The post-season is well under way for spring sports athletes at Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake in tennis, baseball and boys soccer.
Girls tennis
Maddie Turek, a senior from Tahoma, made it to the South Puget Sound League girls singles final after coming out of the North division as the top seed. Turek lost 6-2, 6-0 in the league title match to Lauren Thornquist of Auburn, which earned Turek the second seed going into the West Central District tournament May 17-18.
Turek will play Madeline Otto, a junior from Gig Harbor, in the first round of the district tournament at 8:15 a.m. Friday, May 17, at the Capitol City Court Club in Olympia.
Meanwhile the tandem of Dalena Nguyen and Megan Charlton of Kentwood split their first two matches in the doubles tournament then made their way through the consolation bracket to earn the seventh seed into the district tournament.
Ngyuen and Charlton will take on a team from Olympia High at 10:45 a.m. May 17.
Baseball
SPSL North division champion Kentwood is one step closer to returning to the 4A state tournament.
Kentwood beat Heritage 5-0 Tuesday at Russell Road.
The Conquerors jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first innning and never looked back. Tanner Wessling led Kentwood at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs.
Freshman pitcher Jordan Jones picked up the win on the mound for the Conks striking out four while walking two and not allowing any runs in five innings.
Kentwood will play South Kitsap at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kent Memorial Park in a winner-to-state contest.
Tahoma’s season came to an end Tuesday afternoon despite a late effort by Patrick Ota, who smashed a three-run shot over the left center fence to cut Union’s lead to one run in the bottom of the seventh.
Tahoma, which finished fourth in the North, took a 5-4 loss to Union at Kent Memorial Park in a loser-out contest.
Ota finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate. His was the second homer of the game as Daniel Nist hit a solo shot to get Tahoma on the board in the bottom of the second. Nist also went 2-for-3 while Tyler Cronin had a 2-for-3 day at the plate.
The Bears finished the season with a 10-6 league record and 13-8 overall. Since 2006, Tahoma had made six appearances in the state tournament, including two straight appearances in 2011 and 2012.
Boys soccer
Federal Way Memorial Stadium hosts all but one of the South Puget Sound League boys soccer crossover matches Wednesday after the Reporter’s press deadline. The league playoff contests determine seeding for Saturday’s district games.
Tahoma kicks things off with a match against Beamer at 4 p.m. in a loser-out contest. If Tahoma wins it will earn the nine seed out of the league and would get the Narrows League no. 1 seed at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma.
Kentwood will take on Rogers at 6 p.m. A win would send Kentwood to Vancouver for a match at 3 p.m. Saturday while a loss would set up a match at noon Saturday at Bethel.
Elsewhere, track and field athletes began competing Wednesday in the SPSL championship meet to qualify for the district meet while the league softball tournament runs Thursday and Friday to determine seeding into the district tournament May 17-18 at Sprinker Recreation Center in Spanaway.
