The Enumclaw High girls’ 200-yard medley relay and individuals Katie Larrea and Erica Bonthuis will hit the water at the King County Aquatic Center Friday morning in the preliminary round of the 3A state swim and dive meet.
The medley relay of Bailey Sexton, Bella Davenport, Larrea and Erin Wessel finished fourth at Saturday’s West Central District meet to earn a spot at state. The foursome shaved nearly 3 seconds off their preliminary time to hit the wall in 2:03.91.
Larrea earned her lane at state with a third-place finish and a state-qualifying time of 1:12.39.
Bonthuis finished seventh in diving Saturday, but earned a state berth during competition earlier in the season.
There were several could-have-been chances.
Davenport gashed her foot Thursday during practice. She pulled out of two events, but swam the breaststroke leg of the 200 medley relay and the 100 breaststroke with stitches.
Sexton was edged out, finishing fifth in the 50 freestyle in 26.79.
The Hornets came close to taking their 200 freestyle relay. In an exciting at-the-wire finish, EHS edged Hazen and Foss for third place, posting a time of 1:48.35, but was disqualified for a faulty start. Foss and Hazen, with identical times, took the No. 3 spot.
The Hornets finished sixth in team points behind Hazen, Peninsula, Kennedy, Capital and Foss.
It was a good show for EHS in the consolation finals.
Junior Allie Larrea finished sixth behind Sexton in the 50 freestyle in 27.25. Wessel, a senior, was seventh in 27:15; all three dropping time from prelims.
Wessel also placed eighth in the 100 freestyle.
The junior foursome of Allie Larrea, Jamie Ritzdorf, Carly Hinman and Carlie Cairnes earned eighth in the 400 freestyle relay.
Cairnes finished ninth in the 500 freestyle in 6:09.90, knocking time off her prelim clocking of 6:12.79. Cairnes placed 10th in the 200 freestyle.
Katie Larrea was seventh in the 200 individual medley in 2:26.38. Freshman MacKenzie Bull finished 15th. Bull finished 11th in the 500 freestyle with a 6:19.58.
Hinman was ninth in the 100 breaststroke and 17th in the 100 butterfly. Senior Lori Lamm finished 18th in the butterfly.
Sexton finished 11th in the 100 backstroke. Senior Cassie Cook finished 14th in the 100 backstroke and Allie Larrea was 17th.
Junior Nicole Wilson earned a 14th-place finish in diving.
The Hornets will take Hinman, Lamm, Allie Larrea and Ritzdorf to state as alternates for the medley relay.
Bonthuis and Wessel also earned district scholar athlete awards for their 3.94 and 3.80 grade-point averages respectively. Scholar athletes are seniors participating on the team with a accumulative grade-point average of 3.75 or higher.
A turnaround football season came to an abrupt end Friday for White River.
Hosting the first round of postseason play, White River fell 20-13 to Interlake on a chilly night in Buckley.
Eventually, the players and coaching staff will recall a successful season in which the Hornets tied for the South Puget Sound League 2A title, just one year removed from a disastrous 1-9 campaign.
For now, though, all in the program will feel the sting of opportunities lost and the disappointment that accompanies a belief that the 2011 campaign ended sooner than it should have.
“Offensively, we played well enough to win; defensively, we played well enough to win,” second-year coach Joe Sprouse said. “We just came up a little bit short.”
The contest featured more than its share of late-in-the-game intrigue.
With Interlake leading 14-13, the Hornets turned the ball over on downs. After using a final timeout and facing sure defeat, Sprouse ordered his defense to let the Saints score – thus giving his offense its only opportunity to snare a dramatic victory. Interlake’s Jordan Todd went 23 yards for a touchdown to give his team a 20-13 lead and things only got more exciting when White River blocked the extra-point try.
Getting the ball back with 1 minute, 49 seconds to play, the Hornets gave their fans reason to cheer. Starting on their own 21, quarterback Zach McMillen and his troops moved to the Interlake 34, thanks to three completed passes and a personal foul whistled against the Saints.
The excitement was short-lived, as Interlake defensive back Jacob Marks picked off a McMillen pass to assure the Saints’ victory.
White River enjoyed an early lead when Mark Monteiro took off on a 39-yard scoring jaunt on the Hornets’ second possession. Tyler Worthen, who enjoyed a record-setting season in the PAT department, tacked on the extra point to give White River a 7-0 advantage.
The bulk of the game’s scoring came during a span of less than 1 minute in the third quarter. After the Saints connected on a 26-yard pass play, the Hornets’ Josh Miller exploded for a 68-yard TD run. Worthen’s kick was blocked a development that proved huge later in the contest.
Interlake answered seconds later as Todd took the Hornet kickoff 80 yards for a score. The Saints’ Rigel Kuhn was good on his PAT try, pushing the score to 14-13 and setting up the late-game drama.
The Hornets ran the ball 29 times for 169 yards and McMillen completed 11 of 23 throws for 110 yards, giving White River 279 yards of total offense. Interlake wound up with 223 yards, 142 on the ground and 81 through the air.
White River High’s unified Special Olympic team carried home a chest full of medals from the Southwest Special Olympic Regional Bowling Tournament Oct. 23 at Tacoma’s Pacific Lanes.
Approximately 348 athletes participated in the event.
The Hornets’ No. 2 and No. 4 teams won gold medals.
Making up the No. 2 team are sophomore athletes Gabby LaMarsh and Gloria Rodriguez and senior partners Kamariah Padgett and Bethany Hominger.
Senior athlete Joe Forsberg and sophomore athlete Tristen Hopkins paired with senior partners Megan King and Justin Elzig for the No. 4 team gold.
Hornet teams earned three silver medals.
A silver medal went to the No. 1 team of alumni athlete James Congdon, senior athlete Jessica Mills, senior partner Daniel Murphy and alumni partner Samantha Leighton.
Team No. 3 earned its silver with transition athlete Shardonea Walker, sophomore athlete Maddie Wate, senior partner Whitney Rodrigues and junior partner Samantha Mitchell.
Sophomore athletes Zeth Grover and Alex Temple paired with alumni partner Courtney Matthews and senior partner Sabrina Fuller for Team No. 5’s silver medal.
The Hornets’ Team No. 6 turned in a bronze-medal performance with freshman athletes Ian Hines and Matthew Ireland, senior partner Kendal Mangan and alumni partner Shawna Koon.
White River High’s postseason soccer experience lasted two games, a Nov. 2 victory over Kingston followed by a Saturday afternoon loss to Interlake.
The split allowed the Hornets to wrap up the season with an overall record of 9-7-1.
Saturday’s district tournament loss to Interlake, played at Highline Stadium in Burien, was a loser-out affair. The winner was one of 16 teams advancing to the state Class 2A tournament.
The Saints scored one goal early in the first half and another early in the second to end White River’s season.
The Hornets had survived a West Central District contest against Kingston at Sunset Chev in Sumner. The game’s only goal came in the sixth minute and was delivered by Ashley Powell, thanks to an assist by Cassidy France. Kylie Englebert earned the shutout in goal.
Enumclaw High saw its soccer season come to a close Saturday when it fell 3-0 in Camas.
The host Papermakers jumped on top in the 17th minute, added an insurance goal at the 64-minute mark and polished things off with a final tally at 71 minutes.
The loss, in the West Central/Southwest bidistrict tournament, left the Hornets with a season record of 8-9-1.
Enumclaw had entered postseason play on a brighter note, defeating Bremerton in a 2-1 shootout Nov. 2. The subdistrict game, played at Franklin Pierce High, was a loser-out affair.
The Hornets’ regulation goal was scored by Hannah Dahlquist in the 57th minute, just four minutes after Bremerton had grabbed a 1-0 lead.
Bonney Lake High competed in the West Central District 3A championships Nov. 4 and 5 at Hazen High. Top Panther finishers were:
200 yard medley relay – Jesse Johnson, Ashley Yandt, Emily Romano and Janae Charbonneau, ninth.
200 individual medley – Ashley Yandt, 12th
400 freestyle relay – Jesse Johnson, Sarah Suchower, Emily Romano and Janae Charbonneau, 12th
The 400 freestyle relay shaved nearly five seconds off its preliminary time in the consolation finals.
Senior Sarah Suchower earned district scholar athlete honors for her 4.0 grade-point average. Scholar Athletes are seniors participating on the team with an accumulative gpa of 3.75 or higher.
White River High’s unified Special Olympic team carried home a chest full of medals from the Southwest Special Olympic Regional Bowling Tournament Oct. 23 at Tacoma’s Pacific Lanes.
The Enumclaw High boys water polo team went two-and-out at the state tournament Thursday evening at Rogers High in Puyallup.
The No. 8-ranked Hornets (the No. 10 seed into the tournament) had the toughest draw in pool play, facing defending state champion and No. 1-ranked Curtis for its opener. The Vikings rolled over Enumclaw 19-2. EHS’s goals coming from Will Cooper and Quinn Warner.
In Game 2, the Hornets faced Roosevelt, which beat Bainbridge Monday night for its berth.
Hornet Bennon VanHoof scored early for a lead and the Hornets trailed by four entering the fourth quarter, but the Roughriders took the game 17-8 to advance to Friday’s competition at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.
The Hornets finished the season 14-23 overall and lose just one senior off this year’s team.
The curtain closed on the Sumner Spartans’ football season Friday night, putting an end to a disappointing season.
With the regular soccer season now just a memory, the Bonney Lake Panthers turn their attention to postseason play.
The second season gets under way tonight, Wednesday, with a series of subdistrict games. Taking part are squads from the South Puget Sound League 2A, Seamount League and Bremerton High.
The Spartan swimmers came in second place at the SPSL 2A League Championships at Henry Foss High School Friday. In all, SHS earned 308 points. Fife High School won the championship with 407 points.
After an opening match loss to Lakes, Bonney Lake Tennis ran the table, picking up nine straight league wins to finish as co-champions of the SPSL 3A League finishing 9-1 league and 13-2 overall.
During this streak, Bonney Lake defeated last year’s champion Lakes who were unbeaten in the prior three seasons.