Sports Wrap

By Tim Clinton

Boys basketball

Federal Way 52, Shorewood 33

Federal Way soared past Shorewood in a home state Class 3A play-in game Tuesday.

The Eagles now advance to state regional action, visiting Auburn Mountainview at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Federal Way split with the Lions during the regular season.

At stake Saturday is a trip to the Tacoma Dome for state final 12 action next week.

Girls basketball

Roosevelt 67, Decatur 23

The Gators also faced a state play-in game Tuesday and lost to the host Roughriders to see their season end.

Boys wrestling

State Class 3A

Nehemiah Washington of Decatur captured second place at 215 pounds in action that concluded Saturday at the Tacoma Dome, losing the championship match by fall in 3 minutes, 45 seconds.

Caleb Clemans of Todd Beamer took third place at 113'pounds, winning his final match by a 4-0 score.

Anthony Zanders of Decatur finished fourth at 144 with a 9-7 loss in the match for third place and Ruben Ruiz of Federal Way finished fifth at 120 with a 9-7 victory.

Girls wrestling

State Class 3A

Federal Way finished ninth as a team with 110.0 points and TJ took 20th with 62.5.

Mariana Andrews of the Raiders wound up fourth at 105 pounds, losing the match for third place by fall in 3:41.

Kansada Biangandu of Federal Way finished sixth at 190 with a loss by fall in 2:02 and teammate Natalia Itwanlani placed eighth with a loss by fall in 1:19.

TJ's Girett Perez Espitio took seventh at 170 with a win by fall in 1:54 and Federal Way's Yarely Cervantes grabbed seventh at 110 with a win by fall in 4:15.

Gymnastics

State Class 1A/2A/3A

Thomas Jefferson took seventh place as a team with a total of 152.275 points in this past weekend's action at Sammamish High School.

Todd Beamer placed 11th at 88.825 points, Decatur 21st with 55.25 and Federal Way 39th with 7.300.

Rylee Cabang took eighth in the All-Around for TJ with 35.075 points.

Cabang also tied for third in the balance beam finals the next day with a 9.375 and placed 12th in the bars with an 8.450 just ahead of Todd Beamer's Erin Lu at 8.400.

Myla Felizardo of Todd Beamer tied for fifth in the beam with a 9.350 and took sixth in the floor exercise with a 9.000.

Boys swimming

State Class 3A

Drew Miller of Federal Way finished sixth in the 100-yard backstroke finals in the meet that concluded Saturday at the King County Aquatic Center, posting a time of 53.01 seconds.

Decatur's Dean Tucker delivered 11th in the 200 individual medley in 1:58.48 with Miller finishing 14th in 1:59.63.  Tucker was also 15th in the 500 free in 4:56.64.

TJ took 19th in the 200 medley relay with a 1:48.21 and 21st in the 400 free relay in 3:41.33.

Alex Nguyen of the Raiders was 22nd in the 100 back in 59.60.