The Mercer Island boys soccer team improved to 7-0-1 Friday with a 3-1 victory against Sammamish to maintain its spot…
The Mercer Island High School baseball team improved to 2-2 on the young season with a 16-2 rout of Interlake…
The Mercer Island boys soccer team may have already proven that it is the team to beat — at any level. Two weeks into the season, the Islanders are 5-0-1 with three victories against 4A schools and two big in-league wins.
There is a tradition in the Mercer Island High School boys basketball program where varsity athletes are required to wear a maroon blazer on game day. The blazers are not only a symbol of the program’s proud tradition, but also the pride that each player has in playing for a high school coaching legend. The tradition also dictates that every year during the final awards banquet each graduating player stands, places his blazer on the stage and takes leave as a changing of the guard.
For the first time this decade, the Mercer Island boys lacrosse team did not play in the state finals last year. It is not good to poke a bear.
Not many teams can see through the Mercer Island Forrest. Not many can score on him, either.
The Mercer Island girls tennis program is one of the most successful of any Washington high school athletic program, with 33 state titles. With that type of tradition, expectations are high. Last year, the team won the league and district titles, and Chelsea Bailey and Michelle Zemplenyi took second in state for doubles. But a 34th team state title had to wait.
The Mercer Island baseball team has been mired in a dark decade. The last time when the Islanders won the league title was 1998. But last year, the team finished at .500 and made the playoffs. This season, the playoffs will be handed to every team in KingCo and motivation will have to come from within. Only time will tell how the team and the program react.
For the third time in as many years, the Mercer Island girls water polo team has a new head coach.
The phrase, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” is a cliche, but it is the best way to describe the Mercer Island girls lacrosse program.
Mercer Island girls golf coach Don Papasedero has confidence in his team this season.
The struggles of the Mercer Island girls fastpitch softball team have been evident during the past four years. Just winning one game has become a goal each preseason. But last year, something happened to the team that gave players hope — two wins and the emergence of a competitive spirit that the program has not seen in over a half decade.
A Mercer Island High School league change may impact no team more than Mercer Island track and field. Gone from the 3A league are powerhouses like Newport, Skyline and Issaquah, whose sheer numbers put the Islanders at a disadvantage. The Islanders will replace those huge teams with the likes of Juanita, Woodinville and Interlake. The Islanders will get their fill of big, tough teams with a lot of competition when they face Ballard and Skyline in non-league contests.
