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June 1, 2012 [11]
CLASS 2B STATE TRACK AND FIELD
Record-breaking Magee flies high in final jump personal-best 5 feet, 9 inches in her final jump in a Bear Creek jersey at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. "As she got to her final attempt at 5-9 I had never seen her look so aggressive," said Bear Creek track and field coach Scott Wright. "She didn't even brush the bar. And for the first time I saw her burst with
BILL CHRISTIANSON bchristianson@redmond-reporter.com
The Bear Creek School senior Maddie Magee won her third straight Class 2B state high jump title last weekend — and she did it in record fashion. Magee uncorked a new Class 2Band school-record mark, clearing a
joy. What a way to end your high school career: Setting a state record on your last attempt." Magee also medaled in the long jump with a sixth-place finish (1510.75) and ran a leg on Bear Creek's bronze-medal 800 relay team. "Maddie has been such a great athlete to coach," Wright said. "Never to up or down, as I like to
call it, she is just Maddie." Magee's teammate Morgan Rial brought home four state medals with fourth-place finishes in the 300-meter hurdles and the 400 — considered two of the most grueling races. Rial ran a personal-best time of 1 minute, .36 seconds in [ more BEAR CREEK page 12 ]
CLASS 1A STATE SOCCER
Coach dedicates title win to ailing father
OVERLAKE TENNIS PLAYERS SHINE AT STATE
The Overlake School had a strong showing at last weekend’s Class 1B/2B/1A state tennis tournaments as all five Owls came away with some state hardware. The doubles team of senior Caroline Spencer and junior Emily Walter were crowned state champions after taking down a duo from Colville, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in Saturday’s finals at the Yakima Tennis Center. The Owls almost had another state champion in senior Trym Torvund, who fell to Charles Wright’s Daniel Hahm, 6-2, 6-4, in the boys’ singles finals. Overlake senior Eathan Hayden and sophomore Bob Gardner earned the fourth-place medals in the boys’ doubles tournament after beating Jeremy Gaudette and Jonas Rickenbacher of Naches Valley, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Poplawski delivers as Overlake finishes season undefeated BILL CHRISTIANSON bchristianson@redmond-reporter.com
Bob Bristol tried his best to stay on an even keel throughout a season of personal pain and heartache. But after his Overlake School boys’ soccer team won the Class 1A state title at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner last Saturday, he could no longer hold his emotions back. Filled with joy — and relief — the longtime coach told his players after the dog pile celebration how he had dedicated the Bob Bristol season to his father, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January. He called Saturday’s 1-0 shootout victory against Chelan a “gift” to his father, Michael, who lives in Pennsylvania. “While the team wasn’t fully aware of Bob’s situation at home, besides winning it for ourselves and for our school, everyone wanted to win the championship for Bob,” said senior Dean Poplawski. “He has dedicated so much to Overlake soccer and has been such an important part of our team this year and in years past.” Bristol admits this season has been “stressful” as he missed several practices throughout the season to fly back
SRA rowers shine at regional championships
The Sammamish Rowing Association (SRA) junior rowing team competed at the Northwest Junior Regional Championships in Vancouver, Wash. and qualified four boats to nationals in Tennessee June 8. The SRA junior men took three championships and also earned a pair of second-place medals. On the women’s side, SRA took home one first place and a pair of third-place finishes. The novice rowers (less than one year of experience) won six medals, including a pair of first places.
The Overlake School senior Dean Poplawski deflects a penalty-kick attempt during Overlake’s semifinal win against Ridgefield last Friday. The Owls went on to beat Chelan in Saturday’s championship game to earn their first Class 1A state title since 1996. Photo courtesy of Lee Dolack east to visit and support his father. But when the Owls beat Chelan — thanks to a brilliant coaching move by Bristol — he admitted he felt some “major stress relief.” Because as he puts it, soccer is still “the one thing (he) can control.” “It makes you feel good when it goes well,” said Bristol, who had a brain tumor removed a month before Overlake played in the 2010 Class 1A state finals and lost. But this year, the Owls delivered in crunch time to give their coach his first state title since 1996 and some much-needed happiness in what has been a turbulent time for Bristol. “It felt great,” he said of the title win. A well-calculated move by Bristol in both Friday’s semifinal against
Ridgefield and Saturday’s final against Chelan over the weekend led to the championship win. In both games, the Owls had to pull out wins with penalty kicks in do-or-die shootout situations and Bristol decided to replace starter Jordan Cardenas in goal with Poplawski, an all-league midfielder who delivered big-time for his coach. “Dean has great reflexes and leaping ability and during the week leading up to the game, he had been taking some kicks,” Bristol said. “He is so focused and competitive.” Against Ridgefield, the Owls tied the game at 1 in the second half on a 30-yard, free-kick goal by senior Jesse Klug, who was battling a bout with pneumonia over the weekend. The teams remained tied after
the two overtime periods, forcing a penalty-kick shootout and a substitution in goal by Bristol. That’s when Bristol turned to Poplawski and told him, “Put your jersey on. You are going to do it.” Poplawski made three brilliant saves in the shootout against Ridgefield as the Owls outshot Ridgefield, 4-3, to pull out the win and advance to the title game. The Owls battled hard with Chelan in the championship game as Klug, who will play at Bucknell next year, was stopped on three different one-on-one opportunities against Chelan goal keeper Ruben Medina, including one with less than five seconds left in the second overtime. [ more OWLS page 12 ]
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