Record number of participants expected for event’s 35th year
Barracudas and Islanders take silver medals
MI looks to prove last year was not a fluke
When Mercer Island track and field head coach Chris Twombley took over as head coach in 2001, he had a five-year plan to put the Islanders among the elite in 3A KingCo.
Big losses, but Islander confidence still high
Girls water polo take aim at another state title
Tennis takes aim at KingCo
Team hasn’t won the KingCo championship since 1998
Young defense sinks MI
Baseball lets six-run lead slip, still win
The Mercer Island girls water polo team won their eighth state title last season by beating long-time rival Bainbridge Island 10-6 during the state finals. The meeting between the two teams had great significance to start the 2007 season. But the game looked more like target practice for Mercer Island. Instead, it showed how far one team can fall in one off-season, as the Islanders were victorious 18-1, March 9 at Bainbridge Island.
Islander Lindsey Buchanan tees off against Bellevue High School Thursday at Mercer Island’s home course of Jefferson Park in Seattle….
As an unusually harsh winter fades away, spring is reborn on Mercer Island. With the warmer weather and yellow daffodils comes preparation for the national pastime, baseball. For a few hours on Saturday, more than 1,000 people, including players, coaches and parents, showed up for Mercer Island Little League’s opening day ceremony. While the weather was far from balmy, the overcast sky and chilly wind were not enough to quell the excitement in the air.
