The Prep Blog

The Prep Blog

Covering high school sports in Tacoma, Pierce County and the South Sound

May
22nd

State golf results

You can find results for the boys and girls state golf tournaments here.

We had reporters at the 2A and 1A tournaments in Pierce County, and we’re putting together a story form the 4A and 3A tournaments in Spokane, too. We’ll post those this evening when all the results are in.

May
22nd

Free football camp June 11-15 at Mount Tahoma

Mount Tahoma Stadium will be the site of a free football camp June 11-15 for students in grades 8-11. It’s possible a few Seattle Seahawks will make appearances at the camp. Mount Tahoma High football coach Kevin Hanis passes along the information:

In conjunction with the NFL and the National Guard we will have a free football camp for all individuals currently in grades 8 through 11. It will run the week of June 11-15 starting each day at 4:00 PM and ending at 6:00 PM at Mt. Tahoma Stadium. All registered participants will receive a free Nike jersey and

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May
20th

WCD 3 & SWD 4 Track Meet Finals (5/19/12)

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May
19th

4A soccer: Bellarmine tops Puyallup, advances to state semifinals

BY TYLER HEMSTREET
Contributing Writer

Nursing a 1-0 lead with two minutes to go until halftime, Bellarmine Prep boys soccer coach Joe Waters was making plans to talk about a conservative game plan for his team in the second half of its Class 4A state quarterfinal game against Puyallup.

His players had other ideas. They wanted to stay aggressive.

And Cooper Doxon’s goal in the 38th minute hammered the point home.

The Lions took advantage of the halftime lead and added two more goals in the second half, running away with a 4-1 quarterfinal win over the Vikings Saturday night at Harry Lang Stadium.

Bellarmine (14-1-2) will play Narrows League 4A champion Central Kitsap at 7 p.m. Friday in the state semifinals at Sparks Stadium. It will be the Lions’ seventh semifinal appearance under Waters.
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May
19th

2A baseball: Sumner earns trip to state semifinals

BY GRANT CLARK
Contributing Writer

Spenser Dorsey charged home.

Sumner catcher Bryan Adkins played the pass ball perfectly off the backstop, securing it in his glove and diving to home plate.

Dorsey, the North Thurston senior, adjusted his head-first slide, twisting slightly in an attempt to avoid Adkins’ tag.

A cloud of dust materialized. It was close. Dorsey, with his right hand still on home plate, and Adkins, with his glove resting atop Dorsey’s arm, both turned to the umpire.

Out.

Adkins leaped to his feet as the Spartans began their celebration, a 5-4 victory over the Rams in the Class 2A state quarterfinals Saturday at W.F. West High School.
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