Here's a quick rundown on the next week's semifinal matchups. Times, dates and some locations have not been confirmed. We know that all games with a "westside" school as the home team will be played at the Tacoma Dome.

We'll update the game times and dates when they are released.

CLASS 4A
Issaquah (10-2) vs. Central Kitsap (9-3), 4 p.m. Saturday at Tacoma Dome
Skyline (12-0) at Ferris (11-1), 1 p.m. Saturday at Albi Stadium, Spokane

Skyline looked every bit the top-ranked team in the state in its 38-2 dismantling of No. 3 Auburn on Saturday. Now, the Spartans will head east to meet a Ferris team that needed a miracle to beat No. 6 Central Valley.

In the other matchup, we've got a couple of Cinderella's. Well, it might be a stretch to attach that term to Issaquah -- the Eagles were ranked as high as No. 2 this season -- but the team was in a tail-spin after two late-season losses. The Eagles have regained their footing, beating No. 7 Bothell, 31-28, on Saturday.

Central Kitsap truly fits the underdog role. The Cougars have toppled higher seeded teams Snohomish, Olympia and stifled Rogers' potent offense on Saturday, winning 21-6.

CLASS 3A
Union (12-0) vs. Lakes (12-0), 7 p.m. Friday, Tacoma Dome
Bellevue (12-0) vs. Capital (9-3), 1 p.m. Friday, Tacoma Dome

If you haven't yet heard how Union beat No. 2 Ferndale, you must read this. What thrilling victory for the Titans anda gut-wrenching defeat for Ferndale. With that win, the Titans should have the respect of every team in the state -- if they didn't already. Lakes can't make the same mistakes with turnovers and penalties it has made in the last two games and expect to beat Union.

The Bellevue Wolverines were the biggest fans of the Capital Cougars on Saturday. Capital's 20-19 win over Spokane East Valley means Bellevue won't have to travel east for the semifinals. Instead, the Wolverines will play at the Tacoma Dome, where they have won 10 of their last 11 games played in the arena.

CLASS 2A
Archbishop Murphy (12-0) vs. Lynden (10-2), 10 a.m. Saturday, Tacoma Dome
Burlington-Edison (11-1) vs. Prosser (12-0), 3 p.m. Saturday, Moses Lake

We've got a couple of rematches here. ATM beat Lynden, 26-15, in Week 1 and Prosser routed Burlington-Edison, 42-7, in the state title game last season.

CLASS 1A
Cascade Christian (11-1) vs. Montesano (12-0), 10 a.m. Friday, Tacoma Dome
Royal (12-0) vs. Cashmere (11-0), noon Saturday, Moses Lake

The top four ranked teams found their way to the semifinals. Cascade Christian, Montesano and Cashmere won big, but Royal nipped Freeman, 32-27.

Are the Knights beatable?

CLASS 2B
Naselle (8-4) vs. Napavine (10-2), 4 p.m. Friday, Tacoma Dome
Colfax (11-0) vs. Asotin (11-1), 1 p.m. Saturday at Martin Stadium, Pullman

Naselle knocked out No. 2 Willapa Valley, 28-24, on Saturday, leaving Colfax as the only undefeated team remaining in Class 2B.

CLASS 1B
Lake Quinault (10-10 vs. Wishkah Valley (9-1), 1 p.m. Saturday, Tacoma Dome
LaCrosse-Washtucna vs. Cusick, (12-0), 4 p.m. Saturday at Albi Stadium, Spokane

The winner of the LaCrosse-Washtucna-Cusick contest will be a heavy favorite in the state championship game.

Here's video of the shootout in the Class 2A girls soccer state championship. Fife won the shootout, 4-3, beating Cedarcrest, 1-0, for its second straight state title.

The upstart Central Kitsap Cougars have advanced to the Class 4A state semifnals.

Behind running back Howard McDonald's three touchdowns, Central Kitsap beat Rogers 21-6 at Silverdale Stadium.

The Cougars will play Issaquah in the semifinals at the Tacoma Dome on Friday or Saturday next week. The Eagles beat Bothell 31-28 on Saturday.

The fall season is no longer cornered by the Tacoma Baptist football team.

Soccer is squarely on the map, especially after the Crusaders collected their first Class 1B/2B state boys soccer title after a 2-0 victory over St. George's at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

Trevor Talen scored the game-winner in the 34th minute, and Joshua Peters added an insurance tally in the 64th minute to complete the scoring.

"We kept with the game plan, kept it on the ground and made passes, and knew we would get our opportunities," Tacoma Baptist coach Josh Narayan said.

Goalkeeper Daniel Thompson had three saves in notching the shutout.

The Crusaders outshot St. George's, 14-7. Peters and Talen led them with four shots apiece.

Here's a slideshow from the Auburn-Skline Class 4A football state quarterfinal. The Spartans won 38-2.

Lots of good photos.

Joshua Peters tallied his team's second goal, this time in the 64th minute, and Tacoma Baptist has a 2-0 lead over St. George's midway through the second half.

The Crusaders, seeking their first state boys soccer title, got a goal from Trevor Talen in the 34th minute.

Tacoma Baptist has opened the second half with seven consecutive shots. The Dragons had gone more than 30 minutes without an attempt before Karl Muelheims' 15-yard blast was saved by Crusaders' goalkeeper Daniel Thompson.

The Fife Trojans won back-to-back Class 2A girls soccer state championships on Saturday.

Fife won a shootout, 4-3, against Cedarcrest at Harry E. Lang Stadium, winning the match 1-0.

We'll have video and interviews up tonight.

When Trevor Talen smells a scoring chance, he's usually money.

And the Tacoma Baptist striker was Saturday, scoring in the 34th minute to give the Crusaders a 1-0 lead over St. George's in the Class 1B/2B boys soccer championship match at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

Talen got loose on the right side of the Dragons' goal, but took a difficult shot angle – the upper right corner – and made it to break a scoreless tie.

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How La Salle goalkeeper Chelsea Adkins got her hand late in the shootout of the Class 1B/2B girls soccer championship match is anyone's guess.

She'll take it, especially after the Lightning lost in the past three 1A title matches, including two in overtime.

"We're familiar with this," Adkins said.

La Salle, from near Yakima, edged Evergreen Lutheran, 1-0, by making four of the five attempts in the shootout to win, 4-3.

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** UPDATE from OT (4:11 to go): La Salle had a chance to win the match with a penalty kick 49 seconds into the extra session, but the shot hit high on the crossbar and deflected off. Evergreen Lutheran certainly dodged a bullet.

The sentimentalist in anyone would be pulling for La Salle High School near Yakima, which has made it to the past three Class 1A girls soccer title matches, only to lose.

And the Lightning has certainly put a great deal of pressure on the Evergreen Lutheran defense in this 1B/2B championship showdown.

Yet, La Salle and the Eagles are tied, 0-0, and meeting on their respective sides before entering two 5-minute OT sessions, and subsequently, a shootout if it is still tied.

Regardless of what happens here, the Tacoma Baptist boys will not start their 1B/2B title match at 6 p.m. Probably looking at a 6:15 start, at the earliest.

BY DOUG PACEY
doug.pacey@thenewstribune.com

Jeff Gouveia left Spartan Stadium a firm believer.

“Hands down,” the Auburn senior said, “Skyline is the best team in the state.”

The top-ranked Spartans bottled up No. 3 Auburn’s powerful running game, thumping the Trojans, 38-2, in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A football state playoffs on Saturday afternoon in Sammamish.

“That is a very good football team,” Auburn coach Gordon Elliott told his team after the game. “I don’t know if they would better than us every day, but they certainly were better than us today.”

Skyline's Gino Simone comes down with an interception over Auburn's Bryan Kasa on the play.(Lui Kit Wong/The News Tribune)

Auburn, the South Puget Sound League North Division champions, end the season with a 11-1 record. Skyline (12-0) will play at No. 4 Ferris on Saturday in the semifinals.

The Trojans entered the contest averaging 382 rushing yards per game, but Skyline’s physical defense held them to only 173 yards on 45 carries. Chris Young led Auburn with 18 attempts for 81 yards, getting most of them on the same fly sweep play.

Skyline was rarely fooled by the Trojans’ bread and butter.

“We probably ran that play 200 times in practice this week,” Spartans coach Mat Taylor said.

Auburn had a chance to take a convincing lead in the first quarter. The Trojans led 2-0 after Skyline running back Joey Evans fumbled in the end zone and was flagged for trying to advance the ball, resulting in a safety. Auburn then marched down the field and faced third-and-1 at the Spartans’ 31-yard line. But the Trojans were held to no gain on two running plays.

It was all Skyline from there.

The Spartans scored on their next three possessions in the first half and Washington State-commit Gino Simone mixed in a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown. In the last 11 minutes of the second quarter, Auburn saw its 2-0 lead replaced by a 24-2 deficit.

“Our game plan was to come out and control the football,” Elliott said. “They were pretty physical and I don’t think our guys were expecting that.”

Skyline tacked on two more touchdowns in the third quarter. After running back Nick Washburn, who ran for 101 yards on 14 carries, ripped off a 61-yard run down the sideline, heralded quarterback Jake Heaps tossed a 4-yard touchdown to William Chandler. On the next possession, Heaps connected with Simone for a 41-yard touchdown.

Heaps, who many recruiting “experts” consider to be the top junior quarterback in the country, completed 17 of 24 passes for 204 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Simone had eight receptions for 95 yards and sophomore KasenWilliams, who has scholarship offers from nearly every Pac-10 school, finished with 4 catches for 82 yards.

“We don’t match up on the edges,” Elliott said. “They have Division-I athletes, we have sophomore wrestlers.”

Auburn was the third SPSL team that Skyline has beat in the playoffs this season. The Spartans topped Graham-Kapowsin, the No. 4 seed from the SPSL South, in the preliminary round and routed SPSL North No. 3 Federal Way last week. Skyline has outscored the teams 117-15.

Elliott was able to find a silver lining in the loss. In the Trojans’ previous three playoff losses, the team that beat them has reached the championship game, with Bellevue winning the 3A title in 2006.

“We’ve got nothing to hang our heads over,” he said. “We are a good football team. We had a very good season.”

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Skyline's Gino Simone comes down with an interception over Auburn's Bryan Kasa on the play.(Lui Kit Wong/The News Tribune)