From the Sidelines
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Bellevue-Skyline football in 2010?
January 20th, 2010 at Wed, 20th, 2010 at 1:37 pm by Joel WillitsI’m sure some of you have heard the rumors that Bellevue will play Skyline in 2010. Rumblings are flying around the web that the teams will play a non-conference game in September of next season.
Today I spoke with Bellevue athletic director Brian Hercules, who confirmed to me that there is no official game between the two schools as of right now. Hercules cited the possible flucuation of KingCo (with Lake Washington dropping to 3A and Eastside Catholic petitioning to join KingCo) making it impossible to schedule any non-conference games right now, since Bellevue won’t know how many slots it has to fill.
“We have to wait and see what happens, who falls to 3A, who goes up to 4A, because that will affect our plans,” Hercules said. “We’ve been hearing about a Bellevue-Skyline football game for almost three years. It’d be a great thing to happen, but nothing is done right now.”
That confirmation was echoed by Skyline athletic director Kevin Rohrich, who was reached by Issaquah/Sammamish reporter Kevin Endejan. Rohrich had this to say:
“There is no truth to the rumors. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen, but nothing has been booked for any non-conference games. There are too many variables in place preventing the scheduling of non-conference football games for the 2010 season.”
Rohrich went on to say it’s “impossible to finalize anything until we know exactly what we’re dealing with.”
My sources tell me Bellevue is definitely interested in this game, so we’ll see if it happens once everything gets finalized. The last time the Spartans played Bellevue was in 2007, when Skyline went on to win the state title. In that game, Skyline QB Jake Heaps’ first high school start, the Spartans won 6-0.
This would certainly become one of the most anticipated games if it in fact does get done.
Joel Willits I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.
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