The Prep Beat

The good news for Kitsap County is that four of its football teams advanced to this weekend’s state preliminary round.
The bad news is that all four have to hit the road. Two of them will play ranked teams.

In the Class 4A state preliminary round, South Kitsap has a revenge game on the schedule. South (6-3) will play Skyview (7-2) on Friday at Kiggins Bowl in Vancouver in 7:30 p.m.
Two years ago, the Wolves lost to the Storm 21-15 in a game they had three muffed punts and four interceptions. Skyview claimed its first state playoff appearance with the win.
South Kitsap is looking to return to the state tournament for the second year in a row. SK, which had a state-record string of 23 straight state appearances snapped in 2003, went four years without a state appearance.
Also looking to return to the state playoffs for the second straight year is Central Kitsap.
The Cougars (6-3) will play at Snohomish on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
Last season, CK beat Puyallup to advance to state for the first time since 1997. CK has never made the state tournament in back-to-back years.
Snohomish (6-3) upset Lake Stevens 49-48 on Friday night to claim the WesCo North Division’s second playoff spot and the right to host CK. Snohomish won the game by stopping a two-point conversion on the final snap of the game.
North Kitsap (7-2) is returning to the state preliminary round after a two-year drought. This the first appearance in the Class 3A state preliminary round as the Vikings dropped down from Class 4A this year.
North Kitsap will play at Liberty (7-2), ranked ninth in the state last week, on Friday at Renton’s Liberty Stadium.
The team that seemed the least likely to make the playoffs has the toughest draw.
The Olympic Trojans (4-5) started the season 0-5 but claimed the Olympic/Western League’s final playoff spot with a four-game winning streak.
This is Oly’s first back-to-back playoff run since 1995-96.
Oly will play South Puget Sound Class 3A champ Lakes (9-0), ranked third in the state last week, Friday at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood at 7:30 p.m.
Kingston’s game at North Mason has been moved to Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to accommodate any possible tiebreaker scenarios for the Class 2A state playoffs.
North Mason (6-3) can wrap up the third and final playoff berth from the Olympic/Nisqually League with a win. Sequim (7-2), which hosts Fife, has earned the No. 2 seed into the opening round of the Class 2A state playoffs next weekend.

State Preliminary Round
Class 4A
Friday
Central Valley at Richland, 5 p.m.
South Kitsap at Skyview, 7 p.m.
Bethel at Bothell, 7:30 p.m.
Mariner at Curtis, 7:30 p.m.
Federal Way at Gig Harbor, 7:30 p.m.
Tahoma at Jackson, 7:30 p.m.
Inglemoor at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonds-Woodway at Kentwood, 7:30 p.m.
Walla Walla at Southridge, 7:30 p.m.
Pasco at Ferris, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Lake Stevens at Rogers, 7 p.m.
Central Kitsap at Snohomish, 7 p.m.
Graham-Kapowsin/Bellarmine Prep winner at Skyline, 7 p.m.
Issaquah at Marysville-Pilchuck, 7 p.m.
Woodinville at Heritage, 7 p.m.
Eastlake at Olympia, 7:30 p.m.
Class 3A
Friday
Olympic at Lakes, 7 p.m.
Mount Rainier at Eastside Catholic, 7 p.m.
Shadle Park at East Valley, 7 p.m.
North Kitsap at Liberty, 7:30 p.m.
Columbia River at Lindbergh, 7:30 p.m.
Renton at Timberline, 7:30 p.m.
Rainier Beach at Union, 7:30 p.m.
Mount Spokane at Hanford, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Bishop Blanchet at Capital, 1 p.m.
Glacier Peak at O’Dea, 5 p.m.
Mount Si at Peninsula, 7 p.m.
Hale at Meadowdale, 7 p.m.
Bonney Lake at Ferndale, 7 p.m.
Enumclaw at West Seattle, 7:45 p.m.
Everett/Sedro-Woolley winner at Bellevue, 7 p.m.
Camas at Kennedy, TBD

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