The Prep Beat

In baseball,
South Kitsap beat Jackson 3-0 in opener. The Wolves beat Woodinville 4-1 in the quarterfinals. SK is in the final four for the first time since 2003, when they won the state title in Elton Goodwin’s final season.
North Kitsap beat Sedro Woolley 4-3 in its opener. The Vikings lost to Tumwater 3-0 in quarterfinals.
Bainbridge lost to Bonney Lake 11-1 in a mercy rule game.
Olympic lost to WF West 4-2.

In soccer.
Bainbridge faces Glacier Peak in the Class 3A state quarterfinals at Snohomish at 7 p.m.

In softball,
The West Central District softball tournaments have been rained out. Sounds like they’re going to try again on Monday.
Before it was rained out, Kingston lost to Fife 8-5 in a winner-to-state game. Kingston plays Sequim, which lost to Sumner 6-4, on Monday in a loser-out, winner-to-state game. Port Angeles claimed a spot at state with a 6-1 win over Franklin Pierce. Olympic was trailing White River 2-0 in the second inning when rain halted play.

In softball,
South Kitsap beat Mount Rainier 9-3 in a Class 4A West Central/Southwest District game. Hayley Romo hit a three-run homer. South Kitsap lost its second game to Todd Beamer 3-2 and will have to win Saturday morning for a state spot.
In the 2A tourney, Sumner eliminated North Mason 1-0.
Kingston won its opener against 13-1. The Bucs play Fife at 4 p.m. in a winner-to-state game.
Olympic beat Lindbergh 7-3. The Trojans play White River at 6 p.m. in a winner-to-state game.
Kingston and Olympic’s second games were rained out and will be hopefully played Saturday.

In track and field
Olympic is having a nice first day. The Trojans won the shot put title (Kyle Campbell at 48-3) and the long jump (Tommy Secrest at 21-3) title and Zach Smith had the top prelim time in the 100.
Kingston’s Annie Roberts won the 1,600 title. North Kitsap’s Reagan Colyer had the top prelim times in both hurdle events.

In soccer,
In the Class 2A state tournament, Ridgefield eliminated Kingston 3-1, and Bellingham knocked out North Kitsap 2-1. Olympic fell to Sumner 2-1.
In a Class 4A state game, Roosevelt eliminated Central Kitsap on a golden goal, 3-2.
Another soccer note: Glacier Peak beat Chief Sealth 2-1 in a Class 3A state game. That means Bainbridge will play Peak in Snohomish in the Class 3A state quarterfinals on Saturday.

In softball,
In an upset, Metro League softball champions Bainbridge lost to Interlake 9-3 at the 3A SeaKing District tournament. The Spartans play a loser-out game at 2 p.m. Thursday against Mount Si.

You can find all of them here.
For baseball, here’s the bracket for South Kitsap and North Kitsap and Olympic. Here’s the 3A bracket, which has Bainbridge listed as Bellevue (I think).
For soccer, here’s the bracket for Central Kitsap, Bainbridge and North Kitsap, Kingston and Olympic.

Lot going on today. We’ll try to keep you updated all day.

To start with, in soccer:
Mount Rainier eliminates South Kitsap 4-0 in the 4A district game.
In the 2A district tournament, Olympic advances to state with a shootout win over Orting. It was 4-2 in the shooout.
Sequim was eliminated by Franklin Pierce 1-0 in the 2A districts.
Kingston advances to state tournament by beating Evergreen of Seattle 3-0 in a 2A district game.
Central Kitsap also advances to state tournament with a 2-1 win over Tahoma in the 4A districts.
North Kitsap claims a spot at state with a 3-1 win over Fife in a 2A district game.

Baseball:
Red-hot South Kitsap (eight straight wins) pounded Kentwood 11-1 in 4A district semifinals. They will play Puyallup for title at 7 p.m. The win streak came to an end in the title game as top-ranked Puyallup won 9-3.
White River eliminates Bremerton 10-0 in five innings in a 2A district game.
Fife beat North Kitsap 1-0 in the 2A district semifinals. Lost in the 3rd/4th-place game to Lindbergh 15-1.
Olympic will join NK at state next weekend after eliminating Klahowya 5-0. Kipp Cartharius throws a no-hitter for the Trojans. Oly beat White River 10-0 in the 5th/6th-place game.
Bainbridge won the Metro League title, beating O’Dea 14-6. The last time the Spartans were in the postseason, they lost to O’Dea in the Class 3A state title game.

In track and field
At the Narrows League meet, Central Kitsap’s Rose Christen won the 3,200 title in a school record 10:40.

In softball
In the Olympic League tournament, Kingston beat Olympic 1-0 in the 3rd/4th-place game.
Sequim beat Port Angeles 10-0 in the title game.

South Kitsap wins Narrows League tournament softball title in an instant classic. Hayley Romo’s RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth lifts the Wolves past Bellarmine Prep 10-9.

Bainbridge won its second straight Metro League title, beating Blanchet 9-2.

Lakeside beats Bainbridge for the Metro League soccer title. The Lions scored in the 79th minute for a 1-0 win. Bainbridge is still in the state tournament, but it will have to travel next week for its first-round game.

And while you’re waiting to hear more, read this story about how Charlotte Brown is one of the best pole vaulters in Texas — and she’s blind.

In the baseball playoffs:

Bainbridge baseball, which went 10-10 in the regular season, earns a spot at the Class 3A state tournament. The Spartans beat Seattle Prep 8-2 in the Metro League tournament semifinals. Bainbridge will play for the Metro title on Saturday.
North Kitsap clinched a spot at state with a 7-1 win over Klahowya in the 2A district tournament. They will play Fife in the district semifinals on Saturday at 10 a.m. Klahowya will play Olympic, which lost to Fife 6-2, in a winner-to-state, loser-out game on Saturday.
Bremerton lost to Sumner 5-0. The Knights will play White River at Franklin Pierce at 10 a.m. in a loser-out, winner-to-state game.

In softball,
In the Olympic League tournament, Olympic beat North Mason 1-0 on Zoe Roberts’ RBI double. Bulldogs take the fifth seed and Olympic plays Sequim in the semifinals on Saturday.
In the Metro League tournament, Bainbridge beat Nathan Hale 15-0 to advance to the semifinals.

In soccer,
Bainbridge, the defending Class 3A state champs, earned a spot at state by beating Ingraham in a Metro League semifinals, 5-1. The Spartans will play Lakeside in the Metro League championships on Friday.
North Kitsap beat Kingston 2-0 in an Olympic League tiebreaker. They share the league title, but the Vikings take the No. 1 seed into Saturday’s Class 2A West Central District Tournament.
Bremerton lost in a Class 2A West Central District play-in game to White River. The game was 1-1 after overtime. White River won in a shootout, 4-2.

In golf,
Central Kitsap’s Auburey MacKenzie won the Narrows League 4A title.

We’ll have district baseball updates for you today as the spring playoffs really get going this week.

South Kitsap earns a spot in the Class 4A state baseball tournament, beating Emerald Ridge 5-1 in the West Central/Southwest District tournament. SK will play district semifinals on Saturday.

Bremerton beat Franklin Pierce 6-3 in the 2A West Central District tournament. The Knights will play Sumner in a winner-to-state game on Wednesday at Franklin Pierce at 2:30 p.m.

Olympic wins their 2A district opener, beating Foster 14-4. The Trojans will play Fife tomorrow at 4 p.m. back at the Fairgrounds (winner to state).

Klahowya also survived its opener, beating Orting 9-5. The Eagles will play North Kitsap at 7 p.m. at the Fairgrounds (winner to state).

Port Angeles was eliminated by Lindbergh 4-3.

In soccer news, Central Kitsap beat Stadium 3-1 and clinched the Narrows League title.

Four track and field coaches at an Indiana high school were asked to resign because they ordered kids to do bear crawls on an asphalt track after missing a practice. Some of the kids evidently got blisters on their hands. What do you think? Here’s the AP report.

The Washington State Sports Medicine Championship was held in Kennewick over the weekend. Several Kitsap teams/students were among the top performers at the event, which drew 40 schools and over 625 students.
In the team competition, South Kitsap was third, Olympic fourth, North Kitsap fifth, Central Kitsap sixth and Bremerton 11th.
Individual placers were as follows:
CPR—Ali Quinn (Olympic), 3rd.
Medical terminology—Abbie Wright (North Kitsap), fourth.
Anatomy/physiology—Johnathon Estacio (Olympic) third; Thompas Ponovost (South Kitsap) fourth.
Top overall—Taylor King (South Kitsap) sixth; Kyle Kanuk (Olympic) and Delaney Triplett (Sout Kitsap) tied for eighth.