If both the Bears and the Conquerors win tonight, they will face each at noon Saturday in a loser-out and winner to state contest at Art Crate Stadium in Puyallup.
Tahoma’s cross country squads took home two more trophies this past weekend as the boys finished second and the girls were third in the district championships, the Westside Classic, at American Lake Golf Course.
As the West Central bi-district volleyball tournament is set to start Friday, Kentwood and Tahoma look to make it back to the state volleyball tournament this year while Kentlake enjoyed its first post-season appearance in at least seven years.
Kentlake girls swim and dive came up big again with a second place team finish at the West Central District swim meet Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Curtis Aquatic Center.
Kentwood held off Kentlake in a 27-24 overtime win Nov. 1 to clinch its second straight South Puget Sound League 4A North football crown thanks to a pair of field goals from kicker Brandyn Bangsund.
Josh Brockschmidt, a sophomore and cross country runner at Rainier Christian High School, qualified for the state meet at last weekend’s district tournament in Tacoma.
The Conquerors’ girls golf team swept through the SPSL North then won the league tournament
The Falcons were led by a win in the 200 individual medley by junior Laura Williams with a state qualifying time of 2 minutes, 14 seconds, edging out Megan Kawaguchi of Mount Rainier who finished in 2:14.01.
With little more than two minutes left in the first quarter, Tahoma was up 21-0 and it looked as though Kentlake may not recover from the early onslaught, but when the horn blared at French Field to signal the end of the period the Falcons cut the lead to 21-14 signaling the start of a wild shootout in the fog.
Riley Campbell finished first in the boys race and Delaney Tiernan won the girls race at Fort Steilacoom State Park in Lakewood.
Bears work hard in the classroom while dominating the trails.
The Falcons went 5-0 this year under the direction of first year coach Brad Williams after going 3-2 last year.
Shannon Parmley, a senior midfielder for Kentwood, was responsible for the lone goal of the match
A year ago the Falcons traveled to Bill Maxwell Stadium and crushed the Bears in a downpour. Tahoma hopes to return the favor by beating Kentlake on its home field.
Kentwood High water polo recently played against Auburn Mountainview High School.
Tahoma kicked off week seven South Puget Sound League 4A North action Oct. 17 knocking off Kentwood while Kentlake blew out Kentridge the following evening.
Members of Kentlake’s cross country team ran the game ball from Kentlake to French Field on Friday night
Water polo is growing increasingly popular in the Kent School District.
Tahoma and Kentwood kick off at 7 p.m. tonight at French Field.
Week six saw some firsts in the South Puget Sound League 4A North 2013 season.
