From the Sidelines
The Bellevue sports blog
The Week’s Top Performers
May 21st, 2010 at Fri, 21st, 2010 at 11:30 am by Joel WillitsAs the season winds down, as do our highlights. Here’s a look at what stood out in the last week of area sports.
Girls Tennis
Anissa Bryant-Swift and Malia Lum of Sammamish beat Kate Jameson and Grace Porter of Bainbridge 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Wednesday to capture the SeaKing District doubles championship. Bryant-Swift and Lum, the defending 3A state champions, qualified to return to the state tournament next weekend.
Boys Tennis
Dragos Puscalau of Sammamish beat Jordan Smith of Mercer Island 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to finish third at the boys SeaKing District championships Wednesday.
Baseball
Eric Wollebek went 3 for 3 with a leadoff triple and scored the only run for Sammamish in a 6-1 loss to O’Dea Tuesday in a state play-in game.
Rugby
Gabe Eiger (Bellevue Christian), Alex Cannon (Interlake) and Tomas Narvaja (Sammamish) all scored tries in the Eastside Lions 58-10 victory over the Shelton Savages Saturday.
Softball
Katie Savard knocked in three runs and Taylor Cooke fell a home run short of the cycle in Bellevue’s 12-0 win over Eastside Catholic in the first round of the Sea-King 3A District Tournament Thursday. Emily Fleischman improved to 16-6 with a five innings of one-hit ball in the circle. The Wolverines kept rolling in game two, beating Nathan Hale 9-0. Fleischman pitched again, allowing just one hit and striking out eight in seven innings. Kelly Meggs and Savard both went 3 for 4 for Bellevue
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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