When Mike Yost passes driveways in and around North Bend, he notices that many homes have two vehicles parked outside: a commuter car and something a bit more ruggedâa âsnow car,â the sales manager at Pro Ski and Mountain Service calls it.
The North Bend outdoors shop caters to the cityâs many adventurous locals and visitors. Auspiciously situated in the foothills of the Cascades and along I-90, North Bend is home to Rattlesnake Ridge and just a short drive from countless other recreational destinations for hiking, kayaking, paddleboarding, mountain biking, and, maybe most of all, skiing. After work ends for the day, Yost can hop on the freeway and reach the Summit at Snoqualmie in just 25 minutes, grabbing some laps before heading home.
The feeling of sureness persisted, one that he’d made the right decision in the second go-around in his college recruitment. Clay Millen could hardly believe the words coming out of his mouth as he landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday night.
The Mount Si senior quarterback, who de-committed from Arizona last month after the football program underwent a coaching change, left Reno on Monday with his heart set on committing to Nevada over Colorado, the only school that kept its offer from the first go-around.
“They put up huge numbers,” Millen said. “It’s a great place to be a quarterback.”
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Cole Norah’s signing day admittedly did not go as he envisioned it growing up.
As a sophomore, Norah was Mount Si’s starting running back and saw time in the secondary for a team that made the 4A state quarterfinals. He saw several teammates go Pac-12, and thought he’d be a shoe-in to one day to join them.
Norah couldn’t have anticipated an ACL tear that kept him out half of his junior season. Nor did he factor in the pandemic that would keep him off the field for the fall of his senior year, during perhaps the most critical stretch of his recruitment.