The Prep Beat

The playoffs begin next week for some teams. Here’s the local power poll:

1. Bremerton (11-4): The Knights are red hot, have won five straight and have stranglehold on the Olympic League title.
2. Bainbridge (11-6): Can the Spartans make it through the rugged SeaKing District tournament?
3. Kingston (12-5): Look at the Bucs. They’re the No. 1 Class 2A team in the area and heading into the playoffs.
4. North Mason (11-6): A three-game losing streak has knocked the Bulldogs from the top of this poll to the bottom.
On the bubble: Central Kitsap (9-11), Crosspoint (9-9).

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You can see results here. Klahowya was seventh.

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One of the most recognizeable voices in high school sports in our state, perhaps THE most recognizeable voice, will not be heard from again. Ed Aliverti, the popular announcer at Mat Classic — the state wrestling championships — died this week of cancer in Seattle. He was 77. Aliverti also announced wrestling at five Olympics.

Here’s a report from Doug Pacey of the Tacoma News Tribune.

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Klahowya’s Carys Bailey won the Class 3A/2A state bowling title in Tacoma.

Bailey is the second Kitsap bowler to win the individual state title. Bremerton’s Kayla Thomas won in 2007.

Olympic is in the lead in the team race in the Class 3A/2A tournament. The team title is decided on Saturday. Central Kitsap is in third in the Class 4A tournament.

Olympic is trying to become the fourth Kitsap team to win a state team title. Central Kitsap won in 2001 and 2002 and Bremerton won in 2008.

I’ll update with more details later.

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Here you go…

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Here’s a schedule of all the wrestling going down over the next three weeks:

Girls Wrestling
South Kitsap at Sub-Regional Tournament at Graham-Kapowsin on Friday (Top 4 advance)

Klahowya, Port Townsend, Kingston, North Mason, North Kitsap, Bremerton, Port Angeles at Sub-Regional Tournament at Auburn Mountainview on Saturday (Top 4 advance)

All local school at Regional at Emerald Ridge on Saturday, Feb. 13 (Top 6 advance to state)

Boys Wrestling
Class 4A
Narrows League tournament at Foss on Friday 5 p.m./Saturday 10 a.m. (Top 5 advance to regional)
Region 3 tournament at Central Kitsap on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 9 a.m. (Top 4 advance to state)

Class 3A
Oly/WCC sub-regional at Timberline on Saturday at 10 a.m. (Top 4.5 advance…5th kid has pig-tail at regional)
Region 3 tournament at Columbia River on Saturday, Feb. 13 (Top 4 advance to state)

Class 2A
Olympic League sub-regional at Sequim on Saturday at 9 a.m. (Top 4.5 advance…5th kid has pig-tail at regional)
Region 2 tournament at Washington on Saturday Feb. 13 (Top 3 advance to state)

Port Townsend only
Sub-regional at Vashon on Saturday at 11 a.m. (Top 4 advance to regional)
Region 1 tournament at Bellevue Christian on Saturday, Feb. 13 (Top 3 advance to state)

Bainbridge only
Metro League tournament at Eastside Catholic Friday (4-9 p.m.) and Saturday (10-5 p.m.) (Top 5 advance to regional)
Region 2 tournament at Mount Rainier at Saturday, Feb. 13 (Top 4 advance to state)

Mat Classic

Friday, Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 20th at the Tacoma Dome.

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But you can still see them here anyway. Federal Way is No. 1 for boys and girls…

Update: D’Oh. The Associated Press sent two boys polls over the wire and labeled one of them as the girls poll. Obviously I didn’t look at it took closely. Anyway, Port Angeles is rated as No.6 among Class 3A girls teams. Kingston and Central Kitsap girls (strangely not South Kitsap) are teams to watch.

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The concussion law that was passed in Washington last year could be spreading to other states…

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Now that the dust has started to settle, here’s a look at who signed on the dotted line Wednesday.
For a look at where in-state players went, click here.
Here’s a look at Washington’s class, which is hailed as one of the best in the nation.
Here’s is Washington State’s class.
Here’s Eastern Washington’s class.
And here’s Central Washington’s class, which features a pair of local players.
If you’re curious, take a look at how ESPN ranked recruiting classes around the nation.
And Maxpreps.com has a comprehensive look at the day.

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The South Puget Sound League is becoming a massive conglomeration of schools. It already has a two-division, 18-team Class 4A League. Two years ago it added a Class 3A Division. And now it’s working on a Class 2A League. Why does the Kitsap sports fan care. Well, this is the league that the Olympic League, now that it’s primarily a 2A league, will play against in district tournaments.

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