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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.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 10:36:00 pm

The last round of games are set in the boys and girls 4A West Central District tournament brackets.

Here are the boys final scores from Wednesday night:
Bellarmine Prep 72, Central Kitsap 71 OT (loser out)
Beamer 67, Mount Tahom 58 (loser out)
Kentwood 46, Lincoln 44 (loser out)
Kentridge 58, Rogers 42 (loser out)
Federal Way 59, Curtis 54
Foss 64, Decatur 61

TNT photographer Lui Kit Wong has some great photo galleries of the Foss-Decatur, Federal Way-Curtis and a lot more in our high school sports photo gallery page. Good stuff, I encourage you to take a peek.

You can see all the box scores right here.

The upcoming schedule:

THURSDAY
At Auburn
6 p.m. -- Girls: South Kitsap vs. Jefferson (winner gets No. 5 seed, loser out)
8 p.m. -- Girls: Bellarmine Prep vs. Graham-Kapowsin (winner gets No. 4 seed, loser out)

FRIDAY
At Auburn
6 p.m. -- Boys: Bellarmine Prep vs. Beamer (winner gets No. 5 seed, loser out)
8 p.m. -- Boys: Kentwood vs. Kentridge (winner gets No. 4 seed, loser out)

SATURDAY
At Puyallup
2 p.m. -- Boys: Curtis vs. Decatur, 3rd/6th seeds
4 p.m. -- Girls: Mount Tahoma vs. Federal Way, 3rd/6th seeds
6 p.m. -- Boys Title Game: Foss vs. Federal Way, 1st/2nd seeds
8 p.m. -- Girls Title Game: Kentwood vs. Auburn Riverside, 1st/2nd seeds

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 08:25:00 pm

Curtis gave Federal Way a run, but the Eagles pulled out the victory, 59-54.

Federal Way will play Foss at 6 p.m. Saturday at Puyallup for the WCD title. Curtis will play Decatur at 2 p.m. for the 3rd/6th seeds.

Kentridge beat Rogers 58-42 and will face Kentwood in a winner-to-state, loser-out game on Friday.

Beamer leads Mount Tahoma 63-54 with 1 minute left in the game.

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 08:09:12 pm

Curtis leads Federal Way 12-10 at the end of the first quarter.

The TNT's reporter at the Lincoln-Kentwood and Rogers-Kentridge games tells me that Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar has been there for most of the evening. No doubt watching Kentwood's Joshua Smith and Kentridge's Gary Bell.

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 07:55:07 pm

Donald Gaddy hit a 30-foot 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded in overtime, lifting Bellarmine Prep to a 72-71 win over Central Kitsap in a WCD loser-out game.

The Lions will play the winner of the Mount Tahoma-Beamer contest on Saturday in a winner-to-state, loser-out game.

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 07:19:23 pm

It's a final, Foss beat Decatur 64-61 and will play either Curtis or Federal Way in the 4A West Central District title game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Puyallup.

Kentwood beat Lincoln 46-44. Henry Everette scored the winning basket for the Conquerors with 7.5 seconds left. Joshua Smith had 10 points and 14 rebounds.

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 05:26:53 pm

FOSS-DECATUR

Foss and Decatur are tied at 55-55 with 3:07 left in the fourth quarter.

LuQuam Thompson buried a 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds left on the clock that sent the Falcons into the locker room at halftime leading Decatur 29-28. Foss has hit six 3-pointers in the game.

Jordan McCloud has been Decatur's go-to-guy with 11 points.

Earlier...

Decatur leads 24-22 with 3:56 left in the second quarter.

Decatur's Cam Schilling converted a 3-point play with 0.6 seconds left on the clock, trimming the deficit to 17-14 heading into the second quarter.

Damari Lewis just drilled his second 3-pointer of the quarter to put Foss ahead 17-9 with 1:31 left in the first quarter.

Lewis earlier converted a 4-point play that capped a 14-1 Foss run.

KENTW00D-LINCOLN

Kentwood leads Lincoln 35-31 at the end of the third quarter.

Lincoln leads Kentwood 23-22 at halftime. Joshua Smith has 5 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks.

Kentwood leads Lincoln 16-13 after the first quarter.

BELLARMINE PREP-CENTRAL KITSAP

BP leads 44-43 at the end of the third.

BP leads 25-24 at halftime. Abdul Gaddy has 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.

CK leads BP 16-14 after the first quarter

*****

We'll be posting score updates from the six 4A West Central District boys basketball games tonight.

I'm at Puyallup, ready to watch Decatur-Foss and Curtis-Federal Way. Mike Curto, who's also the voice of the Tacoma Rainiers, is at Foss for Lincoln-Kentwood and Rogers-Kentridge. Tyler Hemstreet is at Mount Tahoma to cover Bellarmine Prep-Central Kitsap and Beamer-Mount Tahoma.

So, if you can't make it to the games and want to stay on top of the tournament, you can do it right here.

Categories: Basketball
Posted by Doug Pacey @ 10:31:43 am

What to watch today

Puyallup High School is where boys hoops fan will want to be tonight for the 4A West Central District semifinals. SPSL South champion Decatur meets Narrows League champ Foss in the first game and Curtis will challenge top-ranked Federal Way in the nightcap.
Where: Puyallup
Time: 6 p.m., 8 p.m.

Narrows League Bay Division rivals Bellarmine Prep and Central Kitsap will battle to keep their seasons going in a WCD loser-out game. The victor will face the winner of the Beamer-Mount Tahoma game on Friday at Auburn.
Where: Mount Tahoma
Time: 6 p.m.

Will Lincoln employ the same “hack-a-Joshua” method in tonight’s loser-out game that Foss did to overcome forward Joshua Smith and Kentwood in the quarterfinals?
Where: Foss
Time: 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s highlights

South Kitsap’s girls kept their season alive with a 43-36 win over Puyallup in a West Central District loser-out game. Molly Werder led the Wolves with 18 points.

Cascade Christian won at Meridian, 72-53, in the first round of the boys Tri-District tournament, ending the Trojans’ season. The Cougars will play Bellevue Christian in a winner-to-state, loser-out game on Saturday at Mountlake Terrace. Cody Shackett and Johnny Tveter each scored 16 for the Cougars.

Defending Class 1A boys champion Charles Wright saw its season come to a close in the first round of the Tri-District tournament, falling 71-60, at Bellevue Christian. The Tarriers led, 23-11, after the first quarter, but couldn’t hang on to the lead. Jorden Hand paced CWA with 26 points and Eric Knowles added 16.

North Thurston was nipped, 47-45, by North Kitsap for the Olympic Western League’s top seed to the boys 3A WCD-SW bi-district tournament. The Rams will meet Enumclaw and Lakes will play the Vikings in the first round of the tourney.

The WCC champion Yelm girls team escaped from Port Angeles with a 45-40 win to secure the OWL’s No. 1 berth to the bi-district tournament. The Tornados will play Bonney Lake in the first round today at Clover Park.

Orcas Island edged Evergreen Lutheran, 42-35, in the girls 2B Tri-District tournament at Chief Leschi. Grace Bender led Evergreen Lutheran with nine points.

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