Sports briefs

Islanders go big against Interlake

The Mercer Island girls basketball team kept Interlake from the basket during the Islanders 90-43 rout over the Saints on Monday, Dec. 14.

Every member of the Islanders team who took to the court scored, while the team out scored their opponent in every quarter of the game. The Islanders hit the floor with a 19-6 lead and added another 22 points in the second quarter to Interlake’s 14 for a 41-20 lead at the half. Mercer Island continued their domination in the second half, scoring 25 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the fourth.

Hannah Lilly had the team’s high with 18 points during the win, while teammate Heidi Black scored 14 for the Islanders. Hailey Gullstad had 13 overall, Kris Brackman put up 10 for the team, Carly Andersen and Jae Shin each scored eight points, Kaylia Balinbin had six, while Kate DaPron and Christina Williamson had four points. Lauren Ellis scored three and Sarah Taylor added two points for the team’s total.

Gullstad has the league’s second highest scoring record at this point in the season, averaging 15.8 points a game, while Lilly takes the fourth spot with 13.6 per game. Jae Shin also has made the leaders list with an average of 10.2 points this season per game.

The team spent the weekend participating in the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix. They played their first game on Saturday afternoon, after Reporter deadline.

Boys swimming takes down another opponent

The Mercer Island boys swim team earned another win, taking down Ballard in a league meet 140-45.

The team, which is preparing to head east for the Southwest Invite in Minneapolis on Jan. 2, won all but one event against Ballard, the 100 breaststroke race.

Following the team’s trip to Minnesota they will take on Woodinville on Jan. 7 and will head to the Kentwood Invite on Jan. 9 before hosting Bellevue on Jan. 19.

Mercer Island 140, Ballard 45

200 medley relay – Mercer Island (Ian Piper, Evan Molina, Robbie Homchick, Wick Kaminski) 1:52.51. 200 free – Gabriel Tse 1:55.36. 200 IM – Theodor Danciu, 2:14.89. 50 free – Homchick, 23.33. Diving – Bryan Maruhashi, M, 156.40. 100 fly – Homchick, 59.26. 100 free – Danciu, 50.58. 500 free – Tse, 5:13.12. 200 free relay – Mercer Island (Danciu, Homchick, Evan Molina, Brian Williamson) 1:36.64. 100 back – Samuel Chong, 1:01.81. 100 breast – Caleb Jaeger, Ballard, 1:12.17. 400 free relay – Mercer Island (Williamson, Danciu, Ian Snyder, Chong) 3:32.40.

Islanders wrestling takes Lynnwood Classic title

The Mercer Island wrestling team won the Lynnwood Classic wrestling tournament last Saturday, beating the second place team by 24 points.

Three wrestlers from Mercer Island won their brackets and six advanced to the championship round.

Kyle Shanafelt finished first at 125, as did Blake Johnson at 140 and Colton Knebel at 189.

The Islanders will next compete at Roosevelt on Jan. 6.

Mercer Island at Lynnwood Classic

103 – Connor Gullstad, 3rd

112 – Max Graham, 4th

119 – Dillon Sullivan, 6th

125 – Kyle Shanafelt, 1st

130 – Yuanhan Xu, 4th

140 – Blake Johnson, 1st