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.
The Redmond boys and girls cross country teams took charge and each pulled out a win at a five-team 4A Kingco meet last Wednesday at Finn Hill Junior High
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.
By BILL CHRISTIANSON
Redmond Reporter
Redmond High’s fourth loss of the football season featured a record-breaking performance by Cameron Sandquist and a heart-breaking injury for John Martino.
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.
Redmond resident Steven Toyoji, who is currently a senior attending Arizona State University, finished seventh in the men’s 400-meter final at the recent Beijing Paralympics (T52 division) with a time of 1 minute, 5.41 seconds.
The Bear Creek School’s star sophomore soccer player Ryan Strandin played a huge role in the Grizzlies’ 5-1 victory over Shoreline Christian at Paramount Park in Shoreline last Wednesday.
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.
• Head Coach: Marceil Whitney, 14th season
The visiting Bear Creek Grizzlies defeated Christian Faith in a Sea-Tac 2B volleyball match, 3-0, on Monday.
• Head Coach: Chris Zimmerman, third year
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.
Issaquah defeated Redmond at home, 7-2, last Thursday in a 4A Kingco tennis match.
Redmond Mustangs
What started out as a competition has turned into a partnership for Redmond High cross country teammates Sarah Lord and Devin McMahon.
It was not the 2008 homecoming that Redmond football coach Mike Pluschke had in mind.
The Overlake girls’ soccer team won its season opener against Forest Ridge last Tuesday by a score of 2-0 in a nonleague contest at Forest Ridge.
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.
