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.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Baseball

Decatur advances to state regional action Saturday, playing an opponent to be determined in a 1 p.m. game at Auburn High School.

The winner plays again about 4 p.m. for a state semifinal berth.

Boys soccer

Decatur hosts Mountain View for a 6 p.m. Wednesday state playoff match at Federal Way Memorial.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle hosts the Chicago White Sox for a 1:10 p.m. Wednesday game at T-Mobile Park before going to Kansas City to play the Royals at 4:40 p.m. Friday, 1:10 p.m. Saturday and 11:10 a.m. Sunday.

The Mariners go to Sacramento to take on the Athletics at 6:40 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 12:05 p.m. Wednesday.

Sounders

Seattle visits Los Angeles FC for a 6 p.m. Sunday men's soccer match.

Seawolves

Seattle drops in on the Chicago Hounds for 1 p.m. Sunday rugby action.

Storm

The Seattle women's basketball team hosts Connecticut for 7 p.m. Wednesday and Friday games at the Climate Pledge Arena before entertaining Washington at 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Reign

Seattle visits Boston for a 5 p.m. Friday women's soccer match.

Rainiers

Tacoma is in Salt Lake City for Pacific Coast League baseball games at 5:35 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 11:05 a.m. Sunday.

The Rainiers come home to Cheney Stadium to face Las Vegas at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sports Wrap

By Tim Clinton

Boys soccer

Decatur 8, Central Kitsap 7

Decatur gave Central Kitsap the boot in a wild playoff match played Saturday at Mount Tahoma.

Decatur 6, White River 3

The Gators splashed by White River in Thursday action.

Beĺlarmine 4, Decatur 1

Decatur was blasted by Bellarmine in a Tuesday home playoff.

Baseball

Gig Harbor 4, Decatur 1

The Tides swept past the Gators in Saturday postseason play at Auburn High School.

Decatur 20, White River 4

Decatur blasted the Hornets last Wednesday.

Fastpitch softball

Enumclaw 24, TJ 3

Thomas Jefferson took a district loss to Enumclaw Saturday in Lacey.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

Boys soccer

Decatur hosts Bellarmine for a 5 p.m. Tuesday playoff match at Federal Way Memorial.

Baseball

Decatur entertains a team to be determined in 4 p.m. Wednesday postseason play at Thomas Jefferson.

Fastpitch softball

Thomas Jefferson launches out into the District 3/4 tournament with a 10 a.m. Friday game against Gig Harbor at the regional complex in Lacey.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle is in Houston taking on the Astros at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and at 11:10 a.m. Thursday before coming home to play the San Diego Padres at 6:40 p.m. Friday, 4:15 p.m. Saturday and 4:20 p.m. Sunday at T-Mobile Park.

Sounders

Seattle hosts San Jose for a 6:30 p.m. Wednesday match at Lumen Field and the Los Angeles Galaxy visits at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Seawolves

Seattle gets a 1 p.m. Sunday visit from the Anthem RC team at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.

Storm

The Seattle women's basketball team visits the Toronto Tempo at 4 p.m. Wednesday and drops in on the Indiana Fever at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Reign

Seattle entertains Gotham FC for 7 p.m. Friday women's soccer at Lumen Field.

Rainiers

Tacoma plays host to Sugar Land at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 6:05 p.m. Saturday and 1:35 p.m. Sunday at Cheney Stadium.

Colleges

Husky baseball

Washington hosts UCLA at 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon Saturday.

Cougar baseball

Washington State entertains Seattle University for a 4:05 p.m. Tuesday game in Pullman.

Sports Wrap

By Tim Clinton

Baseball

Tahoma 2, Decatur 1

Decatur took a close loss at Tahoma in its final regular season game Thursday.

The Gators now await postseason play, hosting their first District 3/4 game Wednesday at a time and against an opponent to be determined.

Decatur 25, Kent-Meridian 0

Decatur clobbered Kent-Meridian in a home game Tuesday.

Auburn Mountainview 7, TJ 6

Thomas Jefferson was edged Tuesday by the Lions.

Enumclaw 11, Federal Way 0

Federal Way was shut out Tuesday.

Decatur 15, Kent-Meridian 0

The Gators also routed the Royals last Monday.

Enumclaw 14, Federal Way 2

Enumclaw also did a number on the Eagles in Monday's game.

Fastpitch softball

Federal Way 16, Todd Beamer 1

Federal Way trounced the Titans in Thursday play.

Federal Way 13, Kent-Meridian 1

Kent-Meridian fell victim to Federal Way on Wednesday.

TJ 16, Todd Beamer 3

Thomas Jefferson beat Todd Beamer badly Wednesday.

Auburn Mountainview 22, Decatur 1

Auburn Mountainview towered above the Gators on Wednesday.

Decatur 16, Federal Way 8

Decatur outslugged Federal Way this past Monday.

TJ 13, Kent-Meridian 2

The Raiders prevailed Monday in a lopsided game.

Boys soccer

Auburn Mountainview 5, Federal Way 2

Federal Way fell Friday to Auburn Mountainview.

Todd Beamer 2, White River 2

Todd Beamer battled the Hornets to a tie Thursday.

Decatur 1, White River 1

Decatur also knotted White River in a Tuesday match.

The Gators open postseason play with 5 p.m. Tuesday home action against an opponent to be determined.

Federal Way 1, Kent-Meridian 1

Federal Way fought to a tie Tuesday as well.

TJ 1, Kentlake 0

Thomas Jefferson's season ended on a positive note Tuesday.

Auburn Mountainview 6, Todd Beamer 2

The Lions pounced on the Titans this past Tuesday.

A Look Ahead

By Tim Clinton

High schools

Baseball

Eventually playoff-bound Decatur visits Tahoma for a non-conference game first with a 7 p.m. Thursday start.

Fastpitch softball

North Puget Sound League Class 3A play concludes with Federal Way dropping in on Todd Beamer at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Boys soccer

Todd Beamer travels to Buckley to battle White River at 7 p.m. Thursday and Federal Way visits Auburn-Riverside at 4 p.m. Friday.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle visits the Chicago White Sox for action at 4:40 p.m. Friday, 4:10 p.m. Saturday and 11:10 a.m. Sunday before going to Houston to play the Astros at 5:10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Sounders

Seattle hosts San Diego for a 7:30 p.m. Saturday match at Lumen Field before entertaining San Jose at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Storm

Seattle gets a 7 p.m. Friday visit from Golden State at the Climate Pledge Arena before flying to Connecticut for 1 p.m. Sunday action and to Toronto at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Reign

The Seattle women's soccer team entertains Washington for a 4 p.m. Sunday match at Lumen Field.

Seawolves

Seattle goes to Washington, D.C. to play the Old Glory team at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Rainiers

Tacoma is in El Paso for Pacific Coast League baseball games at 5:35 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday ahead of an 11:05 a.m. Sunday clash.

The Rainiers come home to Cheney Stadium to play Sugar Land at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday and 6:05 p.m. Wednesday.

Colleges

Husky baseball

Washington visits Penn State for games at 2:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday.

Cougar baseball

Washington State goes to Colorado to battle Air Force at 2 p.m. Friday, noon Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday before coming home to Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman to take on Seattle University at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday.

Sports Wrap

By Tim Clinton

Baseball

Decatur 10, Federal Way 0

The Gators blanked the Eagles in Thursday action.

TJ 16, Todd Beamer 1

Thomas Jefferson triumphed over the Titans this past Thursday.

Decatur 21, Federal Way 1

Decatur downed Federal Way in a lopsided game Wednesday.

TJ 11, Todd Beamer 9

The Raiders topped Todd Beamer in a Wednesday slugfest.

Decatur 14, Auburn Mountainview 2

Decatur outslugged the Lions this past Monday.

TJ 11, Federal Way 2

Thomas Jefferson did a number on the Eagles last Monday.

Enumclaw 6, Todd Beamer 0

Todd Beamer was shut out by the Hornets on Monday.

Fastpitch softball

Decatur 16, Todd Beamer 4

Decatur beat the Titans in a one-sided game Friday.

Mt. Rainier 5, TJ 2

Mount Rainier took Friday's game against the Raiders.

Enumclaw 16, Federal Way 6

The Hornets buzzed by the Eagles on Friday

TJ 17, Todd Beamer 0

Thomas Jefferson shut down the Titans in Thursday action.

Decatur 10, TJ 9

Decatur outslugged the Raiders in a Wednesday game.

Auburn Mountainview 23, Federal Way 11

Federal Way was felled Wednesday by the Lions.

TJ 13, Federal Way 3

The Raiders took a 10-run victory Monday over the Eagles.

White River 18, Decatur 5

The Gators were swept away Monday by White River in Buckley.

Enumclaw 26, Todd Beamer 0

Enumclaw scored big against Todd Beamer last Monday.

Boys soccer

Federal Way 7, TJ 1

Federal Way flattened Thomas Jefferson in a Friday match.

Decatur 3, Todd Beamer 2

Decatur slipped past Todd Beamer this past Friday.

Todd Beamer 1, Kentlake 1

Todd Beamer battled Kentlake to a tie Monday.

White River 6, Federal Way 3

White River dunked the Eagles in a high-scoring affair Monday.

Auburn Mountainview 1, Decatur 0

Auburn Mountainview edged past the Gators on Monday.