BOOSTERBUZZ
January 27, 2019
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• BOOSTER NEWS •
Did you know…there is one place you can go to see all Issy’s Individual KingCo, State and National Awards & Recognitions? Yes, the Booster Club promote pride on its website too, under Student Recognition! Click Here to all the Fall 2018 athlete award recognitions. Let us know if we are missing any!
Extra-Curricular IHS positions available: Issaquah High School Athletic Department is accepting applications for 2019 Football Head Coach, Volleyball Head Coach, Girls Tennis Head Coach, Baseball C-Team Coach Click Here for more information
Fall 2019 "Advisory Committee Chair” applications being accepted now through February 10th. The current Football ACC, John Hillock, and Cross Country ACC, Megan Haas have expressed interested in committing to another year. The Booster Club will be making final Fall 2019 Advisory Committee Chair (ACC) appointments during the February 12th Booster Club meeting. Click Here for more information and application. Contact Casey Stenzel with questions.
• EAGLE SPORTS •
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
BOYS’ SWIM & DIVE (5-2) KingCo Championships start
This week the Issaquah Boys Swim & Dive Team finished their regular season with a 6-2 dual meet record with wins over Bellevue and Interlake and co-hosted the KingCo Invitational.
On Tuesday, the Eagles’ skeleton crew defeated Bellevue by the score of 102-81. Highlights include: Divers Robert Gref, Jacob Hansen and Taylor Hunter finished 1-2-3; Swimmers who placed: Adam Hansen (1st & 2nd); Chris Harig (1st & 2nd); Karl Yount (1st & 3rd); Weston Crewe (2nd & 2nd); Blake Ueda (1st); William Paxton (2nd); Ryan Cho (3rd) and Tuan Zhang (3rd ). Many team members scored valuable points individually and on relays.
On Thursday Issaquah beat Interlake by the score of 114-71… detailed results are not yet available but many of the same swimmers and divers along with Joshua Sun and Owen Zablocki contributed to the win.
Issy co-hosted the KingCo Invitational on Saturday at which Adam Bussey, Luke Holtrop, Johnny Lee & Mikey Redding qualified for the KingCo Championship. The complete list of qualifiers for KingCo, District & State Champs can be found here.
Next Up: KingCo Swimming Champs on Mercer, Island-Mary Wayte Pool on 10am on Friday (2/1) & 3pm Saturday (2/2). KingCo Diving Champs at Junita are onSaturday 2/2, 9:30am
DANCE TEAM
Congrats to the IHS Dance Team for placing 1st place in both Dance and Pom categories at their first competition of the season held on Jan 26,2019 at the Redmond High School. Also, a big congrats to junior Shelby Chang for coming in 2nd place at the advanced drill downs!Way to go girls!!
BOYS’ WRESTLING (8-0)
Issy beat Mt Si on Tue (1/22), 48-27. So far, 1st in KingCo - way to go boys! Pictures found on the KingCo site for the 1/19 tournament and 1/22 (Stop Action Photo) meet.
Up Next: Last meet of the season will be this Tuesday at Skyline, 7pm. Post season schedule not yet available, but they are going!
GYMNASTICS (4-4)
5th in KingCo. On Thu (1/24) Issy tied Bellingham 160-160 and beat Eastlake, 160-139. The last meet of the season is this Thursday, 7pm at Newport, when the team completes against Newport and Interlake. Come cheer on your Eagles!
BOYS’ BASKETBALL KingCo Crest/Crown Playoffs start
Varsity (KingCo Crest 6-6 / Overall 8-11)
Issy had a tough week, with a tight loss to Inglemoor on Tue (1/22), 58-62, then at home the Eagles fought hard against the powerful Mt Si, losing 49-74. Friday was still a special night, as we celebrated out Seniors; Jonathan Lo, Jameson Pastor, Asa Taylor (scoring 14 pts), Brian Yoon
Next Up: Last regular game is this Tuesday, 8pm at home vs Redmond. Post Season Play begins! KingCo Crest/Crown 4A Tournament starts Friday, 7pm at Higher Speed, Saturday Finals at Bellevue High. Bracket All KingCo Crest/Crown teams will qualify for WesCo-KingCo 4A tournament, starting Feb 8th Bracket Top 5 go to State.
JV (KingCo Crest 6-7 / Overall 9-10) Two wins this week; Tue (1/22) win over Inglemoor, 59-57, and Friday (1/25) win over Mt Si, 53-39. Way to go boys! Last game of the year will be this Tuesday at Redmond, 5pm.
CTeam (KingCo 6-3 / Overall 10-4) Two wins this week; Mon (1/21) win over Newport, 42-34, and Thu (1/24) win over Inglemoor, 44-34. Way to go boys! Only four more games (two weeks) left in the season.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL KingCo Crest/Crown Playoffs start
Varsity (KingCo Crest 5-7 / Overall 12-7)
Next Up: 4A KingCo Crest/Crown Playoffs start this Friday, 7pm (at Higher Speed) and Saturday (time & location determined from Friday’s game). Issaquah is tied for 3rdin KingCo Crest. KingCo 4A Bracket. All KingCo Crest/Crown teams will qualify for WesCo-KingCo 4A tournament, starting Feb 7th. Wes-King 4A Bracket Top 5 go to State
JV (KingCo Crest 8-4 / Overall 13-4) 2ndin KingCo Crest. FollowTwitterto stay in the know on game highlights. Come cheer our JV girls at their last game of the season this Tuesday.
BOYS’ LACROSSE
Registration is open for Spring 2019 Varsity and Junior Varsity IHS Boys Lacrosse. Registration link: https://leagueathletics.com/Registration/Default.asp?org=ISSYLAX.ORG
Important dates
February 13th 7pm - ILC Annual Meeting and Player/Parent Information Night
February 15th - High School Registration Closes
February 25th and 26th - High School Tryouts
March 8th - First Varsity game at Bainbridge
• EAGLE CLUBS •
ROBOTICS Issy Robotics
DECA Issy DECA
• EAGLE LINKS •
IHS Athletics Page (forms, sport website links)
IHS Activities Page (Club websites, ASB, Forms)
KingCo Athletics records and schedules for all athletic teams, TIP: Register to receive notifications when games are cancelled/rescheduled as well as other important team information.
WIAA District 2 KingCo District, Regional and State information, including brackets.
Issaquah High Times - The Student News Site of Issaquah High
Issaquah Reporter online Issaquah Newspaper
IHS Logowear online, anytime by visiting the Booster Club website.
• EAGLE NEEDS •
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• MARK YOUR CALENDAR •
January 28...... No School, Teacher work day
February 1….... ASB Blood Drive
February 12.…. Booster Club Meeting, IHS Library at 6:30pm
February 18-22. Mid-Winter Break
February 28….. Privilege Walk, during school hours, hosted CARE Club
February 28..… Spring Parent / Player Spring Sports Night, 6:30pm
March 12........ Booster Club Meeting, IHS Library at 6:30pm
March 25-29...... TOLO Spirit Week
March 30........... TOLO Dance
SPONSOR: Thank you to Don Borin with Stop Action Photography for taking amazing pictures of our Eagles and then giving 20% IHS proceeds back to the IHS Booster Club. Contact Don Borin if you would like pictures taken at your next event. StopActionPhotography
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