By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island football team lost a shootout Friday night at Newport 40-33 but…
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The biggest surprise Thursday during the boys tennis match at Juanita High School was…
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island girls swim team defeated fellow 3A power Bainbridge Island Tuesday 177-120…
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island girls swim team defeated fellow 3A power Bainbridge Island Tuesday 177-120…
By Matt Phelps Mercer Island Reporter The Mercer Island girls swim team defeated fellow 3A power Bainbridge Island Tuesday 177-120…
Most high school teams change from year to year. That change can sometimes include a new coach, an extra non-league tournament, transition of talent and sometimes a new place to play home games. For the Mercer Island boys water polo team, change means all of the above.
The second-place finish at the state meet last year was a sign that the Mercer Island girls swim team’s climb to the top was almost complete.
No boys golf team in the past decade has won KingCo in three consecutive seasons. Last year’s repeat of the KingCo title was not only a great achievement for the squad, but it gave the boys a chance to make history.
The feeling of a lost opportunity fell over the Mercer Island High School girls volleyball team following state last year. The team swept through KingCo for an undefeated season and league title. The team then placed second at the district tournament only to be sent home prior to placing at state.
Most 3A KingCo high school tennis seasons come down to Mercer Island and Newport. The rest of the teams play for third or fourth place. This year, the only team left of those two schools in 3A KingCo after realignment is Mercer Island.
If a girls soccer player made it through the entire season in 2007 without injury, she was in the minority. Eleven out of 18 players missed time last year due to torn ACLs, twisted ankles and a litany of other ailments that made the team look like a traveling emergency room. The result was a frustrating season that saw Mercer Island miss the playoffs and slide to the bottom of the division with just five wins.
Cross country is a sport that is thought of, primarily, as an individual sport. Running tests one’s endurance, speed and mental fortitude. But the emphasis on team at Mercer Island High School has led the girls squad to be a perennial state contender and the boys to push their way to the top.
The Mercer Island High School football team went through some big changes during the offseason. A new head coach, realignment of the KingCo league and some dramatic changes on the field resulted in the Islanders’ first win of the season, 7-6, on Friday against Lake Washington.
