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Postseason a-plenty
October 30th, 2009 at Fri, 30th, 2009 at 2:24 pm by Tim WatanabeWhile kiddies are busy getting dressed up and ready for a sugar rush tomorrow, a bunch of local teams have had brilliant regular seasons in league play and have earned the right to play for a chance to make it to the grandest of all stages, the state tournament… with many postseason games taking place on October 31.
Starting at 4A, Redmond’s soccer team finished fifth in the league and will face off against Woodinville on Halloween at 4pm at the Falcons’ home field in a loser out game. Mustangs’ volleyball and football both narrowly missed the postseason this year, while Cross Country will be having its Bi-districts also on Saturday in Kelso, with the top 15 getting an automatic invite to run as individuals.
1A features the high-flying Overlake Owls, with the boys team locking up the #1 seed for Tri-Districts by virtue of going undefeated at 13-0-1, putting them into the state tournament this spring. The girls’ path, although they had a fantastic year at 12-1-3, will be much tougher as they have to go through the brackets at the Tri-District Tournament at Sammamish High School starting on the 4th.
The Owls and Bear Creek Grizzlies’ volleyball team each finished strong and earned postseason berths – the latter will be playing in the Sea-Tac 2B league tournament Saturday at Chief Leschi in Puyallup, with the Owls in the Emerald City League playoffs.
It can get confusing with so many playoffs and scenarios all going at once, but I’ll do my best to keep the community abreast of how our local teams are doing as the postseason progresses.
Have a fun and safe Halloween!
Tim Watanabe Hi there! I graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a degree in Journalism and have been the sports writer for the Redmond Reporter since May of 2008. When I'm not covering the local high school sports scene I enjoy bowling, anything related to African lions, and performing as a lion mascot for community and charity events.
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