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SportS10 l October 10, 2012 SAMMAMISH REVIEW

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By Lillian O’Rorke

Despite a promising start the Eastlake Wolves lost at home Oct. 5 when it fell 30-15 against the Woodinville Falcons.

Things were looking good for the Wolves when senior Drew Lewis completed a 20-yard pass from Richard Thomas for the night’s inaugural touchdown. Eastlake capped it off with a two-point conver-sion by Austin Hooker.

“We said start fast and we did that,” said interim head coach Pat Parnell. “But when you shoot yourself in the foot multiple times in a row, and you don’t execute, you miss tackles…it’s kind of on us. We didn’t execute. We didn’t play the type of football that we can play, and they capitalized.”

Eastlake’s lead dissipated when the Falcons broke out and

quickly racked up two touch-downs by the middle of the first quarter.

By the half, Woodinville was up 23-8. The Falcons continued in the third, capitalizing on a pass interception at the 40-yard line and running away with it, and the game.

But the Wolves didn’t give up. With two minutes, 1 second left on the clock, senior Josh Horton pushed through the middle to land a final touchdown for Eastlake.

“This is a tough one, it stings. It hurts on your home field, against a good opponent,” said Parnell.

“That’s our biggest thing — how do you respond to adversity when it hits in a football game, and it hits in life.”

After graduating much of their starting line-ups last spring, both Eastlake and Woodinville started fresh this

season. “They are a great opponent

and I knew that they would be well coached and that they would have great athletes,” said Parnell. “They capitalized on their chances, and we didn’t and really. It was dog fight till the end…Hopefully we can learn from it and come back. We’ve got two more regular

season games and we’ll go from there.”

Now, with 1-2 conference record and 2-4 overall, the Wolves are ranked third in the KingCo 4A Crest division. Woodinville (2-0, 5-1 overall) is No. 2 behind Bothell. In the No. 4 spot is Inglemoor, and Redmond brings up the rear at No. 5. The Wolves take a

break from league play Oct. 12 to take on Meadowdale at Edmonds Stadium. Eastlake is back at home Oct. 19 to take on Redmond.

Reporter Lillian O’Rorke can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 242 or [email protected]. To comment on this story visit www.sammamishreview.com.

Photo by Dave SheffelsEastlake’s Lucas Henkel runs back an interception in the first quarter.

Eastlake loses to Woodinville, 30-15

By Lillian O’Rorke

In the middle of the third game of the Oct 2 volley-ball match, Skyline’s Molly Mounsey came from behind the middle and outside hitters to drive a set from Meghan Wedeking straight past Inglemoor’s blockers.

“It’s not the traditional one,” said Mounsey, who was beam-ing afterward about her per-fectly executed attack. “It’s not something the blockers on the other team expect us to do, so it can be more successful.”

That kill by 6-foot-1-inch Mounsey was one of many successful three-touch plays that lead the Skyline Spartans to secure the win against the

Inglemoor Vikings within the first three games.

“We are a tall team,” said coach Callie Wesson. Seven of Skyline’s players are between the height of 5-feet-10-inches and 6-feet-2-inches. Inglemoor has three. “We have a lot of hitting options, blocking options - being able to use that height to our advantage is our biggest asset.”

The Vikings struggled to gain control in the first game and sent several freeballs over the net. And the Spartans capitalized on the soft returns, transitioning into place to carry out various plays. With point after point going up

Photo by Greg FarrarCrystal Anderson, Skyline junior outside hitter, digs an Inglemoor volley for her teammates to return during the second set of their Oct. 1 volleyball match against Inglemoor. The Spartans won, 25-13, 25-14, 25-11.

Skyline volleyball racks up a win over Inglemoor

See VOLLEY, Page 11

“They capitalized on their chances, and we

didn’t and really. It was dog fight till the end…Hopefully we can learn from it and come back. We’ve got two more reg-ular season games and

we’ll go from there.” – Pat Parnell,

Coach –