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Doug Pacey joined The News Tribune in 2007 after covering prep sports at The Bellingham Herald for five years. He graduated from Issaquah High School in 1998 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Kansas in 2002. E-mail Doug.


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Covering high school sports in Tacoma, Pierce County and the South Sound.
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Posted by Todd Milles @ 06:41:59 pm

The box scores are available here.

Narrows League
Bellarmine Prep 27, Lincoln 26
Olympia 42, South Kitsap 6
Gig Harbor 42, Mount Tahoma 8
Central Kitsap 56, Stadium 14

SPSL North
Auburn 21, Tahoma 9
Kentwood 14, Kentridge 11
Federal Way 33, Kent-Meridian 0

SPSL South
Bethel 21, Puyallup 14
Rogers 56, Beamer 7

SPSL 3A
Franklin Pierce 28, Bonney Lake 13
Lakes 42, Auburn Mountainview 7
Peninsula 24, Enumclaw 21
Clover Park 36, Sumner 21

Olympic Western
Olympic 26, North Kitsap 24
Timberline 28, Yelm 0
Capital 29, North Thurston 24
Port Angeles 13, Bremerton 6

Evergreen
Tumwater 43, Black Hills 21
River Ridge 26, Hoquiam 6
Aberdeen 13, Elma 7

Nisqually Olympic
Fife 27, Kingston 12
Steilacoom 41, Klahowya 14
North Mason 27, Washington 13
Sequim 25, Eatonville 14

Nisqually 1A/2B
Life Christian 26, Cedar Park Christian 12
Orting 50, Vashon 7
Port Townsend 28, Charles Wright 16

Sea-Tac
Seattle Lutheran 21, Tacoma Baptist 18

Non-league
Foss 28, White River 13
Curtis 40, Jefferson 16

One state score of note: Lewis and Clark 15, No. 3 Ferris 14

Categories: Football
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 09:20:00 am

Welcome to Week 8, where "tiebreaker criteria" takes its place as one of the most important phrases in high school football lexicon.

There's only one way to not have to worry about "head-to-head," "power point," "point differential" and the dreaded "mini-playoff."

Win.

Victories are especially important for the teams in the following games.
-- Tahoma at Auburn
-- Puyallup at Bethel
-- Kentwood at Kentridge
-- Mount Tahoma at Gig Harbor
-- Orting at Vashon
-- Peninsula at Enumclaw

Auburn can clinch a share of the SPSL North title by beating Tahoma, which, could fall to No. 4 if Kentwood and Federal Way continue to win.

Puyallup and Bethel are essentially playing for the postseason tonight. Curtis has a handle on getting the No. 1 seed, though Rogers and even Graham-Kapowsin are technically still in the running.

My story in today's paper explains who's in and who's still contending for playoff berths.

Keep tabs on tonight's game by subscribing to the TNT's Twitter feed. Sign up, search for tntsports and get scores texted to your cell phone.

If you missed it, here's my rundown on possible Week 10 playoff matchups in 4A and 3A. And here are our rankings.

Before we get to the picks, ESPN RISE named Stadium Bowl one of the 13 best high school stadiums in the country.

Here's what it had to say:
Folks in the Northwest have been writing about this place for years. You may have seen it in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You." For beauty, it's tough to beat, with a breathtaking view of Puget Sound. The stadium itself sits below Stadium High School in Tacoma, which was built in 1910. A luxury hotel was supposed to be built on the hill, but it burned in a fire. The school and stadium were built instead based on what didn't burn. In addition to Friday night football, Stadium Bowl also has hosted speeches and other community events. Wilson High of Tacoma also plays its home football games there.

This week's guest picker is Pat Austin. He's Franklin Pierce graduate and one of the NHRA's all-time winningest drivers in drag racing. Most of his victories came in the Alcohol Funny Car division.

WEEKLY PICKS
Doug Pacey

Todd Milles

Pat Austin, guest picker
Tahoma at Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn
Kentwood at Kentridge Kentwood Kentridge Kentridge
Puyallup at Bethel Bethel Bethel Puyallup
Orting at Vashon Orting Orting Orting
Lincoln at Bellarmine Prep BP BP BP
Black Hills at Tumwater Black Hills Tumwater Black Hills
North Kitsap at Olympic NK NK NK
Peninsula at Enumclaw Enumclaw Peninsula Peninsula
Sequim at Eatonville Sequim Sequim Eatonville
W.F. West at Centralia WFW Centralia Centralia
LAST WEEK 6-5 6-5 6-5
SEASON RECORD 51-27 50-28 53-25
Categories: Football, athletics