BOOSTERBUZZ
May 5, 2019
THIS WEEK ~ Post Season fun!
IN THE NEWS
EAGLE CLUBS
BAND
Mix It Up won first place at State in the Mixed Large Ensemble category, and Cameron Zielinski won first place in the Alto Solo. In Harmony won third place in Men’s large Ensemble. 8 of our 10 entries got Superior #1 ratings. A good weekend for IHS. Thought you would be interested.
EAGLE SPORTS
Issaquah High is excited to announce these student-athletes will be continuing their athletic careers at the following colleges and universities:
| Chloe Huling | Girls Soccer | Portland State |
| Lea Tucker | Girls Soccer | Washington University St Louis |
| Brecklyn Beighle | Girls Soccer | Lewis & Clark |
| Chloe Lang | Girls Soccer | George Fox |
| Taiga Crenshaw | Boys Soccer | Loyola Chicago |
| Josh Lee | Boys Soccer | Soka |
| Liam Morlin | Boys Soccer | Penn State Abington |
| Jenna Heesacker | Cross Country | Central Wash Univ |
| Katie Riley | Cross Country | Lafayette College, PA |
| Emma Jordan | Cross Country | Colorado Statte |
| Sam Griffith | Cross Country | Washington State Univ |
| Tyler Odegard | Baseball | Big Bend Univ. |
| Claire Hyun | Volleyball | US Merchant Marine Academy |
*If your student-athlete was not on this list please let Mr. Ande know and we will include them on the next.
GIRLS GOLF EAGLES GOING TO STATE!
For the season the girls came in first in league going 9-0!
At Kingco and Districts they tied with Mt. Si for 2nd! Issaquah will be sending a team of 5 to State in Spokane. Jeemin Nam, Shannon Lin, Cynthia Lee, Grace Wang and Rosie Shen.
Congratulations ladies and keep it going!
BOYS LACROSSE EAGLES GOING TO STATE!
Varsity (8-9) ~ closes out the regular season with a 13-9 win over Lake WA, a 1-7 loss to Bellevue and on Senior Night an 11-2 win over Mount Si. Senior Night celebrated Conor Temple, Matt Moss, John Batura, Spenser Berntsen, Ramon Avila, Mitchell Barnes, Nico Giorello and Cam Bryce. We wish them all the very best.
With the Senior Night win, Varsity qualifies for the State 4A Tournament and will likely travel to the Tri Cities Saturday to face the Richland Bombers at 5pm.... GO EAGLES …
JV (5-8) ~ closes out their season with a 14-4 over North Creek, a 2-15 loss to Bellevue, a 19-1 win over Cedarcrest and a 8-1 win over Ballard.
TRACK & FIELD
Busy week for track and field. The team divided and conquered many new PR’s and Seasons Best records at the Liberty Twilight and Lake Washington Invites on Friday!
Julia David-Smith traveled to Portland to run the elite mile against National competition in the Nike Jesuit Twilight Race. Her amazing time of 4:49.7 has her in the top 10 in the country this season!!
GIRLS TENNIS
On April 30th, the team played their final match at Skyline and was defeated 5-2. Mina Jo/Anna Jow on their doubles match 7-6, 6-1. Jasleen Shnider/Sydney Antezana split sets and won the tie breaker (4-6, 6-4, 10-6).
For the post season Kingco tournament, the following players were selected to represent Issaquah High:
BASEBALL
Varsity Wes-King Playoffs ~ Eagles Shutout Kamiak, Thursday ~ The KingCo #4 Eagles defeated WesCo #5 Kamiak on Thursday, 6-0, in a loser-out game at Issaquah High School. Senior Cooper Thieme's lefty swing supplied some damage at the plate for the Eagles, doubling home a run in the Eagles' three-run fifth and clubbing a 3-run homer in the sixth. Junior right hander Brady Liddle worked in and out of trouble while scattering four hits for his fourth win of the season.
Eagles to battle their way out of loser’s bracket, Saturday ~ The Eagles will have to battle their way out of the loser's bracket after falling to Cascade, 3-1, in Saturday's Wes-King tourney action at Everett Memorial Stadium. The Eagles scored their lone run in the top of the fourth inning on a double by Derek Gellos followed by a wild pitch and a sac fly by Lucas Senatore. In the bottom of the same inning, Cascade responded with three runs, coming on a lead-off walk, back-to-back singles and a two-base throwing error.
CTEAM ~ Tuesday 5/2: 4-2 victory over Eastlake. Chandler Tuupo and Nick Imler combined on the mound to contain the Eastlake offense, while an inside the park HR by Henry Hess and two doubles by Steven Moore provided the offense. The Eagles also took advantage of defensive errors by Eastlake to put the game away.
Wednesday 5/3: 13-1 loss to Redmond. Walks and errors proved too much to overcome as the Eagle C-Team season wrapped up on a sour note.
BOYS SOCCER
Varsity: Loss against Mt. Si, 1-2 ~ The varsity Eagles played their last match of the regular season on Tuesday, April 30 against Mt. Si. The first half went scoreless as both teams created several chances, but could not convert and finished the half 0-0. The Eagles got on the scoreboard 6 minutes into the second half as Taiga Crenshaw took the ball down the right and placed a shot into the far left corner of the net. The Wildcats responded a minute later scoring a goal off a throw in that landed in the box. The first and only yellow card was issued against Mt. Si with 14 minutes left in the game. The Wildcats scored the go ahead goal 11 minutes later to take the 1-2 win. With the loss, the Eagles took 3rd in league standings and the first playoff game on Saturday, May 4 against North Creek.
Win against North Creek, 2-1 ~ The Eagles dominated play and control in the first half and created multiple chances off set pieces and combination plays, but were not able to score. First half ended 0-0. The Eagles continue to control the ball and fire off shots early in the second half until 20 minutes into the half when Taiga Crenshaw took a corner kick and Gavin Herman headed it in for goal and the 1-0 lead. The Jaguars scored the equalizer with 6 minutes left in the match on a penalty kick from an Issaquah foul. It was 1-1 with 5 minutes left in the match. The Jaguars had a couple of chances to move ahead from a free kick and corner and the Eagles did too from a yellow card issued to the Jaguars and free kick that went high. The Eagles scored the go ahead goal with less than 2 minutes left to play when Charlie Buttler took the ball down the left and crossed it into the box and Gavin Herman tapped it in. Eagles win their first tournament playoff game 2-1. Next round is a home game on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00 pm against Skyline.
This week: Varsity: Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00 pm at home against Skyline (2nd round of Wes-KingCo playoff tournament)
JV: Win against Mt. Si, 4-1 ~ The JV Soccer Eagles finished strong at Mt. Si on Tuesday, winning 4-1. Mason Gravesstarted the scoring in the first half with a beautiful header to the corner net and then ten minutes later finds a ball that bounced off the post and is put into the center. With less than 2 minutes left in the first half a penalty kick by Xander Schockhelps us leave the field 3-0. In the second half, Zander Schock puts a beautiful cross to Ryan Bendt and Ryan is fouled in the box. Zander drills the penalty kick 4-0. Mt Si gets on the board late in the second half and we end the season at 4-1.
JVC: Loss against Liberty, 1-3 ~ On Monday April 29, Issaquah High School JVC soccer team suffered their only loss of the season to Liberty, 1-3.
Win against Mercer Island, 2-0 ~ On Wednesday May 1, the Issaquah High School JVC soccer team played their final game of the season and defeated Mercer Island 2-0. The JVC team Eagles finished the season at the top of the table with a 12-1-3 record, racking up an impressive 57 goals.
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