A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Pros

Mariners

Seattle hosts the Cincinnat Reds for games at 6:40 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday at T-Mobile Park before going on the road to Texas to play the Rangers at 5:05 p.m. Friday, 4:15 p.m. Saturday and 11:35 a.m. Sunday and Monday.

The Mariners visit the Los Angeles Dodgers at 7:10 p.m. next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Sounders

Seattle goes to Austin for a 5:30 p.m. Wednesday match before dropping in on Philadelphia for 4:30 p.m. Saturday action.

Storm

Seattle entertains the Minnesota Lynx for games at 7 p.m. Monday and noon Wednesday at the Climate Pledge Arena before getting a 6:30 p.m. visit from the Indiana Fever next Tuesday.

Reign

The Seattle women's soccer team visits the San Diego Wave for a 2 p.m. Saturday match.

Rainiers

Tacoma goes to Reno to play the Aces at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 6:05 p.m. Sunday.

The Rainiers return to Cheney Stadium to host the Sacramento Rivercats at 12:05 p.m. next Tuesday and 7:05 p.m. next Wednesday and Thursday.

Aquasox

Everett entertains the Eugene Emeralds at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and at 12:05 p.m. Thursday ahead of more 7:05 p.m. games Friday and Saturday.  Sunday's series finale starts at 4:05 p.m.

The Aquasox visit the Hillsboro Hops at 6:35 p.m. next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Soundview wins Majors opener

By Tim Clinton

Soundview of Northeast Tacoma opened in the second round of the state Majors age 10-12 all-star baseball tournament Sunday, scoring a 5-1 victory over West Seattle.

The team stays in Walla Walla for its second day of action Monday, taking on Gig Harbor in a noon game.

The eventual state champion advances to Western Regional play in San Bernardino to play for a berth into the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania.

Soundview comes up short

By Tim Clinton

Soundview Little League of Northeast Tacoma came up one run short against Bellevue National in Saturday morning state age 9-11 all-star baseball championship play.

Bellevue National won the action at the Lynndale field in Lynnwood by a 6-5 score.

The games are six innings long at that level of play.

Soundview won its first three games at state.  It defeated Ridgefield by a 5-1 score in its opener Saturday, July 11 and blasted Anacortes the next day, 12-1.

The team took on Gig Harbor in a winner's bracket semifinal Tuesday and won, 16-0, but lost to Bellevue National in a 3-0 winner's bracket final Thursday.

Soundview bounced back to top West Seattle, 5-2, in Friday's loser's bracket final.

Soundview entered the tournament as the District 10 champions.

Bellevue National blanks Soundview

By Tim Clinton

Bellevue National blanked Soundview of Northeast Tacoma by a 3-0 score Thursday in the winner's bracket final of the state age 9-11 Little League Baseball all-star tournament.

Soundview must return to the Lynndale field in Lynnwood to play a hot West Seattle team in the 6 p.m. Friday loser's bracket final.

The winner plays Bellevue National at 11 a.m. Saturday needing to win twice to take the state championship.

West Seattle has fought all the way back through the loser's bracket after losing its state opener last Saturday while Soundview won its first three state games to get to Thursday's action.

Soundview wins again

By Tim Clinton

Soundview of Northeast Tacoma trounced Gig Harbor by a 16-0 score in a winner's bracket semifinal at the state age 9-11 Little League Baseball all-star tournament Tuesday.

The win in Mukilteo propelled Soundview on to a 6:30 p.m. Thursday winner's bracket final pairing with Bellevue National over on the Lynndale field in Lynnwood.

Thursday's winner makes the championship and would need to be defeated twice to be unseated.

The loser would need to win the loser's bracket final Friday to make the championship.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Baseball

Little League

Soundview of Northeast Tacoma drew a bye for the first round of state Little League Majors age 10-12 all-star tournament action and will instead open play with a 10 a.m. Sunday game in Walla Walla.

Soundview opens against the winner of Saturday's game between the District 7 and District 11 champions.

Soundview earned its way to Walla Walla as the District 10 champions.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle is currently off for the All-Star break before returning to regular season action with a 7:10 p.m. Friday home game against the San Francisco Giants at T-Mobile Park.

The Giants stay in town for 5:08 p.m. Saturday and 1:10 p.m. Sunday action.

The Cincinnati Reds fly in for games at 6:40 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Sounders

The Seattle men's soccer team comes back from a lengthy World Cup break to host the Portland Timbers for a 7:30 p.m. Thursday match at Lumen Field.

The Sounders visit Austin at 5:30 p.m. next Wednesday.

Storm

Seattle visits the Chicago Sky for 9 a.m. Wednesday women's basketball action and goes to Indiana to play the Fever at 4:30 p.m. Friday before coming home to the Climate Pledge Arena to battle the Minnesota Lynx at 7 p.m. Monday and noon next Wednesday.

Reign

Seattle drops in on the Gotham FC team of New York and New Jersey at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Rainiers

Tacoma plays host to Oklahoma City for games at 7:05 p.m. Friday, 6:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:35 p.m. Sunday at Cheney Stadium before visiting the Reno Aces at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Aquasox

Everett visits the Spokane Indians for action at 6:35 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 1:05 p.m. Sunday.

The Aquasox come home to Funko Field to play the Eugene Emeralds at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of a 12:05 p.m. Thursday matinee.

Soundview takes first two

By Tim Clinton

Soundview Little League of Northeast Tacoma has gotten off to a hot start at the state age 9-11 all-star baseball tournament, winning its first two games.

The District 10 championship team opened the action on the Lynndale field in Lynnwood with a 5-1 Saturday victory over District 6 champion Ridgefield and followed that up with a 12-1 Sunday win over District 1 champion Anacortes.

Soundview travels to nearby Mukilteo to play District 2 champion Gig Harbor in a 4 p.m. Tuesday winner's bracket semifinal with the winner advancing to the 6:30 p.m. Thursday winner's bracket final.

Championship play takes place Saturday.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Baseball

Little League

Soundview of Northeast Tacoma opens state age 9-11 all-star tournament action with a 12:30 p.m. Saturday game against the District 6 champion on the Lynndale field in Lynnwood.

Soundview enters as the District 10 champion.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle plays 3:40 p.m. road games against the Miami Marlins this Wednesday and Thursday before visiting the Tampa Bay Rays at 4:10 p.m. Friday, 1:10 p.m. Saturday and 10:40 a.m. Sunday.

Storm

Seattle drops in on the Atlanta Dream for a 5 p.m. Thursday game before visiting the Washington Mystics at noon Sunday and the Chicago Sky at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Reign

Seattle hosts Portland for a 1 p.m. Sunday women's soccer match at Lumen Field.

Rainiers

Tacoma is in Las Vegas for games at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 12:05 p.m. Sunday.

Aquasox

Everett visits Vancouver for action at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and at 1:05 p.m. Friday ahead of 5:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday games.

 

Soundview teams fall short

By Tim Clinton

Both the Soundview age 8-10 all-star Little League baseball and softball teams saw their seasons end just shy of District 10 championship play with losses Wednesday.

The softball team from Northeast Tacoma was outscored by Bonney Lake/Sumner, 8-6, and the baseball team fell to South Hill of Puyallup, 12-8.

South Hill edged the softball team, 14-13, in Sunday's opener played at the Real Life Church field in Covington but Soundview came back to beat Kent by an 11-1 score Monday and to edge past Chinook of Enumclaw, 2-1, Tuesday.

Bonney Lake/Sumner defeated the baseball team, 6-3, in Saturday's opener and Soundview rebounded for a 14-7 victory over tournament host Federal Way National on Monday.

Soundview defeated Kent in Tuesday action, 6-0.

Federal Way National fell to South Hill by an 8-6 score in its opener Sunday.

Steel Lake of the east side of the Federal Way area was blanked, 10-0, by South Hill in its opener Saturday before being topped Sunday by Auburn, 8-5.

In softball the combined Federal Way National and Steel Lake team took a 22-7 opening loss Saturday against Bonney Lake/Sumner and a 24-9 loss Sunday to Kent.

The District 10 tournaments are now completed, but Soundview advances to the state age 9-11 baseball tournament opening Saturday, July 11 in Lynnwood and to the Majors age 10-12 tournament opening Saturday, July 18 in Walla Walla.

A Look Aheàd

By Tim Clinton

Pros

Mariners

Seattle will take Wednesday off to make room for a 1 p.m. World Cup soccer match between Belgium and Senegal across the street.

The Mariners return to baseball action at T-Mobile Park at 6:40 p.m. Thursday against the Los Angeles Angels.

Next up for Seattle will be the Toronto Blue Jays, who fly in for games at 7:40 p.m. Friday and at 1:10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Mariners travel to Miami to play the Marlins at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Storm

Seattle's women's basketball team visits the Phoenix Mercury at 7 p.m. Thursday and comes home to the Climate Pledge Arena to play Portland at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The Storm visits Los Angeles at 7 p.m. Monday and drops in on the Atlanta Dream at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Reign

Seattle returns from a lengthy break to pay a 3:30 p.m. Saturday visit to the North Carolina Courage.

Rainiers

Tacoma is at home at Cheney Stadium playing the Reno Aces at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday and at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Friday and Saturday's games followed by fireworks shows.

The Rainiers play the Aces again at 1:35 p.m. Sunday before visiting Las Vegas at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Aquasox

Everett entertains the Tri City team at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 4:05 p.m. Sunday at Funko Field.

The Aquasox visit Vancouver at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Soundview takes Majors crown

By Tim Clinton

Soundview Little League blasted its way through the District 10 Major baseball all-star tournament for ages 10-12 with four decisive wins this week.

The team from Northeast Tacoma wrapped up the championship Saturday with a 12-0 victory over South Hill of Puyallup at the Federal Way National complex.

Soundview opened the tournament with a 10-0 win over Auburn this past Monday and breezed by Chinook of Enumclaw, 10-1, the next day.

That sent the team on to a winner's bracket final game Thursday against South Hill that it won by a 10-0 score to advance directly into the championship game.

Federal Way National took a 12-3 loss to Chinook in its Monday opener before being eliminated by Auburn the next night, 10-0.

As the District 10 champions Soundview advances to the state tournament that opens Saturday, July 18 at Veteran's Fields in Walla Walla.

The state champion reaches the San Bernardino regional tournament in California with the regional champion going on to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Penn.

Soundview also played South Hill for the Junior age 13 championship at Pete's Pool in Enumclaw and took an 11-10 loss in Friday's provisional final and also lost Saturday's if-necessary game, 16-11, to finish second.

Soundview opened with a 13-3 victory over Steel Lake last Monday and posted a 26-15 win Wednesday over Bonney Lake/Sumner in the winner's bracket final.

South Hill started its trek back through the loser's bracket with a 17-2 elimination of Steel Lake on Tuesday.

The District 10 age 9-11 softball tournament played at Sunset Park in Auburn was only composed of South Hill and Soundview with South Hill winning both games that were played.

The Puyallup team prevailed by a 15-0 score in Monday's opener and also took Tuesday's provisional championship, 13-3.

Brian Hinchy passes away

By Tim Clinton

One time Federal Way High School baseball and football standout Brian Hinchy recently passed away, it was announced by his sister Stephanie Hinchy-Stamper on his Facebook account.

In baseball he was mostly known for his power hitting ability for the Eagles in the spring and for the Federal Way American Legion team in the summer.

But it was his ability to throw the baseball fast in occasional right-handed relief pitching performances that earned him a brief professional career in the minor league system of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

"We will take comfort knowing he is no longer in pain," wrote Hinchy-Stamper.  "All I can picture right now is all the laughter going on up there in Heaven."

"He was always so nice to me," wrote his Federal Way baseball coach, Eric Fiedler.  "I have never and will never forget him."

Former Eagles football coach Tom McConnaughey also responded in writing.

"Enjoyed coaching him and being part of his journey," he said.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Pros

Mariners

Seattle is in Pittsburgh playing the Pirates at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday and 9:35 a.m. Thursday before dropping in on the Cleveland Guardians at 4:10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 10:40 a.m. Sunday.

The Mariners come home to T-Mobile Park to take on the Los Angeles Angels at 6:40 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

Storm

Seattle hosts the New York Liberty for 7 p.m. Thursday action at the Climate Pledge Arena before entertaining the Atlanta Dream at 6 p.m. Saturday and visiting the Phoenix Mercury at 7 p.m. next Thursday.

Rainiers

Tacoma plays host to the Round Rock Express at Cheney Stadium for games at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 6:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:35 p.m. Sunday.

The Reno Aces come to town for action at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and at 7:05 p.m. Thursday.

 

Soundview captures title

By Tim Clinton

Soundview Little League of Northeast Tacoma captured the all-star baseball District 10 championship for ages 9-11 with a 4-3 Saturday morning victory over South Hill of Puyallup.

The win capped off an undefeated run through the tournament played at the Federal Way National complex.

Soundview opened with a 10-0 decision Tuesday over South Hill and followed that up with a 3-2 win over Bonney Lake/Sumner in Thursday's winner's bracket final to reach Saturday's championship.

Federal Way National opened with a 10-0 win Monday over Steel Lake but lost by the same score to Bonney Lake/Sumner the next day and bowed out with a 12-6 loss to Auburn on Wednesday.

Steel Lake's stay ended with a 19-2 Tuesday loss to Chinook.

As the District 10 champion Soundview advances to the state tournament at Lynndale Park in Lynnwood that opens Saturday, July 11.

Soundview also reached the winner's bracket final in the softball age 10-12 District 10 Majors tournament at Sunset Park in Auburn but lost the Thursday game, 14-0, to Bonney Lake/Sumner and lost Friday's loser's bracket final to South Hill, 15-0.

Soundview opened with a 13-3 drubbing of Chinook on Monday and a 24-9 Tuesday victory over Auburn.

National fell to South Hill, 15-0, in its opener Monday and bounced back for a 22-12 win over Auburn on Wednesday before losing, 16-0, in a Thursday rematch against South Hill.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Little League

Baseball

Federal Way National hosts Auburn for a 6 p.m. Wednesday loser's bracket game of the District 10 all-star tournament for ages 9-10-11and Soundview battles Bonney Lake/Sumner in winner's bracket action there at the same time Thursday.

Teams are trying to reach Saturday championship play scheduled at 9 a.m. with the if-neccessary game at noon.

National also hosts the Majors age 10-11-12 and Juniors tournaments that start with 6 p.m. Monday games.

National plays Chinook and Soundview battles Auburn in Majors play then as Soundview and Steel Lake action in Juniors.

Softball

Federal Way National plays Auburn in a 6 p.m. Wednesday loser's clash of the District 10 age 10-11-12 Majors tournament at Sunset Park in Auburn and Soundview plays Bonney Lake/Sumner in a winner's game there at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Championship action starts at noon Saturday with if-necessary play at 3 p.m.

Sunset Park is also the site of the age 9-10-11 tournament that opens at 6 p.m. Monday with Soundview meeting South Hill.

That is a two-team tournament with a 6 p.m. Tuesday championship and 6 p.m. Wednesday if-necessary game.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle hosts the Baltimore Orioles for games at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday and 1:10 p.m. Thursday at T-Mobile Park.

The Boston Red Sox visit at 7:10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1:10 p.m  Sunday.

The Mariners travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and at 9:35 a.m. Thursday.

Storm

Seattle visits Portland for a 7 p.m. Wednesday game before going to Phoenix at noon Saturday.

The Storm comes home to the Climate Pledge Arena to play the Dallas Wings at 7 p.m. Monday and the New York Liberty at 7 p.m. next Thursday.

Rainiers

Tacoma is in Salt Lake for action at 5:35 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and for an 11;05 a.m. Sunday game.

The Rainiers come home to Cheney Stadium to play Round Rock at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 7:05 p.m. next Thursday.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

Pros

Mariners

Seattle is in Baltimore for 3:35 p.m. action Wednesday and Thursday before heading down the road to Washington, D.C. to play the Nationals at 3:45 p.m. Friday, 1:05 p.m. Saturday and 10:35 a.m. Sunday.

The Mariners come home to T-Mobile Park to take on the Baltimore Orioles again at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 1:10 p.m. Thursday.

Seawolves

Seattle hosts the California Legion team for a second week in a row Sunday, only this time it's for a 7 p.m. Major League Rugby semifinal.

The match will take place at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.

Storm

The Seattle women's basketball team hosts the Los Angeles Sparks for a 7 p.m. Wednesday game at the Climate Pledge Arena before entertaining Golden State at the same time and place Friday.

The Storm breezes down to Portland for 7 p.m. action next Wednesday.

Rainiers

Tacoma gets visits from Albuquerque at Cheney Stadium at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 6:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:35 p.m. Sunday.

The Rainiers visit Salt Lake at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Pros

Mariners

Seattle travels to Detroit to take on the Tigers at 3:40 p.m. Friday, 10:10 a.m. Saturday and 10:40 a.m. Sunday before going on to visit the Baltimore Orioles in 3:35 p.m. games Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Seawolves

Seattle's rugby team plays host to the California Legion for a 6 p.m. Sunday match at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.

Storm

Seattle drops in on the Minnesota Lynx for 4 p.m. Saturday women's basketball action before visiting the Las Vegas Aces at 7 p.m. Monday.

The Storm comes home to Climate Pledge Arena to battle the Los Angeles Sparks at 7 p.m. next Wednesday.

Rainiers

Tacoma is in Sacramento playing the Rivercats at 6:45 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 6:37 p.m. Saturday and 1:05 p.m. Sunday.

The Rainiers return to Cheney Stadium to host Albuquerque at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, 6:05 p.m. Wednesday and 7:05 p.m. Thursday.

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Federal Way snags second in state relay

By Tim Clinton

Federal Way's 4X400-meter boys relay came through with the highest local finish in state Class 3A track and field competition this weekend, taking second place in a time of 3 minutes, 20.20 seconds.

The state meet ran Thursday through Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma and the race capped off the 3A action Saturday evening.

Salioudsan Bangoura of Todd Beamer took third place in the 3A girls shot put at 41 feet, 1.5 inches and Tysen MacDonald of Federal Way captured third in the boys 110 hurdles in 14.86.

Eagles teammate Michael Waller III placed third in the boys long jump at 22-4 with DJ Smith of Thomas Jefferson fifth at 21-10.

MacDonald was also fifth in the boys 300 hurdles in 10:22.28 with the Federal Way boys 4X100 relay finishing fifth in 42.49.

Tygee Roy of the Eagles snagged sixth in the boys 400 in 48.87.

Ariana Ely of Federal Way secured seventh in the girls long jump at 17-3.5 and eighth in the girls triple jump at 35-8.5.

TJ's Smith took eighth in the boys triple jump at 43-9 and Maya Wentworth of the Eagles placed eighth in the girls 1,600 in 5:06.55.

Decatur's Omaha Lutu-Ifi came in eighth in the boys discus at a distance of 146-0.

The top eight places in each event scored points for their school.

Decatur baseball finishes fourth

By Tim Clinton

Eastside Catholic's Crusaders crushed Decatur's state Class 3A baseball championship hopes Friday and O'Dea did the same to the Gators' hopes of taking the third place trophy the next day.

Eastside Catholic dealt the Gators a 7-1 defeat in a Friday semifinal and the Irish of O'Dea beat them by a 10-5 score in the Saturday afternoon consolation game.

The end result of the two losses to teams from Seattle's Metro League was a fourth place state finish for a Decatur team that entered last week's regional action as the No. 4-rated state 3A seed.

Both the semifinals and third place game took place at Everett Memorial Stadium, which also goes by the sponsored name of Funko Field and serves as the home of the Everett Aquasox of the long season Class A minors Northwest League.

The Aquasox are a Seattle Mariners affiliate and have been since 1996.

Decatur has now made the state baseball playoffs nine times in its history, including a final four appearance in 1988 with the likes of current Enumclaw head golf coach Steve Murphy and the late Toby Weymiller, both of whom received scholarships to San Diego State with Murphy later switching to the University of Washington.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Baseball

Decatur plays Eastside Catholic in a state Class 3A semifinal starting at 7 p.m. Friday at Everett Memorial Stadium.

The winner advances to the 7 p.m. Saturday championship game and the loser plays for third and fourth place at 1 p.m.

O'Dea plays Kentlake in the other semifinal at 4 p.m. Friday.

Track and field

Class 3A state action involving the Federal Way schools is being hosted along with the Class 4A and 2A competitions this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Field events start at 12:30 p.m. Thursday with running events getting underway at 2 p.m.

Friday's schedule has field events beginning at 9:45 a.m. with running starting at 11 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Field event sessions start at 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday with running at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle comes home to play the Arizona Diamondbacks at T-Mobile Park with games at 7:10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1:10 p.m. Sunday.

The New York Mets fly in for action at 6:40 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 1:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Seawolves

The Seattle rugby team entertains the Free Jacks at 5 p.m. Sunday at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.

Storm

Seattle visits Toronto at 10 a.m. Saturday and drops in on the Dallas Wings at 5 p.m. Monday before playing host to the Phoenix Mercury at 7 p.m. next Wednesday at the Climate Pledge Arena.

Reign

Seattle goes to Washington, D.C. for 3:30 p.m. Saturday women's soccer action.

Rainiers

Tacoma hosts Las Vegas at Cheney Stadium with 7:05 p.m. starts Thursday and Friday, for a 6:05 p.m. Saturday game and a 1:35 p.m. Sunday clash.

The Rainiers visit Sacramento at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Colleges

Cougar baseball

Washington State advances to the NCAA playoffs as the Mountain West tournament champions, visiting Oregon State at a time to be announced in nearby Eugene this Friday.

Sports Wrap

By Tim Clinton

Baseball

Decatur 2, Snohomish 1

Decatur slipped past Snohomish in a Saturday evening game at Auburn High School to earn its way into next week's state Class 3A baseball semofinals.

The Gators will take on either Eastside Catholic or Roosevelt from the Metro League of Seattle at 7 p.m. Friday at Everett Memorial Stadium.

The winner advances to the 7 p.m. Saturday championship on the same field and the loser plays for third and fourth place at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Decatur 8, Shorewood 6

Decatur earned its way into the Saturday evening state quarterfinal by defeating Shorewood in its regional opener early that afternoon.

That game was also hosted by the Gators on the Auburn diamond.

Decatur came into regional action as the No. 4 state seed.

Boys soccer

Mountain View 3, Decatur 2

Decatur also hosted a state opener of the Class 3A boys soccer tournament but came up one goal short in the Wednesday match at Federal Way Memorial.

Boys tennis

State tournament

Thomas Jefferson scored 12 points as a team to capture second place in Class 3A tournament action played Friday and Saturday.

Wesley Curran led the way for the Raiders, scoring eight of those points with a fifth place individual finish.

Curran won his fifth place match by a 2-0 score, rebounding from an opening round loss to win his next three.

Teammate Jason Pham tacked on two points in singles action as well, winning his first match but losing his next two.

The TJ doubles team of V. Pham and D. Pham also scored two points, losing their opener, winning the second match and losing the third.

Vlad Sharak scored three singles points for Decatur, winning his first match, losing his second, winning his third and losing his fourth.

Girls tennis

Thomas Jefferson scored eight points on the girls side at state, with all of them picked up by the doubles team of A. Buchan and C. Moore.

The Raiders' duo finished fifth, bouncing back from an opening loss to win its next three.

The TJ team of J. DeRocher and E. Tran scored no points on an early round loss.

Boys golf

Andrew Lettice of Federal Way was the only area golfer to reach this week's state Class 3A action, finishing 35th with a first day round of 74 and a second day round of 76 for a total score of 150.