4PM Games

Rogers 9, Auburn-Riverside 2
Tahoma 15, Beamer 3
Emerald Ridge 3, Jefferson 2
Puyallup 3, Kentwood 2

6PM Games

Winners Bracket
Tahoma 17, Rogers 5
Puyallup 13, Emerald Ridge 5

Losers Bracket
Auburn-Riverside 13, Beamer 3
Jefferson 10, Kentwood 0

Friday 4PM match-ups

Tahoma vs Spanaway Lake
Puyallup vs Kentlake
Auburn-Riverside vs Emerald Ridge
Jefferson vs Rogers

Friday 6PM Match-ups

Winner Tahoma/Spanaway Lake vs Winner Puyallup/Kentlake (Seed 1 and 2)
Loser Tahoma/Spanaway Lake vs Loser Puyallup/Kentlake (Seed 3 and 5)
Winner Auburn-Riverside/Emerald Ridge vs Winner Jefferson/Rogers (Seed 4 and 6)
Loser of Auburn-Riverside/Emerald Ridge is Seed 7
Loser of Jefferson/Rogers is Seed 8
Kentwood vs Beamer (Seed 9 and 10)
Seed #10 has a loser out play-in game with the Greater St Helens 3 seed early next week.

First Round games will be Thursday at 4PM, Service Club Fields in Kent.

Game 1: Auburn-Riverside vs Rogers

Game 2: Beamer vs Tahoma

Game 3: Emerald Ridge vs Jefferson

Game 4: Kentwood vs Puyallup

At 6PM the Game 1 and 2 winner will play, the Game 1 and 2 losers will play, Game 3 and 4 winners will play and Game 3 and 4 losers will play.  Spanaway Lake and Kentlake have byes into games 9 and 10 on Friday.

Given the sun that has finally come out today, we can finally say that the SPSL fastpitch seeding will be determined today, barring something like a lack of umpires, which happened to TJ on a previous, we’ll call it, playable non rainy day.  In the South,  Spanaway Lake (14-2) is the South 1  seed,  Puyallup and Rogers are tied at 12-3 but have one remaining regular season game against each other today to determine regular season 2^nd and 3^rd, Emerald Ridge (11-5) will be the South 4 seed and Beamer (9-7) will be the South 5 seed.

In the North, Kentlake and Tahoma, both 14-2, will play a tie breaker at 5PM (at Kentwood) today to determine the North 1 and 2 seed.  Auburn-Riverside and TJ, both 12-4, will play a tie breaker at 4PM today (at Beamer) for North 3 and 4 seed, and Kentwood gets the day off as they have already clenched sole possession of the North 5 seed.

Tahoma fastpitch’s last make-up game against Mt Rainier will be played today at 4PM, at the Tahoma Jr High fields.  If Tahoma wins, they will tie for the North SPSL league title and will be forced into a tie breaker game with KL on Tuesday to determine seeding into the SPSL tournament.  That game will take place at 5PM at Kentwood High school.

Auburn-Riverside and Thomas Jefferson ended the season tied for third place and will play a seeding playoff game Tuesday at 4PM, at Mt Rainier High School.

The SPSL fastpitch season is finally wrapping up and heading into playoffs.  The SPSL playoffs start Thursday, May 12 at 4PM at the Service Club Fields in Kent.  The five North and five South teams have been decided, but the seeding has not.  Starting in the South, Spanaway Lake currently has a record of 14-1 and the final game set for today against Puyallup.  They have already clinched the S1 seed as they beat Rogers (10-2) twice.  Rogers has 2 tough games to make up against 10-5 Emerald Ridge and 11-3 Puyallup and will be fighting for the #2 seed.  Puyallup has even a tougher schedule as they still have to Spanaway Lake as well as Rogers.  Emerald Ridge just has Rogers left on their schedule and look to be the #4 seed out of the south.  That leaves 8-7 Bethel with the #5 seed with a game left against 5-10 Bethel.

In the North Kentlake has completed the season with a 14-2 record but could end up Seed 1 or 2 as they beat TJ twice and split with Tahoma.  Tahoma has a 12-2 record with games left against TJ and Mt Rainier.  If they win out they would be in a tie with Kentlake and a playoff game would be played (Tuesday, 5PM at Kentwood).  TJ has an 11-2 record with games left against 11-4 Auburn Riverside ( I have heard that this game has been played but I can’t find a record of it anywhere), Tahoma and Auburn.  If they win out they would be the #2 seed.   Auburn Riverside could end up in a tie with TJ and would be forced into a playoff game on Tuesday (at Mt Rainier HS) since they split the season.  Kentwood, 7-9, is the only North team to know their seeding as they will go in as the N5 seed. 

There are games schedule Friday and Saturday to attempt to wrap up this season.  Monday is the last chance for make-up games prior to the Tuesday tie breaker schedule.  I suspect the rain will have to be coming down very hard for games to get rescheduled.  

Once the SPSL tournament gets underway on Thurs, the first round match up will be N4 vs S3, S5 vs N2, S4 vs N3, and N5 vs S2.  The #1 seed don’t play until the 3^rd round and are guaranteed no less than the #5 seed to District playoffs the following weekend.

The weather looks like it will cooperate this week so here is the SPSL Fastpitch schedule.   There may be other make-up games on Thurs and Saturday.

Monday 4/18 (Make-up games)
Kentwood defeated Auburn 20-3
Auburn-Riverside defeated Kentridge 3-2

Tuesday 4/19 (Regularly Scheduled)
Kentwood at Tahoma (Service Club fields)
Auburn at Kentlake (7PM)
KM at Kentridge (Service Club fields)
Mt Rainier at Jefferson

Wednesday 4/20 (Regularly Scheduled)
Tahoma at Jefferson
Mt Rainier at KM
Kentridge at Kentlake (7PM)
Auburn-Riverside at Auburn (Game Farm park)

Thursday 4/21 (Make-up Games)
Kentlake at Auburn (Game Farm park)

Friday 4/22 (Regularly Scheduled)
Auburn at Kentwood
Kentridge at Auburn-Riverside (Game Farm park)
Kentlake at Mt Rainier
Jefferson at KM

With the unusually rainy spring (or is it late winter) many SPSL fastpitch games must now be made up amongst the regularly scheduled remaining games.  With the SPSL playoffs set to start May 12, available make-up days are few.  Some teams have scheduled double headers, and others will be seeing play on Saturdays.  Here is a breakdown of the 21 games that still need to be made up as of April 19:

From March 25^th
Kentridge at Jefferson

From March 29^th
Auburn at Tahoma
Kentwood at Mt Rainier
Jefferson at Auburn-Riverside
Kentlake at KM

From March 31^st
KM at Jefferson

From April 5^th
Tahoma at Kentwood
Kentlake at Auburn
Kentridge at KM
Jefferson at Mt Rainier

From April 6^th
Mt Rainier at Kentridge

From April 7^th
Tahoma at Kentlake
KM at Auburn-Riverside
Kentwood at Jefferson
Kentridge at Auburn

From April 12^th
Auburn-Riverside at Mt Rainier

From April 13^th
KM at Kentlake

From April 15^th
Mt Rainier at Tahoma
Jefferson at Kentridge
KM at Auburn
Kentwood at Auburn-Riverside

Before week 1 of the SPSL North Softball schedule, I predicted Tahoma and Kentlake would be battling for the 1 and 2 spots; Mt Rainier and TJ would be be battling for 3 and 4; Auburn and Kentwood battling for 5 and 6.  Not the case!  Auburn-Riverside has snuck in under the radar and is one of the last undefeated teams in the league.  TJ surprised Tahoma in a 1-0 extra inning battle.  Mt Rainier has fallen short in some games I expected them to win, and Kentwood is shorthanded and has dropped some unexpected games as well.  The SPSL North is up for grabs.

Weather permitting, some key games this week include: Monday, Auburn-Riverside visits Kentlake at 7PM for the battle of the undefeated; Tahoma hosts Kentridge, who has come out swinging the bats very well;  on Tuesday, Auburn-Riverside hosts TJ which should be a very good game.   Most teams play three games this week, so the standings may look quite different come Friday.  Until then here are the current standings.

The Kentwood Classic, which was originally scheduled for last weekend, has been rescheduled to Mar 18 and 19.  Some matchups remain the same, while others have been revised due to schedule conflicts.  Issaquah is the only team unable to make this weekend.

(JV games on R4 and K1, Varsity games on S3 and L2)

Fri March 18

6PM
Auburn-Riverside vs Emerald Ridge
Mt. Rainier vs Liberty

8PM
Liberty vs Auburn-Riverside
Emerald Ridge vs Mt Rainier

Sat. March 19

8AM
Tahoma vs Emerald Ridge
Kentwood vs Stadium

10:15 AM
Stadium vs Tahoma
Skyline vs Kentwood

12:30 PM
Port Angeles vs Skyline
Union vs Kentlake

2:45PM
Kentlake vs Port Angeles
Skyline vs Union

5:00PM
Bonney Lake vs Bothell

7:15PM
Bothell vs Kentwood

The weather report says to expect constant drizzle from the skies for the next few weeks…it must mean fastpitch (props to baseball too) season is fast approaching.  The first official day of play is this Friday, March 4. 

In its 5th year, the Kentwood Classic kicks off Friday.  Kentwood has once again brought some of the regions best 3A and 4A teams to Service Club Fields in Kent.  Beginning Friday afternoon at 4PM and running through Saturday night, there will be varsity games on fields 2 and 3, and JV games on fields 1 and 4.  There is a small entrance fee. 

Kentwood, Kentlake and Tahoma are all scheduled to play in The Classic.

Here is the schedule:

Fri March 11 -4PM

Auburn-Riverside v. Liberty
Kentwood v. Skyline

Fri March 11 5:30PM

Emerald Ridge v. Auburn-Riverside
Liberty v. Kentwood

Sat March 12 8AM

Tahoma v. Stadium
Emerald Ridge v. Issaquah

10:15 AM

Emerald Ridge v. Tahoma
Issaquah v. Stadium

12:30PM

Port Angeles v. Skyline
Union v. Kentlake

2:45PM

Kentlake v. Port Angeles
Skyline v. Union

5:00PM

Kentwood v. Bonney Lake
Mt. Rainier v. Bothel

7:15PM

Bothel v. Kentwood
Bonney Lake v. Mt. Rainier