King’s wins state volleyball title
Published 11:35 pm Saturday, November 15, 2008
Primed for the moment all season, the No. 1-ranked King’s volleyball team did not disappoint.
The Shoreline school claimed its first state volleyball title, taking the Class 1A crown with a 25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 25-18 victory over Castle Rock Saturday night at the Yakima SunDome.
“It was hard, it was tough. Our whole team knew we were the best out there,” said senior outside hitter Laura Friar, who led the Knights with 23 kills. “We had to prove it.”
Coach Steve Bain celebrated the championship and his 56th birthday. For the past six years, Bain and his players have built the program into one of the finest in the state. The past two years King’s lost in the semifinals to Colfax, which dropped down to 2B this year, and captured that classification’s title.
King’s cruised in the first game, but trailed 23-17 in the second game before going on a 9-1 run to complete the comeback.
The Knights battled back in the fourth game as well, trailing 13-10, before rallying behind the serving of Rosy Boggs and four kills by Dionna Kirton to take an 18-13 lead they would never relinquish.
Earlier in the day, King’s dropped the first game of its semifinal match against Cascade of Leavenworth but came back to win 17-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 to earn its first trip to the state final.
King’s finished the season 20-1.
2A District 1 playoffs: At Bellingham, Archbishop Murphy defeated Mt. Baker 25-11, 25-22, 25-23 at Squalicum H.S. In the Wildcats’ second match they defeated Anacortes 25-17, 25-20, 25-19 to take third in the tournament and earn a state berth.
1B state playoffs: At Yakima, North Sound Christian was defeated by Moses Lake Christian Academy 25-9, 25-18, 25-8 in the 1B state tournament quarterfinals.
4A state football
Bothell 42, Curtis 3: at Tacoma, Patrick Ottorbech rushed for four touchdowns in the 4A state tournament opening round victory for Bothell. The Cougars had already built a 22-point lead by the time Ronnie Dudley sent a 28-yard field goal through the uprights late in the second quarter for the only Curtis score of the game.
1B state football
Wishkah Valley 68, Highland Christian 60: At Lacey, In eight-on-eight action, Vince Kurtzenacker threw for nine touchdown passes in Highland Christian’s loss to Wishkah Valley. Jeff Lee was on the receiving end of six of those touchdown passes and Randy Teal caught two. The loss ends Highland Christian’s season.
At Lacey
Wishkah Valley1682816—68
Highland Christian6122418—60
Records—Highland Christian 4-6 overall. Wishkah Valley 8-1.
Cross country
The Jackson boys cross country team finished fourth out of a 20-team field at the Nike Northwest Regional in Boise, Idaho. Jackson was without No. 3 runner Connor Frederickson. Ben Lance and Mitchell Briggs were the top finishers from Jackson finishing 31st and 32nd, respectively.
