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

VIDEO: Federal Way vs. Foss

lauragentry | February 28, 2009

These 16 boys, girls teams are going to 4A state

lauragentry | February 28, 2009

4A State qualifiers
Boys
Beamer
Curtis
Decatur
Eisenhower
Federal Way
Foss
Garfield
Gonzaga Prep
Inglemoor
Kentridge
Lake Stevens
Mariner
Mountlake Terrace
Roosevelt
Walla Walla
Redmond
Girls
Auburn Riverside
Bellarmine Prep
Eastlake
Federal Way
Issaquah
Jackson
Kamiak
Kentwood
Moses Lake
Mount Tahoma
Pasco
Snohomish
South Kitsap
Newport
Garfield
Lewis and Clark

FW beats Foss for WCD title

lauragentry | February 28, 2009

Federal Way is the West Central District champion. The Eagles beat Foss, 65-52, on Saturday afternoon at Puyallup.
Federal Way led 54-50 with 4:35 left, but finished the quarter on an 11-2 run.
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Federal Way leads Foss 48-45 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Falcons trailed 37-25, but stifled FW's offense during a big chunk of the period. [...]

Decatur beats Curtis, 68-58

lauragentry | February 28, 2009

Decatur locked up the West Central District's No. 3 seed, beating Curtis 68-58.
Gators guard Marcus Tibbs broke the game open at the start of the fourth quarter. Leading 46-44, Tibbs slammed home a missed 3-pointer and on the next possession Cam Schilling hooked him up with an alley-oop, forcing Curtis to call a timeout to [...]

Decatur has slim lead over Curtis at end of 3rd

lauragentry | February 28, 2009

Heading into the fourth quarter, Decatur leads Curtis, 46-44.
The score was tied 31-31 at halftime. The winner of this game gets the WCD's No. 3 seed, which is placed on the state bracket as a No. 1 team, and the loser is the district's No. 6 seed.

VIDEO: Bellarmine Prep vs. Beamer boys hoops

lauragentry | February 27, 2009

Hoops superstars sent home

lauragentry | February 27, 2009

Abdul Gaddy and Joshua Smith, possibly the two best high school basketball players in the state, will not be at the Class 4A state tournament.
Gaddy's Bellarmine Prep Lions were eliminated, 78-68, by state tournament-newbie Beamer and Smith's Kentwood Conquerors fell to rival Kentridge, 51-41.
Gaddy, a senior, does have a pair of prestigious all-star games to [...]

Kentridge going to state, sends Kentwood home

lauragentry | February 27, 2009

A boring, sloppy, slow-paced game started cookin' in the fourth quarter, and the Conquerors did their best to steal one at Auburn High. Kentridge won, 51-41.
Trailing by 11 with four minutes remaining, Kentwood went on a 7-0 run to cut it to 42-38 with 2:36 to go.
But the Chargers' guards would not let this one [...]