In the wake of the discovery of possible swine flu cases in the state, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is monitoring the situation, but has not suspended any athletic events.

"We are working with the state Department of Health and the Office of Public Instruction," WIAA executive director Mike Colbrese said. "We don't have any confirmed cases yet, just possible cases."

There are no laboratory-confirmed cases of swine flu in Washington, according to the Center for Disease Control, but state health officials reported probable cases on Wednesday – three in King County, two in Snohomish County and one in Spokane County.

Texas and Alabama have suspended high school athletic events because of swine flu outbreaks.

Texas' University Interscholastic League made its decision to postpone events until May 11 on Wednesday after 16 swine flu cases were confirmed, including the death of one child. Colbrese said there was no predetermined breaking point to suspend athletic competition.

"We will take it as it comes," he said. "We don't have a threshold. A decision will be made in concert with the Department of Health.

"We always err on the side of safety with our events. Health and safety will always be our primary concern."

Colbrese said a Seattle elementary school closed its doors today as a precaution.

The Alabama High School Athletic Association cancelled the state track and field meet, along with baseball, softball and golf events. The association hopes to renew athletic competition next week.

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What to watch today

Stadium’s boys soccer squad can win the Narrows League championship if the Tigers (12-1-1 overall, 8-1-0) win at South Kitsap in the regular season finale for both teams. But if Stadium loses, it could tumble to third in the standings and likely hand Bellarmine Prep its seventh straight league title.
When: 7 p.m.
Where: South Kitsap

Puyallup can clinch a piece of the SPSL South baseball championship when the Vikings face Emerald Ridge. The Jaguars can pull within a half-game of Puyallup if they can end the Vikings’ 12-game winning streak.
When: 4 p.m.
Where: Emerald Ridge

Wednesday’s highlights

Tahoma claimed at least a share of the SPSL North baseball championship with its 2-1 win over Kentwood. Chris Marangon threw a complete game for the Bears, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out 10.

Auburn Riverside scored nine runs in the first two innings and held on to beat Auburn 10-9. R.J. Gius led the Ravens offensively, going 2-for-3, scoring two runs and tallying three RBI. Travis Hagel went 2-for-3 with three RBI for the Trojans.

Trevor Quitugua rapped a pair of doubles and drove in two runs, helping Curtis win 12-2 in six innings at Bethel. Jacob Hoffman got the win, allowing two hits and one earned run in five innings.

Four Eatonville players recorded two hits and two RBI a piece in the Cruisers’ 11-6 victory over Washington. Anthony Kast finished with two doubles and also earned the win, striking out eight.

Chris Blunt hit a home run and Cam Booser fanned 10 and gave up one hit as Fife rolled over Steilacoom 10-0 in six innings.

Cody Hughes went 3-for-4 with three RBI, leading Enumclaw to a 7-2 win at Franklin Pierce.

Steilacoom routed Fife 15-2, claiming the Nisqually League 2A fastpitch title. Marki Creger-Zier and Beth Kassuhn combined to hold the Trojans to five hits.

Caitlin Colvin struck out 15 and went 3-for-4 in Bonney Lake’s 4-0 victory at Franklin Pierce.

Bellarmine Prep’s Lynsey Moroz hit a home run and a double and Anna Olson tossed a three-hitter in the Lions’ 8-0 win over Mount Tahoma.

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Tuesday’s highlights

Kristen Rue shot 5-over par 77, earning co-medalist honors and leading Life Christian to the win at the Burlington Invitational at Skagit Valley Golf Course. The Eagles tallied 339 strokes, well ahead of second-place Burlington-Edison, which finished with 373.

Austin Campbell hit a 3-run home run and Drew Staples struck out 10 in Jefferson’s 7-4 win at Auburn.

Kyle Conwell and Cory Ferguson smashed home runs and five Tahoma players tallied at least two hits in the Bears’ 14-11 win at Auburn Riverside

Kelvin Ketchum went 3-for-3, hitting a triple and home run, had six RBI and scored three runs in Beamer’s 18-6 victory at Bethel.

Kentwood’s Austin Voth hit a home run and drove in five runs as the Conquerors beat Federal Way 10-0.

Five Curtis players had two hits each in the Vikings’ 8-7 softball win over Spanaway Lake. Megan Shea led Curtis, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Emerald Ridge’s softball team stayed undefeated, eking past Puyallup 4-3. Alexa Derrick earned the victory, striking out nine and allowing three earned runs and six hits. Kerrianne Davidson went 3-for-4 with a triple for the Jaguars and Kylie McChesney was 3-for-4 with a triple for the Vikings.

Kentridge pitcher Danielle Orvella hurled a no-hitter, leading the Chargers to a 14-0 win over Kent-Meridian. Orvella struck out seven and walked one in five innings. Kelli Suguro was 3-for-4 with a double, triple, three RBI and three runs.

Brooke Thomas threw a 1-hitter, pitching Kentwood to a 12-0 win over Federal Way.

Ryan Rash scored three goals for Bellarmine Prep in the Lions’ 5-0 win at Foss.

Jefferson stayed atop the SPSL North with a 3-1 won over Auburn Riverside. Chris Miller scored two goals for the Raiders.

This might signify that Facebook has jumped the shark, but The News Tribune's Preps Blog now has its very own corner of the social media giant's site.

You can find the TNT Prep Sports group right here.

Most of the information that we will post on the Facebook page will be the same as what you will find here. Some will be different. My hope is that the Facebook platform encourages more discussion and reader interaction than this blog.

Give it a look and try it out. It's free!

In this tough economic climate, school districts are looking everywhere to save money. In Florida, that includes reducing the number of regular season games.

On Monday, the Florida High School Athletic Association took the drastic measure of shortening the regular seasons of all sports except football. The FHSAA -- Florida's version of the WIAA -- voted to cut varsity seasons by 20 percent and sub-varsity seasons by 40 percent through the 2010-11 school year.

Here's an excerpt from an Associated Press story on the matter:

The rule change was designed to cut costs for Florida high school athletic departments, which are facing tough budget constraints.

"These are unprecedented times," board president Greg Zornes said. "People are losing their jobs as schools are cutting millions and millions of dollars from their budgets. Our job is to look out for all the schools."

At the WIAA Rep Assembly on Friday, executive director Mike Colbrese spent a considerable amount of time exploring cost-saving measures with the principals, athletic directors and coaches in attendance at the Spirit of Washington Events Center in Renton. Trimming games from the schedule was one option. But Colbrese made the point that while cutting games does reduce costs, it also eliminates opportunities for schools to make money through ticket and concession sales.

Let's be honest, at the vast majority of schools, football games bring in the most money. That's why Florida isn't cutting any football games. But that's not an excuse to slice and dice the schedules of non-revenue sports or JV and C-teams.

Under an experimental rule, some schools in districts 4 and 9 have been allowed to play more than one JV basketball game in a day in the last two seasons. This reduces travel costs for schools, saving them money. It's no coincidence that the Rep Assembly passed an amendment on Friday that would allow all schools to do this.

School districts are taking serious looks at their budgets and deeming what is expendable. I won't be surprised to see some schools forgo traditional rivalries and join or create leagues that will reduce travel expenses.

If expenses must be trimmed, what cost-cutting measures do you want to see implemented first?

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After eight seasons at the helm of the Auburn Riverside boys basketball program, Tom Adams has announced his resignation.

Adams, who told coaches and players of his decision on Monday, led the Ravens to an 11-12 record in the 2008-09 season and a berth in the West Central District tournament.

"Coach Adams has not just been an outstanding leader within our basketball program, but he's been a real leader in our athletics department, more than once taking an opportunity to mentor other coaches," athletic director Doug Aubert said.

The job is open immediately. Contact Aubert at (253) 804-5159 for information regarding the position.

By my count, the following South Sound boys basketball head coaching positions are open:

Gig Harbor
Graham-Kapowsin
Jefferson
Auburn Riverside

Bishop Blanchet hires Bellarmine Prep assistant

Aaron Maul, a former assistant head coach at Bellarmine Prep, has been hired as the head football coach at Bishop Blanchet. Maul had been with the Lions for 12 seasons, serving as the defensive coordinator for the last six.

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What to watch today

Top-ranked and SPSL South-leading Puyallup (15-1 overall, 12-1 league) can take a big step toward winning the league’s baseball crown with a win at second-place Emerald Ridge (11-4, 10-2 ). The Vikings nipped the Jaguars 3-2 earlier this season.
When: 4 p.m.
Where: Emerald Ridge

Monday’s highlights

Washington’s Phillip Manalo and Josh Young each went 2-for-3 with triples in the Patriots’ 16-3 win over Eatonville. Young and Justin Slanina, who earned the victory, finished with three RBI.

Joe Bakke hit two doubles and drove in three runs and Jonathan Felczak struck out six as Cascade Christian beat Life Christian 11-0. Felczak also went 2-for-2 with a double and scored twice.

Michelle Oslin crushed a 3-run home run in the sixth inning, lifting Gig Harbor to a 4-3 win at Narrows League Bridge Division-leading Wilson. The Rams outhit the Tides 11-4. Taylor Darnielle was 3-for-3 with a double and Taylor Clark hit a solo home run and a double.

Stadium pitcher Katelin Sisk threw a no-hitter and struck out 13, beating Foss 6-0. Sisk also went 3-for-4 with a triple, RBI and scored two runs.

Kylie McChesney had two of Puyallup’s three hits and scored the Vikings’ only runs in a 2-1 victory over Spanaway Lake. Pitcher Kelsey Robinson struck out 12 and scattered five hits.

Amanda Fitzsimmons struck out 10 and Ashlyn Mundo went 3-for-4, leading Auburn Riverside over Kentlake 4-2.

Haley Gregersen hit two triples and Rachelle Boettcher crushed a home run and tallied five RBI, helping Eatonville win 18-11 at Washington. Gregersen went 5-for-5 and Taylor Booth finished 3-for-5 with four RBI.

Lauren Griffin scored eight goals in Puyallup’s 15-6 water polo win over Emerald Ridge.

Courtesy of WashingtonStateBaseballPoll.com.

Class 4A
1. Puyallup 15-1
2. Skyline 13-3
3. Spokane University 12-1
4. Richland 12-2
5. Marysville-Pilchuck 12-3
6. Heritage 11-3
7. Olympia 12-1
8. Bothell 11-4
9. Southridge 12-2
10. Kelso 11-2

Class 3A
1. Bishop Blanchet 12-2
2. Eastside Catholic 10-3
3. Columbia River 11-2
4. Liberty 13-3
5. Timberline 15-2
6. Hanford 10-4
7. Mount Rainier 12-2
8. Prairie 12-2
9. Yakima West Valley 11-5
10. Mount Si 12-4

Class 2A
1. Selah 17-0
2. W.F. West 14-0
3. Burlington-Edison 13-2
4. Sehome 12-4
5. Cheney 13-1
6. R.A. Long 13-3
7. Archbishop Murphy 17-0
8. Clarkston 11-2
9. Centralia 12-3
10-tie. Ellensburg 11-4
10-tie. Klahowya 14-3

Class 1A
1. Kalama 13-1
2. Castle Rock 13-0
3. Naches Valley 12-2
4. Cashmere 13-3
5. Chimacum 11-1
6. Lakeside 14-2
7. Freeman 13-4
8. Okanogan 9-4
9. Friday Harbor 16-2
10. Meridian 9-6

Allonzo Trier is back in the spotlight.

A month after being featured in a New York Times Magazine cover story, the basketball-playing sixth grader from Federal Way will star in a television commercial with Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony.

Here's a video of Trier and Anthony at the shoot:

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Friday’s highlights

Emerald Ridge erupted for five runs in the fifth inning, breaking open a close baseball game, and beat Curtis 14-7. Bryan Burgher had three hits and Will Chavarria and Jace Dykman tallied two each for the Jaguars. Kyle Phillips hit a home run for the Vikings.

Lakes pitcher Matt Chambers threw a complete game, leading the Lancers to a 6-1 win over Sumner. Dalton Gervais went 3-for-3 with a double and home run for Lakes.

Spanaway Lake’s Josh Schultz, Terik Gofinch and Trevor Woods all had two hits in the Sentinels’ 14-1 victory against Bethel.

Kentlake clipped Federal Way 13-12 in eight innings, getting a pair of home runs from Ryan Dale and Miles Nagel. Terin Beck went 3-for-4 with three RBI for the Eagles and Brandon Cinkovich was 3-for-5 with three RBI for Kentlake.

Cullen Hendrickson went 3-for-3 and scored twice in Bellarmine Prep’s 6-3 victory at Foss.

Kyle Conwell, Heyden Johnson and Chris Marangon crushed home runs for Tahoma in the Bears’ 22-8 rout of Auburn.

Orting pitcher Lindsey Withers tossed a no-hitter against Life Christian, leading the Cardinals to a 13-0 win. Withers struck out 11 in six innings.

Kelli Crawford stuck out 12 and threw a complete game for Franklin Pierce as the Cardinals eked past Washington 1-0. Alisha Misner went 3-for-4 and drove in FP’s only run.

Alisha McKnight hurled a two-hitter and Taylor Buie and Stephanie Riley provided the offense in undefeated Emerald Ridge’s 11-0 win at Curtis.

Kelsey Robinson struck out 14 and scattered three hits in Puyallup’s 4-0 win against Beamer.

SPSL South-leading Rogers maintained its position in the standings with a 4-3 win over Curtis. Paulo Mandieta scored twice for the Rams.

Cory Mclellan scored a pair of goals for Emerald Ridge, leading the Jaguars over Puyallup 2-1.

Here's my story on today's WIAA Rep Assembly and a list of the amendments and if they passed or failed:

BY DOUG PACEY
The News Tribune

Tick-tock, tick-tock, boys basketball has a shot clock.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s Rep Assembly overwhelmingly approved an amended to implement a 35-second shot clock, passing the measure 42-11 on Friday at the Spirit of Washington Events Center in Renton.

Sumner athletic director Tim Thomsen, a voting member of the Rep Assembly and the basketball commission for the SPSL 3A, said coaches from that league were unanimous in their support of a shot clock.

“Our coaches see it as being beneficial to the game,” Thomsen said. “A shot clock is used at the (collegiate) level and this will help prepare those players who are going on. And we already have a shot clock for girls basketball.”

Washington becomes the seventh state to use a shot clock in boys basketball.

The Rep Assembly decided on the 35-second shot clock, instead of 30- and 45-second time limits, because that is what is used at the collegiate level.

Mike Colbrese, executive director of the WIAA, said the shot clock amendment had gained momentum in recent weeks.

“It wasn’t up until a few weeks or so ago that I thought it had a chance,” he said.

The Rep Assembly also took steps to keep football games from getting out of hand. A running clock will be used in all regular season and playoff games with margins of 45 points or more after halftime. A similar amendment for basketball games failed.

An amendment to make girls lacrosse a varsity sport was voted down, 41-11 with one abstention.

Two reclassification amendments – one that would combine the 1B and 2B classifications into a singular Class B and another that would create a private school classification – did not even make it to a vote.

Former Peninsula athletic director Karst Brandsma was given the Gareth Giles Award. Brandsma, who now serves as interim superintendent of Everett Public Schools, also helped oversee the 1A and 2A basketball tournaments at the Tacoma Dome and Star Track at Lincoln Bowl.

No decisions were made regarding the format of the basketball state tournament. The WIAA Executive Board will meet in July to review the formats and draw criteria of the state tournaments in all sports.

Colbrese said the board will look at all options to help schools save on travel costs, limit the time students are out of the classroom and increase the interest in the postseason. The WIAA will also try to solve the “riddle” of the Class 3A basketball state tournament, he said.

The event was the WIAA’s top revenue producer when it was played in the Kingdome. But since relocating to the Tacoma Dome, then KeyArena and Hec Edmundsen Pavilion in Seattle, and finally back to Tacoma, attendance and revenue have dwindled.

Attendance at the 1B and 2B hoops tournaments is lagging, too. Before it was split into two classifications, 28,000 spectators attended the Class B state tournament in Spokane. The same number of fans combined to pass through the turnstiles at the 1B and 2B tournaments this year.

The WIAA relies heavily on the revenue from the basketball state tournaments to support its other activities.

“Basketball is our sacred cow,” Colbrese said. “Is the cow getting a little skinnier? It is getting skinnier.”

Colbrese said no specific changes to the basketball, or any sport’s, state tournament have been discussed. A variety of options will be explored in July. Among the possible considerations are adjusting the draw criteria for state events, reducing the number of qualifiers and changing the location of venues. Colbrese noted that Washington is the only state to have a 16-team, double-elimination basketball state tournament.

“Every once in a while,” he said, “it’s good to take a look at yourself.”

Doug Pacey: 253-597-8271
doug.pacey@thenewstribune.com
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I'm at the WIAA Rep Assembly in Renton and the voters have just passed an amendment to implement a shot clock in boys basketball. The vote passed 42-11. A vote to make the shot clock 35 seconds passed 47-5 and one abstention.

Just a reminder, no decision regarding the format of the basketball state tournament was made. The WIAA Executive Board will meet in July to review the formats and draw criteria of the state tournaments in all sports.

You can view a list of all the amendments being voted on here. Here's what has happened so far at the Rep Assembly.

Amendment No. 1 – Grades 9-11 will be used for enrollment counts – FAIL

Amendment No. 2 – Combine 1B and 2B classifications into Class B. WITHDRAWN

Amendment No. 3 – Private schools with enrollments between 50-300 students will be placed into a “private school” classification. MOTION DIED (no vote)

Amendment No. 4 – WIAA Executive Board may appoint a fact finder to investigate alleged violations. PASSED

Amendment No. 5 – Schools must play a varsity half-season to be counted for team allocations. FAILED

Amendment No. 6 – Delete incorrect interpretation or application in appeal of forfeiture. PASSED

Amendment No. 7 – Coach may coach seniors in one practice and one Washington Basketball Coaches Association-sponsored all-state game. PASSED

Amendment No. 8 – Stunt certification required for dance/drill coaches whose squads stunt. PASSED

Amendment No. 9 – All paid and head coaches must annually complete the online rules clinic. FAILED

Amendment No. 10 – Sub-varsity basketball players may play two sub-varsity games a day, eight times a season. PASSED

Amendment No. 11-A – Adds a shot clock for boys basketall. PASSED

Amendment No. 11-B – Determines time allotment for boys basketball shot clock. PASSED

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association's annual Rep Assembly -- it's the group's legislative branch -- will convene today in Renton to vote on a number of amendments.

You can see the complete list of amendments here. Here are some of the most interesting ones:

-- A proposal to implement a shot clock in boys basketball.

-- Two separate proposals for running clocks in football and basketball blowouts.

-- A proposal to put private schools with enrollments between 50-300 students into their own classification.

-- A proposal to eliminate the 1B and 2B classifications and lump the schools into a singular Class B.

-- A proposal to make girls lacrosse a varsity sport.

Puyallup's Salvatore Arena hits a line drive against Curtis, helping his team win 5-1. Puyallup took a big step toward claiming the SPSL South baseball title for the second consecutive season with the win over Curtis. For more photos from the gamem check out the prep photo galleries.

Stadium High School soccer players plead with the referee for a call against Bellarmine Prep. After failing to get the call, Stadium still beat Bellarmine Prep 2-0. For more photos from the game. Check out the prep photo galleries. Click here.

I snapped this photo with my cell phone about 30 minutes before the start of the Bellarmine Prep-Stadium boys soccer game at Stadium Bowl on Tuesday evening.

If there's a more scenic high school sports venue in the state, I'd like to see it.

Should be a great evening with two of the state's best soccer teams likely playing for the Narrows League title in this fantastic setting. I'll have a story in Wednesday's The News Tribune.

Courtesy of WashingtonBaseballPoll.com, these rankings were released on April 20.

Class 4A
1. Southridge (11-1)
2. Richland (11-1)
3. Bothell (11-3)
4. Marysville-Pilchuck (10-2)
5. Puyallup (12-1)
6. Skyline (11-3)
7. University (9-1)
8. Kelso (7-1)
9. Tahoma (9-2)
10. Snohomish (10-3)

Class 3A
1. Bishop Blanchet (10-0)
2. Eastside Catholic (8-1)
3. Columbia River (9-1)
4. Liberty (11-2)
5. Timberline (10-2)
6. Bellevue (9-3)
7. Yakima West Valley (9-3)
8. Prairie (11-3)
9. Mount Rainier (8-3)
10. Auburn Mountainview (12-3)

Class 2A
1. Selah (14-0)
2. W.F. West (11-0)
3. Burlington-Edison (10-2)
4. Sehome (10-4)
5. Ellensburg (10-3)
6. Cheney (10-1)
7. Centralia (10-2)
8. Clarkston (9-2)
9. Cedarcrest (12-1)
10. Archbishop Murphy (12-0)

Class 1A
1. Naches Valley (10-1)
2. Kalama (10-1)
3. Castle Rock (10-0)
4. Cashmere (10-3)
5. Lakeside (9-1)
6. Okanogan (8-3)
7. Freeman (12-3)
8. Rochester (8-3)
9. Meridian (8-4)
10. Rainier (11-2)

Patrick Schuster, a left-hander with a 90-mile per hour fastball, has been unhittable in his last four starts. The New Port Richey, Fla., senior has thrown four straight no-hitters for Mitchell High School. Here's an account of the most recent, which came on Monday.

Schuster, who's 8-0 with 110 strikeouts, will go for No. 5 on April 28. The national record for most consecutive no-hitters is six.

Beamer pitcher Brian Corliss hurled back-to-back no-hitters earlier this season, blanking Wilson and Bethel.

The Seventh Annual WIAA/WIBCA Basketball Combine will take place April 25-26 at Bellevue Community College.

The 16-team tournament draws players and teams from around the state. Teams from Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Yakima/Tri-Cities, Olympia, Northwest Washington and Southwest Washington will compete.

The cost is $75 per player and includes a jersey and three-game guarantee. For more information, Tacoma-area players should contact Curtis coach Tim Kelly; Olympia-area players should contact River Ridge coach Jeremy Landram; and Seattle-area players should contact former Mercer Island coach Ed Pepple. Shadle Park coach Tim Gaebe and Pepple are the combine directors.

Lakes' Mackenzie Allison is tagged out at home plate by Franklin Pierce catcher Kerilynn Spafford. To see more photos of Spafford's reaction and game action. Check the prep photo gallery. Click here.

A downcast Alexis Boenisch sits in the dugout near the end of the game. Boenisch's Federal Way softball team loss to Auburn Riverside 12-1. For more photos check out the prep sports photo galleries.

Courtesy of WashingtonBaseballPoll.com:

Class 4A
1. Southridge 8-0
2. Skyline 9-2
3. Richland 7-1
4. Marysville-Pilchuck 8-1
5. Spokane University 9-1
6. Bothel 9-2
7. Kelso 6-1
8. Puyallup 9-1
9. Jackson 8-2
10. Curtis 7-4

Class 3A
1. Bishop Blanchet 8-0
2. Eastside Catholic 7-1
3. Columbia River 7-1
4. Kennewick 6-1
5. Timberline 7-1
6. Liberty 8-2
7. Mount Rainier 6-2
8. Prairie 9-2
9. Bellevue 7-2
10. Highline 7-1

Class 2A
1. Selah 12-0
2. W.F. West 9-0
3. Ellensburg 10-1
4. Sehome 7-3
5. Cheney 8-1
6. Burlington-Edison 6-2
7. R.A. Long 6-2
8. Cedarcrest 10-0
9. Archbishop Murphy 10-0
10. Clarkston 6-1

Class 1A
1. Okanogan 7-0
2. Naches Valley 8-1
3. Kalama 7-1
4. Castle Rock 6-0
5. Chelan 6-3
6. Montesano 7-1
7. Lakeside 4-1
8. Cashmere 6-3
9. Friday Harbor 8-1
10. Meridian 6-3

He started. He scored. And he lost.

Avery Bradley, the ex-Bellarmine Prep star who has signed with Texas, scored 21 points on 10-of-14 shooting, but the USA Junior National team lost to the world team, 97-89, on Saturday at the Rose Garden in front of more than 11,000 spectators for the Nike Hoop Summit.

Bradley played 29 minutes.

"Games like that – McDonald's All-American – those are all-star games. Us coming here, we're supposed to play as a team, it's kind of a team thing," Bradley said. "We are representing the (United States), and we're not playing against each other, we are playing against the world."

It was the world team's first win in the series since 1998.

Xavier Henry led all U.S. scorers with 22 points, including six 3-pointers. Milan Macvan, a center from Serbia, led all scorers with 23.

Abdul Gaddy also played, scoring three points in 13 minutes.

The next stop for Bradley is the Jordan Brand Classic on Saturday in New York City, which will be televised by ESPN2.

Texas-bound Avery Bradley, the former Bellarmine Prep standout now at Findlay College Prep in Nevada, was named the No. 1 high school prospect in the final ESPN.com rankings.

Here is what Paul Biancardi, of Scout, Inc., had to say about Bradley, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard, from performances he witnessed in the past month:

"While Bradley built his reputation as a defender, the strides he made on offense are what enabled him to ascend to the top of our rankings. He excels in the open floor, often grabbing a rebound, running with it and finishing with a dunk. In the half court, he works hard to get open and takes what is given without hunting down shots. His midrange game is outstanding, both off the dribble and off the catch. Of late, he has hit the 3-point shot with regularity, which would make him hard to guard with an already strong dribble drive and pull-up jumper. This young man scores, defends and makes everyone around him better. He leads his team to wins and, more importantly, championships."

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Tim Thomsen, the athletic director for the Sumner School District, and Annie Wright's Rhondi Adair were selected as the 2009 Washington Secondary School Athletic Administrators Association (WSSAA) state ADs of the year for 2008-09.

The voting was announced at the 37th annual WSSAA conference in Spokane on Tuesday night.

Thomsen, who earlier was named the West Central District AD of the year, has been integral in organizing district and state athletic championships at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

Adair, also the school's tennis coach, represents the Sea-King District.

Other winners from the west side included Sehome High's Colin Cushman (Northwest) and Heritage High's Leta Meyer (Southwest).

Orting High carried some of its momentum from capturing its first Mat Classic team title onto a bigger stage Friday.

Ninth grader Drew Templeman (112 pounds) and junior Taylor Meeks (171), both Washington state high school titleholders from last February's Mat Classic, placed third in their respective weight classes a the NHSCA High School Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va.

Templeman defeated Brian Realbuto, of New York, 4-0, in the third-place match while Meeks stopped Minnesota's Tyler Lehman, 9-2, for the same finish.

Both were the top finishers from Washington.

Decatur's Dominique Dismuke battles Rogers' Josh Carbullido for the ball as Decatur beat Rogers 2-0. For more photos on the game. Check the prep photo gallery.
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Here's a highlight clip from the McDonald's All-American dunk contest. Former Bellarmine Prep standout Avery Bradley won the competition. Abdul Gaddy and Peyton Siva also competed. Bradley is wearing jersey No. 11, Gaddy has No. 3 and Siva is No. 30.

What to watch today

Curtis will try to keep its perfect SPSL South record intact today when the Vikings host Decatur. Curtis (5-0, 6-3 overall) has won five games in a row, including a 15-0 win over Bethel on Tuesday. Jacob Hoffman and Kyle Phillips hit home runs in the contest.
When: 4 p.m.
Where: Curtis

Two baseball teams contending for the SPSL North title will meet when Jefferson visits Tahoma. The Bears (3-0, 4-1) sit atop the league standings and the Raiders (3-2, 4-3) are in third.
When: 4 p.m.
Where: Tahoma

Tuesday’s highlights

Collin Slaybaugh, Bryan Burgher and Tim Peterson each hit home runs for Emerald Ridge in the Jaguars’ 18-1 win at Decatur.

Bonney Lake’s Fugure rapped a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Panthers to a 1-0 win over Franklin Pierce.

Bennett Bontemps slugged a home run and drove in four runs for Rogers in the Rams’ 11-4 victory over Spanaway Lake.

Chris Burke went 3-for-3 and crushed a grand slam for Peninsula, helping the Seahawks beat Clover Park 18-5.

Bobbi-Jo Schaapveld threw a 1-hit shutout, pitching Rogers past Spanaway Lake, 12-0 She also went 3-for-3 with a double and four RBI.