Wolverine Spring Playoff Update 5/5/14

Here’s some High School Sports info from Rod Turnbull, Athletic Director at the high school…

Spring teams have either entered into, or are about to begin the post season portion of their season. The post season for our teams will begin with a District Tournament. The play during the District 1 Tournament seeds the 1A teams from District 1 for advancement to the next level of post season, known as Tri-District. The District tournament is held because there are now nine 1A teams in District 1 that play in three different leagues.

There are five 1A, teams (Blaine, Nooksack, Meridian, Lynden Christian, and Mount Baker) in the Northwest Conference (NWC), one 1A team (FH) in the Northwest 1A/2B/1B conference, and three 1A teams (Coupeville, Kings, and South Whidbey) in the Cascade Conference. FH aligns with the five teams in the NWC by playing each other during the regular season to determine seeding into the District level of post season play.

For Friday Harbor, games VS the other five NWC teams “count”/ determine our post season seeding. The district tournaments look different logistically for some sports because of the sport involved, and because some 1A teams do not compete in all of the sports that we do. However, the outcome is the same, the District 1 tournament determines the number of teams/players and the order for which they move on to the Tri-District level.

Below is an update of each team’s playoff outline. For more information including playoff brackets you can go to www.nw1a2bathletics.com and select Post Season from the drop down menu.

• Girls Fastpitch –Our girls’ team is currently the 6th seed among the 6 teams of the north alliance. Their District1 post season play will begin on Friday, 5/16 at Janicki Fields in Sedro Woolley. Game time will be 4:00, but their opponent is TBD. The girls will play two games on Friday and will need to win at least one to continue playing on Saturday. Four teams will advance to Tri-District play from the District Tournament.
• Girls Tennis – Our girl’s tennis team will begin their District tournament on Monday or Tuesday, May 12 or May13, at South Whidbey High School. Matches will begin at 11:30. Friday Harbor will send two singles players, and two doubles teams to the tournament. They will be competing to advance to the Tri-District tournament on Wednesday, May 21. Two singles players and two doubles teams will advance to the Tri-District level.
• Baseball – Our baseball team will entry the District 1 tournament as the #1 or #2 seed and host a home game on Tuesday, May 6, at 4:45. Their opponent is TBD at this time. Win or lose, the team will play again on Thursday, May 8 site and opponent TBD. A win on Tuesday or Thursday will allow them to play on Saturday, May 10, where they would be competing to become one of 4 teams to move on to the Tri-District tournament , which begins on May 13.
• Boys Soccer – Although competitive in several games this season, many injuries left our team short- handed at times. Unfortunately, they will not be advancing to post season play this year. Their season came to a close with their home game VS Lynden Christian on Saturday, May 3.
• Boys & Girls Golf – Our golf team completes their regular season matches Tuesday when they face La Conner at Swinomish Golf Course. They will then play next at our District 1 tournament being held at North Bellingham Golf Course on Thursday, May 15. The team members will be competing at North Bellingham to be one of 14 girls or 27 boys (numbers to advance are different because of the total number participating) to advance to the Tri-District level of play at Gold Mountain golf Club on Tuesday, May 20.
• Boys & Girls Track – Our track teams will finish their regular season this week at our league tournament being held at Mount Vernon HS on Tuesday, May 6. Post season will begin for the track team when they attend the District meet held at Lynden Christian High School. The meet begins with preliminary events on Wednesday, May 14, and then the finals on Friday, May 16. Field events will begin at 5:00 and running events will follow at 6:00 at Friday’s final meet. Athletes will be trying to qualify for the Tri-District Meet held on May 22 and 24 at Kings High School. Those who finish in the top five in an event during our District 1 meet and the next 3 fastest times from Districts 1, 2 & 3 from athletes who have not already qualified will advance to the Tri-District meet.

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