Hawks stomp on Shorewood Thunderbirds 49-21
By Austin McDermott, Sports co-editor
September 22, 2014
Filed under Featured Stories, Sports
Last Friday night the Hawks blew out the Shorewood Thunderbirds 49-21 at Edmonds Stadium. It was the Hawks second victory of the season and first conference victory. Originally off to a slow start and leading just 7-6 at the end of the first quarter, Malcolm Johnsonand Ryan LaCasse, senior running...
Track state meet: Women place third overall, three Men’s players place in top 20
By Anthony Markert
June 2, 2014
Filed under Sports
Last weekend, the Hawks track team made the trip to Mt. Tahoma to compete in the 3A Washington State Track Meet. For the women's team, Terrace sent senior Barbara Biney, freshman Katherine Gustafson, freshman Sophia Nelson, junior McKenna Hunt, sophomore Hailee Malins, and sophomore Chinne Okoronkwo....
Hawks fall to Columbia River in regional round at State
By Josiah Sum
May 26, 2014
Filed under Sports
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Hawks baseball season ended in a 3-0 loss to the Columbia River Chieftains in the regional round of the 3A WIAA state baseball tournament Saturday morning at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue. The Chieftains' senior right-hander Seth Rayburn held the Hawks to just t...
Hawks track teams place second in men’s, first in women’s at Terrace Invite
By Anthony Markert
April 27, 2014
Filed under Sports
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Yesterday, the Hawks hosted the Terrace Invite, a track meet that had 14 High Schools in the area participating. These schools included Mountlake Terrace, Meadowdale, Juanita, Shorewood, Marysville Getchell, Ballard, Port Townsend, Lakeside (Seattle),...
Lady Hawks history making season comes to an end
By TK Johnson
March 1, 2014
Filed under Featured Stories, Sports
Friday night, the Mountlake Terrace Lady Hawks lost to the Lincoln Lady Abes, 61-59, in the Regional round of the State Basketball Tournament. Throughout the first half, Terrace stayed ahead of Lincoln. Going into halftime, the Lady Abes had shortened the gap to 28-26 with the Lady Hawks leading. At the b...
Willits’ Wednesdays: MTHS is a true basketball school this season with both teams just one game away from Tacoma Dome
By Steve Willits
February 26, 2014
Filed under Willits Wednesdays
Congratulations to the Mountlake Terrace Hawks boys and girls basketball teams! Of the 64 schools that play basketball at the 3A classification in Washington, there are only 16 boys’ teams and 16 girls’ teams remaining in the state playoffs. Terrace is one of only seven schools to have two teams s...
Hawks come up just short of Grizzlies for District 1 3A title
By Austin McDermott
February 23, 2014
Filed under HawkSquawk Sports Commentary
Failing to press one little button. That's all that it took to end the Hawks' women's basketball team from earning the District 1 3A title as they came up just short of the Glacier Peak Grizzlies on Saturday night, 53-52. With the Hawks trailing 53-50, senior post Maddy Kristjanson hit a baseline...
Terrace athletes showcasing their singing abilities tonight at Terrace Idol finals
By Steve Willits
February 19, 2014
Filed under recent, Sports, Willits Wednesdays
One of my favorite annual Mountlake Terrace High School events is happening tonight up at the school. It is not a sporting event and I will not be broadcasting, however it does involve athletes whom I’ve gotten to know during my tenure as the play by play announcer for Hawks sports. The finals for ...
Mountlake Terrace to continue to be a 3A school. I’m all for it!
By Steve Willits
January 17, 2014
Filed under Sports, Willits Wednesdays
Move on over Wesco 3A South teams, you are about to have company. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) announced last week the reconfiguration of the six size classifications of the 380 Washington state high schools and the conference that Mountlake Terrace plays in is going to...
My top 20 Mountlake Terrace High School sports moments of 2013
By Steve Willits
January 12, 2014
Filed under recent, Sports, Willits Wednesdays
Newspapers, magazines and online publications love to publish “Best of the Year” lists in early January so I figured I would take my shot at compiling one. I definitely witnessed my share of MTHS sporting events in 2013 in a handful of capacities. I broadcasted 49 games for the Sound Live Sports...
Feeling optimistic after hoops loss to Franklin. Feeling proud of the MTHS generosity this month
By Steve Willits
December 19, 2013
Filed under Sports, Willits Wednesdays
I watched the Mountlake Terrace Hawks men’s basketball team play two games last weekend. They defeated Meadowdale 57-44 on Friday night and then lost on Saturday night to Franklin 58-53. It is unusual to have a situation in which you feel better about a loss than you do a win but that was the case...
Hawks suffer first loss of season to Arlington 53-31
By Austin McDermott
December 17, 2013
Filed under HawkSquawk Sports Commentary, Sports
Well that was...interesting? In Tuesday night's women's basketball matchup, the Hawks fell to the Arlington Eagles (who finished second in the state tournament last year) 53-31. The game was completely dominated by Arlington, who played (for the most part) a disciplined offense and defense, committing...