The 2015 boys basketball season begins Tuesday, Dec. 1 when the Kentlake Falcons travel to Enumclaw to face the Hornets.
Tip off for the game is set for 7 p.m. at Enumclaw High School.
Last season the Falcons ended with a 15-11 overall record and a 2-6 in district play.
The second game of the season, the Falcons are set to play the Bonney Lake Panthers at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 in the Valley Buick GMC Kickoff Classic held at Auburn Riverside High School.
The first home game of the season for Kentlake is a league match up against the Kentridge Chargers.
The game is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Tahoma
The Bears 2014 season ended with a 6-16 overall record and a 1-12 record in district play.
Tahoma opens the 2015 season with a 7 p.m. game Thursday, Dec. 3 at Puyallup.
The first action at home for the Bears is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 against the Kent-Meridian Royals.
Kentwood
The Conks start its new season with a home game against Yelm.
Tip off for the game is set for 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7.
Last season the Conquerors finished second in the West Central District and sixth in state.
Its overall record for the 2014 season was 24-5 and in district play, the Conks only lost one game ending with an 12-1 record, coach Blake Solomon said.
That only district loss for Kentwood came in January to the state champion Federal Way Eagles.
The Conks graduated league Most Valuable Player Malik Sanchez, first team all league Preston White, Marcus LuBom, Josiah Bronson and Brandon Stribling.
Returning for Kentwood this season, Solomon said are first team all league Darius LuBom, Rayvuaghn Bolton Jr., Davonte Sanchez Sr., Connor Benson Sr. and Jared Goldwire Sr.
New to the team are Beau Roggenbach Jr. and Koby Huerta Jr., Solomon said.
Two of the returning players were starters last season and Solomon said this year’s team will be “athletic and very skilled.”
Solomon added the team “likes to play up-tempo and pressure on defense.”
In late December, Kentwood will travel east to play in the Idaho Tournament.
“If our guys can work hard and come together we can have an even better year this season than we did last year,” Solomon said.
Girls Basketball
The 2015 season gets underway Saturday, Nov. 28 as the Kentwood Conks and Kentlake Falcons girls basketball teams play its first game of the season.
Kentwood
The Conks travel to Auburn Mountainview Saturday for a 7 p.m. tip off against the Lions.
Kentwood finished last season with a 8-22 overall record and 8-12 in district play.
The first home game for the Conks is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 against Puyallup.
Kentwood will also be playing in the Valley Buick GMC Kickoff Classic against the Ravens at Auburn Riverside High School at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
Kentlake
The Falcons’ new season also begins Saturday when Kentlake hosts Puyallup.
Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m.
Last season Kentlake finished with a 20-7 overall record and 11-2 in district play.
The two losses came back to back in mid-January against Kentridge and Todd Beamer.
Tahoma
The Bears 2015 season begins at home when it hosts Bethel.
The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Tahoma finished last season with a 16-9 overall record and a 8-5 district record.
Editor’s Note: Unless otherwise stated, the 2014 season records were taken from MaxPreps.
