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Mead second grader imagines a winning original composition

By David Hayes dhayes@sammamishreview.com Going into this year’s Reflections competition, Margaret Mead second grader Johanna Astle wanted to cover her bases by entering in three categories — art, poetry and music.

“I thought that maybe with more entries into Reflections that I might win,” she said.

With the theme “Let Your Imagination Fly,” when most students took the challenge literally with aerial interpretations, Johanna instead grounded her imagination in the garden.

Still inspired by one of her favorite series of her books on fairies, “Rainbow Magic,” Johanna imagined what life for fairies would be

ON THE WEB To watch a video of Margaret Mead second grader Johanna Astle performing her Reflections state winning composition “The Beautiful Fairy Garden,” go to sammamishreview.com.

like in the garden. Her picture was simply titled Fairy Garden. Her poem was “The Wonderful Fairy Garden.”

But it was her original song she wrote for the piano, “The Beautiful Fairy Garden,” that captured the attention of judges — at all levels.

Johanna will be the only student from Sammamish representing Lake Washington School District and Washington state at the See WINNER, Page 5

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Margaret Mead Elementary School was built in 1979 and district officials say it is in dire need of $45 million in renovations as part of Lake Washington School District’s proposed $398 million bond that goes to voters April 26.

Margaret Mead renovation is only local project on bond

By David Hayes dhayes@sammamishreview.com To address the Lake Washington School District’s ever increasing student population, voters will be presented April 26 with a $398 million bond measure that funds its most immediate and high-priority needs.

Of the seven projects involving building new or improving existing schools, only one is in Sammamish — Margaret Mead Elementary School.

District Communications Manager Kathryn Reith knows it’s asking a lot of the Sammamish community to help pay for improvements throughout a 75-square mile school district.

“It’s important for all our

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communities to understand we’re one school district,” she said. “There have been times when communities supported building in Sammamish and vice versa.

We are all in it together.”

The Lake Washington student enrollment currently sits at 27,830 — 1,114 more than last year. This represents the seventh-straight year of enrollment increases.

Lake Washington has grown from the sixth largest district to the fourth largest in the

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Johanna Astle, a Margaret Mead Elementary School second grader, prepares to perform her state Reflections winning composition, ‘The Beautiful Fairy Garden.’

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state, and district officials project student population to top 30,000 by 2020-21 school year.

The $398 million bond would set aside almost $45 million to rebuild and enlarge the aging Mead Elementary. A district video breaks down the schools’ problems. Built in 1979, Mead has six separate buildings connected by covered walkways with no controlled access point for entry.

In addition, it has no separate cafeteria. Rather, students are served their hot lunch in an exterior courtyard and eat in their classrooms. As a result, a crows’ net was installed to dissuade the birds from stealing from See BOND, Page 3

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State choose name for next ferry The name of the state’s newest ferry is not Sammamish.

Sammamish was one of three names in the

running for the state’s fourth Olympic-class ferry. The honor instead went to Suquamish, the Washington State Transportation Commission announced March 16.

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The board coordinates community service

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It currently houses 600 students in a set of buildings designed for 449. As designed, it would house just 339 students under the state mandated class size reductions.

The bond would pay to increase its footprint to 78,000 square feet and house a more accommodating 550 students. It would be completed by 2019.

To complicate matters, Reith said the school district has not had a successful bond pass in several years.

“We tried to run a bond in 2010 that failed.

We heard from the community that one was too close to the recession and it had a tax rate increase. A lot of people were still hurting at that time,” she said.

The district tried again in 2014. School bonds require a super majority of 60 percent to pass.

“We were at 58 percent,” Reith said. “That one did not pass. We tried again in April, it did not pass again.”

Thus the district formed a 63-member Long Term Facility Task Force that spent December 2014 to November 2015 analyzing needs and developing a plan that would be more appetizing to

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voters.

“Working on their recommendations, I really think we have helped put together a strong plan. Not just this bond, but a longterm plan that will really meet our needs through the 2029 school year,” Reith said.

In addition to improvements at Mead, the 2016 $398 million bond would also: q Build new elementary schools in Redmond Ridge and North Redmond q Build a new middle school in Redmond Ridge q Rebuild and enlarge Juanita High School and Kirk Elementary q Refurbish Old Redmond Schoolhouse for preschool q Replace Explorer portables with modular spaces q Complete other capital projects for Title IX and/or Americans with Disabilities Act needs The Task Force also laid out the next three bonds that would address additional needs through 2029 — $288 million in 2018, $278 million in 2022 and $207 million in 2026. Samantha Smith Elementary in Sammamish would

have its needs’ addressed in the 2026 bond.

Reith said the reason only two Sammamish schools are addressed in the next four bond proposals is because the Sammamish plateau is not Lake Washington School District’s primary area of growth right now. The entire Redmond Ridge area has been completely built out and that’s a very large development, she said. Plus there are a number of new housing developments in North Redmond, North of 116th Street Northeast.

“Sammamish does still have some new housing,” Reith said.

“But some neighborhoods are beginning to go through demographic shifts.”

She explained that one of the things that happens, seen in the first decade of the 2000s, were a number of Kirkland neighborhoods where enrollment declined considerably.

That was due to neighborhoods where all the kids had graduated from high school. With no kids living at home any more, many couples still lived in those homes years later.

“So there were neigh-

borhoods that had very few kids left,” Reith said.

“A number of those neighborhoods now have gone through a shift where those couples are selling and moving to retire somewhere else and families with young kids are moving in.”

So the district has areas in Kirkland that have gone through a shift of very low enrollment for a while, but are now growing again. Sammamish is experiencing the same cycle.

“Sammamish has areas built in 80s and 90s,” Reith said. “There are some neighborhoods that used to have a lot of kids that don’t have a lot any more. That kind of balances out the number

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of new homes being built. So we’re seeing some new enrollment in Sammamish, just not at the extent we’re seeing in Redmond.”

To help the bond measure pass, the Task Force ensured it would not alter the current tax rate.

“As we’re paying off the 2011 levy and other old bonds, taxes would go down if no new bonds were passed,” Reith said. “That does allow us some room to add new bonds and keep the tax rate the same.”

According to the King County elections website, ballots for the $398 million bond will be mailed out on April 6 and probably start arriving in homes April 8. Voters will have until April 28 to return them.

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OPINION

MARCH 24, 2016

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By Washington State Department of Transportation

On Further Review

Fixing failing bridges should be a new top priority Every time my wife and I drive north to Bellingham, Blaine or Vancouver, British Columbia, Neil Pierson we’re reminded of a very serious failure to protect public safety.

All of us remember the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon in May 2013. This wasn’t some dinky, old-fashioned bridge in the middle of nowhere.

This was a bridge on a major highway that serves a large metropolitan region – about 70,000 vehicles a day were

crossing at the time.

My wife and I joke about falling to our doom every time we cross the new bridge, but honestly, it’s not a laughing matter.

I was reminded of that fact again this week when NBC’s “Today” show aired a story on the disrepair of bridges around the country. Their report states that more than 58,000 bridges in the U.S. are considered “structurally deficient” by the federal government.

This isn’t new information. After the Skagit River bridge collapse, NBC News reported about 66,000 bridges weren’t making the cut. A November 2014 report from CBS’s “60 Minutes” stated

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that one in nine U.S. bridges were failing, and the problem was twice was bad in Pittsburgh, a metro area that has more than 4,000 bridges.

It should be noted that the Skagit River bridge was not classified as failing and the collapse resulted from an oversize load hitting the support span. But doesn’t it beg the question, if a bridge in good condition can fail, shouldn’t we worry more about the ones in poor condition?

This week’s report went on to say that although the government is throwing money at the problem, progress is slow, and it’ll take 21 years to fix every bridge on the list.

By that time, of course, more

bridges will be suffering from neglect.

There’s a handy list of bridges, separated by state, which can be accessed at artba.org. Our state is in pretty bad shape, comparatively.

Washington has 385 failing bridges – ranking us 45th out of 50 states – and the nine most structurally deficient bridges are all in King County. All but one of those is at least 45 years old.

The thing is, the problem is an endless cycle. An additional 1,400 bridges in Washington are considered obsolete, so while they’re not failing now, they’re no longer living up to contemporary safety standards.

The state has addressed

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more than 400 of these bridges since 2004, but the money that’s being spent isn’t keep up with the pace of deterioration. Do we really want to wait a decade to fix all of the currently failing bridges? That’s how long it’ll take at the current rate.

The best thing we can do is contact our state and federal legislators, and encourage them to take this problem more seriously. It shouldn’t take another collapse – or the loss of life – to initiate action.

Cost shouldn’t be a concern.

This is a matter of public safety, which should outweigh the more trivial political matters that seem to be taking center stage during an election year.

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Johanna, to say the least, was ecstatic when she found out the news.

“I was very surprised,” Johanna said. “Because when I got the news, I was up in my mom and dad’s room and I just started screaming at the top of my lungs, jumping up and down and threw my hands up in the air.”

Her mom Shelly, who learned to play the drums growing up, was also very surprised.

“My older daughter had entered Reflections in the music category this year as well,” Shelly said. “We’ve done Reflections not only with music but art. We’ve made it to district and have been sent to state, but never a first place at state. So we were just thrilled.”

In this family of musicians, Johanna’s original song, which she wrote over three days, stood apart for its ability to also tell a story.

“The first A section is when everything is going fine — flowers are growing and beautiful and nothing was wrong,” she explained. “Then when you get to section B, the minor part, the flowers start wilting and the fairies’ magic stops working.” Johanna has to scoot down the piano bench to perform section C, the high part. “That’s when fairies are using their magic,” she said. “I wanted to make it soft, high and airy. I think that’s how magic should sound.”

Then she returns to the center of the bench to repeat the A section, indicating everything’s going smooth again.

Both Johanna and her mom were surprised to learn that according to the National PTSA Reflections website, firstplace winners will win, in addition to a medal and certificate, $800 and another $200 donation to the local PTSA. “I would like that prize,” Johanna said.

Her weekly lessons and four practice sessions a week paid off when she wrote her first composition. Shelly said she wanted Johanna and all her sisters to make music a part of their lives.

“It’s an expectation that they will all learn how to play, for sure,” Shelly said. “It helps

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 with math, science, everything. We want them to learn piano and play in band or orchestra as they get older so they can learn to play in a group, to learn a different experience, of a solo instrument versus creating music with lots of different musicians.”

Johanna has already

committed emphatically to playing the violin.

“We’ll have a full band when we’re finished,” her mom told her.

“Yeah, but violin and drums don’t actually go together,” Johanna replied.

“Yeah, it’s a little tricky,” her mom admitted.

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Blotter Marijuana What was described as a small amount of marijuana found in the backpack of a student at Eastlake High School was confiscated by the School Resource Officer March 7. Parents were

apparently notified, but reports do not mention an arrest or fine.

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Skyline student participates in NASA program for teens

By David Hayes dhayes@ sammamishreivew.com Nate Nguyen is a longtime fan of the cable-television show “Mythbusters,” whose hosts prove or disprove urban myths, usually with explosive results.

The program begins each episode with the hosts intoning, “Warning: Don’t try what you’re about to see at home. We’re professionals.”

One of the show’s most talked about episodes was when the hosts disproving all the myths surrounding the moon landing, thus proving we did indeed go. So Nguyen never thought he’d ever get the chance to try some of the type of experiments the “Mythbusters” hosts were known for performing. That was until he participated in the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy in February, similar to an amateur NASA program for students.

After graduating from the program, Nguyen still heeds the show’s warning.

“I don’t consider myself a professional yet,” the Skyline High School junior said.

The Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy is a scholarship program that promotes STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and effective leadership skills at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. The only catch with applying for the program is it’s open solely to children of Honeywell employees.

Luckily for Nguyen, his father, Luong, works for Honeywell’s aerospace division in Redmond.

“My dad forwarded an email about the program and wanted me to fill it out,” Nate said. “I kind of ignored it until the application deadline.”

But his father kept pestering Nate about it. Nate said application required him to write two essays — why he wanted to go and what he hoped to gain — and provide a list of extracurricular activities and a school transcript. Nate was able to highlight his pursuit

of an International Baccalaureate diploma at Skyline, his involvement in the Olympiad and Key clubs, and his twicea-month volunteering effort.

“When I got the acceptance email, I was actually surprised,” Nate admitted. “I hadn’t applied to anything before this, so I thought it would be a lot more difficult to get in.”

Once he was in, it was nonstop immersion into NASA training. There were many team-building exercises. Some were small — they were given some copper, aluminum foil and some wires, and told, “Here, now build a heat shield to protect a stick of hot glue from falling off,” Nate said.

Other projects were big, such as simulating a space shuttle mission.

“We simulated launch to landing,” Nate said.

“It was fun because I was a mission specialist, so I got to go outside in low gravity to work on the shuttle.”

The activities weren’t all just simulations. Nate had to don a flight suit to ride aboard actual centrifuges that spun him around at the end

Skyline High School junior Nate Nguyen donned a flight suit for one of the many simulations he participated in at the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy.

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of a long, mechanical arm at 3.2 times normal gravity. He also got to hop around on a moonwalker that simulated the moon’s gravity, which is one-sixth of Earth’s.

In between simulations, Nate did spend a lot time in the classroom with his fellow students learning and debating, from technology in school to driverless cars.

Of the 160 students he spent the week with, only six were from Washington. The others were from more than 30 countries, including Poland, Norway, Mexico, France, England and China.

In addition to the

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As much as his father he piloted an F-15 Eagle had to twist his arm to — and building model apply, Nate said he’s glad rockets got Nate to he did, even if it surrethinking his own STEM prised them both. education.

“I feel like this is a “Before this, I liked airplanes,” he said. “Now once-in-a-lifetime thing,” Nate said.

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Eastside Catholic welcomes new volleyball coach Issaquah resident Jen Baklenko is Eastside Catholic’s new volleyball coach.

A former West Coast Conference Player of the Year at the University of San Diego, Baklenko brings a mix of professional, collegiate and youth coaching experi-

ence to the Crusaders’ volleyball program.

Baklenko played professionally both indoors and on the beach and helped the University of Washington launch its sand volleyball program in 2014. She is also the director of the Island Thunder Volleyball Club’s indoor program, and founder of its beach club program.

“We are very excited

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 to have Jen Baklenko on board with us at Eastside Catholic,” said Athletic Jen Baklenko Director Jeremy Thielbahr. “She brings with her extensive coaching and playing experience that we know will help take our volleyball program to the highest level.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016

Calendar of Events Friday, March 25

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., 295-

Easter

0500 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

Saturday, March 26 Spanish Story Time: Hola!, 10 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Arabic Story Time: Ahlan!, 11 a.m.,

Worship Directory 15589 Calvary Chapel 3x3

Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Vibha Holi Hai Festival of Colors, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., no outside color allowed, Lake Sammamish State Park, 2000 N.W. Sammamish Road, $18 for adults and $14 for kids, act quickly as the event has sold out the last five years, free parking, includes color, pranaamindia.net Family Story Time, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Make It a Clay Day, free inclusive event, 1-4 p.m., EX3 Boys and Girls Club Recreation and Teen Center, 825 228th Ave. N.E., online registration available, sammamish.us

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SAMMAMISH REVIEW Covenant Church ministry for children with special needs, 10:45 a.m., 1715 228th Ave. S.E., call 392-8636 Norooz Persian New Year Celebration for Families, 1 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Study Zone, free drop-in homework help for grades K-12, 3-5 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church youth groups, for children in sixth through eighth grade, and ninth through 12th grades, Mass at 5 p.m., dinner and then meetings at 6:30 p.m. Sundays, 3911178, ext. 129 Young Professionals, mid-20s to mid-30s professionals meet and enjoy fellowship, single or married

welcome, 6:30 p.m., Eastridge Church, 24205 S.E. Issaquah-Fall City Road, 681-6736 or email marianne.giberson@ gmail.com

Monday, March 28 Hello English, Intermediate ESL Class, 11:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 3923130 Teen Think Tank, 2-6 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., 392-3130 Arts Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., call to register, 800-398-7888

Tuesday, March 29 Sammamish Connects, 8 a.m., Sammamish Café, 22830 N.E. 8th St., members free, $10/nonmembers, register at sammamishchamber.org See CALENDAR, Page 9

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Youth Writing Club, ages 10-14, 7 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

Wednesday, March 30

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 Toddler and Infant Lapsit Story

Time, ages 2 and older at 10 a.m. and ages 0 to 1 at 11:15 a.m., Issaquah Library, 10 W. Sunset Way, 392-5430 Rags to Riches Community Event, show your commitment to end racism in our community by standing up for this minorityowned consignment store in Redmond, noon, City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., call to register, 800-398-7888 Teen Think Tank, 1 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., 392-3130 Introduction to Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, for teens and adults, 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.

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Health and Human Services Ad-Hoc Committee meeting, 9:30 a.m., City Hall, 801 228th Ave. S.E., 2950511 Play and Learn Chinese, 10:30 a.m. to noon, 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 Study Zone, free dropin homework help for grades K-12, 6-8 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130

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Thursday, March 31 Hello English, Beginning ESL Class, 10:30 a.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Teen Think Tank, 2 p.m., Sammamish Library, 825 228th Ave. S.E., 392-3130 Progressive After

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Crusaders rally to beat Spartans in season opener

By Neil Pierson npierson@ sammamishreview.com

The long-standing baseball cliché that a team can never have too much pitching seems to ring true for this year’s Eastside Catholic squad.

When the Crusaders and Skyline Spartans started their seasons March 16 at Eastside Catholic, both teams had a plan to test their pitching depth and conserve arm strength for the rest of the 20-game regular season.

The Crusaders got a big boost from their bullpen as junior Justin Armbruester tossed four scoreless innings, giving his team enough time to rally past Skyline, 6-4.

Although last year’s ace, Metro League MVP Billy Dimlow, has graduated, EC might have more balance on the mound now. Cole Galvagno started the season opener and went two innings, and Jackson Bandow, a for-

mer Skyline player, came on to get the final three outs and the save.

EC coach Kyle Larsen praised Armbruester, who was a bit shaky with his control, walking four, but held Skyline hitless and had five strikeouts.

“Justin came in and did a fabulous job,” Larsen said. “Early in the season, they’re on a pitch count and that was kind of the plan, to have our starters kind of take the game and go in sections.

“He did so well, he got us through four (innings). We were just hoping for three. He did unbelievable today.”

Armbruester said he wasn’t sure whether he was going to start the game, but once he learned he was coming off the bench, he tried to stay mentally focused and stick to a simple blueprint.

“I threw an off-speed (pitch) every once in a while but it was more just fastballs,” Armbruester said.

Skyline, playing its first game under new coach Brandon Hemphill, jumped out to an early 3-1 lead. Danny Sinatro led off the game with a walk and scored on Dax Kringle’s single, and Ben Smith had a two-run single in the second inning.

The Spartans’ speed kept them in the game as they stole nine bases.

Putting the game in motion is already a mantra for success, Hemphill said.

“That’s going to be a big part of our offense all season long,” he said. “I know there were a lot of people here watching the game tonight and I think they probably figured that out pretty quickly.

“I keep telling our guys, we’re not the team that’s going to hit five doubles in a row, so we’re going to put pressure on and we did that tonight. We did a good job of getting guys on and then we had a See BASEBALL, Page 12

Eastside Catholic junior pitcher Justin Armbruester winds and fires during his team’s 6-4 win over Skyline on March 16.

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“We don’t really know if we’re good or not because we can’t tell between preseason and conference play,” said sophomore Crinan Dunbar. “We’ll find out with our first conference game.”

The Wolves won their fourth straight nonconference game, waking up from a slow start for a 4-0 thumping of the Ellensburg Bulldogs on March 17 at Eastlake High School.

Eastlake has outscored opponents 11-2, with an offense that

looks vastly improved over 2015, when the team managed only five goals in eight conference matches.

But check back with the Wolves after their Class 4A KingCo Conference debut against Redmond on March 25 to see how good they might really be.

“They’re playing well and I think the biggest thing about this group is they’re a team,” Gervis said. “They like each other. They play for each other and you can see it all over the field.

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before the season began in terms of that particular piece, to change the attitude.”

Eastlake’s energy levels were low to start against Ellensburg, a 2A squad, which collected the first three shots of the game and nearly took the lead in the first 15 minutes.

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Skyline senior Bradley Kim soars through the air while competing in the triple jump during a Class 4A KingCo Conference track and field meet with Newport on March 17 in Sammamish.

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Skyline High School’s track and field teams got the 2016 season off to a flying start under sunny skies on St. Patrick’s Day, sweeping the Newport Knights in a Class 4A KingCo Conference meet in Sammamish.

Skyline’s boys were 95-50 winners over Newport, while the girls used dominance in the sprints and long distances for a 94-52 victory.

Maizy Brewer, who will run for the University of Idaho next year, had a positive start to her senior campaign, winning the girls’ 1,600 meters in 5 minutes, 17.78 seconds.

Brewer is a three-time medalist at the state cross country championships, but is seeking her first track medal at the state meet in May. “Coach told me to kind of take it as a workout and I’m always hard on myself, but I feel good,” she said after her first race of the season.

Brewer’s personal

record in the 1,600 is 5:02.13, and she aims to be in the 4:50 range by the end of the season.

She put in 40 miles a week during the winter.

“I haven’t really gotten much speed work in, so it probably reflected in my last lap today,” she said. “I’m mainly just getting that endurance up right now and starting to slowly add in speed work.”

Brewer had a secondplace time of 2:34.37 in the 800 meters, helping push teammate Geneva Schlepp to a winning time of 2:29.39. Brewer will likely focus on the 3,200 as a second event, but said Schlepp has been a good training partner.

Other Skyline girls who earned victories against Newport included Nicole Cox in the 200 meters, Maisy Webb in the 400 and Erin Pletcher in the 800.

Senior Brandi Hughes, the defending state champion in the 100 hurdles, was victorious in the 100 dash and 300 hurdles, and ran for the Spartans’ 1,600 relay

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Skyline’s Maizy Brewer sets the pace as teammate Geneva Schlepp maintains close pursuit in the girls’ 1,600-meter race. team, which won in 4:20.90.

In the field, Skyline’s Katherine Koldendich won the javelin at 85 feet, 4 inches. Stephanie Lunde took the high jump at 4-6, and Jade Loville won the long jump at 14-1.

Skyline’s boys cruised to victory behind senior sprinter Tyler Ma, who took first place in the 200 (23.28) and 400 (51.86).

The Spartans swept the middle and long distances through Alexander Laucius (2:01.23 in the 800), Connor Edson (4:42.10 in the 1,600) and Imran McGrath (10:34.56 in

the 3,200).

The 400 relay squad of Dane Petterson, Lane Mallula, Luke Stiles and Jenson Mulvey won in 45.06 seconds. The 1,600 relay squad of Laucius, Mallula, Stiles and Remington Yost won in 3:39.59.

Skyline’s throwers swept their events as Kyle Matthews won the shot put (39-9), Hunter Kiphart won the discus (110-3) and Skyler Matthews won the javelin (125-11).

Stiles soared to victory in the long jump (19-5) and Bradley Kim did likewise in the triple jump (41-4 ½).

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couple fluky plays where they got out of the jams and we didn’t capitalize.

As the season goes on, I anticipate we’re going to capitalize on those more and more often.”

Hemphill might have been speaking specifically to the fourth inning, when Skyline loaded the bases with one out.

Sinatro lined the ball toward right field, but second baseman Jackson Brodman made a diving catch and doubled up the runner at first base to end the threat.

EC made it 3-3 in its half of the fourth. Bryson Beltran trotted home when Skyline failed to cover second on a pickoff play and Smith’s throw sailed into center field.

With two outs, Dylan Melody should’ve been retired, but Skyline’s center fielder lost a fly ball in the lights, allowing the tying run to score.

The Crusaders took the lead with three runs in the fifth off reliever Calvin Wood. Matt Laris delivered a two-out

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Finding the strike zone is something the Spartans will have to work on, Hemphill said, as they walked eight batters and hit one.

“When you’re giving guys free passes – and multiple free passes in an inning – those are going to add up and they hurt us tonight,” he said.

Soccer From Page 10 from Connor Ahlquist’s corner kick for a 2-0 lead.

“We started slow but we just picked up our energy and it started clicking,” said Dunbar, a first-year varsity player who is being used as a winger in Eastlake’s 4-3-3 formation.

Eastlake’s defense also stiffened as the game wore on – the Bulldogs didn’t have any shots between the 15th and 64th minutes.

By then, the Wolves had all but wrapped up the victory. Potter scored his fourth goal of the season in the 47th minute, burying an open chance from 10 yards off a Michael Kowalchuk assist. Dunbar completed the scoring in the 60th minute, converting a breakaway pass from Evan Kurtz.

Dunbar had a chance to shine with three of the team’s attackers – Max Langston, Veton Redzepi and Anthony Humay – out of the lineup.

“I didn’t score in the first few games, so it felt good to score today,” Dunbar said. “It was just give-and-go’s, one-twos, and I just finished the chances.”

Early in the game, Gervis was visibly frustrated on the sideline and the players responded to his shouts in a positive manner. Eastlake outshot Ellensburg 15-6 and put seven chances on target to the Bulldogs’ one.

“Once the work rate goes up, then they start to play their game,” Gervis said. “Once they play their game, they’re unstoppable.”