Murphy, King’s notch two academic state championships

Published 5:13 pm Monday, October 25, 2010

Archbishop Murphy and King’s high schools combined to rack up four fall-season academic state team titles.

The 2010 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Scholastic Awards Program Fall Team Academic State Champions were announced on Thursday, Cascade Conference rivals Murphy and King’s each won two championships. The WIAA awards program recognizes teams with the highest grade-point average in each respective enrollment classification.

Archbishop Murphy’s Class 2A state championship teams:

n Girls soccer (3.819 grade-point average, 17 participants; coached by Eddie Fernandez)

n Girls swimming (3.787 GPA, 31 participants; coached by Mike McCloskey)

King’s 1A state championship teams:

n Football (3.567 GPA, 17 participants; coached by Jim Shapiro)

n Volleyball (3.760 GPA, 12 participants; coached by Steve Bain)

One other local school won a WIAA fall academic state title. Grace Academy of Marysville won the 1B boys soccer championship. The squad has 16 members who compiled a 3.748 GPA. Mark Ruhlman is their coach.

See the entire list of WIAA fall academic state champs at http://tinyurl.com/2dmafsb.

Glacier Peak’s Pervier commits to NW Nazarene

Payton Pervier, a 6-foot-11 Glacier Peak High basketball player, verbally committed last week to Northwest Nazarene University (Nampa, Idaho), according to Glacier Peak coach Brian Hunter. Pervier visited Northwest Nazarene’s campus earlier this month.

“He really liked it and they offered him a full ride,” said Hunter. “It seems like a pretty good fit for him and he’s excited about it.”

Northwest Nazarene is a member of the NCAA Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

During his junior season at Glacier Peak, Pervier — a game-changing shot-blocker — helped the Grizzlies finish fourth in the 3A state tournament. Pervier set a tournament record with 24 blocks in four games.

Updated list of local recruits

Besides Glacier Peak’s Pervier, the following area athletes also recently made verbal college commitments: Snohomish High’s Kelsey Morris (Boise State University women’s gymnastics), Snohomish High’s Brielle Nicholas (Northwest University women’s soccer) and Stanwood High’s Minna Fields (Lipscomb University women’s cross country/track). View an updated list of local Class of 2011 athletes’ verbal commitments at http://tinyurl.com/2a9tbfq.

To report other local commitments, e-mail mcane@heraldnet.com.

Will Glacier Peak soccer team rise in rankings?

The Wesco 3A champion Glacier Peak High girls soccer team was No. 11 in last week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Region VI rankings. New rankings are scheduled to come out today. See the rankings at nscaa.com/hsr.php. Going into its game against Shorecrest on Monday, Glacier Peak’s record was 13-0-1 (12-0 Wesco 3A).

Mike Cane: mcane@heraldnet.com. Check out the prep sports blog Double Team at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/heraldnet/doubleteam and follow Cane on Twitter at MikeCaneHerald.