The News Tribune’s annual Northwest Nuggets high school football package will appear in the Sunday, Jan. 27 newspaper.

Judging by the e-mails I’ve been getting over the last few weeks, I know some of you have been eagerly waiting for our annual package featuring the top high school football players in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia.

Also, the Western 100 will run on Feb. 3, giving you something to read while you sit through hours and hours of insufferable Super Bowl pre-game television.

2007-08 ALL NARROWS GIRLS BOWLING

1ST TEAM

Amanda Richards (Wilson): 195 average

Megan McMahon (SK): 185

Courtney Cabrera (W): 180

Amy Pudists (W): 173

Rachel Ballor (W): 173

Danielle Mansanarez (Bellarmine): 167

Catharine Tracy (W): 167

2ND TEAM

Angie Holland (CK): 163

Wendy Ellison (CK): 162

Whitney Bautista (Stadium): 155

Connie Dunlap (S): 154

Hanna Mendenhall (B): 151

Melissa Beers (CK): 147

Kristie Spadoni (B): 147

3RD TEAM

Leanna Vigil (SK): 145

Lauren Myers (B): 143

Jordan Barland (CK): 142
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The Tides suffered their second loss in three games at the hands of Bothell.

Bothell’s Johnny Hekker (a top high school quarterback prospect) blocked Ted Steingraber’s 3-pointer with 14 seconds remaining, picked up the loose ball and went the length of the court for an emphatic dunk to seal the win. Bothell outscored Gig 22-14 in the fourth quarter, while shooting 60 percent from the field in the final two quarters.

Hekker finished with 18 points, while Neddy Dirini and Albert Horswill added 14 points each.

Gig got a workmanlike effort from big man Mathias Ward, who

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Another week of games and another set of rankings to supplement your viewing choices.

Auburn Riverside (10-3) and Lakes (12-0) still hold the 1-2 in the area and 3A rankings, topping a trio of 4A teams in the area top 10.

And it looks like a season-long battle shaping up between the Ravens’ and Lancers’ scoring leaders – AR senior Katie Grad (21.0 points per game) jumped back above Lakes’ senior Sara Halasz (20.9 ppg) with 33 points in Friday’s win against Auburn.

The big matchup this weekend, though, will be Mount Tahoma at Bellarmine Prep girls. The first game of the season was decided by one point. Catch it 7 p.m. Saturday at Bellarmine.

Rankings; leaders behind the cut.

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Here’s our weekly installment of South Sound scoring leaders, area rankings and state rankings.

Auburn is still undefeated and remains at the top of our Area Top 10. Bellarmine Prep and Lakes hold steady at Nos. 2 and 3, but last week’s No. 4, Kentwood, fell to No. 7 after losing to Federal Way.

For the third straight week, we’ve got a new scoring leader. This week, Gig Harbor’s Mathias Ward supplants Bellarmine Prep’s Avery Bradley atop the list.

Ward is averaging 24.1 points per game, while Bradley is scoring 23.3 ppg. Coincidentally, these two will go head-to-head tonight when the Tides host the Lions in a Narrows League contest at 7 p.m.

Follow the link to see the complete list of scoring leaders and rankings.

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The season’s first Associated Press high school basketball polls were released today.

The Auburn Riverside girls are the only South Sound team ranked No. 1 in any classification. The defending state champion Ravens are tops in Class 3A.

The Lewis and Clark girls and Ferris boys were unanimous No. 1 selections in 4A.

Rainier Beach’s boys were No. 1 in 3A, followed closely by Auburn and Lakes.

Follow the link to see the rankings.

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Reporter Rene Ferran of the Tri-City Herald has cobbled together a list of the state’s leading scorers.

Who’s on top?

A quintet of South Sounders lead Class 4A, topped by Belleramine Prep’s Avery Bradley and his 24.2 points per game.

The statewide top five is the same as our area top five: Bradley, Kentwood’s Josh Smith, Gig Harbor’s Mathias Ward, Bethel’s Brandon MaGee and Bellarmine’s Abdul Gaddy.

Hmm…wonder if these stats will mean deep postseason runs?

You can view the scoring leaders here.

Here at the Prep Blog, we like to stay abreast of world affairs, national politics, Britney’s child custody battles, things like that. Lately, we’ve been hearing about this thing called “Super Tuesday.”

That got us wondering how the folks at CNN, MSNBC and Fox News knew about tonight’s impressive slate of prep basketball games in the South Sound.

Anyway, it turns out that “Super Tuesday” has nothing to do with basketball. It’s a reference to Feb. 5, when 24 states will have presidential primaries or caucuses.

Silly us. Nevertheless, here’s what’s going on tonight:

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