Tournament

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After leading Virginia to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007, Virginia Coach Tony Bennett got a reward last month. According to contract terms obtained by The Post through an open-records request, Bennett recently signed a five-year extension that will keep him in Charlottesville through the 2019 season.Read full article >>

Virginia sophomore guard Joe Harris likely will not need any sort of offseason surgical procedure to complete the healing on his broken left hand, Coach Tony Bennett said Monday night.

Harris, who played the final month of the season with a fracture in his non-shooting hand, had said a procedure might be necessary once the 2011-12 campaign was finished. The Cavaliers lost to Florida, 71-45, Friday in the round of 64 in the NCAA tournament. Read full article >>

The particulars of Virginiaas first NCAA tournament appearance in five years were unsightly, to say the least. Prior to Fridayas 71-45 beat-down by seventh-seeded Florida, the Cavaliers hadnat lost by that wide of a margin in March since 1989 a and at least that game was in the Elite Eight.Read full article >>

At the prospect of facing a seventh-seeded Florida squad that liberally implements full-court pressure defense, tenth-seeded Virginia this week prepared four different methods for breaking the press.

aI would assume one will work,a Virginia assistant Ritchie McKay said Thursday, a day before the teamas NCAA tournament opener. aAgainst Florida, you certainly donat want to give them easy baskets.aRead full article >>

Before Virginiaas season opener against South Carolina State in November, Coach Tony Bennett wrote three letters a T.A.Y. a on the dry-erase board in the teamas locker room and made his players guess what the acronym stood for. Read full article >>

Itas understandable that most Virginia fans this week are caught up in the excitement of their menas basketball team making its first NCAA tournament appearance in five years. But with the Virginia football team set to begin spring practice Monday, we wanted to take a few minutes to highlight five areas to watch in the coming weeks as the Cavaliers get back onto the field following their resurgent 8-5 season in 2011.A Read full article >>

One of the areas the Virginia menas basketball team will look to address this week as it prepares to face Florida in the second round of the NCAA tournament Friday is the deficient bench production theyave received from their two remaining scholarship reserves in recent weeks.Read full article >>

No matter what happens Friday when Virginia takes on Florida in the first (err, second) round of the NCAA tournament, there is significant value in Coach Tony Bennettas ability to say, at the very least, that the Cavaliers have made the field of 68 under his watch.Read full article >>

There was a time this season a a long one, in fact a when the Virginia menas basketball team was fully confident of its chances of earning the programas first NCAA tournament berth since 2007.

But that time most certainly had ended by Friday evening, at which point Virginia had lost, 67-64, to North Carolina State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals. With roughly 48 hours remaining until the announcement of the field of 68, the Cavaliers appeared apprehensive, rather than excited, about learning their postseason fate.Read full article >>

Virginia will face North Carolina State on Friday in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament after the Wolfpack defeated Boston College, 78-57, on Thursday. The Cavaliers played N.C. State once in the regular season, and that contest ended with a 61-60 Cavaliers win Jan. 28 in Raleigh.Read full article >>

Virginia sophomore guard Joe Harris spent last Thursday night nauseous and lying on the bathroom floor of his campus apartment. Any sort of movement made him feel like he had to vomit.

At the time, Harris said, he didnat know head suffered the first concussion of his life. He didnat even remember the collision that had caused it. Nearly a week removed from that night, Harris sat in Virginiaas locker room Wednesday at Philips Arena in Atlanta and said he feels fine now. Heall play Friday in the Cavaliersa ACC tournament quarterfinal matchup against either North Carolina State or Boston College.Read full article >>

I wanted to update you on some of the area district softball tournaments.

And you might be surprised by some of the results, because I sure was.

Here are a few eye-poppers:

In the Sea-King 3A Tournament, Mount Si handed No. 3 Bainbridge its first loss of the season, 6-3. The semifinals are an all-KingCo affair: No. 1 Juanita vs. Liberty and Mount Si vs. Lake Washington. All four are assured of state berths. There is just one more state spot up for grabs between Bainbridge, Holy Names, Bishop Blanchet and Nathan Hale.

In the Northwest 4A District Tournament, Marysville-Pilchuck and Monroe play today for the title and both are moving on to state. M-P knocked off No. 4 Arlington on Tuesday, 2-1, and Monroe beat No. 8 Snohomish, 11-8. That means Arlington and Snohomish are among the four teams battling for the WesCo #3 spot. Kamiak and Cascade ar the others. And that survivor isn’t guaranteed of a state berth either. That team places the No. 3 KingCo qualifier in a loser-out, winner-to-state game on Saturday.

The Northwest 3A District Tournament has played to form as No. 5 Sedro-Woolley meets No. 6 Everett for the title Saturday, with a state berth on the line. Meadowdale, Glacier Peak, Shorecrest and Mountlake Terrace are still alive in the consolation bracket. Only two state berths are available.

In the KingCo 4A Tournament, Bothell and Newport play today for a state berth and the chance to play No. 1 Woodinville for the title. The loser will be in the mix for that KingCo 3A seed along with Issaquah, Ballard and Inglemoor.Read more…

Redmond athletic director John Appelgate announced Wednesday that boys basketball coach Jeff Larson has been hired as the school’s associate principal.

Larson’s new position requires that he step down as the Mustangs’ head coach. Over the past eight years, Larson compiled a 95-93 record at Redmond, taking the team to the state tournament twice.

Interested applicants for the open coaching position can apply online at www.lwsd.org and forward a resume and cover letter to Appelgate at jappelgate@lwsd.org

It should be a great week of high-school softball and I want to make sure you can find the brackets you are interested in.

Many of them have links. I could not find the KingCo 4A tournament bracket online, so am posting it a different way. I’m also posting the Sea-King 3A tournament bracket because it is in a similar formant. Then I’ll follow with the links to the other area tournaments.

Congratulations to top-ranked Woodinville, which beat Newport Monday, 8-1, to clinch a state berth. The Falcons are now seeding into the championship game of the KingCo tourney, set for Thursday. The top two teams automatically qualify for state and the No. 3 finisher will play the No. 3 WesCo team for a third and final berth.

So, here is the KingCo 4A bracket:

KingCo 4A Softball Bracket 2012

And here is the Sea-King3A bracket:

Sea-King 3A Softball Bracket 2012

And here are links to various other brackets:

West Central/Southwest 4A Bi-District Tournament

West Central/Southwest 3A Bi-District Tournament

West Central 2A Bi-District Tournament

Northwest 4A District Tournament

Northwest 3A District Tournament

Northwest 2A District Tournament

Northwest 1A District Tournament

1A Tri-District Tournament

2B Bi-District Tournament

The Rainier Beach basketball program will be honored during the MaxPreps Tournament of Champions Tuesday.

Here is the press release:

SEATTLE, WA. – On behalf of MaxPreps.com and the Army National Guard, Rainier Beach Boys Basketball team has been selected as an honoree for the 6th Annual MaxPreps Tour of Champions presented by the Army National Guard. Rainier Beach High School has been deemed one of the best basketball teams in the country and will be honored by the Army National Guard National Ranking Trophy presentation at Rainier Beach High School on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 11 AM. Of more than 20,000 high schools that field varsity basketball teams, only 10 are being recognized across the United States of America on the 2011-12 MaxPreps Tour of Champions.

“We have a software program that the students can use in their hands,” said Michael Braun, a computer science teacher at Rainier Beach who partners with Microsoft employees to teach the class. “They’re gravitating towards that in their daily lives, so it’s a way to merge the two ideas – social media and actual academic curriculum into one. The kids love it.”

By MATT MASSEY
Special to The Seattle Times

There is only one unbeaten and untied high-school boys soccer team in the “big-school” ranks of Class 4A and 3A.

The Shorewood Thunderbirds, ranked No. 1 in 3A, will wear the biggest target when the state playoffs begin Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

The T-birds, coached by second-year man Nathan Davis, are deserving favorites with the season-long dominance at 19-0-0. Shorewood has posted 17 shutouts and outscored opponents a whopping 62-3.

Now, can the T-birds live pressure of being expected to land in the 3A championship match on May 26 at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.

Shorewood is looking to bring home its first state title in boys soccer since it won the 4A crown (then AAA) in 1978.

There are three unbeaten left in the 4A and 3A ranks with Shorewood leading the way. Snohomish (17-0-1) tops the 4A rankings and Central Kitsap (14-0-2) checks in No. 2 in 4A.

Shorewood opens the 3A state tournament on Wednesday by hosting seventh-ranked Chief Sealth (14-2-1) at Shoreline Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

Top-ranked Snohomish, which has outscored foes 67-10, kicks off 4A state action by hosting third-ranked and traditional power Bellarmine Prep (12-1-2) on Wednesday.

No. 2 Central Kitsap hosts Tahoma (12-5-1) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Silverdale Stadium.

There are two other first-round matchups involving two ranked teams:

Class 4A – No. 3 Eastmont of East Wenatchee (17-2-0) hosts No. 8 Peninsula (14-4-0) on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Apple Bowl.

Class 3A – No. 8 Central Valley of Spokane (11-3-0) entertains No. 9 Emerald Ridge (14-2-2) on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Central Valley High School.

The current ESPN HS Powerade Fab 50 team rankings still include five teams from the state of Washington in the Week 9 rankings. Snohomish (4A) stayed at No. 6, Central Kitsap (4A) moved up from No. 29 to No. 26, Shorewood (3A) went from No. 34 to No. 32, Cheney (2A) remained at No. 33 and Bellarmine Prep (4A) dropped from No. 28 to No. 49 in the Top 50. Listed below is the link to the rankings:

http://espn.go.com/high-school/boys-soccer/team-rankings/fab50/_/season/spring/

The third spring boys soccer rankings from National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) came out on Tuesday, April 24. Three teams are in the national Top 11 and four mentioned. Snohomish moved into the No. 1 spot, Shorewood checked in at No. 6, Central Kitsap (4A) climbed to No. 11 and Bellarmine Prep was among other receiving votes. The next set of rankings comes out on Tuesday, May 15. The link is below:

http://www.nscaa.com/rankings/1008/Spring/men/National/Poll3?preview=5ebeb6065f64f2346dbb00ab789cf001

The NSCAA regional poll is filled with all but one Washington team, from No. 1 through No. 10, with a tie at No. 10. Here’s the current Region V poll:

http://www.nscaa.com/rankings/1016/Spring/men/RegionV/Poll3?preview=5ebeb6065f64f2346dbb00ab789cf001

Here are The Seattle Times final rankings for Class 4A and 3A for Week 8 of the 2012 season (this year’s record in parentheses):Read more…

The WIAA hasn’t updated the Class 4A and 3A high-school baseball brackets yet, so I went ahead and filled them out based on what has happened so far.

Class 4A State Baseball Bracket

Class 3A State Baseball Bracket

Click here for the Class 2A bracket.

Click here for the 1A bracket.

Click here for the 2B bracket.

Click here for the 1B bracket.

Class 4A Boys Soccer State-Tournament Bracket

Class 3A Boys Soccer State-Tournament Bracket

Click here for the 2A bracket.

Click here for the 1A bracket.

Four defending champions and 12 teams looking for their first title will have their shots at the stateas top prize in high school soccer when the tournament finals are held this weekend.

Westminsteras boys and the girls teams from McIntosh, Blessed Trinity and First Presbyterian will try to defend their 2011 titles, and two of them will have to do it against teams they beat in last yearas finals.

The McIntosh (19-2-1) girls will play Whitewater (18-0-1) for the sixth time in two seasons. McIntosh beat the Wildcats on penalty kicks in last yearas AAAA final, but Whitewater has won both meetings with the Chiefs this season. Blessed Trinity (15-3-2) faces a rematch in AA with Greater Atlanta Christian (17-2-1), which lost 1-0 in the final last season and 3-2 on penalty kicks when it faced the Titans earlier this season.

First Presbyterianas girls (20-1) will travel to Fellowship Christian (13-2-2) for the Class A title. Both teams advanced with penalty-kick victories in …

There are some strong programs around the state in Class AA, but there really is no comparison to be made between regions.

There is Region 6-AA, and there is everybody else.

All four of the teams in the AA semifinals Tuesday are from 6-AA, and three of the four — Greater Atlanta Christian, Lovett and Westminster, have won state championships since 2003.

The region obviously provides ample competition and playoff success follows.

aYou could have taken the top six in our region and they all would have done well in the state tournament,a Blessed Trinity coach Don Gillig said before the playoffs began. aThe goal is always a winning record and a spot in the state tournament, and then see how far we can go.a

The region’s third seed, Westminster, the defending state champion, will play on the road in the semifinals against Greater Atlanta Christian a the Wildcats’ seventh straight road game. Despite that, they have two wins over region champions and two of their three …

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