community12 l October 17, 2012 SAMMAMISH REVIEW

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City celebrates the artsA little rain wasn’t

enough to keep nearly 2,000 people from making their way to the sixth annual Sammamish Arts Fair Oct. 13 and 14. The weekend event spread from inside Sammamish City Hall to the library gave locals the chance to interact with area artists, chat about technique, purchase new pieces, watch the process and even get involved in making their own works of art.

With the help of ceramic instructor, Damian Gravas, 8-year-old Spring Chen gets her hands dirty at the potter’s wheel.

Kathy Hogan’s wire sculptures were suspended for the enjoyment of all Arts Fest goers.

Sammamish City Hall was transformed into an interactive art gallery, which crowds flowed in and out of all weekend.

Saadhvi Ram concentrates on the task at hand of painting a butterfly perfectly pink.

Pranar Ram finds his rhythm on the Junk Chime, a mobile percus-sion sculpture made from recycled metal objects.

An artist’s leftover pallet turns into an abstract painting of its own.

Photos by Lillian O’Rorke

By Lillian O’Rorke

The water at Boehm Pool bub-bled and convulsed Oct. 9 when defending 4A state champions, the Skyline Spartans, took on defending 3A state champions, the Mercer Island Islanders. In the end the Islanders came out on top, defeating the Spartans 112-74.

“We had a pretty good idea coming into the meet that we had a big chance of losing, but it is such a great time to push ourselves, and its good prac-tice,” said senior co-captain Andi Scarcello. “We knew they have a lot of depth on their team, a lot of fast swimmers…We lost some of our depth last year too, so we are fighting hard.”

The 100-yard breaststroke started out as a fight for Scarcello as she and the two Mercer Island swimmers on either side of her emerged for their first breath in a three-way tie. By the second turn she had begun building a thin lead, inch by inch ahead of the Islanders. With more than her body-length between them, Scarcello fin-ished the race with a two-second lead to take first place.

Her time of 1 minute, 9.9 seconds was faster than the state championship qualifying time but half a second slower than her season best of 1:09.44, which already secured her a spot at the state tournament.

Swimming the second leg in the 200-yard medley relay, Scarcello closed the gap between the Spartans and the Islanders, who had taken the lead in the first leg. Finishing at 1:53.03, Skyline was a few tenths of a second shy of first place but two-and-a-half seconds faster than the state-qualifying standard, which the girls already beat in a previous race.

Scarcello went on to swim 2 seconds faster in the 200 indi-vidual medley for second place and a season best of 2:17.38. Teammate Yui Umezawa won the event at 2:16.93.

“I did really well; I was happy with my times,” she said. “We swam our best. I was really happy with how everyone swam and cheered.”

Skyline racked up two other first place finishes. Senior Maria Volodkevich won the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.71. Stephanie Muñoz, a junior at Skyline, took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:22.90, besting the nearest competition by three seconds.

Muñoz later went on to

qualify for state in the 100 but-terfly when she finished the race in second place with a time of 1:00.18. Muñoz had been close to reaching the state standard of 1:00.80 earlier in the season but fell short at 1:00.87.

“It felt good to make that time finally,” she said, adding that she knew in the water that she had a chance of hitting her mark. “When I see people in front of me it motivates me to swim fast-er and do better, push myself.”

Muñoz will be joined at state in the 100 butterfly by new teammate Kathy Lin. The fresh-man at Skyline took third in the Oct. 8 race but already qualified for state event with a previous time of 59.9.

“She’s really been a nice addition to the team,” said head coach Susan Simpkins about Lin.

“She is an incredibly gifted athlete. She’s got enthusiasm

and she clearly loves the sport.”Also that day, Lin finished

in the lead pack of girls in the 50 freestyle, placing third with a time of 26.40. She also swam the second leg of Skyline’s sec-ond place 200 freestyle relay team, also made up of Umezawa, Muñoz and Volodkevich. Anchoring the 400 freestyle relay team, which also includes Abby Magee, Sarah Elderkin and Shanley Miller, Lin and the girls finished that race in third place with a time of 3:58.18.

Skyline also did well in several other events. Sarah Elderkin, a senior, took second place in 1-meter diving with a score of 142.35 and team-mate Alyssa Holt nipped at her heels in third place with 142.10 points. Umezawa finished the 100 backstroke in 1:01.71 to take

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By Lillian O’Rorke

If soccer games were decided by who had the most possessions, then the Oct. 11 varsity game between the Eastlake Wolves and the Bothell Cougars would have undoubtedly gone to Eastlake. But in the end, all of the Wolves chances to score were fruitless and the Cougars won 2-0.

“We did a good job, but at the end of the day, we have to have that conviction in front of the goal, and I just don’t think we had that today,” said sophomore midfielder Jodi Ulkekul. “It’s awesome when you beat them on the field, but obviously it’s disap-pointing when you can’t in front of the goal.”

Bothell converted a scramble in the corner of the penalty box for its first goal. Eastlake answered with a pass from Allie Kleppe to Megan McCaughey, who ran it down the left side of the field and fired one at the goal. However, the shot was saved by the Cougar’s goalkeeper.

Eastlake had several more near misses in the first half. The Wolves just about got one in dur-ing a scramble at the net, but Bothell’s defense stopped the ball just before it crossed the line. Eastlake got another chance to

score when Ulkekul received a corner kick and buried to the bottom left corner, where it was blocked by Bothell’s goalie. Ulkekul’s next attempt was a close header, which was, once again, saved by the keeper. With four minutes left to go in the first half, Rebecca Priestley blasted a 25 yarder at Bothell’s goal, where the keeper got her fingertips on the ball just in time to earn her-self a shutout. A minute later the Cougars scored their second goal.

“We had those unlucky times, but… I think that we kept going strong and we played our game. And even though it didn’t turn out in front of the goal we defi-nitely did play what Eastlake can play,” said Ulkekul. “We kept fighting till the end. I don’t think we let down one minute.”

While both teams continued to battle it out in the second half, things did not improve for the Wolves. Gabby Grinslade attempted a 20-yard shot but hit it off the top left goal post. Later on, with two minutes left, Allie Garrett made one last solid attempt at scoring, but the keep-er saved the shot.

“I’ve told all of my teams every year that I’ve been here

Photo by Greg FarrarJodi Ulkekul (8), Eastlake High School sophomore forward, looking for an opportunity to score on a Wolves’ corner kick, is in the action as Bothell goalie Christy Noble makes a save.

Eastlake soccer fights Bothell to the end

State champion swim teams battle in friendly competition

Photos By Greg FarrarYui Umezawa, Skyline High School junior, windmills through the water during the backstroke leg of her winning 200-meter individual medley race with a time of 2 minutes, 16.93 sec-onds Oct. 9 at Boehm Pool.

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