retention pool, again just a few feet in the air. Hills said the water in the retention pool could easily reach the height of the cable. From there, the cable again makes its way upward. It is wired to a street light pole and runs across Northeast Eighth Street, where it finally meets up with a normal cable line on a utility pole.
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A Comcast-owned cable line is looped around a residential fence post on 233rd Avenue Northeast where Doug Hills shows the distance through the neighborhood in which the jury-rigged ‘temporary’ line has been strung for more than a year.
Cable From Page 1 know if its presence was due to the cable issue. Residents say the problem started in October 2014 following an outage of their cable TV and Internet services. Carste said the jury-rigged cable line running around
233rd was Comcast’s “temporary” solution. The line starts at a ground-level cable box on 233rd. It is then strung up a tree, held in place by wire wrapping around the tree’s trunk and branches. From there it crosses the street, only to be tied up around another tree and back down to ground level. Hills said for much of the time since it was first
put in place, the line ran along a yard at roughly ground level. Word is kids on bikes and other people kept getting tangled up in it and plastic protectors were added by Comcast to hold the line in place. From that yard, the cable shoots up to the top of a private wooden fence and winds along the top of that fence. For a short stretch
after the fence, the cable hangs down about 3 feet off the ground. Hasn’t anybody ever tried to pull it down? It seems that it would be easy enough to do. Hills shakes his head no. “It’s amazing, isn’t it?” he said. From there, the cable heads back up into a tree, strung through the branches. It heads across Northeast Eighth Place,
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Lady Wolves’ New coaches ready to play ball season ends with regional playoff loss By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com
By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com After their season ended in the regional round of 16, the Eastlake Lady Wolves didn’t shy away from how outsiders likely viewed their team. “No one expected us to come this far and we kept playing until the final minute,” sophomore point guard Gina Marxen said. “We don’t look like we’re going to beat that many teams,” sophomore shooting guard Cameron Edward added. “We go out there and we surprise people, and we execute what we’re supposed to do, and I think that’s super impressive and fun to be a part of.” For the first time in four seasons, Eastlake was one of the final 16 teams playing for the Class 4A girls basketball championship. The season ended Feb. 27 with a 58-39 loss to the Beamer Titans at Puyallup High School, but the Lady Wolves (17-8) held their heads high as they left the
arena. “I don’t think anybody expected us to be here,” Eastlake coach Sara Goldie said, noting the program graduated Ellie Woerner, last season’s KingCo Conference top scorer, and managed to replace her with three of the top 10 scorers this year. “Every game we got better and I don’t want to take anything away from what my kids did this season,” she said. “I’m really not concerned with the outcome of this game, but mostly just proud of what they were able to do as a team.” Beamer’s size and physicality figured to be the No. 1 obstacle between Eastlake and a spot this week’s 4A quarterfinals at the Tacoma Dome. From the opening tip, the Titans (23-2) were close to unstoppable under the basket. Their top post players – Makenna Woodfolk, Makenzie Bond and Darion Brown – combined for 28 points and led a rebounding effort See WOLVES, Page 11
If there’s one nearly universal characteristic among first-year coaches, it might be their boundless energy. Skyline High School is looking to integrate that trait into two of its sports programs this spring. Brandon Hemphill, a 2004 Skyline graduate, takes over the Spartans’ baseball program from longtime coach Chris Tamminen, while Lindsay Sullivan, a former player at Woodinville High School, replaces Ken Brooks as the school’s fastpitch coach. Both Hemphill and Sullivan radiate positivity and the desire to create winning cultures on and off the field. With spring practices starting Feb. 29, there’s not much time left before their teams are thrown into game situations. Sullivan, a 2009 Woodinville graduate, played four years as an infielder at Dickinson State University and had an instant connection when she returned to the Northwest last summer. Skyline athletics director George Crowder was the fastpitch coach at KingCo Conference rival Eastlake during her prep days. “Softball is a small world, just like baseball,” said Sullivan, who is a special education teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary
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Eastlake sophomore point guard Gina Marxen (22) looks to pass the ball during the first quarter of their 4A Hardwood Classic regional game Feb. 27.
The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, the largest youth golf tour in the country, has partnered with the Northwest Junior Golf Tour to give Northwest players
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Lindsay Sullivan and Brandon Hemphill are entering their first seasons as varsity head coaches in 2016. Sullivan, who played collegiately at Dickinson State University in North Dakota, takes over Skyline’s fastpitch program, while Hemphill, a 2004 Skyline graduate, is the school’s new baseball coach. tion to succeed. That’s what I view my role as — I’ve got to put everybody in the right place and if I can do that well, then we’re going to have a successful season.
Sammamish Review: What are the challenges and rewards of coaching at Skyline?
Sullivan: I know there are challenges but I don’t see them as challenges at all – they’re more the benefits of the coaching aspect. You’re here for the kids and you’re here to create the memories. It is about winning, but when you look back on your career, it’s really important to pick out the moments that really shine. And I’d rather create more shining moments than moments of, “Oh, my coach wasn’t that great” or “My coach was a negative influence.” That’s not my thing. Hemphill: Ultimately, it’s a great opportunity to lead up to 50 young student-athletes and a few coaches, and I’m just looking forward to the opportunity to put people in a posi-
expanded opportunities to play on competitive national stages. The tour’s 2016 schedule includes 14 events throughout Washington and Oregon. The tour starts in March and continues through December. Events are open to mem-
bers between the ages of 10 and 18. “We believe that by both parties working together we can offer the kids a stronger competitive environment that will build college golf resumes,” Mario Conte, HJGT executive director, said in a news release.
The tour will offer more than 240 events in 32 states this year, and currently hosts more two-day, nationallyranked events than any other junior golf tour in the U.S. To purchase memberships and get more information, visit hjgt.org.
School in Bellevue. “Everybody knows everybody. That’s kind of how I got my foot in the water and ended up getting pulled in.” Hemphill, who sells insurance for Mechelsen Inc. in Issaquah, has been around the plateau longer, having served as Tamminen’s assistant for the past five seasons. He said he was “chased out of the baseball scene at a young age,” but his athletic gifts showed up on the golf course, where he went on to a collegiate career at the University of the Pacific. The coaches met up on a sunny afternoon at Skyline to answer more questions:
SR: Which of your players figure to be at the forefront this season? Sullivan: You should definitely watch out for my pitcher, Caroline Bowman, who orally committed to San Jose State. Center fielder Molly Spaniac, third baseman Annika Hildebrand and shortstop Lauren Lo. who plans to play at Western Washington, are all talented. Honestly, watch out for all of them. Hemphill: We’ve got to start with shortstop Danny Sinatro, who See COACHES, Page 11
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Coaches name Wolves All-KingCo 4A basketball teams From Page 10
Class 4A KingCo Conference basketball coaches recently announced their 20152016 all-conference teams.
Boys q MVP: Tony Miller, Woodinville. q First team: Braden Ahlemeyer, Skyline; Trevon Ary-Turner, Issaquah; Kevin Carpenter, Redmond; Scott Kellum, Issaquah; Jake Medjo, Bothell; Cameron Tyson, Bothell q Second team: AJ Block, Newport; Jason Crandall, Issaquah; Jesse Davis, Woodinville; Josh Kollman, Bothell; Cole Ruud-Johnson, Newport; Danny Tomson, Mount Si; Ethan Thompson, Eastlake q Honorable mention: Bothell – Hunter Dean, Kevin Fisherkeller. Eastlake – Grant Henderson, Parker Lester. Inglemoor – Ryan Hamilton, Jalen Woodley. Issaquah – Jack Dellinger, Tanner Davis. Mount Si – Ryan Fischer. Newport – Jye Hill, Jackson Lu. Redmond – Sava Trifunovic, Mitch Potter. Skyline – Kellan Przybylski, Ryan D’Arcy. Woodinville – Micah Johnson, Michael Roth
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q MVP: Taya Corosdale, Bothell. q Coaches of the Year: Sara Goldie, Eastlake; Kent Schaefer, Bothell q Team Sportsmanship Award: Mount Si q First team: Keyonna Jones, Bothell; Gina Marxen, Eastlake; Kennedy Nicholas, Inglemoor; Sarah Priestley, Eastlake; Regan Schenck, Woodinville; Emily Spencer, Woodinville q Second team: Madison Dubois, Woodinville; Cameron Edward, Eastlake; Mackenzie Gardner, Inglemoor; Kailey Kassuba, Skyline; Lauren Longo, Issaquah; Jade Loville, Skyline; Taylor McKerlich, Skyline q Honorable mention: Bothell – Erin Burns, Sierra Cole. Eastlake – Elizabeth Chen, Stacie Keck. Inglemoor – Ifeoma Emeka, Amanda Luckett. Issaquah – Tatum Dow, Mariah Van Halm. Mount Si – Annie Hiebert, Emma Smith. Newport – Emily Hillyer, Vanessa Hsia. Redmond – Kiki Milloy, Teagyn Ohrt. Skyline – Maddie Adamson, Cassidy Daugherty. Woodinville – Madison Lundquist, Gabrielle Whalen
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that created several second, third and fourth chances. “When you play big teams, you’ve got to box them out, can’t let them get second-chance points,” said Marxen, who led Eastlake with 13 points. “Against teams that have more size than us, that’s kind of what happens,” Goldie said, acknowledging the similarities between Beamer and Bothell, who beat Eastlake three times this season. “We had we position many times, and they’d just jump right over the top and take the ball.” The Titans opened the game with an 11-2 spurt but the Wolves quickly clawed their way back on 3-pointers from Marxen and Edward. A bushel of missed layups at Beamer’s end kept Eastlake’s deficit at 15-12 after one quarter. Beamer’s lead grew to 36-22 at halftime as point guard Bria Rice became more involved in the offense. She finished with 10 points to complement Brown’s 15. Marxen and Sarah Priestley, who scored 11 points in her final Eastlake game, helped start a rally in the third quarter that trimmed the Titans’ lead to nine. Beamer answered with
an 11-0 run to close the quarter and never looked back. The Titans haven’t allowed more than 42 points to anyone except 3A powers Bellevue and Lynnwood, and they limited Eastlake to 31-percent shooting in the game. “They just had a lot more pressure in general than any of the teams we’ve faced in KingCo before, so I think that was a big change, too,” Edward said. Most of Eastlake’s roster is eligible to return next season, including four sophomores – Marxen, Edward, Stacie Keck and Elizabeth Chen – who started most games. Keck, who was giving up several inches to some of Beamer’s players, showed her tenacity and earned her coach’s praise. “She’s a two-year starter for a reason,” Goldie said. “It’s a matter of building the confidence and knowing the team needs you to be in that role, and that’s where it takes time.” Alissa Acheson, a 6-foot-2 junior, got a rare start because the Wolves needed her size, and Goldie pulled her aside earlier in the week to make sure she was mentally prepared. “It’s like, ‘Hey, bring it,’ because we believe you can do it,” the coach said. “Now you’ve just got to give what you can to the team and she was willing to do that.”
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Coaches From Page 10 has a scholarship to WSU for play for coach Marty Lees. We’re hoping Tommy Swinscoe and Connor Knutson have big years for us. Dax Kringle is a guy we’re hoping provides some offensive pop for us. And senior Jack Simpson, hopefully he has a big year on the mound throwing some strikes. We don’t have one guy that is going to blow everybody else out of the water, so it’s going to be a team effort that includes all 50 guys. SR: What things are you focusing on to build chemistry? Hemphill: My point of emphasis is to serve your teammates. If everybody is looking to help each other out, then we’re moving in the right direction. It’s a challenge, because if you’ve got two guys competing for shortstop, that means
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there’s one guy that’s playing and one guy that’s not. The guy that lost out on that starting job, he still has a role to play in this program. Maybe that means he slides over to second base. Maybe that means he slides over to third base. Maybe that means he’s our best courtesy runner. Sullivan: My motto is “servant warrior.” What that basically means is to serve your team but also perform on the field. We’re going to start a new tradition this year where we go to a family’s house the night before a game and do a meal and some sort of team activity together. In order to have that happen, me and my assistant, Greg Erwin, we have to role-model that. We’ve already talked about, “Hey, you and me are family now.” We’ve adopted these kids into our family as well, so we’ll teach them the right ways to life, that you’re a studentathlete, not an athletestudent.
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q Unknown persons broke a planting pot at Samantha Smith Elementary School on Northeast Fourth Street. The incident was reported early on the morning of Feb. 16. q Someone “keyed” a car parked Feb. 20 in the 3000 block of 228th Avenue Southeast. The car was parked in a gas station lot.
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Shoplifting Multiple suspects made off with multiple items, including alcohol, from the Safeway store, 630 228th Ave. N.E. The theft was reported 10:20 p.m. Feb. 20.
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Traffic From Page 1 “I had some real concerns regarding student safety,” said Inglewood Principal Tim Patterson. He said he saw near accidents where cars stopped within a foot or so of pedestrians. Paston said the city and the schools already have taken some steps to try and alleviate the situation. Crossing guards were added to intersections around the school. For use by pedestrians, flags were made available at the intersection of Eighth and 242nd Avenue. Yield signs favoring pedestrians also were added. Paston said the city was encouraging parents to drop Inglewood students off at Rachael Carson Elementary School, which she said was fairly short walk from the middle school. She also talked about changing the patterns of traffic into and out of school grounds, possibly adjusting some exits to allow right turns only.