Last year, the final day of the season was a nightmare as the undefeated Mercer Island girls golf team lost to Skyline to finish in second place. This year, the Islanders earned redemption against the Spartans and also won the final meet of the season by three strokes against Newport, 223-226 on Monday.
The Mercer Island girls water polo team has had a tough time finding consistency. But it is not in their offense, defense or practices. It’s all in the scheduling.
The first month of the 2008 season for the Seattle Mariners has gotten down to three forms of the same word: patience, patients and impatience.
The annual 3-on-3 summer basketball tournament on Mercer Island, part of Summer Celebration, will undergo many changes in trying to cater to its ongoing growth.
The Mercer Island baseball team qualified for the playoffs for the second time in 10 years by earning the sixth and final seed in the 3A KingCo league.
Saint Monica eighth-grade girls volleyball wins title
The Mercer Island girls lacrosse team knew that playing Lakeside would be a challenge last Wednesday night.
Facing a team’s No. 1 pitcher during the first round of the playoffs can be daunting. And while the Islanders had Cullen Russel on the mound against Issaquah on May 6 at Bannerwood, the Eagles were missing their ace due to an SAT exam.
The Mercer Island girls tennis team will have just one duo competing at districts this week, but they might be the best in Washington state. Islanders Chelsea Bailey and Michelle Zemplenyi defeated Lani Nunokawa and Meredith Jewitt of Newport to win the 3A KingCo tournament doubles championship on May 5.
The Mercer Island girls golf team traveled to Snohomish to do something they have done all season — beat their league rivals.
A group of Islander men ran in the 112th Boston Marathon held on April 21, the day after the women’s marathon Olympic Trials qualifying race took place in the city. Islanders Ryan Rein, Brian Kennett, Michael Schreck Jr., Greg Larson, and Roger Larson all finished the 26.2-mile course. They range in age from 38 to 63.
The Mercer Island team will send 14 athletes to the Sea-King district meet following a fifth-place finish for the boys and a sixth-place finish for the girls.
