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Eastside Catholic douses Patriots, 62-9 By Christina Corrales-Toy newcastle@isspress.com As the clocked ticked to zero, and the scoreboard showed an ugly 62-9 loss for the home team, something beautiful was going on in the stands at Liberty High School on Sept. 6. Despite just witnessing their beloved Patriots sustain a blowout at the hands of a talented Eastside Catholic squad, the stillfull Liberty student section cheered louder than ever as the team approached the stands to thank their fans after the game. “We’ve got some great fans,” Liberty tight end Lorin Archibald said after the loss. Patriot Pride was on full display in the home stands for the season opener against the Crusaders, who lost to Bellevue in the 3A state championship game last year. Liberty students stayed even after the Crusaders put 21 points on the board in the first quarter alone. They continued to cheer as the Patriots went into halftime, down 49-6. It was
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UP NEXT Liberty vs. Hazen 47 p.m. Sept. 13 4Renton Memorial Stadium not the start they hoped to see from their team, but they showed their support nonetheless. Liberty sophomore Nate Solly earned the start at quarterback, throwing for more than 100 yards against a dominant Eastside Catholic defense. That included a 16-yard touchdown pass to Archibald in the second quarter. It was Liberty’s lone touchdown of the game, but Archibald said the fade route to the end zone was just as they had practiced during the preseason. “Since we were close to the end zone, I knew it was going to be my ball, so I just took my splits and went for it,” he said. “I was pretty pumped and I give props to my quarterback.” Archibald, Liberty’s See PATRIOTS, Page B5
BY DARRYN DIEKEN
Jack Gellatly, Issaquah High School running back, scampers through a large hole in the Interlake line for a large gain. Gellatly scored four touchdowns in the Eagles’ 44-3 victory against the Saints.
THUNDERING EAGLES
Jack Gellatly leads Issaquah attack with four touchdowns By David Hayes dhayes@isspress.com
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Lorin Archibald, Liberty High School senior wide receiver, pulls in a 16-yard pass for a second-quarter touchdown Sept. 6 against Eastside Catholic junior defensive back Austin Moss.
On Sept. 5, Mother Nature reminded the region she’s still a force to be reckoned with, displaying quite the impressive thunder and lightning show. The following night, Issaquah High School put the region on notice it, too, will be a force of nature in KingCo this season. The Eagles stormed into host Interlake High School’s field and ran away with a 44-3 win in a nonleague matchup. The victory begs the question why the perennial powerhouse wasn’t in preseason top-10 discussions. “Yeah, I can’t remember the last time we weren’t in the top 10 pre-season,” said head coach Chris Bennett, thinking back through his 14 years with the Eagles. From the first snap, it was obvious the Eagles were a bigger squad than the Saints.
BY DARRYN DIEKEN
Jeff Shipley, Issaquah High School wide receiver (4), and the Eagles offense celebrate after a 50-yard touch down reception in their Sept. 6 game against Interlake. “They’re a great team with a strong tradition that’s just in a rebuilding year,” Bennett conceded. After the squads traded possessions on downs, the Eagles would score on their next six possessions, led by the aerial assault of Jack Neary and ground attack of Jack Gellatly. The two seniors hooked up on a screen pass that Gellatly ran 60 yards for the Eagles’ first scoring
Liberty Select holds tryouts Liberty Select Basketball will hold tryouts Sept. 22, 23 and 24 for boys and girls entering third through eighth grades. Exact times and locations for the tryouts can be found on the program’s website at www.libertyselectbasketball.com. Players must register online prior to tryouts. Click the ‘Register Now’ icon on the home page. The Liberty Select Basketball program is a competitive program focused on providing future Liberty High School basketball players a fun, constructive and rewarding basketball experience. The Liberty Select Basketball vision includes bringing together competitive players with strong basketball skills to participate in youth basketball at the highest level.
goal as time expired to give Issaquah a 30-3 halftime lead. “The up tempo was something we wanted to do this year,” Bennett said. “The kids seem to like it. It wears down the other team.” As for Neary’s handling of the offense, Bennett said the senior handled the nohuddle well. But even in a See EAGLES, Page B5
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Kip Brown takes third at Diamond Cup Driver Kip Brown, of Preston’s Our Gang Racing, placed third at the Diamond Cup Championship in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Sept. 1. The competition represented the return of Unlimited hydroplane racing in Coeur d’Alene after the sport’s 45-year absence. It is the second-straight third-place finish for Brown who, driving the 95 Spirit of Qatar, finished third at Seafair in early August. The team will next compete for the Bayfair Cup in San Diego on Sept. 13-15.
drive. Neary later tossed his second TD pass of the night to senior Jeff Shipley, who ran it for 50 yards and a score with 6:45 left in the first half. The Eagles’ up-tempo attack kept the Saints on their heels all night. The Eagles were able to drive within field goal range where Jason Schwartz made up for an earlier blocked extra point attempt with a field
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Chandler Wong (34), Skyline High School junior linebacker, sacks Bellevue senior quarterback Timmy Haehl for a 2-yard loss in the first quarter, helping stifle the Wolverines’ first possession of the game.
Bellevue hammers Skyline in matchup of defending champs By Neil Pierson npierson@sammamishreview.com In a battle of high-school football programs with 18 state championships between them, it was the Bellevue High School Wolverines who looked much more comfortable in a big-game environment. Bellevue High School, 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 See SPARTANS, Page B5
Whether you race on two wheels or two feet, there is an event to challenge you in conjunction with Salmon Days, Oct. 5 and 6. The Salmon Dayssponsored Upstream Hill Climb for bicycles will be Sept. 28. The 37th annual Issaquah Rotary Run with the Fishes will be Oct. 6. Salmon Days took over sponsorship of the established Cougar Mountain Climb for Cancer and changed the name to Upstream Hill Climb to fit with the Salmon Days theme, according to Brian Twiggs, director of sponsorships for Salmon Days. It is a 2.2-mile uphill race from the start of Mine Hill Road, just off of Newport Way Southwest. The twisty and very steep paved road ends at Squak Mountain. Twiggs said organizers expect 200 bicyclists for the Geico-sponsored event.
REGISTER ONLINE Upstream Hill Climb www.bikereg.com/Net/ upstream Run with the Fishes http://issaquahrun.com It is a timed event; each contestant will be given a timing chip at the start. Twigs said there will be services of a professional timing company and racers will leave at intervals. There will be a leader board at the bottom to record times of contestants as they reach the top. The event will raise money for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. It will cost racers $40 for a ticket to participate, with 25 percent of the proceeds going to cancer research and the remainder to help fund Salmon Days. Since it is a timed event, See RACE, Page B5