Friday, May 22, 2009

State Tournament Preview

The 4A state tournament kicks off on Saturday, with 4 KingCo teams among the final 16 that remain in contention for the state championship. Inglemoor, Issaquah, Lake Washington and Newport will take on teams from the Narrows and South Puget Sound leagues in the first round, with hopes of advancing to the regional finals with a trip to Safeco Field and the Final Four on the line.

Saturday's State Tourney Schedule

Everett Region (Everett Memorial)
Newport vs. Kentwood, 10:00 am
Olympia vs. Snohomish, 1:00 pm
Everett Regional Final, 4:00 pm

Richland Region (Richland HS)
Kamiak vs. Richland, 10:00 am
Kamiakin vs. University, 1:00 pm
Richland Regional Final, 4:00 pm

Kent Region (Kent Memorial)
Inglemoor vs. Puyallup, 11:00 am
Central Kitsap vs. Lake Washington, 2:00 pm
Kent Regional Final, 5:00 pm

Tacoma Region (Heidelberg Park)
South Kitsap vs. Issaquah, 10:00 am
Marysville-Pilchuck vs. Tahoma, 1:00 pm
Tacoma Regional Final, 4:00 pm

The Twitter feed will be updated as information rolls in. Good luck to all the KingCo teams in action Saturday!

Thursday, May 21, 2009

2009 4A All-KingCo Teams

The KingCo 4A coaches got together on Tuesday night to select the All-KingCo teams for 2009:

First Team All-KingCo

P: Christian Kaiser (Sr.) - Lake Washington
P: Dylan Davis (Soph.) - Redmond
P: Adrian Sampson (Jr.) - Skyline
C: Nick Andrews (Sr.) - Eastlake
1B: Eric Folkers (Sr.) - Lake Washington
2B: Josh Bircher (Jr.) - Redmond
SS: Alex Potts (Sr.) - Lake Washington
3B: Sean Murphy (Sr.) - Woodinville
OF: Spencer Rogers (Jr.) - Issaquah
OF: Colin Hering (Sr.) - Newport
OF: Gene Watson (Jr.) - Bothell
DH: Nick Smith (Sr.) - Eastlake
UT: Ryan Somers (Sr.) - Skyline

Second Team All-KingCo
P: Shane Yarnell (Jr.) - Issaquah
P: Obidiah Taylor (Soph.) - Inglemoor
P: Brett DeRooy (Sr.) - Woodinville
C: Jordan Sui (Sr.) - Inglemoor
C: Emmett Niland (Sr.) - Ballard
1B: Tyler Atkinson (Sr.) - Bothell
2B: Blake Lively (Sr.) - Lake Washington
SS: Trace Tam Sing (Jr.) - Newport
3B: Alex Reynolds (Sr.) - Bothell
3B: Michael Conforto (Soph.) - Redmond
OF: Dylan Davis (Soph.) - Redmond
OF: Miles Perkins (Sr.) - Issaquah
OF: Chris Viltz (Sr.) - Lake Washington
DH: Christian Kaiser (Sr.) - Lake Washington
UT: Kurt Stottlemyer (Sr.) - Bothell

KingCo 4A Player of the Year: Christian Kaiser (Sr.) - Lake Washington
KingCo 4A Coach of the Year: Derek Bingham - Lake Washington

Honorable Mention
Ballard: Nick Palewicz (Sr.), Dylan Murphy (Sr.), Connor McClure (Sr.)
Bothell: Bryan Mourer (Sr.), Brian McAfee (Soph.), Evan Hudson (Soph.)
Eastlake: Nick Hooper (Sr.), Michael Russo (Jr.)
Garfield: Joseph Lucia (Jr.), Sean Gilman (Sr.), Mike Harvey (Sr.), Peter Summerville (Sr.)
Inglemoor: Sam Johnston (Sr.), Logan Moen (Sr.), Scott Meyers (Jr.)
Issaquah: Brennan Miller (Sr.), Dustin Talley (Sr.), Austin O'Neil (Sr.)
Lake Washington: Dan Reynar (Sr.), Tyler Staudacher (Sr.), Karl Myers (Sr.), Alex Ross (Sr.)
Newport: Brandon Andreini (Sr.), Brad Binder (Sr.), Kevon Zadeh (Sr.)
Redmond: Zach Abbruzza (Soph.), Brian Grina (Sr.), Matt Kimmel (Jr.), Mac Acker (Sr.)
Roosevelt: Tom Nielson (Sr.)
Skyline: Jake Knecht (Sr.), Shawn Ellis (Jr.), Jacob Shannon (Jr.), Ryan Gilchrist (Sr.)
Woodinville: Matt Stefansson (Jr.), Luke Taylor (Jr.), Joel Maltos (Sr.)