Eastside school spotlight: Interlake High School

Feb 18, 2003

By Mason Kelley

Location/district: Bellevue

Mascot: Saints

Colors: Columbia blue and white

League/class: KingCo 3A

Enrollment: 847 (grades 9-12)

Biggest rival: Sammamish

Last state championship: 1988 (boys swimming)

When it opened: 1968

Notable alumni: John Olerud (Mariners first baseman); Steve Pelluer (former quarterback for UW, Dallas and Kansas City); Scott Pelluer (former linebacker for Washington State and Dallas, now an assistant for Arizona Wildcats); Tom Flick (former UW quarterback); Brad Barquist (1996 Olympic distance runner, current Interlake cross-country coach); Brian Wood (former KIRO-TV newscaster); Libby Ludlow (member U.S. ski team); Luke Esser (state senator); Kay Storey (Broadway/recording artist).

Bet you didn't know: Interlake had three alumni drafted into the NFL in a four-year span from 1981 to 1984. Tom Flick (by Washington, 1981), Scott Pelluer (by Dallas, 1981) and his brother Steve Pelluer (by Dallas, 1984).

School fight song:

For the blue, and for the White,

Forever we will fight.

We will show our spirit and Fight,

standing together side by side.

Web site: Interlake High School - home of the Saints