Mount Si falls to O’Dea in state football tournament
November 11, 2011
Two times. O’Dea High School’s fearsome running backs broke loose of Mount Si’s defensive line two times.
But that was all they needed to end the Wildcats season in a 17-3 loss in the first round of the 3A football state tournament on an icy night at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.
The teams went into halftime separated by a single field goal by the Fighting Irish.
O’Dea’s first touchdown came in the third quarter on a 70-yard run.
Mount Si managed a field goal to make it 10-3.
Halfway through the fourth quarter, O’Dea’s Ivan Gadkis ran the ball 66 yards. Irish quarterback Pierre LeDorze finished the drive with a 16-yard run.
Mount Si didn’t quit, but time ran out before the Wildcats could get some momentum to their offense.
The Wildcats offense struggled all night to put together successful plays.
It was a bittersweet end for the team’s seniors. Every year of their time at Mount Si, the football program has gone to the state tournament.
“It’s always disappointing when you have to leave the tournament,” Mount Si Coach Charlie Kinnune said.
He challenged next year’s team to live up to this year’s legacy.
Hundreds turn out to dedicate the Snoqualmie Valley Veterans Monument
November 11, 2011
 The Snoqualmie Valley Veterans' Memorial Park central monument is unveiled Nov. 11 during the Veterans Day dedication ceremony. Four local World War II veterans, Bob Hamerly, Wally Koering, Dave Lake and Jim Posey, uncovered the granite monument with the names of Valley residents who died during wartime. (By Greg Farrar) |
Several hundred people gathered in downtown Snoqualmie for the dedication of the Snoqualmie Valley Veterans Monument under gray skies that turned to rain during the ceremony.
The dedication began with the tolling of the bell that rang in the town 93 years earlier to signal the end of World War I.
Snoqualmie Valley lost 12 men in that war. They are among the 77 men and one woman on the monument’s memorial to those who have died while in the U.S. Armed Forces. A temporary stone was in place for the ceremony. The finished memorial will be installed later this winter, said Cristy Lake, a member of the monument committee.
