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SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Back to School for Sammamish
Volunteers Kelly Callison, left, and Lynne De La Cruz greet bus riders in the morning and write numbers on students’ hands to remind them which bus to ride in the afternoon.
From left, Creekside students Levi Chisholm, Will Schneider, Kyle Kropp, Jeffrey Duan, Henry Grillo and Sal Wheeler reconnect prior to starting their first day in Kathleen Blanding’s second-grade classroom.
Second-grade teacher Janee Smith helps student Emanuel Luca find a spot for his backpack.
Students across the plateau went back to school last week, with both districts, and most private schools starting up. The first day at Creekside Elementary featured the controlled chaos of young children trying to find teachers, calsrooms and friends.
Creekside teacher Emily Bradford lines up her first-grade students in preparation for entering the school on Sept. 4.
Photos by Neil Pierson
Second-grade teacher Cherie Dodd and student Alivia Merritt work on a first-day assignment.
Robin Earl, principal at Creekside Elementary, talks on her walkie-talkie while greeting a couple students getting off their bus.
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SAMMAMISH REVIEW
Lewis brothers lead Wolves’ rout of Lancers By Neil Pierson
come out and be efficient,” Bartel said. “We didn’t know how it was Eastlake High’s three offengoing to go, but we knew (Lakes) sive stars shone brightly, and the were going to be fast and physiresult was a convincing victory in cal, so that was good for us.” Don Bartel’s head-coaching debut Eastlake’s first offensive series at the school. ended quickly, but its next posBrothers Drew and Troy Lewis session wound up in the end combined for 238 all-purpose zone as Troy Lewis plunged yards and four touchdowns, and through the line from two yards quarterback out. Blue Thomas Defensive I don’t want to sound threw for 198 lineman Carson cocky, but we’ve worked Iraola recovyards and two scores as ered a Lakes so hard, and this is the Wolves – the where it pays off, right fumble whipped the first of three here.” visiting Lakes turnovers from Lancers 41-7 the Lancers – Drew Lewis, in a season– early in the Eastlake football – opening, nonsecond period. league football That set up game on Sept. a 10-play, 6. 83-march Bartel hadn’t beaten Lakes in that Troy Lewis capped with an four previous meetings while 18-yard TD run. coaching at Enumclaw, but that An interception from linemonkey was taken off his back. backer Lucas Henkel gave the Eastlake scored 27 points in the Wolves good field position again. second period for a 34-0 halftime Eastlake used some trickery to lead, leaving the second half as a gain 47 yards as Thomas threw learning tool for its younger play- a lateral to Mitchell Augenstein, ers. who hit Jeffrey Feinglas deep “All we wanted to do was down the sideline. That set up
Photo by Dave Sheffels
Eastlake defenders swarm Lakes running back Pete Bostic, causing a first-quarter fumble. Eastlake forced three turnovers in its 41-7 victory on Sept. 6. Troy Lewis’ third score on a 5-yard run. Eastlake was far from finished. Facing a third-and-13 situation,
Thomas found a wide-open Drew Lewis out of the backfield, and he sprinted 65 yards to the end zone for a 27-0 lead.
Following a poor punt, the Wolves needed only 13 seconds See EASTLAKE, Page 11
Bellevue hammers Skyline in Husky Stadium showdown By Neil Pierson
In a battle of high-school football programs with 18 state championships between them, it was the Bellevue Wolverines who looked much more comfortable in a big-game environment. Bellevue, winners of the last five Class 3A titles, forced three turnovers and ran up 418 yards of offense, leading to a 45-7 victory over two-time defending 4A champion Skyline on Sept. 7 at Husky Stadium in Seattle. The Wolverines took control early on both sides of the ball, using their size and speed to overwhelm the Spartans at the line of scrimmage. At halftime, Bellevue led 35-0 and had three scoring plays of 40 yards or more. Skyline head coach Mat Taylor indicated the lopsided loss was demoralizing, especially for a program that saw a 20-game winning streak come to a crashing halt. The Spartans hadn’t lost since Oct. 21, 2011, a 28-21 defeat to Eastlake. “We got (outplayed) in every facet of the game,” Taylor said. “There were a lot of wide eyes out there. Basically, I can’t look at one spot where they didn’t just totally out-physical us, out-
Photo by Greg Farrar
Kilton Anderson, Skyline High School senior quarterback, scores on his 45-yard run in the fourth quarter, putting the Spartans on the board in a 45-7 loss against Bellevue at the Emerald City Kickoff Classic at Husky Stadium. compete us, and we’ve got some things to get figured out.” Bellevue’s explosiveness was on display from the opening kickoff. Of the Wolverines’ five scor-
ing drives in the first half, none lasted longer than five plays. “They’re young, we’re young in some ways, and I just think our big plays were the differ-
ence,” Bellevue head coach Butch Goncharoff said. On Skyline’s second possession, quarterback Kilton Anderson fumbled, and
Bellevue’s star player, Budda Baker, pounced on the ball at the Spartans’ 21-yard line. Moments later, Baker dashed around the left side on fourthand-1 for a 12-yard score that put the Wolverines ahead for good. Skyline managed only one first down on its next series, and after a punt, Bellevue was back in the end zone two plays later as Sam Richmond scampered 65 yards up the gut. The Wolverines needed just one play to score on their next possession. Quarterback Timmy Haehl threw a short screen pass to Marek Spooner-Leduff, who eluded several tacklers on his way to a 66-yard scoring play. Baker’s 47-yard touchdown run put the Wolverines up 28-0. He finished with 69 yards on seven carries, helping Bellevue rush for 324 yards as a team. “I’ve had some great ones. He’s in the conversation as the best I’ve had,” Goncharoff said of Baker. The Wolverines grew their lead to 45-0 early in the fourth period thanks to Cody Gibson’s 29-yard field goal and Christoph Hirota’s 15-yard TD run. See SKYLINE, Page 11