Although Tyler Allen didn’t win Richard Petty’s Driver Search II, a racing competition held deep in NASCAR country, the Interlake graduate and promising race car driver says he came away from the September event with plenty.
He came away with seat time in several cars. He drove new tracks, including Charlotte Motor Speedway. He filmed commercials like a real NASCAR star.
And he made several connections that might just jump-start his career in professional racing.
“I take away a much fatter resume,” said Allen, who finished fifth at the competition. “I just added five racetracks and four race cars to my resume. I’ve tripled my experience.”

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Newport coach Mike Miller was somewhat at a loss for words following the Knights loss to Eastlake Friday night.
“I don’t have much to say, just that I’m totally disappointed,” Miller said. “I thought we could beat this team.”

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Nothing went right in the first half for Sammamish Friday night.
They snapped a ball over their quarterbacks head for a turnover. They allowed a blocked punt. They had a field goal attempt blocked and returned for a touchdown.
Yes, things went off the rails early for Sammamish against Juanita. All the early game troubles carried over to the second half, and Juanita won running away, 58-0

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One of the staple’s of Bellevue’s success this decade, coach Butch Goncharoff says, is the team’s ability to practice like they play. To show the same intensity in practice that they do in the games.
Early Friday night, the state’s Class 3A No.1 team played like they practiced this week: not well.

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As his defense sought to shut down one final Bellevue drive, Skyline quarterback Max Browne stood behind the rest of his team on the sideline, staring at the game clock and swaying side to side as his team clung to a seven point lead.
The time couldn’t pass fast enough for the 6-foot-5 sophomore.
“That was the longest three minutes of my life,” Browne said. “I looked up at the clock and I was just pacing. I have all the confidence in my defense but that was a crazy game.”

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Friday night was a case study in an opportunistic defense.
Newport brushed past a shaky start and took advantage of Mercer Island miscues in a hard-fought 28-21 win over the Islanders that came down to the final drive.
Knights senior linemen Lee Stoops and Matt Murray combined to sack standout Islanders quarterback Jeff Lindquist with less than five seconds to play to seal the victory for Newport.

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Though he was just a freshman, Isaac Dotson spent the season preparing on the Newport sideline, just in case.
Then, near the end of the season, injuries began to take their toll on the Knights backfield.
A kid with talent like Dotson? Looked like the perfect match. Except Dotson played quarterback, and the Knights had a solid, two-year starter in captain Ross Quarre manning that position.
Except Quarre had other plans.
“Ross just raised his hand and said ‘Coach, I’ll play back,’” said Newport coach Mike Miller. “That opened it up for Isaac and he stepped in there and played great.”

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Andrew Engles thinks he sprained his thumb in Sammamish’s game against Bellevue last October.
He’s not sure. The junior believes he sprained it then, but knows for sure he broke and partially fractured it in the Totems second-to-last game of the year against Foster three weeks later.
Instead of taking himself out, Engles played through the injury without alerting trainers, coaches or even his mom. The Totems finished the year beating Foster and Bishop Blanchet, all with Engles and his injured thumb leading the way.

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