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Federal Way prevails in overtime
The fourth and final matchup of the season between Federal Way and Decatur was played on the biggest stage, in front of the largest crowd, for the biggest prize.

Lewis and Clark stays on track for No. 3
Nothing, apparently, is going to stop Lewis and Clark High of Spokane in its drive for a third consecutive Class 4A girls basketball state tournament title.

Friday's high school scoreboard
Preps

Tonight's Class 2A basketball district title games
At Saint Martin's

Skyview spoils record scoring day
TACOMA - She didn't know. She didn't care.

NWC boys remain alive in 2B tourney
SPOKANE - The Northwest Christian boys basketball team moved one step closer to placing fifth in the Class 2B state tournament with a 54-46 victory over Napavine on Thursday in the consolation bracket.

Bellarmine Prep boys turn back Foss' rally
Bellarmine Prep withstood a stunning Foss rally, escaping the quarterfinals of the Class 4A boys basketball state tournament with a 60-59 victory over the Falcons on Thursday night at the Tacoma Dome.

Federal Way boys pull off another upset in Class 4A
TACOMA - So much for Seattle being the epicenter of Washington hoops. The spotlight's on you, Federal Way.

Thursday's high school scoreboard
PREPS

Capital loses control, then game
PUYALLUP - In the final minute of Thursday's first half, Auburn Riverside senior Katie Grad changed the game.

North Thurston comes up empty in overtime
DES MOINES - Leading until late in the third quarter Thursday, the North Thurston girls basketball team missed a last-second shot in regulation that would have won its Class 3A playoff game against Hazen at Mount Rainier High School.

Coach revamps River Ridge
LACEY - While its girls basketball program prospered, the boys team at River Ridge High School had been South Sound's in-and-out stop.

Third-quarter woes cost Owls at 1B state tourney
The Olympian, news services

Rams put up a fight but fall short
AUBURN - The guy wearing No. 5 did a bigger number - a much bigger number - on North Thurston's hopes of going to the state boys basketball tournament through the front door.

The Olympian's high school Athletes of the Week
DANIELLE CURLIS

Swilley hopes to turn around Tornados' football program
Randy Swilley, who spent the past five seasons coaching the defensive line at North Thurston High School, has been named the head football coach at Yelm.

Monday's high school scoreboard
PREPS

All eyes are on post-season high school basketball
OLYMPIA - So it begins.

Saturday's results from Mat Classic XX
GIRLS

Belleville powers to No. 3
TACOMA - Because they can both adapt, because they can change schemes and counter an opponent's strength, Nick Burnham and Jimmy Belleville are both state champs. Again.

Saturday's prep highlights
Girls basketball

Results from championship brackets at Mat Classic XX
Girls

Results from the state swim and dive championships
2A/3A State championships

Wolves lead charge into semis
TACOMA - Black Hills junior Jimmy Belleville remained on a collision course Friday with another two-time state champ in the Class 2A wrestling finals.

Friday's high school basketball scoreboard
PREPS

Tumwater fathers and sons make memories on the wrestling mat
TUMWATER - A framed photo of his father rests in the middle of three rows adjacent to the concessions stand inside Tumwater High School's gym.

Friday's high school scoreboard
Preps

A look at local wrestlers heading to Mat Classic XX
Mat Classic XX state wrestling championships

Role reversal for ex cheerleader
LACEY - It was as though she somehow reinvented herself.

Thursday's high school scoreboard
GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bears top Gig Harbor, clinch spot in 4A district tourney
With a 53-33 Narrows League tourney victory over Gig Harbor on Thursday night, the Olympia Bears girls basketball team is headed back to district. The only question now is how good of a seed they can earn.

Olympia wrestlers have confidence going into regional
OLYMPIA - The regular season is over. It's all about individual efforts at this point.

Andrews lifts T-Birds in OT
TUMWATER - It wasn't broken.

Signing lists for in-state football programs
Washington Huskies

Yep, it's time to sign
TUMWATER - It was always Hank Bryant's dream to play NCAA Division I football.

Plethora of college recruits keeps Lakes High coach busy
Of Dave Miller's duties as a head football coach, maybe one of his most important (and yet maybe his least liked) is answering phone calls from college recruiters.

The Olympian's high school athletes of the week
LYNDSEY FRAHM

Wednesday's high school scoreboard
Preps

Washington Huskies football signings
Washington Huskies 2008 football signees list, as provided by the Huskies:

Central Washington's football signing list
High school football players who signed letters of intent with Central Washington University Wednesday:

National top 25 football recruits list
College football's signing period began Wednesday and most of the top players inked scholarships. Here's a list of the top 25 players in the country, according to Rivals.com, and where they're going to school:

Busy day at Lakes: 11 football players sign with colleges
LAKEWOOD -- Lakes High School seniors Kavario Middleton and Jermaine Kearse were among 11 players from the Lancers' football team to sign with college programs on national letter of intent day Wednesday morning.

Tumwater star sticks with Idaho on signing day
TUMWATER - Tumwater High School's all-everything football player signed his national letter of intent Wednesday morning to continue his football career at the University of Idaho, after making a verbal commitment with the Vandals in early December.

More: Busy day at Lakes: 11 football players sign with colleges

NCAA Division I football recruits from Washington
Washington high school players expected to sign letters of intent with NCAA Division I schools today according to Scout.com.

College recruits set to sign today
It's the time of year that high school football players across the nation eagerly wait for.

Black Hills exacts revenge with rout
ELMA - Black Hills pulled off a difficult task Tuesday night, playing its best game of the year on the road to reverse an earlier home loss by throttling the Elma Eagles 74-41 in Class 2A Evergreen Conference boys basketball.

Elma girls stop Wolves
TUMWATER - Four players combined for all of Elma's points as the Eagles upset Black Hills 68-57 Tuesday in a Class 2A Evergreen Conference girls basketball game with playoff implications.

Monday's high school scoreboard
BOYS BASKETBALL

Hinkle's 3 forces overtime, helps T-Birds win
ABERDEEN - A desperate 30-foot heave by Rocky Hinkle at the end of regulation swished through the net and bought overtime for the Tumwater Thunderbirds, and a 7-5 advantage in the extra period gave them a 48-46 win over Aberdeen in Class 2A Evergreen Conference boys basketball Thursday.

Thursday's high school scoreboard
preps

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