Scoreboard, March 11
March 11, 2010
Prep boys basketball
Eastside FC BU16 wins Washington State Challenge Cup
March 11, 2010
NEW — 11:15 a.m. March 11, 2010
The Eastside FC BU16 soccer team won the Washington State Challenge Cup March 7 with a 2-1 overtime victory over the Columbia Timbers.It was the team’s second consecutive win of the Challenge Cup.
Season in review, winter 2009-2010
March 10, 2010
UPDATED — 2:58 p.m. March 11, 2010
It was a season of highs and lows. And no shortage of excitement. Every Mount Si team went to postseason play, and two Wildcats — gymnast Georgia Reynolds and swimmer Chase Goulart — became state champions. Some records fell, such as career points in boys basketball, which Tanner Riley broke this season.
Loss to O’Dea ends season for Mount Si
March 9, 2010
NEW — 3:30 p.m. March 9, 2010
Despite season-best scores from two players, the Mount Si boys basketball season ended with a 72-65 loss to O’Dea March 2 in the Sea-King District tournament.
Franklin rallies to beat Mount Si, 66-55
March 3, 2010
Mount Si’s Zander Nelson puts up a shot in the first quarter against Franklin Feb. 25 at Bellevue College. (Photo by Christopher Huber)
NEW — 1:15 p.m. March 3, 2010
Despite leading at halftime, the Mount Si boys basketball team couldn’t hold off Franklin in the SeaKing 3A District Tournament, Feb. 25.
The Quakers won 66-55, forcing the Wildcats into a loser-out game against O’Dea at Mount Si (16-7), March 2.
Franklin (14-10) advanced to a winner-to-state game against Rainier Beach.
Mount Si went into halftime with a six-point lead, built largely on Tanner Riley’s shooting. The senior hit 14 of his 22 points in the second quarter.
The Quakers looked timid against the Wildcats’ effective offense and tough zone defense in the first half.
But the game changed when a charging foul was called on Zander Nelson in the third quarter. It was the senior’s third personal foul, forcing him to sit for the rest of the quarter.
Nelson, who finished with 9 points, has been a key piece of Mount Si’s offense all season, and losing him allowed Franklin to collect itself.
“It was a momentum changer,” coach Jeff D’Ambrosio said.
Franklin outscored Mount Si in the second half 40-23, capitalizing on some turnovers.
“They got hot at the time when we had some trouble on some possessions,” he said.
Late rally can’t keep lady Wildcats’ season alive
March 3, 2010
NEW — 1:10 p.m. March 3, 2010
The season ended for Mount Si girls basketball in a 61-53 loss to Nathan Hale Feb. 23. The game, which early on slipped away from the Wildcats, closed a dramatic season that saw the team come back from losing the first four games of the season and going 2-4 in the first six conference games to make the playoffs.
Mount Si (13-11) mounted a late comeback attempt in the second half, but couldn’t catch Nathan Hale (14-10).
Scoreboard, March 3
March 3, 2010
Prep boys basketball
KingCo 3A/2A Conference
Mount Si’s Chase Goulart wins 200-meter individual medley state championship
March 3, 2010
Chase Goulart, Mount Si senior, is shocked and elated Feb. 20, and hugged by Liberty High School swimmer Andrew Arbogast, as the public address announcer says due to a swimmer’s disqualification, Goulart won the state 3A 200-yard individual medley championship at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way with a time of 1 minute, 56.49 seconds. (Photo by Greg Farrar)
NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 3, 2010
Since he started competitive swimming nine years ago, Mount Si High School senior Chase Goulart has logged countless laps in the pool, developing his form along the way.
But the biggest race of his high school career — the 200-meter individual medley at the 3A state championship — came down to the last 10 yards.
Goulart, 18, went into the race hoping for a third-place finish.
“He underestimates himself,” his coach, Laura Halter, said. “I told him before the race, it was going to be very close.”
As he and the other swimmers took their positions on the starting blocks at the King County Aquatic Center, Goulart had no doubt about his strategy for the four-part race.
He’d attack the first 50 meters — the butterfly, one of his strongest strokes — and stay with the race’s leader.
He’d have to give everything he had in the second 50 meters — the backstroke, one of his weaker strokes.
Goulart knew he’d have to lose as little distance as possible in the third 50 meters — the breaststroke, his weakest stroke.
But he’d come charging out in the last 50 meters — the freestyle, his strongest stroke — to, he hoped, finish third.
The first leg went as planned. The second leg went even better, with Goulart posting a personal best split for the backstroke.
But things fell apart in the breaststroke, and he slipped back to sixth place.
Swimming in the last race of his high school career, Goulart put everything he had into the last 50 meters of freestyle.
“When the breaststroke is over, it’s a new race,” Halter said.
On his way down to the last flip, he started making up some of the distance he’d lost.
“After the last flip, I saw the guy in first place, and thought, ‘Oh, man, I can catch him,’” Goulart said.
It came down to the last 10 yards. Goulart overtook the second-place swimmer, touching the wall just barely ahead of him, finishing in 1 minute, 56.49 seconds.
But Kennedy Catholic freshman Thane Maudslien had finished half a second ahead in 1:55.85.
While not a first-place finish, Goulart had posted better than he expected to.
So, he was overwhelmed with excitement when he heard that he was the state champion. Maudslien had been disqualified for illegal movement on the starting block.
“It was so fun to see his smile when he’d realized he’d won,” Halter said.
Dan Catchpole: 392-6434, ext. 246, or editor@snovalleystar.com.
Franklin boys trip up Mount Si, 66-55, in SeaKing 3A Tournament
February 25, 2010
By Mason Kelley, The Seattle Times
NEW — 11:00 p.m. Feb. 25, 2010
When Franklin coach Jason Kerr talks about his young team, he describes a growth process that includes a combination of aggressive play and consistency.
Wildcats gymnasts land 4th at state
February 24, 2010
NEW — 7:00 a.m. Feb. 24, 2010
Georgia Reynolds, senior, finished second in the state in the all-around. (Photo by Greg Farrar)
Mount Si’s gymnastics team finished strong with a fourth place finish at the 3A/2A state championship in Tacoma Feb. 20 despite some minor setbacks.
