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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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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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BY CHRIS WELLS
Contributing Writer

Too close to call was a phrase echoed quite commonly Saturday afternoon in Sumner, but it was used to its fullest extent in the boy’s 110-meter hurdles.

A tight race from start to finish, Washington’s Victor Gamboa literally nosed in front of White River’s Devin Liebel for the first place finish in the finals.

How close is a nose? 0.01 seconds.

Gamboa finished with a career best 14.68 while missed his personal record, but still finished with a respectable 14.69.

“It was a really good race,” Gamboa said. “The dude from North Mason (Craig Allen; 15.02) was right behind me and the dude from White River (Liebel), they were both right there, so I feel really good about that. Then to PR in a race like that against people and competition like that, it feels really good.”
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By TODD MILLES
Staff writer

About halfway down the home stretch, Lakes High’s Izaic Yorks came face-to-face with his most nerve-racking track-and-field foe.

The stopwatch ticker.

As it counted off seconds, Yorks furiously pumped his arms and kept sprinting – his face straining with will.

After he crossed the finish line, Yorks had a bit of Washington state high school history in the 1,600-meter run, completing the four laps in 4 minutes, 4 seconds.

Not only was it an all-time best mark in the state, he wrested away the 2012 national lead from a fellow Pierce County runner – White River’s Marcus Dickson (4:05.83).
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