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A disappointing weekend…
October 5th, 2009 at Mon, 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm by Tim WatanabeAll in all, it was quite a disheartening weekend for the local sports scene.
The Seahawks got dismembered by Peyton Manning and the Colts, UW suffered a heartbreaker at the hands of Notre Dame… and you can add the Mustangs’ 21-7 loss to Newport last Friday to that list.
The Knights came ready and successfully contained quarterback Michael Conforto – to the tune of just 26 yards on 18 carries (1.4 average… ouch) with Cole Hardwick running for 96 yards, 81 of which came on a huge run leading to the Mustangs’ first and only score.
Although I didn’t attend the game, it’s clear that the Mustangs need to come up with something to prevent teams from ganging up on Conforto. I don’t know what the answer is, but we will see what Coach Pluschke has in store this Friday.
Speaking of which, that game against Issaquah is almost a must-win for the Mustangs, against one of the best teams in the league. Granted Eastlake, who lost to Redmond 24-21, nearly upset the Eagles 14-13 last Friday, Issaquah has a tremendous quarterback in Ross Quarre who has racked up an insane 756 yards passing (54 of 93, 10 touchdowns) through his first four games of the season.
And oh-so-clutch of Devin Schmidt during a tough Overlake boys soccer battle against University Prep which was knotted 2-2 at the end of regulation – Schmidt’s goal in overtime pushed the Owls to a perfect 6-0 in front of the home crowd. Unfortunately the girls lost to Seattle Academy (6-0-0 in league play) to break their unbeaten streak, and they greatly look forward to October 22 when they get a chance to re-match with the Cardinals.
Tim Watanabe Hi there! I graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a degree in Journalism and have been the sports writer for the Redmond Reporter since May of 2008. When I'm not covering the local high school sports scene I enjoy bowling, anything related to African lions, and performing as a lion mascot for community and charity events.
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