Although Redmond resident Meredith Teague stands just 5-foot-4-inches, she is a giant on the soccer field.
Since 2005, the Seattle Pacific University senior has been a force at midfield for the NCAA II powerhouse Falcons, who went undefeated last season until the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, finishing with a record of 23-1.
The Redmond football team put forth one of its best efforts of the season, but it still wasn’t enough as Newport beat the Mustangs, 21-14, in a 4A Kingco Crest Division contest at Redmond High Friday night.
The Overlake School boys’ soccer coach Bob Bristol knew going into the season that he had a great team.
After all, the same core of players are back from last season when the Owls finished an amazing 10-1-1 in their last 12 games. Bristol figured this season’s squad seemed poised for success. So far, so good.
The Owls’ dominating, aggressive style of play was on full display last Thursday as Overlake blanked the Cedar Park Christian Eagles, 3-0 — its third straight win — in an Emerald City League contest at The Overlake School.
Redmond posted its best golf score of the season on Monday at the Mount Si Golf Club.
Unfortunately for the Mustangs, so did Mount Si. The Wildcats slipped past Redmond by four strokes, 183-187, in a match many believe will decide the regular-season 4A Kingco champion.
Being that his offensive hitters average about 5-foot-10, Redmond volleyball coach Ross Johnson thought he had a tall team.
Until the Issaquah Eagles stepped onto the court.
If there’s any good news for the Redmond Mustang football team, it’s that their 4A Kingco schedule doesn’t start until Friday against Eastlake, when the games really count.
In the often uncertain world of high school sports, one team that seems assured of success this year is the Redmond High boys’ golf team. Since taking over in 2006, Redmond head golf coach Chris Zimmerman has compiled a record of 20-1 and has worked with many of this year’s players since they were sophomores.
Redmond tennis head coach Marceil Whitney knows that the 2008 season won’t be like the glory days of Mustang tennis from 1998-2001, when the team won four consecutive Kingco championships.
It was not the 2008 homecoming that Redmond football coach Mike Pluschke had in mind.
On paper, the Redmond football team looks as good as it’s been in years.
They return an excellent QB and team leader in David Gilbertson, a line averaging 265 pounds, and receivers John Martino and Cameron Sandquist will run routes and be targets for Gilbertson’s strong arm.
Success on the soccer field has become a tradition at The Overlake School as both the girls’ and boys’ teams look to continue their dominance this fall.
After Ross Johnson’s last game as head coach of the Redmond volleyball team in 2006, the Mustangs had just completed a dream season.
In recent years playing in the ultra-competitive 4A Kingco Conference, Redmond football has been a middle-of-the-road team.
It is said the family that plays together stays together, but the Penitschs of Redmond take that adage to a whole new level.
There’s an old saying among casual bowlers — that it’s one of the few activities where the more you drink, the more proficient you become. And if you’ve seen movies like “Kingpin” and “The Big Lebowski,” which do nothing more than make a mockery of the game, you’d be hard-pressed to call bowling a “sport.”
When you hear about high school basketball players walking on to prominent Division I basketball teams, most of the time they come from established high school programs that compete at the Class 3A or 4A level.
While the idea of a new children’s gym opening up in Redmond may not turn too many heads, the concept behind the city’s newest “gym,” Great Play, is unique and extraordinary.
In Ron “Tiger” Cole’s high school yearbook, he wrote, “I can’t wait to go to the World Championships and wrestle a Russian in Russia.”
Redmond’s Cara Linnenkohl is living proof that hard work and dedication to a sport will pay off in the long run.
Soccer players from the Pacific Northwest know that it’s quite difficult to enjoy their sport outdoors year-round.
That’s where Arena Sports comes in.
Founded in 1995, Arena Sports is a national leader in indoor sports facilities, whose main goal is to enhance the quality of life in local communities by providing fun and safe sports for people of all ages.