While the Islanders only won two event titles during the 3A state swim meet on Saturday night, the Mercer Island boys team still left King County Aquatic Center as the state champions.
The Islanders won with a 350 team score, while second place Lakeside had 227 points.
In a day of upsets at Bellevue College, top ranked teams fell and through it Mercer Island held on to secure a spot at the 3A state tournament.
The Mercer Island boys beat Rainier Beach on Saturday afternoon to secure the No. 5 seed out of districts to the state tournament. Rainier Beach’s season ended with the 50-43 loss.
The Mercer Island gymnastics team finished the 3A state competition Friday night in seventh place. The Islanders earned a 159.175 score during the meet at the Tacoma Dome. Kamiakin was first with a 174.275 team score.
Through the early minutes of Seattle Prep’s district semifinal match against Mercer Island Thursday, it seemed as if the Panthers would cruise through to the title match. The Panthers dominated the Islanders in the first eight minutes, controlling the score and the game, advancing to a 21-10 lead over Mercer Island in the first quarter. But quickly, the domination of Seattle Prep stalled and the Islanders took over. Mercer Island won 57-45 for a spot at the district championship.
Next week there will be a variety of closures on Interstate 90, as part of a continuing projects.
The Active Traffic Management Project by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will close lanes of I-90 across Mercer Island.
After a 65-62 win over Cleveland, the Mercer Island girls basketball team is preparing for Thursday’s district semifinals. The team will face Seattle Prep at Bellevue College at 4:45 p.m.
In the quarterfinal round of the district basketball tournament the Mercer Island boys lost to Chief Sealth on Tuesday night 68-54.
The Islanders now face Franklin on Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in a loser out game. The Islanders will need to secure two more wins in order to earn a place in the state tournament.
After finishing the regular season undefeated, the Northwest Yeshiva girls basketball team entered the tri-district tournament and have advanced to the consolation semifinals, before losing 40-36 to Mount Rainier Lutheran to end the season.
The Mercer Island boys won the KingCo tournament title Thursday evening, beating the regular season league champs, Bellevue, 53-48. The win earns the team a No. 1 seed going into the SeaKing district tournament, which begins Saturday, and another step closer to the state tournament.
The Mercer Island youth soccer club has its first state title team, as the girls U14 team won the Washington state Founders Cup in early February.
After a hard-fought loss to Juanita last week, the Mercer Island girls moved on to this week’s district tournament as the No. 4 seed from KingCo. The team then traveled to Bainbridge on Saturday, winning 59-39 at the Spartans’ home gym.
For the second straight year, the Mercer Island wrestling team brought home a district championship last weekend. The Islanders beat out a strong field of teams at Glacier Peak High School last Saturday, winning with 130 points, over Shorewood’s 113.
After finishing second to its longtime rival Mount Si in the conference meet the weekend before, Mercer Island took its turn at the top of the podium last Saturday, winning the 3A SeaKing district title.