Brackets for the state softball tournaments were posted Sunday afternoon.

You can find brackets for all the tournaments here.

We’re back at Mount Tahoma Stadium for finals of the 4A and 3A West Central/Southwest bi-district track and field meets.

Before I get to today’s action, here’s a roundup from Friday:

A photo gallery of the track meets

My story on the 4A meet

Todd Milles’ story on the 3A meet

And a story on the 2A meet at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner

As for today, here’s what happened a couple hours into the meet:

Bellarmine Prep basketball standout Sarah Hartwell has signed to play at Georgia Tech.

“I love that it’s like a family,” said Hartwell, an all-state guard. “The team, the coaching staff, it’s great.”

Hartwell initially signed a letter of intent to play at Xavier University. She was released from that commitment last month when Musketeers coach Kevin McGuff left the program to coach at the University of Washington.

Hartwell visited the Atlanta college earlier this month. While there, she spoke with Lincoln High School graduate Alex Montgomery, who played basketball for Georgia Tech and was recently selected in the first-round of the 2011 WNBA Draft.
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According to Athletic.net, seven of the eight fastest times in the 100 and nine of 10 fastest times in the 200 have been run by girls at the 4A bi-district meet. That makes for some loaded prelims.

I spoke with sprinters Sarah Hartwell of Bellarmine Prep and Federal Way’s Marjerae Gates and both said they viewed the bi-district meet for what it is, a state-qualifying meet. Sure, they’re racing to win, but they know all they need to do to advance to state is to place among the top eight to here.

The finals in the 4A girls 100 and 200 should be just as competitive, maybe more, than what we’ll see next week.

Here’s video of the first heat of the 4A girls 100-meter race, won by Curtis High School’s Kennadi Bouyer.

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The track and field gods are smiling upon us today in Western Washington. We’ve got blue skies and maybe the first 70-degree day in 198 days for the 4A and 3A bi-district meets at Mount Tahoma Stadium.

I’ll be here all day today and Saturday, along with TNT reporter Todd Milles. We’ll be posting updates here on the blog, including some video. Count on photographer Lui Kit Wong to post a stellar photo gallery of the meet, as well. (Check out this fantastic photo he made).

We’ve also got a reporter at the 2A district meet today at …

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Scott Leick, a member of the University of Washington’s 1991 National Championship football team, has been hired to lead Mount Rainier High School’s football program.

Leick, who has eight years of head coaching experience, is a counselor at Mount Rainier.

“Scott is committed to teaching football fundamentals and rebuilding the program from the ground up,” said Highline School District athletics director Terri McMahan. “He has the knowledge, patience and skill set to improve the program through the years to come. I have worked closely with Scott this year, feel he has the desire and commitment required of this position, and look forward to the improvement of our players both on and off the field.”
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With the completion of the softball league tournaments, the bi-district brackets should be complete. The West Central/Southwest bi-district tournaments for 4A, 3A and 2A begin Friday at Sprinker Recreation Center.

You can view the tournament brackets here.

The 1A Tri-District tournament will play all of its games on Saturday at Sedro-Woolley. Here is the bracket.

The baseball state playoffs begin Saturday. You can find the tournament brackets at WIAA.com or click on these links.

Class 4A

Class 3A

Class 2A

Class 1A

Class 2B

Class 1B