The Prep Beat

Bainbridge guard Will DiIorio was selected to play in the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association All-State game on Saturday at Mountlake Terrace.
DiIorio is part of the Class 3A team, which plays the Class 4A team at 4 p.m. The Class 2A plays the 1A at 2 p.m. Class 1B and 2B play at noon.
DiIorio was the Metro League MVP. The 6-foot-5 guard averaged 19 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and 2.5 steals.

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The Narrows League has settled on a format for the next two years.
The league will have two divisions based on classification. The Class 4A division will have Bellarmine Prep, Central Kitsap, Gig Harbor, Mount Tahoma, Olympia, Shelton, Stadium and South Kitsap. The Class 3A division will consist of Capital, Foss, Lincoln, Timberline, Wilson and Yelm.

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Eighth All-Star Game on Tap
BREMERTON
The eighth annual West Sound Senior All-Star game is scheduled for March 24 at Olympic College’s Bremer Student Center.
The girls game is at 6 p.m. The boys follow at 7:15 p.m. There are two 20-minute halves along with a 3-point shooting contest, a “hot shot” shooting competition and a dunk exhibition.
The rosters include (but not everybody will play):
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The football players at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, Mayor Adrian Fenty and a room full of cheering staff needed only one word to describe her: coach.
Natalie Randolph, a 29-year-old biology and environmental sciences teacher, was introduced Friday as the coach of the school’s Coolidge Colts. She’s believed to be the nation’s only female head coach of a high school varsity football team.

“While I’m proud to be part of what this all means,” Randolph said, “being female has nothing to do with it. I love football. I love football, I love teaching, I love these kids. My being female has nothing to do with my support and respect for my players on the field and in the classroom.”
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The Kingston Bucanneers forgot to bring their offense to Yakima for their opening game against the Prosser Mustangs Wednesday in the Class 2A girls basketball tournament at the SunDome.

Kingston lost 45-23. The Bucs will play at 12:30 p.m. against Squalicum in a loser-out game Thursday. Kingston was shut out in the third quarter and scored just four points in the fourth.

Elsa Brown and Amanda Carper each led Kingston with five points, Laura Wicklein had four points and Sophia Baetz finished with two points.

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If you’re interested, you can find the Kingston girls basketball game vs. Prosser (the game started at 5:30 p.m.) right now through the WIAA Web site here.

UPDATE: Prosser leads Kingston 30-19 in the third quarter.

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We’re live Web streaming Bremerton’s Class 3A state first-round game against Rainier Beach from the Tacoma Dome at noon. Come here Chuck Stark and Kevin Chambers on the call. I will be running the blog. You can find all that here.

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Kingston’s Ruby Roberts has signed to run for Washington State.
Roberts won the Class 2A state cross country title as a sophomore and a senior. She was a second as a junior. She also won the state 1,600 title as a sophomore. She was dealing with an injured hamstring last year at state. She also has a 3.9 GPA.
Roberts is the third cross country runner this school year to sign with a major program. Central Kitsap’s Shane Moskowitz is headed to Oklahoma State and Shannon Moskowitz is going to Boise State.
Check back for more on this story on Wednesday.

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I’ve covered eight boys basketball seasons for the Kitsap Sun. I’ve seen some good teams, some great basketball and met some good coaches. I’ve also seen far too many leave: Aaron Nations, Erik Lathen, Robert Polk, Tim Fryer, Al Gleich spring to mind. Here’s another: Larry Skogstad, who announced to his players on Saturday he was stepping down after a season-ending loss at districts.
Here’s a quick bit of trivia: Skogstad ranks 19th on the state’s all-time win list at 450-245.
This move surprised me. I had Skogstad pegged as a lifer; one of those coaches you have to drag off the court. He’s leaving to watch his son Brett play in college (where is still being determined). Hard to fault for that.
Skogstad’s team always impressed me. They were usually undersized and never the fastest team around. Yet, they were all competitive and always in the postseason.
I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of him. And I’m glad for that.

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