The spring sports season is roaring toward an exciting finale, with Enumclaw and White River athletes competing this week. Tracksters are in district action, the EHS fastball and baseball are in the early stages of the state tourney and others are leaping into season-ending events.
Here’s a look at where things stand for Hornets on both sides of the county line.
FASTPITCH
Enumclaw: With a league championship and a district title already tucked away, the Enumclaw High girls are set to embark on their biggest challenge to date.
The Hornets will travel to Lacey’s Regional Athletic Complex this week for the Class 3A state tournament. The three-day competition opens May 22, includes quarterfinal contests May 23 and wraps up Saturday, the 24th with semifinal games and the title tilt.
The venue is a familiar one for coach Quinn Haney and her Hornets, who won four straight contests at the RAC last week to secure the District 3/4 championship. Enumclaw opened tourney play with a 12-2 victory over Heritage High and an 11-1 triumph over Peninsula, both on May 15. On Saturday, the Hornets downed Timberline 3-1 in the semifinals and then topped Gig Harbor 8-3 to claim the district title.
Enumclaw begins state tourney play against an opponent that will be decided during an opening round contest between Auburn Mountainview and Hermiston (Oregon). The loser of that one is eliminated and the winner takes on Enumclaw at 9 a.m. Friday.
Enumclaw, seeded No. 3 into the state tourney, will play a second game Friday. The tournament is a double-elimination format.
White River: The Buckley crew needed one final victory to secure a spot in the Class 3A state fastpitch tournament, but it just wasn’t in the cards.
Playing for the third time on May 17, White River fell convincingly to Auburn Mountainview and saw the 2025 come to a close.
The District 3/4 tourney brought 16 teams to the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey, all chasing one of seven berths into the 3A state festivities. After splitting a pair of games on May 15 – an 11-6 victory over River Ridge followed by a 9-1 loss to top-seeded Prairie High – the Hornets needed two victories on Saturday to keep their season alive.
That’s where things fell short.
White River opened Saturday play with a 14-10 victory over Kentlake. Next came a winner-to-state pairing against Kelso, a game the Hornets dropped 8-1. In a final showdown, with the winner heading to the state tourney and the loser packing away its gear until next spring, the Hornets were thumped 16-5 by Mountainview.
Coach Brandon Walker and his crew finished the 2025 campaign with a 15-10 overall record. That included a 12-4 mark and third-place showing in North Puget Sound League 3A play.
BASEBALL
Enumclaw: By winning two of three games last week the Enumclaw High squad captured fifth-place honors in the District 3/4 baseball tournament. Most important, the No. 5 showing qualified the Hornets for the Class 3A state championships.
The 3A party gets started with four opening-round games on May 20. But Enumclaw, seeded No. 11, won’t take the diamond until the 24th, facing a Stanwood team that captured the tourney’s No. 6 seed. It is a loser-out contest.
Both teams will be traveling east of the mountains as the game is set for 1 p.m. at Roy Johnson Field in Kennewick.
If EHS prevails in its opener, the Hornets will play a second game on the 24th, another loser-out affair.
The tournament concludes with a pair of semifinal games on May 30 and the championship finale May 31, with all three contests set for Parker-Faller Field in Yakima.
Enumclaw’s trek through district play began May 13 with a 4-0 loss at the hands of North Thurston High. The following day brought an 11-9 victory over Bellarmine and, on May 17, EHS locked up its state berth with a 7-6 victory over Decatur.
White River: The District 3/4 tournament was a one-game affair for the White River Hornets, who fell 4-2 to Central Kitsap the afternoon of May 13.
The loser-out contest in Silverdale brought the Hornets’ 2025 season to an end. The squad finished with a final record of 10-11 including a 6-9 mark in North Puget Sound League 3A play.
TRACK & FIELD
Track and field athletes from both Enumclaw High and White River will be in action May 21 and 23, competing in the West Central District meet. The gathering, at French Field in Kent, advances the top seven finishers in each event to the Class 3A state meet.
State competition is set for May 29-31 at Mount Tahoma High in Tacoma.
The postseason process began last week (May 14 and 16) with an all-league meet featuring the nine teams making up the North Puget Sound League 3A.
At the league meet, the Enumclaw boys finished second in the team scoring and White River was third. On the girls side, White River was second and Enumclaw was seventh.
Here’s a look at who qualified for West Central District competition.
Enumclaw boys: Cole Olson 100 meters and 200 meters; Louis Chevalier 100 meters and long jump; Spencer Ballard 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters; Elliott Cheney 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters; Ellis Behrens 3,200 meters; Amos Hall 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles; 4×100 relay (Chevalier, Cooper Rodarte, Kaden Kranz, Olson); Porter Rodarte discus and shot put; Marcell Lensegrav-Obot triple jump; Jacob Stutzman shot put.
White River boys: Hunter Maris 100 meters and 200 meters; Michael Marlow 400 meters and 800 meters; Braden Eames 400 meters; Cannon Ross 800 meters and 1,600 meters; Dainton Neff discus, javelin and shot put; Kaden Pierce discus; 4×400 relay (Maris, Ross, Eames, Marlow); Hunter Dahlstrom shot put; Jorden Goethals high jump.
Enumclaw girls: Avery Marecle 400 meters; Lillian Haas 800 meters and 1,600 meters; Senna Burt 800 meters and high jump; Isabella Pohlman 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles; Zoey Roth javelin; 4×100 relay (Roth, Haas, Teagin Clark, Lucia Kilcup; 4×400 relay (Haas, Marecle, Clark, Pohlman); Natalie Young discus; Julia Michael pole vault.
White River girls: Vivian Kingston 400 meters and 800 meters; Paeton Poelman 400 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters; Victoria Blakley 400 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters; Nativity Leddy 800 meters; Aislinn Howisey 800 meters; Trista Turgeon 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles; 4×100 relay (Taylor Simon, Jordyn Daigle, Natalie Long, Charlotte Weber); 4×400 relay (Charlee Sproed, Turgeon, Blakley, Kingston); Hannah Dehnert javelin; Jayna Vain javelin; Mackenzie Cabrera discus; Maci Roach pole vault.
GIRLS GOLF
White River: With a sixth-place team finish at the District 3/4 tournament, the White River High girls earned a berth in this week’s Class 3A state tourney.
Fifteen teams gathered May 12-13 for district play at Tacoma’s Allenmore Golf Course and the top seven advanced.
Team members (and their district rounds) are: Lexie Mahler, third place, 72-80; Kailey Jensen, 11th place, 85-86; Abigail Ringel, 38th, 109-104; Abby Akins, 43rd, 113-107; and Ella Johnson, 61st, 128-126. All five will be competing at state.
Isla Strasser competed as an individual, shooting rounds of 114-123 to place 55th. She fell short of qualifying for state competition.
The state competition took place yesterday (Tuesday) and today at Indian Canyon Golf Course in Spokane.
Results from the state tournament came too late to be included here.
Enumclaw: The EHS girls fell one spot shy of earning a trip to the Class 3A state tournament, placing eighth in last week’s district competition.
The District 3/4 tourney, staged at Tacoma’s Allenmore Golf Course, advanced seven teams (from a field of 15) to this week’s state festivities.
On the bright side, Enumclaw’s Taylor Puryear earned an individual berth to state. She carded a round of 88 on May 12 and posted a 96 on Day 2, giving her a 184 total and a trip to Spokane. Teammate Emma Fardig landed as the first alternate with rounds of 121 and 104 and Kennedy Francis was the second alternate after shooting 118 and 111.
The 3A state tourney was played yesterday (Tuesday) and today at Indian Canyon Golf Course.
BOYS GOLF
White River: A trio of White River golfers – Jonah Wright, Zach Wisdom and Wesley Ebbert – headed to Spokane this week for the boys Class 3A state tournament.
Each secured a state berth during the district tourney that served as the state qualifier. District play took place May 12-13 at McCormick Woods Golf Course in Port Orchard.
On the Kitsap Peninsula course, Wright tied for ninth place with a 36-hole total of 163, Wisdom tied for 17th (166) and Ebbert tied for No. 25 (168).
The 3A state tourney was played yesterday (Tuesday) and today at The Creek at Qualchan course in Spokane. Results came too late to be included here.
Enumclaw: The EHS boys team placed fifth among the 16 teams at last week’s district tournament, earning an entry into the Class 3A state tourney.
The squad was paced by Travis Leonard who tied for ninth place in the field (78-85-163); Parker Cook, tied for 20th (84-83-167); Wyatt Webb, 34th (85-88-173); Taelon Van Dam, 39th (88-89-177); and Cole Kiblinger, 53rd (98-89-187).
Those five are in Spokane for the May 20-21 state tournament, playing at The Creek at Qualchan. Results could not be included here.
Ian Nitsche played as an individual in the district tourney. His two-day total of 194 did not qualify for state.
GIRLS TENNIS
White River: The Hornets’ Cydnee Chapin will be making a return trip to the state tennis championships. The White River sophomore was a standout a year ago, placing sixth in the Class 2A ranks. Now, she’ll give it a shot at the 3A level.
Chapin earned her state berth during last week’s West Central District championships at the Boeing Employees Tennis Center in Kent. Needing a top-seven finish to advance, she placed sixth in the field.
The Class 3A tournament will be contested May 23-24 at the Vancouver Tennis Center.
Enumclaw: Enumclaw’s doubles duo of Haley Dumontet and Audrey Firnkoess fell one spot shy of earning a slot into the state Class 3A tournament.
Playing last week at the West Central District tourney in Kent – and needing a top-seven finish to advance – the EHS pair placed eighth. They will serve as the district’s alternate to state.
Also qualifying for district play, but not advancing, was singles entry Autumn Vogel.
BOYS TENNIS
For boys, the regular tennis season is a fall sport but the state tournament waits until spring.
This year’s Class 3A tourney will include the Enumclaw High doubles team of William Stuenkel and King Gisa. They earned their state berth with a strong showing in the late-October district tournament.
State play is set for May 23-24 at the Vancouver Tennis Center.
BOYS SOCCER
White River: Scoring just one goal in two games meant the end of the line for the White River boys, who were ousted from the District 3/4 tournament.
After dropping into loser-out territory following a 3-0 loss to Silas High on May 10, the Buckley crew was eliminated with a tough 3-1 loss to Mountain View of Vancouver on May 13. The season-ending against the Thunder came at Stadium Bowl in Tacoma.
White River finished the 2025 campaign with an overall record of 10-8-1. That included a 9-6-1 mark and third-place finish in the North Puget Sound League 3A standings.
Enumclaw: The EHS squad saw its season come to a close the evening of May 13, suffering a 5-1 loss to Gig Harbor.
The Tides scored four times in the first half and added their fifth and final tally early in the second. Enumclaw’s lone goal came in the 75th minute off a penalty kick by Landon Breidenbach.
The District 3/4 contest, played at Tacoma’s historic Stadium Bowl, left the Hornets with a final season record of 9-7-3. That included an 8-5-3 tally in North Puget Sound League 3A play.
PHOTO BY KEVIN HANSON White River’s Kennedy Selander slides safely across the plate during the Hornets’ May 15, district-opening victory over River Ridge. The team won two games at Lacey’s Regional Athletic Complex but fell short of advancing to the Class 3A state tournament.
