Playoff Roundup: Bainbridge teams continue postseason march
Published 7:57 pm Sunday, May 15, 2011
(This story was edited to note the time and date change for the girls’ lacrosse game.)
Several Bainbridge teams are getting ready for a big week of district and state playoff action.
The boys’ soccer team will host a state playoff game for the first time since 2001 as they take on the Decatur Gators of the South Puget Sound League, the fifth seed out of District 3. The Gators made it after beating Mountain View 2-1 on Saturday.
Decatur (13-2) has shut out its opponents seven times this season.
The first round match is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Since it is a state event, admission will be charged at the match. The cost is $8 for adults and $6 for students.
The boys’ soccer team also pulled off a “double” of titles this season as they won a 3A academic state championship to go with its Metro League championship. The team posted a 3.579 GPA.
The girls’ lacrosse team will also host a state tournament semifinal game at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Issaquah. It will still be at Bainbridge High School.
Bainbridge is led by Jaclyn Biggers, who leads the team in goals with 47 and leads the league in points per game with 7.86 despite playing in only seven games.
Issaquah has two players – Haley and Katie Mincin – who have combined for 79 goals this season.
The Bainbridge tennis team continued its march of perfection with a 8-3 victory over Seattle Prep at Ingraham on Friday to win its first ever Metro League trophy.
Grace Porter stayed undefeated on the season with a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over Sarah Newman in girls’ singles. It’s her 21st win of the season and the 91st of her career.
Jordan Ferguson won in girls’ singles while Matt Alderson upset Shuhei Matsuya 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-8 in boys’ singles. Scott Alderson beat Evan Beckman 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Kate Jamison and Kelly Zwicker defeated Claire McReynolds and Kate McGee 7-6 (4), 6-0 in girls’ doubles to clinch the win for Bainbridge. Sam Claney and Mark Scott won in boys’ doubles as did Keet Curtis and Jack Pendleton. Ryan Bieber and Meghan Hill won in mixed doubles.
The Bainbridge tennis team now readies for district play starting at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Lower Woodland tennis courts in Seattle. The top five make it to state.
Zwicker will go against Shea Wojciewski of Lakeside in a first-round loser out match in girls’ singles while Carter and Ferguson get a bye to the quarterfinals which are scheduled to start by 12:15 p.m.
Porter and Jameson get a bye to the quarterfinals in girls’ doubles as well.
Curtis takes on Josh Kong of Nathan Hale in boys’ singles. If he wins, he moves on to face Jordan Smith of Mercer Island.
Pendleton takes on Zach Kosanke of Bellevue. If he wins, he will face teammate Jacob Christensen.
Claney and Scott face off against Andrew Hagger and Thomas Euyang of Lakeside in boys’ doubles. If they win, they will face Jarad Thomas and Andrew Smith of Mercer Island.
Bieber and Bock will go against Erik Snyder and Jeremy Chow of Mercer Island. If they win, they will face Sam Blattner and Luke Targett of Seattle Prep.
Scott and Matt Alderson get a bye into the quarterfinals.
The Bainbridge track team qualified several more athletes to the district meet thanks to their performance Friday at the Metro League meet. The top eight placers move on to districts.
For the boys, Cameron Brink won a league discus title with a throw of 131 feet, five inches while Kyler Mikami won a league title in the javelin. Joseph Misenti took fourth in the pole vault with a mark of ten feet, six inches while Cole Adams took eighth.
Brad Wilmot, Drew Wickens and Corey Touchette all qualified in the high jump while Wilmot made it in the triple jump.
The 4×400 meter relay team of Corey Dunn, Drew Wickens, Sean LaBelle and John Murphy took third with a time of 3:37.93 while the 4×100 meter relay team of Misenti, Matt Stone, Garrett Tillotson and Wickens placed seventh with a time of 46.64.
For the girls, Danielle Bogardus took fifth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:04.62 while Pearl Terry took fifth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:27.95. Hannah Nash took fifth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.65.
The girls’ 4×400 meter relay team of Isabel Ferguson, Terry, Joli Holmes and Bogardus took fourth with a time of 4:22.46 while the 4×200 meter relay team of Bogardus, Courtney Odell, Holmes and Katherine Bond took sixth with a time of 1:54.13. The 4×100 meter relay team of Carolyn Milander, Serena Canner, Monica Jones and Bond took seventh with a time of 54.80.
Audrey Allbritton took third in the pole vault with a mark of 9 feet, six inches.
The 3A Sea-King District 2 meet is Wednesday and Friday at the Southwest Complex in Seattle. The events start at 2:30 p.m. with the finals of the 1600 and 3200 meter run held on Wednesday. The rest of the finals are Friday.
The Bainbridge boys’ lacrosse team wrapped up a perfect league season and clinched the Southwest Division title with a 18-3 win over Puyallup Saturday.
Jacob Goodman led the way with five goals while Cameron Parker scored four goals.
As the top seed, Bainbridge gets a bye into the quarterfinals of the state tournament. The Spartans will host Eastside Catholic or Tahoma at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Bainbridge fastpitch team will open district play Wednesday at Lower Woodland Field in Seattle. The Spartans get a bye into the quarterfinals where they will play either Bishop Blanchet or Liberty at 4 p.m. If they win that game, they will qualify for the 3A state tournament for the fifth year in a row.
