Here are the first round 3A pairings for the West Central District Tournament at Sprinker Recreation Center in Tacoma

Fri May 21^st @ Noon

Enumclaw (S/S #8) vs  Timberline (WCC #1)– Field 3

Camas  (SW#3) vs Bonney Lake (S/S) – Field 4

Union (SW #2) vs Pennisula (S/S #5) – Field 5

Olympic (Oly #2) vs Mt Rainier (S/S #2) -  Field 6

Fri May 21^st @ 2PM

Capital (WCC #2)  vs Kennedy Catholic (S/S #4) – Field 3

Lakes (S/S #7) vs Prairie (SW #1) – Field 4

Auburn-Mountainview (S/S #6) vs Port Angeles (Oly #1) – Field 5

Highline (S/S #9) vs Franklin Pierce (S/S #1) – Field 6

Here are the first round 4A pairings for the West Central District Tournament at Sprinker Recreation Center in Tacoma.
Fri May 21st @ 10:00 AM
Gig Harbor vs Puyallup – Field 3
Central Kitsap vs Tahoma – Field 4
Spanaway Lake vs Rogers – Field 5
Beamer vs South Kitsap – Field 6
Kentwood vs Stadium – Field 7
Bellarmine Prep vs Jefferson –Field 8
Fri May 21st @ Noon
Kentridge vs Wilson – Field 7
Emerald Ridge vs Kentlake – Field 8

Here is the final seeding into the West Central District tournament Fri, May 21st and Sat, May 22.
1) Kentlake
2) Puyallup
3) Rogers
4) Jefferson
5) Tahoma
6) Kentridge
7) Spanaway Lake
8 ) Kentwood
9) Beamer
10) Emerald Ridge

Here are the matchups for Day 2

Friday, May 14 @4PM
Semi Final #1 (Game 9)
Tahoma vs Puyallup – Field 3
Semi Final #2 (Game 10)
Rogers vs Kentlake – Field 2
Consolation Semi Final #1 (Game 11)
Spanaway Lake vs Kentridge – Field 4
Loser gets the #7 Seed
Consolation Semi Final #2 (Game 12)
Kentwood vs Jefferson – Field 1
Loser gets the # 8 Seed

Friday, May 14 @ 6PM
Championship Game (Game 15)
Winner Game 9 vs Winner Game 10 – Field 2
Winner gets #1 Seed, Loser gets #2 Seed
Consolation Championship Game (Game 13)
Winner Game 11 vs Winner Game 12 – Field 1
Winner gets #4 Seed, Loser gets #6 Seed
3/5 Seeding Game (Game 14)
Loser Game 9 vs Loser Game10 – Field 3
Winner gets #3 Seed, Loser gets #5 Seed
9/10 Seeding Game(Game16)
Beamer vs Emerald Ridge
Winner gets #9 seed, Loser gets #10 seed

Jefferson 8
Emerald Ridge 1

Spanaway Lake 2
Tahoma 9

Beamer 2
Kentridge 6

Kentwood 0
Rogers 2

Jefferson 0
Tahoma 4

Kentridge 4
Rogers 5
(9 innings)

Emerald Ridge 0
Spanaway Lake 7

Beamer 2
Kentwood 6

SPSL Fastpitch  Tournament

May 13 and 14^th

Service Club Fields in Kent

Round 1

Thursday, May 13 @ 4PM

Jefferson vs Emerald Ridge – Field #3 (Game 1)

Spanaway Lake vs Tahoma – Field #4 (Game 2)

Beamer vs Kentridge – Field #1 (Game 3)

AR/Kentwood vs Rogers – Field #2  (Game 4)

Round 2

Thursday, May 13 @ 6 PM

Jefferson/ER winner vs SL/Tahoma winner – Field #3 (Game 5)

Jefferson/ER loser vs SL/Tahoma loser – Field #4 (Game 7)

Beamer/Kentridge winner vs AR/KW/Rogers winner Field #2 (Game 6)

Beamer/Kentridge loser vs AR/KW/Rogers loser Field #1 (Game 8 )

A wild end to the regular season for the SPSL North but the tournament bracket is set except for the North #5 .  Kentlake and Tahoma ended tied and by virtue of a coin flip, Kentlake won the #1 seed into the tournament. Kentwood and Auburn-Riverside also ended tied, but because one of them will be eliminated from the tournament, a playoff game is required.   Here are the seeds:

North #1   Kentlake  15-1; 19-1

North #2   Tahoma 15-1; 18-2

North #3   Kentridge 11-5; 14-5

North #4   Thomas Jefferson 10-6; 12-7

North #5        Playoff Game is Tuesday 6PM at Brannon Park in Auburn

                        Kentwood  7-9; 9-11

                        Auburn-Riverside 7-9; 7-10

There are no ties in the South so the seeds ended up as:

South #1 Puyallup 15-1; 16-3

South #2 Rogers 12-4; 15-4

South #3 Emerald Ridge 10-6; 11-7

South #4 Todd Beamer 9-7; 11-8

South #5 Spanaway Lake 8-8; 9-8

The #1 seeds get a two game bye and are guaranteed a #5 seed into the District.  If rain holds off and the two-day tournament is played, any team can win their way into the final.  There will be some great ball played this Thursday and Friday at Service Club Fields.  See separate blog for game schedules.

SPSL North

With all the rainouts this past week there was not much chance for movement in the SPSL.  In a rain make-up on Tuesday Auburn-Riverside beat Auburn to knock Auburn out of playoff contention, despite Auburn’s win over Kentwood on Friday.  The Kentwood loss does not put them out of playoffs but they now need a win over (9-5) Kentridge or (10-3) Jefferson.  Their record stands at 6-8.  A win over either of these teams would give them the power point advantage over Auburn-Riverside who lost to both teams.

Auburn-Riverside has one game left against Federal Way and with a victory can end the season with a 7-9 league record.

Kentridge’s win over Federal Way on Friday secured a playoff spot for them, bringing their record to 9-5 with 2 games left to play.

SPSL South

Rogers (12-3) dropped yet another game, this time to (5-8) Bethel.  That loss secured Puyallup the SPSL South title with a 14-1 league record going into the last game against Rogers.

Despite their unexpected losses, Rogers has secured the 2^nd place position as the next lowest loss record stands at 6. 

Emerald Ridge, Beamer, Spanaway Lake, Curtis and Bethel all have opportunities to make playoffs.

Upcoming SPSL North Games:

Monday
   Kentlake @ Jefferson (4PM) make-up
   Kentridge @ Auburn (??) make-up

Tuesday
    Kentridge @ Kentwood (4PM)
    Auburn-Riverside @ FW (4PM)
    Tahoma @ Jefferson (4PM)
    Kentlake @ Auburn (3:30PM @ Game Farm)

Wednesday
   KM @Kentlake (4PM) make-up
   Jefferson @ Kentwood (4PM) make-up

The top five SPSL North and the top five SPSL South Teams come together in the SPSL tournament May 14 and 15 at Service Club Fields to determine seeding into the District tournament.  Going into the weekend there is a two-day bracket, and in case of rainy weather there is a one-day game schedule. 

Weather permitting; a two day bracket gives the number 1 teams from each division a two game bye and a guarantee of a 5^th seed or better.  A one day playoff would pit the first place teams together for #1 and #2 seed, the second place teams together for the #3 and #4 seed, and so on.

Before the teams are placed in the bracket, there must be sole possession of 1^st through 5^th place in each division.  Looking at the races right now, there will likely be ties. To resolve the ties, the league uses a hierarchy of tie breaker scenarios. For a two way tie, the first criterion is head to head.  If team A and B are tied, and team A beat team B in both of their meetings, then Team A is awarded the higher seed.  If Team A and Team B split their meetings, then the power point system is put in place.  The way that works is each team is rewarded points for wins.  The points for each win are based on the final placement of the teams.  So a win over the final 1^st place team awards you 9 points, and on down per the chart below.

 1st Place = 9 points

 2nd Place = 8 points

 3rd Place = 7 points

 4th Place = 6 points

 5th Place = 5 points

 6th Place = 4 points

 7th Place = 3 points

 8th Place = 2 points

 9th Place = 1 point

If after applying the power point system, the teams are still tied, a playoff game will be played.

For a tie of three or more, the hierarchy is head to head first, then power point and if still tied, a coin flip.  However, if the loss of the coin flip would eliminate a team from playoffs, a tie breaker game must be played in lieu of a coin flip.