The Prep Beat

The busiest weekend of the high school season is this week. Here’s a few things to watch for:
Lynden is going for a rare triple crown in state titles. Lynden won football and basketball titles. They’re among the final four in the Class 2A baseball tournament. Lynden beat Kingston in the basketball semifinals and beat North Kitsap in the opening round of the state baseball tournament.
Here’s some stuff to watch for in the state track and field meets.
Here’s five athletes and five things to watch this weekend.
Many state events — track and field, baseball and softball — will be broadcast here.
All the state brackets could possible care to look at are here.
And keep coming back here as we’ll have updates on local teams all weekend.

Bainbridge pitcher Will Houser gets a second-team nod

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It took a little longer to round up the softball stats from area coaches, but here you go. Not all coaches participated, however, so what you see is what you get.

Enjoy.

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Central Kitsap’s Katie Lee shot back-to-back even-par 72s at the Class 4A girls state tournament in Spokane. She finished in a three-way tie for first and lost in the second hole of a playoff. We’ll have more later.
You’ll find complete results here.

Port Angeles’ Hannah Wahto named MVP.

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Central Kitsap’s Cynthia Proby was named All-Narrows League position player MVP.

All-Narrows League
MVP Pitcher—Courtney Schwan, so., Bellarmine Prep.
MVP Position—Cynthia Proby, sr., CK, sr.; Jordanne Krumpols, sr., Shelton
Coach of the year—Craig Coovert, Bellarmine Prep
First Team
Pitcher—Caylee Coulter, jr., CK; Erika Henderson, sr., SK
Catcher—Ashley Gidican, so., SK: Bailee Larson, jr., MT
Infield—Haley Dusek, sr., BP; Aubrey Lindberg, sr., Stad; Brittany Lott, sr., Stad; Alex DeStephano, jr., BP; Gabby Braniff, jr., Oly; Maddy Foster, sr., GH
Outfield—Kelly McLaughlin, sr., BP; Taylor Sunkel, sr., SK: Marie Beagle, sr., Oly; Kelsey Albaugh, so., Sh; Lexi Sanderlin, sr., Oly
Utility—Erika Hobson, sr., SK; Nikki Schroeder, jr. Oly
Second Team
C—Tristine Vandeman, so., CK. Infield—Hannah Spahn, so., SK; Sam Williams, so., CK. Outfield—Keri Fetters, sr., CK; Ashley Lockhart, sr., SK; Tiffany Ferrell, so., CK.
Honorable Mention
SK—Ashley Chamberlin, jr., P; Maddie Watson, so., utility; Maile Keanu, sr., OF.
CK—Melia Stonhill, jr., infield.

Port Angeles’ Easton Napiontek earned Olympic League MVP honors and Bremerton’s Steve Schorzman earned coach of the year honors.

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Katie Lee is in a three-way tie after shooting a 72.

You can find complete results here.

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.