Tahoma, Kentwood and Kentlake all advance to the district tournament Nov. 7 and 8.

In last weekend’s matches, Tahoma beat Curtis (3-1) and then lost to Emerald Ridge (0-3) to get the No. 2 seed for the district tournament. Kentlake started out strong as well with a win against Mt. Rainier (3-0), but lost their next two matches against Kent-Meridian (1-3) and Todd Beamer (1-3) to end with the No. 9 seed. Kentwood didn’t start out as strong with two losses for their first two matches against Graham Kapowsin (0-3) and Bethel (2-3), respectively. But, they held onto the final district berth (No. 11) by beating Mt. Rainier, 3-0.

District seeding

No. 1 Emerald Ridge
No. 2 Tahoma
No. 3 Curtis
No. 4 Kentridge
No. 5 Kent-Meridian
No. 6 Graham Kapowsin
No. 7 Todd Beamer
No. 8 Rogers
No. 9 Kentlake
No. 10 Bethel
No. 11 Kentwood

Who’s out: Mt. Rainier, Federal Way, Decatur, Thomas Jefferson, Puyallup, Spanaway Lake.

District Tournament

The district tournament will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8 at Kentwood High School. For Tahoma, getting the No. 2 seed worked out in their favor. They will play hosting team, Kentwood (no. 11), at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Having already won two matches against Kentwood (3-1 both times) during the regular season, the first round of the district tournament may turn out to be a breeze for the Bears.

Kentlake (No. 9) will play Curtis (No. 3) at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

The winner of the Tahoma/Kentwood match will play the winner of the No. 7 match, Kent-Meridian vs. Timberline (Narrows No. 4). The defeated team out of Tahoma and Kentwood will play the loser of the No. 7 match-up. Both of those resulting matches will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday.The winner of the Kentlake/Curtis match will play the winner between Rogers and Gig Harbor (Narrows No. 2) at  6 p.m. The teams who don’t come out on top for those two matches will play each other in the No. 14 game at the same time.

More bracket details can be found here.