Twelve Mercer Island High School teams and organizations have earned honors from the Washington State Interscholastic Activities Association for outstanding or distinguished academic achievement this year.
The Mercer Island girls lacrosse team beat Overlake on Monday, March 25 by one point. The final score was 17-16 for the Islanders.
Mercer Island High School basketball players Joe Rasmussen and Kris Brackmann represented the Islanders at the 3A All-State basketball games in mid-March.
Mercer Island student Tony Swendrowski, a third-grader at West Mercer, recently tied for second place at the local HotSpots basketball competition.
The Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with Baseball Jazz, will be hosting a baseball camp for Islanders.
Hundreds from Mercer Island participated in this year’s 41st annual Mercer Island Rotary Half Marathon.
The Mercer Island girls lacrosse team lost to Lake Sammamish on Tuesday, March 19. The final score was 15-10.
The Mercer Island girls tennis team managed to get in a win over Lake Washington on Tuesday, March 19 before being rained out. The Islanders won 6-0.
The Mercer Island boys soccer team bounced back from a 3-0 loss to beat Lake Washington 3-0 on Tuesday, March 19.
Mercer Island native Matt Boyd earned his second Pac-12 Player of the Week honor this season last week.
There are plenty of high school graduates from Mercer Island and the greater Seattle area playing lacrosse in college, but rarely do so many play in one game.
The Mercer Island fastpitch team earned a second straight win, beating Garfield 12-1 on Friday, March 15.
The Mercer Island boys lacrosse team earned a second win of the season, beating Auburn Riverside 17-12 on Friday night.