Kent Crusaders high school girls rugby team capped off a stellar season with an appearance in the national championship match, falling 55-10 to Fallbrook which won its third straight National Invitational Tournament final the weekend of May 18-19.
Kentlake sophomore Derek Welch won his first match in the singles bracket of the state tennis tournament in two sets against Lucas Tilly of Wenatchee.
Ravae Canas finished ninth at the 4A state girls golf tournament to help Kentwood finish in second place May 21-22 at Club Green Meadows.
A fourth-place trophy wasn’t the hardware Kentwood’s baseball team went to Pasco to bring home from the 4A state tournament.
Though Tahoma’s fastpitch team got off to a bumpy start in the 4A state tournament it bounced back yet again.
Athletes from Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake place at 4A state meet
Reese McGuire, a senior catcher for the Kentwood High baseball team, was named the 2012-13 Gatorade Washington Baseball Player of the Year Tuesday by the Gatorade Co., which hands out the annual award in partnership with USA TODAY High School Sports.
Five of the top 16 boys discus throwers in Washington state are from Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma and will represent their schools this weekend at the 4A track and field state championships at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma.
Kentwood baseball is two wins away from another 4A state championship trophy.
Tahoma’s fastpitch team hasn’t lost a game this season to a South Puget Sound League North division opponent.
Maddy Turek, a senior at Tahoma High, finished ninth at the district tennis tournament last weekend and is the West Central District alternate going into the state tournament this weekend.
Fastpitch players from Tahoma, Kentlake and Kentwood were named to the SPSL North All-League fastpitch team this week.
After tough loss in district semi-final, Conquerors bounce back for third place
Tahoma comes up short in league title game, Kentlake earns seventh seed
Tahoma’s Dallas Hayes wins boys shot put and discus while Tucker Mjelde took home pole vault title with a new school record
Tahoma fell to Emerald Ridge in the SPSL league tournament final May 10. Tahoma is the number two seed going into the West Central District tournament this weekend.
South Kitsap stood between Kentwood and the district title contest May 11. While it was a matter of playing for seeding in the state bracket, the higher the place the better the draw, generally speaking. South Kitsap had Kentwood’s number, though, and knocked the Conks off 11-1 in five innings. Kentwood’s only run came early in the game when senior catcher Reese McGuire was able to score from first after the ball was fired past the first baseman into foul territory.
Tahoma fastpitch takes top seed into league tournament this week while Kentlake is fifth.
The post-season is well under way for spring sports athletes at Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake in tennis, baseball and boys soccer.
Jordan Fong, a seventh grade student at Cedar Heights middle school interviewed Olympian Courtney Thompson who graduated from Kentlake in 2003 and represented the United States at the 2012 games in London.
