SEQUIM — Four Kingston golfers qualified for district or state at the Olympic League Golf Tournament, May 10 at the Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim.
Senior Madison Gale shot 92 to top all other Kingston female golfers and finished eighth overall. Her score qualified her for the 2A state golf tournament.
Missing the cut: Cameron Friedel, sophomore, 111; Delaney Olson, freshman, 122; and Sorana Nance, senior, 119.
Sophomore Dawson Clark shot 91 to top all Kingston male golfers and finish tied for 12th. He earned a berth in the 2A District Golf Tournament May 17 at Gold Mountain Golf Club.
Also qualifying for district: Liam Young, junior, 92; and Austin Llunggren, senior, 93.
Missing the cut: Connor Friedel, junior, 101; Kainoa Saffery, junior, 105; and Brennan Jacobson, junior, 106.
Several North Kitsap teams are in the playoffs. Here’s the picture as of May 12. See OlympicLeague.com, KingstonCommunityNews.com and NorthKitsapHerald.com for updated information.
In 2A Baseball, league champ North Kitsap (10-2, 15-6) lost 2-0 to Port Angeles in the third round of the 2016 West Central/SeaKing 2A Baseball Tournament, May 11 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds.
That ends the Vikings’ baseball season. North opened the district tournament with a 4-2 loss to Orting on May 7, then shut out Lindbergh 10-0 to stay in the tournament.
In 2A boys soccer, league champ Kingston (11-1-0, 14-1-1) was to face Lindbergh in the 2016 West Central/SeaKing 2A Boys District Soccer Tournament, 7:30 p.m. May 12 at Highline Memorial Stadium.
North Kitsap (8-4-0, 8-4-2), which tied with Sequim for second in the league, hosted Clover Park at 7:30 p.m. May 12.
In 2A boys and girls track, Kingston and North Kitsap work to keep their state hopes alive in a meet that begins at 11 a.m. May 14 at Bremerton High School. Also competing: Bremerton, North Mason, Olympic, Port Angeles, and Sequim.
North Kitsap boys finished first in the Olympic League with a record of 11-0-0. North Kitsap girls, 9-1-0, finished second in the league.
In lacrosse, North Kitsap finished third in the Narrows/Olympic Conference with a record of 7-6-0, earning a playoff berth.
North Kitsap plays Columbia River (7-3-0, Central-South Division II) at 5 p.m. May 14 in Camas.
Conference champ Klahowya (11-1-0) hosts Inglemoor (4-10-0) at 6 p.m. on May 13. Klahowya clinched home-field advantage for the first-round playoff game with a 10-8 win over Vashon on May 4.
North Kitsap has had a solid year, marked by a turnaround from an early 1-4 season. In addition, of all players in the 74-team Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association, the following North Kitsap athletes are in the top 10:
— No. 1 in goals: Kellson Arthurs, North Kitsap, with 57.
— No. 2 in goals: Derek Jacobson, North Kitsap, with 44.
— No. 2 in assists: Derek Jacobson, North Kitsap, with 19.
— No. 2 in ground balls: Kellson Arthurs, North Kitsap, with 122.
— No. 4 in save percentage: Ian Poffenroth, North Kitsap, with .394.
The North Kitsap lacrosse team is not affiliated with North Kitsap High School, and they’re not the Vikings — just North Kitsap — head coach Joseph Bates said. Playing for the team are students from North Kitsap High School, Kingston High School, Chief Kitsap Academy, and West Sound Academy.
