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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.
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 03:26:40 pm

Some things to remember this week:

-- If Kentlake beats Kentwood, the Falcons are in the playoffs and the Conquerors are out, no matter what else happens in the SPSL North. Every tie-breaker leaves Kentwood out. But we're predicting that Kentwood wins, giving the Conks the No. 2 seed in the SPSL North.

-- The four teams from the SPSL South are set -- Curtis, Rogers, Bethel and Graham-Kapowsin -- all we're waiting for is the seeding. Assuming Curtis beats Emerald Ridge, Rogers beats Puyallup and Bethel beats Spanway Lake, here's the seeding: No. 1 Curtis, No. 2 Rogers, No. 3 Bethel, No. 4 Graham-Kapowsin. Other scenarios have different seedings, but this is most likely.

-- Lots left to decide in the Narrows League. Olympia and Gig Harbor are Nos. 1-2. Central Kitsap will be No. 3 with a win over Wilson this week. That leaves South Kitsap, Bellarmine Prep, Mount Tahoma and Foss are all in the hunt for the final two seeds.

-- The SPSL 3A is a "what if" nightmare to figure out. For sanity's sake, first let's assume Enumclaw will beat White River and take the No. 3 seed. That leaves Auburn Mountainview, Bonney Lake, and Sumner vying for the final playoff berth. If Bonney Lake beats Sumner, the Panthers are in. If the Spartans win, Auburn Mountainview is in.

But if White River beats Enumclaw and Franklin Pierce beats Peninsula, that would create two scenarios (one with Bonney Lake beating Sumner and the other with Sumner beating Bonney Lake) with a four-way tie for third. There are too many variables to list here, but we've got Enumclaw getting the No. 3 seed and Bonney Lake taking the No. 4.

-- Olympic's upset of North Kitsap last week puts the Trojans in good position to get the Olympic Western's No. 4 seed. It also all but secured the No. 1 seed for Capital and the No. 2 to Timberline, giving both Thurston County schools home games in Week 10.

-- The Metro League has a three-way tie for second in the Sound Division between Franklin, Nathan Hale and Rainier Beach. I'm picking Beach and Hale to make it out.

-- In Wesco 3A, it's win and you're in this week when Everett travels to Meadowdale and Glacier Peak visits Shorecrest. Whatever team gets the No. 3 berth will most likely play Sedro-Woolley in a Tuesday play-in game for the right to take on Bellevue in Week 10.

We're getting better with the predictions, this week 11 of 13 4A matchups and 8 of 14 3A matchups are the same as last week. Since the preliminary round matchups will be determined this week, we'll soon know just how close to the mark our predictions are.

Click below for the predicted Week 10 matchups.

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