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Photo courtesy of Jim Jantos The Mercer Island boys lacrosse fifth/sixth grade Silver squad competed at the annual Space Needle Shootout from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. The Silver squad finished the 5/6 tournament with an overall record 2-2. The Mercer Island team captured victories against Bellevue and the Eastlake Cardinal. They suffered defeats against the New West Salmonbellies and South Sound 24/25. The Space Needle Shootout is the largest lacrosse tournament in the Northwest with more than 60 teams in attendance.

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Mercer Island Silver lacrosse squad competes at 2017 Space Needle Shootout

The Mercer Island boys lacrosse fifth/sixth grade Silver squad competed at the annual Space Needle Shootout from Dec.…

Photo courtesy of Jim Jantos The Mercer Island boys lacrosse fifth/sixth grade Maroon squad competed at the annual Space Needle Shootout from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. The Maroon squad finished the 5/6 Festival tournament with an overall record 0-4. The Space Needle Shootout is the largest lacrosse tournament in the Northwest with more than 60 teams in attendance.

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Mercer Island Maroon lacrosse squad competes at 2017 Space Needle Shootout

The Mercer Island boys lacrosse fifth/sixth grade Maroon squad competed at the annual Space Needle Shootout from Dec.…

Photo courtesy of Martha Phelps The Mercer Island girls gymnastics team earned a 153-141 victory in the first meet of the 2017-18 season against the Interlake Saints on Nov. 30 in Bellevue. Islanders’ freshman Ava Motroni took second place in all-around with a score of 31.750. Motroni also captured first place in beam. Freshman Susie Lepow earned first place in bars, freshman Ally Lavin nabbed second place in bars and junior Mya Levin finished in third place in bars. Sophomore Emery Sampson registered a second-place finish in vault and Levin collected a third-place finish in vault. Mercer Island coach Leonard Lewis and team captains Leah Wootton and Sophia Tiscornia are pictured in the above photo.

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Mercer Island defeats Saints in KingCo gymnastics matchup

The Mercer Island girls gymnastics team earned a 153-141 victory in the first meet of the 2017-18 season…

Photo courtesy of Graeme Gibson Islander Middle School sixth grade student Gordon Gibson captured a first place gold medal in yellow belt in the 11-year-old nogi division at the SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championships on Oct. 29 in Long Beach, California. Gibson, who has been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since he was seven years old, trained for two hours a day for six days a week since July in preparation for the world championships in late October.

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Gibson wins Gold medal at World Championships

Islander Middle School sixth grade student Gordon Gibson captured a first place gold medal in yellow belt in…

Photo courtesy of Don Borin/Stop Action Photography Mercer Island girls basketball player Claire Mansfield, left, leaps into the air while playing defense in the Class 3A state championship game in March 2017.

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Mansfield is a senior leader for Mercer Island on the hardwood

Nine months ago Mercer Island girls basketball player Claire Mansfield proved pressure situations don’t faze her on the…

Photo courtesy of Don Borin/Stop Action Photography The Mercer Island girls soccer team won its first ever state championship courtesy of a 4-1 win against the Stadium Tigers on Nov. 18 at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.

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Mercer Island earns first-ever girls state soccer championship

Mercer Island dominated in a 4-1 win against the Stadium Tigers on Nov. 18 in Puyallup.

Photo courtesy of Allison Nelson The Mercer Island Islanders girls swim squad registered a fourth place finish at the Class 3A state swim meet on Nov. 11 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. The Islanders compiled 180 team points. Mercer Island junior Annie Pearse earned second place in the 50 free with a time of 24.36 and captured seventh place in the 100 free clocking a time of 53.83. Alexa Williams finished in 11th place in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.55. Kai Williamson captured fourth place in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.15. Islanders’ junior Sophia McGuffin earned fifth place in the 1-meter dive. Hailey Vandenbosch finished in 10th place in the 100 fly with a time of 59.85. Elizabeth Bailey earned 12th place in the 50-free with a time of 25.04 and 13th place in the 100 free with a time of 54.51. Chloe Mark took sixth place in the 500 free with a time of 5:13.5. Ellie Williams finished in ninth place in the 500 free with a time of 5:17.01. RELAYS The 200 medley relay team of Kaitlyn Williamson, Grace Olsen, Hailey Vandenbosch and Ellie Williams captured sixth place with a time of 1:52.44. The 200 free relay squad consisting of Annie Pearse, Julia Williamson, Elizabeth Bailey and Ellie Williams earned seventh place with a time of 1:40.35. The 400 free relay team of Annie Pearse, Hailey Vandenbosch, Elizabeth Bailey and Julia Williamson nabbed a fifth place finish with a time of 3:37.76.

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Islanders swim team captures fourth place at the Class 3A state meet

The Mercer Island Islanders girls swim squad registered a fourth place finish at the Class 3A state swim…

Photo courtesy of Susan Robinson The Mercer Island Islanders boys water polo team captured third place at the Washington high school water polo state tournament on Nov. 11 at the Curtis Aquatic Center in University Place.

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Mercer Island water polo team earns third place at state tournament

BY CAROL GULLSTAD

Photo courtesy of John Fisk The Mercer Island Islanders volleyball team put together a season for the ages in 2017. Mercer Island, who finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 22-3, earned second place at the Class 3A state volleyball tournament on Nov. 11 at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. The Islanders lost to Capital 3-1 in the Class 3A title match. The Islanders won the second set 25-14, tying the match at 1-1 but lost the final two sets of action. Mercer Island defeated Gig Harbor (3-0), Stanwood (3-1) and Mount Spokane (3-1) at the state tourney.

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Mercer Island volleyball team earns second place at Class 3A state tournament

The Mercer Island Islanders volleyball team put together a season for the ages in 2017. Mercer Island, who…

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Mercer Island football program is on the rise

Not even a 55-21 loss to the O’Dea Fighting Irish in the first round of the Class 3A…

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Baker, Michaels competed at the Class 3A state Cross Country meet

Two Mercer Island Islanders Cross Country athletes partook in the Class 3A state Cross Country meet at Sun…

Islander wins prestigious horse jumping competition

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Islander wins prestigious horse jumping competition

Katrina Dumler and her horse Flintwood Starlet recently took home the title of World Champion Jumper after winning…

Photo courtesy of Don Borin/Stop Action Photography Mercer Island Islanders girls soccer head coach James Valles, center, and a multitude of Islanders players celebrate after the final whistle signaling the end of the game. Mercer Island defeated the Bethel Braves 3-2 in the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs on Nov. 7 at Mercer Island High School.

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Islanders register monumental victory in state playoff game

Mercer Island senior midfielder Kendall Riley blocked out all the noise and was completely focused before completing one…