State Preps Report

Folks,

The State Preps report will be on vacation until the week of April 18.

ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
Bhatt goes two for two -- twice
Once Capital senior Etasha Bhatt started doing more interviews, the magnitude of her accomplishment began to dawn on her.

Braves' opener looks sloppy
Matt Wallis / Skagit Valley Herald
La Conner's Ryan Coonc (Ieft) gets caught in a rundown Monday by Nooksack Valley's Sam Larson.
Mistakes in the field cost team against Nooksack

2005 girls tennis preview
Northwest 3A and WesCo North teams featured.

Monday's prep report

Pioneers zip Touchet
MILTON-FREEWATER - Southpaw Curtis Carlson struck out eight over four innings while Carlos Ruvalcaba and Wes Walker collected two hits apiece as Mac-Hi picked up a 10-0 victory over Touchet in high school baseball action Monday afternoon at McRae-Ireland Field.

DeSales rules Class B baseball
DeSales baseball players focus on getting better rather than their school's unmatched record of achievement.

Squalicum's leading man
Gianni Tsoulouhas, who has helped the Storm boys soccer team to three undefeated league seasons, returns for his senior year.

Boys soccer season preview

Boys soccer spring preview

Deluge of sports about to begin

City stars can't miss with Price
Sean Price probably hopes his senior season of basketball never ends.

After leading the Columbia River Chieftains to a third-place finish at the Class 3A state tournament, Price is now working the all-star circuit.

Away at school — Stilwater earns fifth All-American honor
KIRKLAND — East Valley graduate Tiffany Stillwater, a senior at Northwest College in Kirkland, turned in her fifth All-American performance by placing sixth in the 5,000-meter run in the recent NAIA Indoor National Championships.

Balance powers Irish track teams
If there is one trait the DeSales boys and girls track and field teams share as they enter the 2005 season, Coach Mike Michels believes it is balance.

Hanford bombs Blue Devils
Hanford's Dustin Whelan and David Yabusaki each scored a goal in each half at the Wa-Hi pitch Saturday afternoon.

Blanchet spoils W-M's opener
ATHENA - Visiting Blanchet scored at least one run in every inning and posted its third victory of the young baseball season without a defeat, a 14-4, five-inning win over Weston-McEwen, in an Oregon Class 2A matchup here Friday afternoon.

All-Stars set to clash
Four league Most Valuable Players and 31 other all-league standouts are among nearly 40 standout prep basketball players who will play in the sixth annual Lower Columbia High School All-Star Games tonight at Lower Columbia College.

Brawl erupts at Illinois high school playoff
CHICAGO -- A large brawl broke out at a boys high school state tournament basketball game Monday night, sending at least three people -- including a police sergeant -- to the hospital.

Area trio is named to all-WesCo first team
Stanwood's Kaufman joined by MV's Burns, Moore
Area players laid claim to half the spots on the All-Western Conference North Division Boys' Basketball first team, which was announced Friday.

In an unusual quirk in the prep calendar, there is a one-week break this year between the end of the winter sports season which ended Saturday with the conclusion of the Class 4A and 2A state basketball tournaments and the start of the spring season.

Wa-Hi experienced
A veteran group leads the Blue Devil boys golf team into a tie for fourth as the new season kicks off in Clarkston.

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Class 4A state tourney preview: Wolves draw a familiar opponent
SK's boys face Roosevelt, North's boys draw Kamiak and CK's girls open state against Lewis & Clark from Spokane.

Fans made MM run more special
Winning it all would have been nice, and beating Rainier Beach in front of 6,000 screaming fans is something they'll never forget.

Rocket boys back in the state saddle
The Castle Rock boys basketball team might need an updated road map to find its way to the Yakima SunDome for Wednesday's Class 2A state tournament opener against Quincy.

Kelso's Hamilton named league MVP
Kelso senior wing Tricia Hamilton, who became Kelso's all-time leading scorer this season and led the Lassies to the Greater St. Helens 3A League title, was named the league's Most Valuable Player after a vote of the league's coaches.

Rams grad finds niche in NFL
Former North Thurston High School star Mike Sellers has signed a three-year contract to remain with the NFL's Washington Redskins.

Prep notebook: Wardell named MVP
Point guard led Sedro-Woolley to seventh-place state finish

Nothing will come easy for Prairie girls
If the Prairie girls basketball team went into Sunday's draw for the Class 4A state tournament hoping get an "easy" first-round opponent, the Falcons had to be fooling themselves.

Ike players will rely on coaches' state experience
They're revved up, ready to go and primed to add more high achievements to what have already been unprecedented seasons. Eisenhower's boys and girls are both headed to the Class 4A state basketball tournament in Tacoma with a school-record 23 wins