The Prep Beat

You can find them all here.
But if you’re interested in the 4A bracket to see who Central Kitsap and South Kitsap play, that’s here.
If you want to see who Bainbridge plays in the 3A tournament, click here.
And if you want to see who Sequim plays in the 2A, you can find that here.

BASEBALL

Kingston’s nine-game winning streak came to an end at Yelm on Saturday. Lynden beat the Bucs 4-3 in the first-round of the Class 2A state tournament. It was the fifth straight year Kingston has advanced to state.

North Kitsap lost to Burlington-Edison by the same score in Bellingham.

Chimacum beat Ridgefield 7-4 and will play Kalama or Cedar Park Christian later for a berth to the 1A state tournament.

SOCCER

Bainbridge 3, Shorewood 2 (Spartans advance to 3A semifinals)

Central Kitsap 1, Issaquah 0 (CK advances to 4A semifinals)

LACROSSE

Bainbridge’s girls are playing for a state lacrosse title today against Lake Sammamish at Eastside Catholic near Bellevue.

SOFTBALL

4A: South Kitsap and Central Kitsap both won to clinnch state berths. They will play each other at 4 p.m. in a seeding game.

2A: North Mason was eliminated; Kingston won its first game but needs to win two more to make it to state.

South Kitsap just hired former assistant coach Eric Canton as its new football coach.
Canton was a longtime assistant of former coach D.J. Sigurdson.
Keep reading for the press release:

Update: Here’s the story.

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Central Kitsap will host Issaquah on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Silverdale Stadium.

Bainbirdge faces Shorewood at Shoreline Stadium on Saturday at noon.

Four South Kitsap Wolves were named to the All-Narrows League 4A baseball team. The Sablan twins, Alex and Vince, along with Michael Nelson and Michael Wood.

All-Narrows League 4A
MVP—Cabe Reiten, sr., Olympia
Pitcher of the year—Nick Gagliardi, jr., Gig Harbor
Coach of the year—Chuck Peterson, Stadium.
First team
Pitchers—Trever Hauser, sr., Olympia; Michael Wood, jr., South Kitsap.
Catcher—Alex Sablan, sr., South Kitsap.
Infield—Conner Jensen, sr., Bellarmine Prep; Gabe Padukiewicz, jr., Olympia; Vince Sablan, sr., South Kitsap; Jacob Veith, so., Stadium; Michael Nelson, sr., South Kitsap.
Outfield—Jake Ayers, sr., Gig Harbor; Jon Devine, sr., Mount Tahoma; Cameron Frost, jr., Olympia; Michael Fairchild, jr., Olympia.
Utility—Leif Hansen, so., Olympia.
Second team
Pitchers—Kellen Traxel, jr., South Kitsap; Mark Lane, jr., Bellarmine.
Catcher—Daniel Curran, sr., Mount Tahoma.
Infield—Garrett Gallinger, jr., Gig Harbor; Jesse Moore, jr., South Kitsap; Tyler Stumph, sr., Stadium; Kevin Whatley, jr., South Kitsap; Leo Valenti, jr., Olympia.
Outfield—Brandon Thompson, so., Bellarmine; Austin Brand, sr., Stadium; Mike Van Orden, so., Stadium; Joey Knight, jr., Olympia.
DH—Darian Hunter, jr., Stadium.
Utility—George Foley, jr., Bellarmine.
Honorable mention
Central Kitsap—Nick Barbero, so., P; Riley Paschal, so., C; Cody Apilado, sr., OF; Brion Anduze, fr., Utl.
South Kitsap—Josh Johnston, jr., P; Tom Simpson, jr., P; Tyler Pinkerton, so., OF/Utl.

These will be in Friday’s paper, but you blog readers get them early. Great turnout from the coaches. I have stats from every team.

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Central Kitsap’s first-round game in the state boys soccer tournament is about to start. Check back here for updates.

2nd minute: CK takes a 1-0 lead in the second minute on a goal by Miles Rodriguez-Nilsen, assist to Jordan Kollars.

(An update from Bainbridge/Hazen in the 2A tournament. Bainbridge takes 2-0 lead early.)

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Katie Raben was named Metro League MVP and coach Liz McCloskey was named coach of the year for the undefeated Bainbridge Spartans.
Raben hit .410 with two home runs and 13 RBI. On the mount, she was 9-0 with a 1.69 ERA. She struck out 70 and walked 13 in 54 innings.
Five other Spartans were named to the first team.

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Chimacum is the only team ranked in the final state baseball poll. The Cowboys, which open Class 1A regionals on Saturday, are ranked third.
Kingston and North Kitsap are in the 2A regionals, which you can see here.

The Washington State Football Coaches Association had a bit of a wake-up call over the winter when an amendment was proposed to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association that would have banned the use of football helmets and pads during the offseason.
The thought behind the amendment was to cut down on injuries — particularly concussions — during the offseason.
The amendment was nearly universally unpopular among football coaches, who use pads and helmets for spring football in June and at summer camps. It was defeated in a vote by the WIAA representative assembly in April.
The WSFCA decided they should do something about the issue before somebody did it for them.

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