The Prep Beat

Bainbridge pitcher Will Houser gets a second-team nod

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

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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.

Four South Kitsap Wolves were named to the All-Narrows League 4A baseball team. The Sablan twins, Alex and Vince, along with Michael Nelson and Michael Wood.

All-Narrows League 4A
MVP—Cabe Reiten, sr., Olympia
Pitcher of the year—Nick Gagliardi, jr., Gig Harbor
Coach of the year—Chuck Peterson, Stadium.
First team
Pitchers—Trever Hauser, sr., Olympia; Michael Wood, jr., South Kitsap.
Catcher—Alex Sablan, sr., South Kitsap.
Infield—Conner Jensen, sr., Bellarmine Prep; Gabe Padukiewicz, jr., Olympia; Vince Sablan, sr., South Kitsap; Jacob Veith, so., Stadium; Michael Nelson, sr., South Kitsap.
Outfield—Jake Ayers, sr., Gig Harbor; Jon Devine, sr., Mount Tahoma; Cameron Frost, jr., Olympia; Michael Fairchild, jr., Olympia.
Utility—Leif Hansen, so., Olympia.
Second team
Pitchers—Kellen Traxel, jr., South Kitsap; Mark Lane, jr., Bellarmine.
Catcher—Daniel Curran, sr., Mount Tahoma.
Infield—Garrett Gallinger, jr., Gig Harbor; Jesse Moore, jr., South Kitsap; Tyler Stumph, sr., Stadium; Kevin Whatley, jr., South Kitsap; Leo Valenti, jr., Olympia.
Outfield—Brandon Thompson, so., Bellarmine; Austin Brand, sr., Stadium; Mike Van Orden, so., Stadium; Joey Knight, jr., Olympia.
DH—Darian Hunter, jr., Stadium.
Utility—George Foley, jr., Bellarmine.
Honorable mention
Central Kitsap—Nick Barbero, so., P; Riley Paschal, so., C; Cody Apilado, sr., OF; Brion Anduze, fr., Utl.
South Kitsap—Josh Johnston, jr., P; Tom Simpson, jr., P; Tyler Pinkerton, so., OF/Utl.

These will be in Friday’s paper, but you blog readers get them early. Great turnout from the coaches. I have stats from every team.

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Chimacum is the only team ranked in the final state baseball poll. The Cowboys, which open Class 1A regionals on Saturday, are ranked third.
Kingston and North Kitsap are in the 2A regionals, which you can see here.

Kingston beat Interlake in the Class 2A West Central District baseball semifinals 5-1. Kingston will play Sumner for the district title at 4 p.m. here at the Fairgrounds.
Update: Kingston beat Sumner 7-3.
North Kitsap survived and will play Monday for a spot at regionals. NK beat Foster 3-0 and beat Lindbergh 9-1. They will play White River/Port Angeles at Foss at 4 p.m. in a loser-out game.
Some other updates: Sequim eliminated Port Angeles in an early game 6-1. Sequim scored five runs in the ninth to do it. … White River eliminated Olympic 10-4.

Landon Cray earned his fourth Nisqually League MVP award.
This time, the Chimacum senior had to share it.
Cray was co-MVP with catcher Austin McConnell. Cray, who is committed to Seattle U., hit .546 with two home runs and 11 RBIs. He was 5-0 on the mound with a .32 ERA. He struck out 48 and walked four.
McConnell hit .564 with a homer and 22 RBIs. He also pitched and was 1-0 with a 1.83 ERA with 22 strike outs and seven walks.
Cray and McConnell were joined on the first team by pitcher Quinn Eldridge, infielders Lucas Dukek and Egan Cornachione, and outfielder Carter Tjemsland.
Jim Dunn was named co-Nisqually League coach of the year for the Cowboys, who take their undefeated record (18-0) into Saturday’s Tri-District semifinals.

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You can find the updated bracket here.
Basically, the Sequim vs. Port Angeles game was moved to the Fairgrounds and the Sumner vs. Fife game was moved to Foss.

Sumner beats North Kitsap 2-0 in a Class 2A West Central District baseball game on Wednesday at Franklin Pierce. Vikings must win three straight to get to state. North plays Foster at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Franklin Pierce.

More 2A baseball: Kingston plays White River at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Fairgrounds. The Bucs Richie Sander threw no-hitter in 1-0 win over Franklin Pierce on Tuesday. Bucs could clinch state berth with a win. If they lose, they, too, will have to win three in a row to get to state. If Kingston loses, it will play Olympic at 2 p.m. Saturday at Foss HS in Tacoma. Olympic lost 4-3 to Fife on Tuesday.

Update: Kingston up 4-0 heading into bottom of three.

UPDATE: Kingston wins 4-0. That’s five straight state berths for the Bucs, one for ever year the school has been opened. Bucs will play Port Angeles-Interlake winner on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Fairgrounds.

In District 4A baseball, South Kitsap plays Kentridge Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Heritage Park in Puyallup. It’s a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

Update: Kentridge scored 3 runs in top of the first to put Wolves in an early hole.

Update II: Kentridge leads SK 4-0 in top of third

Update III: South down 6-1 with an inning to play.