The Prep Beat

Scoreczar.com’s Washington State softball rankings have put Bainbridge in the fifth spot among Class 3A teams in its latest poll following the district tournaments.

Bainbridge will take on No. 1-ranked University of Spokane in the first round of the state tournament at 9 a.m. Friday at the RAC in Lacey.

In 4A, No. 9 South Kitsap will face Arlington, which is ranked fourth, at 10 a.m. Friday in Spokane at the Merkel Sports Complex.

In the 2A class, Sequim is the highest West Sound team ranked among the top 20. The Wolves are sitting in the No. 3 spot, followed by Port Angeles, 11th, and Kingston, 19th.

Here’s the link for the complete rankings.

And you can find them here.
South Kitsap, Bainbridge, Olympic, Sequim and Port Angeles all qualified for state.

West Sound has a couple more entrants in to the Washington Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Howard Thoemke will be honored at the induction ceremony on July 24.
Thoemke is going in as an assistant coach. He coached at Crescent (Joyce), Central Kitsap, North Kitsap and North Mason. Thoemke was also the head coach at Olympic. He was the coach when the Christian Welp-led Trojans won the AA title in 1983. That was the last Kitsap boys basketball team to win a state championship.
Former Sequim coach Larry Hill will also be inducted.
North Kitsap’s Jerry Parrish, a Hall of Fame football coach, will receive the Ed Pepple Service Award for his contributions to high school basketball. Parrish was a longtime official and announcer.

The final softball leaders are in and we had nearly full participation this year.

South Kitsap’s Hannah Spohn came in as the area’s top hitter, averaging .620 during the regular season. She also led in RBIs with 26. Port Angeles’ Sarah Steinman had an ERA of 1.50 with 48 innings pitched while Katie Raben of Bainbridge pitched 70.33 innings and had an ERA of 1.69.

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Olympic junior Shane Matheny was named the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association male athlete of the week on Monday.

Kingston’s KT Deam, a three-year starter for the Bucs, will play basketball at Green River Community College.

Ashli Payne, the Olympic League girls MVP, will play basketball at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.

As per usual in April, there hasn’t been much softball the last week due to the rainy weather.

But that trend seems to have changed for this week as the weather is supposed to clear and be nice.

And that means softball. So here’s a breakdown of this week’s games with some meaning.

Monday—The top four teams in the Olympic League take on each other and depending on the outcomes, there could be some shuffling in the standings. Fourth-place Kingston (5-2) travels to league-leader Sequim (7-0), while second-place Port Angeles heads to Olympic (6-2) to face the third-place Trojans. All games are at 4 p.m.

Wednesday—A mid-week showdown between first-place Holy Names (8-0) and second-place Bainbridge (6-0) should be a good one as these rivals meet in Metro League Mountain Division play. These two teams usually meet to decide the ML title and do battle in SeaKing District play as well. If you’re anywhere near the island, I’d suggest catching this game to see two solid programs going head-to-head. The game starts at 4 p.m. at BHS.

In the Narrows League, the second meeting between the two 4A schools, Central Kitsap (2-3) and South Kitsap (4-0) will be at Linder Field in Silverdale. SK won the last meeting as former CK alum and current SK coach Jessica Cabato beat mentor Bruce Welling’s Cougars.

Friday—It looks like the rains might return, but if it holds off you’ll see a repeat battle between Holy Names and Bainbridge, this time at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle. Closer to home an inter-district rivalry game between North Kitsap (3-4) and Kingston is set for 4 p.m.

Olympic’s Quentin Phillip and Ashli Payne, the Olympic League boys and girls MVPs, were named second team on the Associated Press All-State basketball teams on Monday. Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby was also a second-team selection.
The team are selected by a vote of media from around the state.
Keep readign for the entire team

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South Kitsap, Bainbridge and Sequim are ranked in the top 10 in the scoreczar.com softball rankings.

South (3-1) is ranked No. 7 in Class 4A, Bainbridge (7-0) is ranked sixth in 3A and Sequim (6-0) is third in 2A.

Scoreczar.com rankings go deeper than just the top 10. Central Kitsap comes in at 26th in 4A, with Port Angeles 14th in 2A and Kingston 18th.

Here’s the link to the rankings.

Olympic High’s Ashli Payne was the only West Sound player to be selected to play in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association Senior All-State game.

The games will be Saturday at Seattle Christian High School in SeaTac.

Payne was chosen to play in the Class 2A, which will match up against the 1A at 4 p.m. The 1B vs 2B game is at 2 p.m. and the 3A vs 4A game is at 6 p.m.

The WSGBCA will also select its Players of the Year for each classification and the Coach of the Year.

Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for students with ASB. WSCA members are free.

Here are the complete rosters;

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