From the Goal Line

UPDATE: The boys soccer state bracket was updated over the weekend. The Islanders will face Prairie in the first round on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

The winner of Tuesday’s game will face the winner of the Mount Vernon vs. Captial game on Wednesday.

The Mercer Island boys soccer team will play the first two rounds of the state tournament at home.

The first game will be played on Tuesday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at MIHS Stadium against the No. 5 team from District 3/4.

Originally the second round was schedule to be played on Saturday, May 19, but with Mercer Island’s prom scheduled for that evening, the WIAA agreed the second round could be moved to Friday, May 18.

Friday’s game will be played at 8 p.m. at MIHS against either No. 2 from District 1 or No. 2 from District 3/4. Friday’s game is scheduled for later because of a boys lacrosse quarterfinal state game scheduled for 6 p.m. that night.

Because this is a state event, season passes are no longer being accepted. Tickets are $8 for adults and high school students without a valid ASB card, or $6 for youth grades K-8, students and seniors over 62. Preschools are free.

The boys 3A state bracket can be found at the WIAA website. It has not yet been updated with specific team, location or time information.

The SeaKing district tennis tournament takes place this week.

The first round of the boys and girls tournament will start on Tuesday, May 15, wrapping up on Wednesday, May 16 at the Lower and Upper Woodland Park courts. The first round is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, followed by the second round at 9:45 a.m.

While the girls finish up the KingCo tournament today (results aren’t in yet), the boys tournament was held last fall.

Below are the boys singles and doubles brackets for the district event.

The top five in each (single, doubles) will move forward to the 3A state tournament held May 25-26 in the Tri-Cities.

Once the girls brackets have been finalized I will update them.

Girls singles

Girls doubles

Boys singles

Boys doubles

I posted brackets last week for the KingCo baseball and KingCo soccer tournaments, but here’s a look at the rest of the post season action for spring sports.

Girls golf

The Islanders are playing in the KingCo championship at Willows Run in Redmond on Tuesday. The top golfers will move forward to the SeaKing district tournament, to be held on May 14 at Riverbend in Kent. The state tournament will be held May 22-23 in Spokane at Esmerelda Golf Course, which the Islanders played on and won a non-conference match earlier this season. The boys golf state tournament will also be in Spokane, at Indian County Golf Course.

Girls tennis

The girls tennis KingCo tournament begins on Wednesday, May 9. Top qualifiers will move forward to the SeaKing district tournament on May 15-16 at Lower Woodland Courts in Seattle. Qualifiers from last falls boys KingCo tournament will join the girls for the SeaKing tournament.

State for both boys and girls takes place May 25-26 in the Tri-Cities.

Track & Field

The KingCo championships will be held this week, with the preliminary events on Wednesday, May 9 at Juanita High School. The finals will be held on Friday, May 11, also at Juanita.

The following week, athletes who qualify will compete in the SeaKing district meet May 16 and May 18 at the Southwest Complex in West Seattle. The top five girls/boys in each event will qualify for the state meet which will be held May 24-26 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

Boys soccer 

The Mercer Island boys qualified for the state tournament after winning the KingCo regular season title. The team’s first game will be on May 16, against the No. 5 team from District 3/4. Location, time and opponent have yet to be announced.

Girls lacrosse

The girls lacrosse team begins the playoffs Tuesday, May 8 with a game against Holy Names. If the Islanders beat the Cougars, they will play the winner of the Klahowya vs. Issaquah game on Friday, May 11.

The state finals will be held on May 19 at Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish.

Did I miss something? Let me know at mmanagan@mi-reporter.com.

Unlike the baseball standings, which were finalized after regular season games finished yesterday (which is good because this rain doesn’t appear to be letting up), the 3A KingCo boys soccer standings won’t be complete until tomorrow.

Currently Mercer Island is the No. 1 team, but plays the No. 2 team Mount Si on Friday night. If Mercer Island wins Friday, they will be the No. 1 team out of KingCo and automatically earn a spot in the 3A state tournament as the District 2 No. 1 team.

Should the Islanders become the No. 2 team, things get complicated. MIHS would host the first round of the KingCo tournament on Monday, May 7 playing the No. 5 seed (Juanita) at 7:30 p.m. A win on Monday would move the team into a game on Wednesday, May 9 against the winner of the No. 3 vs. No. 4 game, and the winner Wednesday is the No. 2 team from KingCo which goes on to play Metro No. 4 to earn the final seed in the state tournament.

The state tournament begins Wednesday, May 16.

Click below for a full size image of the 3A KingCo soccer bracket.

The Mercer Island baseball team will begin the postseason run next week, starting off at the No. 5 seed coming out of KingCo.

The Islanders will face Liberty, No. 4 on Tuesday, May 8 at 4 p.m. at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue. It’s a win to continue situation for the Islanders in the first game. KingCo’s No. 1 team this season was Mount Si with a 12-2 record. The Islanders had a 5-9 record.

Should the Islanders win on Tuesday, they will face Mount Si in the semi-finals of the tournament. A loss to the Wildcats would move the team into the consolation bracket, with a shot to play for a win-in spot to the state tournament.

This season there are two spots out of the KingCo tournament for state.

Below is the KingCo bracket for next week (click on the image for full size).

The latest weekly standings for Washington lacrosse teams are out, with both Mercer Island team sitting on top.

The boys are No. 1 in the Southwest conference, after holding the spot last week tied with King’s Way and Lake Tapps. The Islanders are 8-1 in league and 10-4 overall. Issaquah leads the Northwest standings with a perfect 8-0 league record and 12-0 overall record this season.

In the girls standings, the Islanders are also No. 1. The girls are 6-2-1 this season, ahead of No. 2 Ballard with a 4-4-0 record.

Two members of the Mercer Island High School football team were named to the 2012 Washington State Football Coaches Association annual East/West All-Star football team.

The game, which will be held at the end of June, features top players from across the state.

Mercer Island seniors Alex Wood and Cameron Ogard were both named to the team. Wood will play as the punter/kicker and Ogard played tight end.

The game will be played on June 30 at 1 p.m. in Everett Memorial Stadium.

Gordon Elliott, head coach at Auburn, will coach the West squad, while Steve Kizer, head coach at Skyview, will coach the East team.

After another week of play, the Washington high school lacrosse standings have been updated.

The Mercer Island boys are tied in first place in the Southwest Conference with King’s Way and Lake Tapps. All three have 6-1 league records. Mercer Island has the best overall record with 8-4, while King’s Way, which the Islanders beat last Saturday, are 6-3. Lake Tapps is 6-1 overall.

The boys scoring leaders have also been updated, through April 17. Mercer Island senior Connor Bernal is No. 5 with 24 goals scored and 5 assists. He averages 4.14 points in the seven games played. Cole Johnson of Bellevue is No. 1 with 27 goals scored and 18 assists.

On the girls side, Mercer Island holds the top spot in the Alki Conference with a 4-2-1 overall and league record. Ballard and Kennedy are tied for second with 4-4 records.

Mercer Island senior Elena Skouras is No. 8 on the scoring list with 32 goals and seven assists. She averages 5.57 points in seven games.