Andy Salmeri number 5 remembers the good old days when he and Sanelli number 7  locked down the right side at Issaquah High.

Salmeri still misses the smell of pine tare and fresh cut grass and he wishes all the seniors good luck but says he still gets the itch to play the game he loves.

Dixion and Perkins call it a career and walk away.

We ask why as parents what makes a young man quit playing a sport he has played his whole life . what he seems to love something he has worked so hard for a game that started when he was little. I watch my one year old grandson run around with a bat and ball in his hand and think this is what Miles and Michael where like and now they are finish with there high school baseball career.All we can do is say good luck boys and enjoy this  summer because the next big step in your life’s is coming.

COACH STEVE

After Saturday loss a game we should have won I went to watch My son Mario play in the NWAC TOURNAMENT after watching him play Friday and Saturday and Sunday I thought well maybe they will win it all. They were beat in two games on Monday and loss to BCC .And that crappy feeling came over me again I will Wrap it up this year in a Day or two I need time to reflect .

coach steve

Con grats to Joe Paxton and Mario Sanell second place in nwac  48-9 Columbia Basin Hawks, unbeaten in postseason play until Monday take second in community collage world series.

For the first time in Issaquah baseball history3 consecutive baseball teams have made it to the state tournament.In 2007 Johnson ,Aratani ,Gelatley in 2008 ,Sanell ,Salmeri, Kemmerer and Kyle

Sutherland led the charge to Safeco field. This year, led by Spencer Rogersand Miles Perkins,Brennen Miller and Mike Dixon the team rallied on the day of Senior prom to annihilate
Kelso 12-8 and get a bid into the state tournament. Sophomore Gavin
Schumaker hit his first home run ever to put Issaquah up 2 and the top of
the line up continued the thumping by adding 2 more.We have seen it before great teams with players like George Fletcher and Colin Curtis in 2000
Anthony Sanelli and Matt Wickswatt Mark Gray 2004 We work hard to get here and boy is it fun to be here at Issaquah high Thanks To myCoach of the year Rob Reese for making this year a great year .

THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ITS ALL GOOD AND THAT HOW WE ROLL AT ISSAQUAH HIGH WE JUST FIND A WAY!
This week at 10 am, we
will face off against South Kitsap. The first game will be in Tacoma, and
we expect everyone to be there!
SEE YA ON THE FIELD
COACH STEVE

To be a young baseball player the dream is to play in a big game.In the summer  you imagine playing in a world series and you play each out in your head you are the one who hits the home run you make the big play in the field. The dream is someday to play in the major leagues only a few will make it but when you are 11 years old you think you will be there someday.For the 16 teams in state the dream is a state title win 4 more games and its yours.So this week is a special week.I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR PLAY BALL

So we have done it again back in it thanks to  Senior Miles Perkin and the rest of the team  we play on this Thursday 4pm

One thing I know for sure Coach Rob loves his team and loves his family.His wife Tammy  is are biggest fan always at are game cheering us on. Todd and Tyler are growing up so fast before you know it they will be seniors in high school.Coach Rob now has made the playoffs 16 straight years.Congratulations  another great year Just remember lets keep it rolling until the end of May ..Coach Rob also Happy Birthday.

2009 playoffs I love this time of year

AS ALWAYS I WILL SEE YOU SATURDAY ON THE FIELD

The regular season has ended. It’s been a long season and we’ve been through multiple trials and tribulations, but the time has finally come for Issaquah baseball to rally and win another state championship.

Last night, we took on 1st place Redmond. In an incredible game, we came up short 3-2. But that wasn’t the story. Shortstop Michael Dixon made a fantastic backhand deep in the 6 hole and both Spencer and Kalin pitched fantastically. After a 5 game winning streak, we’ve dropped the last two games. But we can’t see this loss as a negative. The team has finally reached the point where we are ready to venture into the playoffs, and with a veteran coaching staff, we’ve got a great chance of success.

It’s been a long four years. I distinctly remember looking up to players like Aratani and DeCilia. But now, the time has come for our seniors, all 11 of us, to lead this time to an incredible victory. Despite our record, no team wants to play us. We have showed that we can roll with any team and, with just a few fortunate chances of luck, we could turn those incrediblly devestating losses into motivating, positive victories that will carry us on back to Safeco Field.

I’ve always believed that leadership was the most important key to a successful team. When Aratani was a senior, he literally led that team to their state title victory. At the beginning of this year, we had a tough time with leadership. The chemistry was there, but we  just hadn’t found that designated leader that had the uncanny ability to rally the troops and get the team motivated and to where we needed to be psychologically for the playoffs. But now, with seniors Miles Perkins and Austin O’Neil and junior phenom Spencer Rogers, the Issaquah Baseball team has finally found its niche and is ready to take on and take down any team that is in our way. Watch out, because Issaquah Baseball 2009 is finally alive and ready to fight!

Bada Bing!

Written by: Senior Alex Severin, 2nd baseman

Well lets see we are in the playoffs.But we have one more league game left at redmond Tuesday night so lets play BALL.

Before I go Seniors Thanks for four great years of hard work and lets finish strong.