The girls soccer state tournament begins this week while the 2A and 1A girls volleyball tournament will take place this weekend in Yakima.
Prairie, Ridgefield and Woodland begin girls soccer state runs
Three area girls soccer teams will begin their respective WIAA state tournament runs this week, with Prairie competing in 3A and Ridgefield and Woodland representing the area in 2A.
Prairie, the No. 18 seed in 3A, will travel to face No. 15 Bellarmine Prep at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10. A win would advance the Falcons to face No. 2 Seattle Prep on Friday, Nov. 13. Results were unavailable at press time.
In 2A, No. 3 Ridgefield will host No. 14 North Kitsap at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11. With a victory, the Spudders would face the winner of No. 6 Sehome and No. 11 Ellensburg on Friday, Nov. 13th.
Woodland, the No. 10 seed, will open against No. 7 East Valley (Yakima) at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Earl Barden Stadium. A win would send the Beavers to face the winner of No. 2 Bainbridge and No. 15 Lindbergh on Friday, Nov. 13.
Ridgefield and Woodland are on the same side of the bracket, setting up the possibility of an all-area semifinal matchup on Friday, Nov. 20 in Federal Way if both teams win their first two games.
Ridgefield and La Center earn No. 4 seeds in respective volleyball tournaments
Ridgefield and La Center will look to make their respective runs through the WIAA state volleyball tournaments when play begins Friday, Nov. 13.
In the 2A tournament, No. 4-seeded Ridgefield is scheduled to face No. 13 Chief Sealth at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13 on Court 2 at the Yakima Valley SunDome. A win would advance the Spudders to an 8 p.m. matchup on Court 4 against the winner of No. 12 Mark Morris and No. 5 Bainbridge.
A loss would send Ridgefield into the consolation bracket, where it would face the loser of that same Mark Morris-Bainbridge matchup.
In the 1A tournament, No. 4 La Center will take on No. 13 University Prep at 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 13 on Court 1. A win would put La Center against the winner of No. 5 Meridian and No. 12 Kalama at 4:15 p.m. on Court 4. A loss would send the Wildcats into the consolation bracket for a 2:30 p.m. match on Court 5 against the loser of Meridian-Kalama.
Both tournaments will be held at the Yakima Valley SunDome, with championship matches scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14.
