Fall playoffs kick into high gear for West Sound high school teams
If Klahowya's girls soccer team wins its third state title in program history this fall, the Eagles will have some former players to thank for keeping them sharp on the eve of the postseason.
Class 1A West Central District tournament play opens Nov. 1 at home against Vashon Island.
Klahowya's 2022 squad faced off Saturday against an alumni team consisting of former Eagles, both young and old. Alumni players Gabby Dickey and Kyla Fenske-Radford graduated in June. Rachel Rolle and Anna Wise graduated in 2000.
Other notable names included 2002 graduate Hilary Crisman, who holds the school record with 104 goals and was a sophomore star on the Eagles' 2A title-winning team in 1999, and 2015 graduate Isabelle Severns, who scored the winning goal in the Eagles' 1A championship win over King's in 2014.
In the 80-minute friendly game, Klahowya's 2022 team prevailed over the alumni squad 4-3.
Saturday's game allowed Klahowya senior Tori Peters to play against her older sister, Emily, a 2017 graduate, and provided Eagles head coach Troy Oelschlager the opportunity to officiate the game because no referees showed up.
"I actually enjoyed it. It gave me a different perspective," Oelschlager said.
South Kitsap, Bainbridge, CK girls soccer results
In playoff action Saturday, South Kitsap picked up its first playoff win since 2014 with a 2-0 win over Mount Rainier in the first round of the Class 4A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament.
The Wolves (6-6-2) face Rogers of Puyallup in another loser-out game at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.
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Olympic League champion Bainbridge saw its season end with a 15-3-0 record after the Spartans fell to Lakes 2-1 Saturday in the first round of the Class 3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament. Bainbridge beat Prairie Thursday 3-1 in a play-in game.
Central Kitsap lost 2-0 to top-seed Gig Harbor in its first-round 3A West Central/Southwest Bi-District tournament playoff game. The Cougars (9-5) play a loser-out game Nov. 1 against Kelso at Harry Lang Stadium in Lakewood.
Champion Kingston leads state qualifiers in cross country
At Saturday's Westside Classic cross country championships at Chambers Creek in Properties in University Place, Kingston captured the 2A boys title with 84 team points, finishing comfortably ahead of runner-up Steilacoom.
Junior Lucas Lenz led the Buccaneers with a fourth-place finish in 16:10.5. Bremerton placed fifth as a team and joined Kingston in qualifying for state.
In the 2A girls competition, North Kitsap placed fourth and Kingston grabbed sixth to secure state berths.
North Kitsap junior Salix Wartes-Kahl finished second in 19.28.0, while Bremerton junior Salleen Mattivi took fourth (19.43.6) and North Mason senior Kezlie Thygesen took fifth (19.46.0).
Klahowya’s boys and girls both finished second in the 1A race to earn state berths. Eagles sophomore Natalie Outhoat ran first in the girls race, winning in 19:22.0.
In 3A, Central Kitsap’s girls placed third and Bainbridge’s girls placed fifth to qualify for state. The Cougars, the top-ranked team in the state, opted to rest its top two runners: sophomore Clare Herring and freshman Audra Palmer.
In the boys 3A race, Central Kitsap placed second and Bainbridge sixth to earn state berths. Central Kitsap’s top runner, junior Blake Reynolds, rested while recovering from a slight injury.
South Kitsap sophomore Amelya Lester-Dame won the 2,500-meter ambulatory girls race in 12:31.8.
The state championships are scheduled for Nov. 5 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
Bainbridge, Central Kitsap swimming go 1-2 at district meet
Defending Class 3A girls swim/dive champion Bainbridge dominated Saturday's West Central District championship meet at Mount Tahoma High School, totaling 363 points to earn the team title.
Central Kitsap edged Gig Harbor for second place, 145-141.
The Spartans were victorious in eight events, including the 200-yard medley relay (junior Kathryn Houseman, sophomore Sophie Segerson, sophomore Sara Kriegh, senior Emma Solseng, 1:48.00) and 400 free relay (sophomore Maya Geddes, Kriegh, junior Uma Pal, sophomore Sammy Segerson, 3:41.84).
Individual event winners for Bainbridge were Sammy Segerson in the 200 free (1:53.02) and 500 free (4:57.69); Sophie Segerson in the 200 IM (2:06.69); and 100 breaststroke (1:05.35) senior May Peterson in the 100 butterfly (57.53) and 100 backstroke (57.40).
Central Kitsap scored wins in the 200 free relay as the quartet of sophomore Ava Day, senior Leah Howell, sophomore Haley Borja and sophomore Aziza Meyer won in 1:38.09, edging Bainbridge by 0.19. Meyer also won the 50 free (23.92) and 100 free (52.79).
South Kitsap's swim/dive team placed eighth as a team at 4A West Central District meet at Curtis High School.
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North Kitsap claims district boys tennis title
North Kitsap's boys tennis team edged out Sammamish 13-12 to win the Class 2A West Central District championship Saturday.
In doubles, the Vikings' Ethan Gillespie and Mason Chmielewski knocked off Fife's Ryker Fietz and Nico Grados 6-4, 6-4, to take first place, while teammates Spencer Gillespie and Justin Gallant placed fourth. Bremerton's Jackson Warner and Nicholas Crowley took fifth.
In singles, North Kitsap's Indigo Gallagher-Zapf placed sixth.
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