The 15th annual Enviro-Sports Escape from the Rock triathlon will take place on Sept. 11 on Mercer Island.
Next month runners, walkers and joggers can hit the road to help support Seattle Children’s Hospital and Go 4 the Goal in the first Richard’s Run Bellevue.
ESPN has a new and typically innovative line of commercials that finish with the phrase: “It’s not crazy. It’s sports” written across the television screen.
The Mercer Little League 9-10 All Stars won the state tournament Monday evening. The Islanders beat District 10’s team from Federal way with an 8-5 final score.
MIHS quarterback Jeff Lindquist has just returned from a week at the ESPN Elite 11 competition at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., and despite being named the fourth-ranked high school quarterback in the nation, he’s focused on his fall season at MIHS.
The Mercer Island 8U baseball team recently took second place in the Mount Si BPA Classic. The tournament was hosted by the North Bend Knuckleballers in Issaquah.
The Mercer Island combined lacrosse team of seventh and eighth-graders, as well as the high school varsity team, recently won their divisions at the Tahoma Sizzle Lacrosse tournament.
Several teams from Mercer Island made the trek to the annual Spokane Hoopfest competition in late June. From Mercer Island, five teams earned first place finishes in their brackets, while another three took second overall.
On a Saturday morning, while most Mercer Island football players were still asleep, dreaming of astounding runs, passes and tackles, a group of 20 “Gridiron Moms” gathered to learn the finer points of the game from MIHS coaches Brett Ogata and Shane Keck.
The Mercer Island track and field team headed south last week to participate in the 3A state championship meet at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. The Islanders had six individuals competing in the meet after qualifying in the SeaKing district meet. Despite wild weather that included driving rain and high winds followed by patches of warm sun, the team competed well.
Several members of the Mercer Island girls and boys golf teams qualified for the second round of the 3A state tournament in Spokane.
Mercer Island native Catherine La Plant was recently named the WCLA Division II rookie of the year.
Mercer Island resident Nalani Ogawa recently played in the State Challenge Cup Championship game with the Eastside Soccer Club (EFC) 12U 98 White team.
