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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
One of Joyce Hedlund's long-term goals was to find the funds to put lights on the Mercer Island High School tennis courts. As a way to honor her memory -- Hedlund died on Nov. 4 after suffering a stroke earlier in the week -- Mercer Island tennis players are trying to raise money to make her dream a reality.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Mercer Island was 13 minutes from its first girls soccer state championship, but couldn't hold the lead and eventually lost to No. 11 Columbia River in a shootout.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The Islanders slipped past the Papermakers and will play for their first girls soccer state championship today against Columbia River.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Instead of holding a celebration Monday, Mercer Island's basketball coach conducted a practice. It was the best present he could ask for.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
On Saturday, the Islanders scored two early goals off re-starts and held on for a 2-1 victory over Glacier Peak (16-5-1, 7-2) in a Class 3A quarterfinal game at Mercer Island High School.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
On Saturday, the Islanders scored two early goals off re-starts and held on for a 2-1 victory over Glacier Peak (16-5-1, 7-2) in a Class 3A quarterfinal game at Mercer Island High School.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
It was a full half hour after the finals were over and Mercer Island coach Chauntelle Johnson was still wiping away tears.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Jeff Lindquist is only a sophomore, but the quarterback put up huge numbers for Mercer Island's football team.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mercer Island athletic director Craig Olson said Hedlund, who would have turned 67 next week, was having lunch with friends on Monday and she began slurring her words. She was rushed to Overlake Medical Center where doctors discovered a blocked carotid artery.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Joyce Hedlund, the longtime tennis coach at Mercer Island, died Wednesday morning after suffering a stroke earlier in the week.Mercer Island associate principal and athletic director Craig Olson said Hedlund, who would have turned 67 next week, was having lunch with friends on Monday when she began slurring her words. She was rushed to Overlake Medical Center where doctors...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Mercer Island's former deputy city manager is fighting the city in federal court, alleging she was fired because she complained her boss was letting sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior go unchecked in city offices.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Youth Theatre Northwest marks Halloween this season with "Alone in the Dark: Mercer Island's Haunted Forest."
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
I caught up with Mercer Island's first-year coach Brett Ogata to talk about the season and where the Islanders' program is headed.
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... might remember, she’s well known to 41st LD regulars from her hotly contested 2007 race for Mercer Island City Council… a race, by the way, in which she earned a rare double endorsement from both HA and the Seattle Times (although I at least managed to get her first name right). The inside line is that once Jarrett officially steps down, freshman Rep. Marcie Maxwell will...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... Jesse Stevick, 27, Olympia (2:33:33).Completing the men's top five: Brandon Fellows, 22, of Mercer Island (2:35:19), Spencer Walsh, 26, of Shoreline (2:35:41) and Matias Saari, 39, of Fairbanks (2:39:06).Sunderlage said he and Saari ran together through about mile 15."Around mile 16, I gapped him pretty good," he said. "I was just hoping I'd be able to hold it together up the hills...
