Beginning next week, the team will start the playoffs. The playoff schedule has been released, with the Islanders starting their quest for a return to the state finals on Tuesday, May 21.

Mercer Island will begin the tournament against Lakeside on Tuesday in a 7 p.m. game at Mercer Island High School. A win over the Lions and the Islanders will take on Eastlake/Issaquah on May 23 at 7 p.m. in the state quarterfinals.

The state championship game will take place on June 1 at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.

Click here to see the full state tournament bracket.

The Mercer Island girls are the No. 3 seed overall, after going undefeated in league games this season. The Islanders will play their first match on Tuesday night against Garfield. The winner moves on to play on Friday, May 10 before the MIHS boys game.

The state finals will be held on Friday, May 17 at Mercer Island High School.

Click here to see the bracket.

Information will be updated as the tournament progresses.

Teams will begin play at 10 a.m. at the MIHS courts. Be advised that spectators and teams are being asked to park at the Boys & Girls Club parking lot, not in any of the MIHS or Mary Wayte Pool lots.

Below you’ll find the brackets for both the singles and doubles competition. The championship games will take place on Wednesday, May 8 in the afternoon.

Click on the links below to see the brackets.

3A Girls Tennis Doubles Bracket 2013 Final-1

3A Girls Tennis Singles Bracket 2013 Final-1

The top six teams make the tournament, and the top four teams will advance to the SeaKing tournament which begins May 16 at Lower Woodland Park in Seattle. The KingCo tournament is being played this year at Hartman Park in Redmond May 9-10.

While things are completely final, it looks like Mercer Island will finish at the No. 5 team with a 3-10 league record. If the standings remain the same, the Islanders would play the No. 3 team in the first round. The first set of games is loser out.

These brackets aren’t final, but a pretty good guess.

The winner of the regular season title automatically earns a spot in the 3A state tournament. The remaining teams must battle it out for the second spot, which then plays a Metro team for the final District 2 spot into the tournament.

While not finalized, it appears the Islanders will be the No. 4 team in the conference with a 6-3-5 record. Liberty and Mount Si are the No. 1 and 2 teams.

Games will be played at the No. 2 team’s home field, which if the standings remain the same would be Mount Si.

Brackets aren’t finalized, but this is a pretty good guess.

Though the brackets aren’t finalized the Islanders will likely finish as the No. 3 team with a 7-6 league and 11-8 overall record.

The top team from the tournament will automatically earn a spot in the 3A state tournament, while the No. 2 team will have to play a win-to-get-in game against a Metro team to battle for the final spot at state from District 2.

While not final, the bracket below is a pretty good guess.

Friday’s Washington state boys prep lacrosse matchup between Mercer Island High School and defending boys state champion Bellevue High School will be streamed live on The Lacrosse Network as the Washington State High School Lacrosse Game of the Week.

The boys varsity game, which gets underway at 8 p.m. PDT, Friday, May 3 from Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington, is the ninth of a 13-game prep schedule in Washington state to be streamed live on YouTube via The Lacrosse Network. 

Friday’s matchup features two of the most dominant boys teams on the West Coast throughout four decades of prep play in Washington state.

In 2013, Mercer Island and Bellevue are deadlocked on top of the Division I King West Conference with identical 14-2-0 records.  Both are 10-0-0 in league play with just four regular-season games remaining.

Combined, coach Ian O’Hearn’s Islanders and coach John Baumann’s Wolverines have made 30 boys state championship appearances in Division I & II play over the past 35 years.  Bellevue has appeared in a Washington state boys title game 18 times, while Mercer Island has earned a berth in the finals 12 times.  Including last season’s defeat of Eastside Catholic in the Division I state championship, the Wolverines have 11 boys state titles to its credit while the Islanders have won it all six times.

Veteran lacrosse broadcaster Scott Ohsman will handle the play-by-play with the Hall of Famer Tony Olney at his side as the color analyst.

Catch all of the action on The Lacrosse Network at www.YouTube.com/TLN or at www.WashingtonHSlax.com . 

The webcast is a produced by the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association and Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association through a partnership with The Lacrosse Network to stream local high school lacrosse games live on YouTube during the 2013 Washington state high school lacrosse season.

The relationship is the first of its kind for state high school lacrosse governing bodies and an international webcast provider.   The Lacrosse Network provides live webcasting of the sports two professional leagues the National Lacrosse League and Major League lacrosse along with the LXM Pro Lacrosse Tour.

A total of seven boys and six girls games will be streamed to an international audience on YouTube.

Washington state high school lacrosse games on YouTube will also be available for mobile viewing live and on demand via iPad, iPhone and most Android devices.

The Mercer Island girls are now tied with Bainbridge with a perfect 5-0 league record this season, thanks to big wins last week, including a win over Seattle Prep last Wednesday.

The boys team is now tied in first place with rival Bellevue with 9-0 league records. The two teams will face off this Friday in the game of the week, to be broadcast on The Lacrosse Network.

BOYS VARSITY – DIVISION I

King East Conference

King West Conference

Metro Conference

South Sound Conference

GIRLS VARSITY

Alki Conference

Nisqually Conference

North Sound Conference

Peninsula Conference

Snoqualmie Conference

The game will be broadcast live online by The Lacrosse Network, beginning at 7:45 p.m. The game begins at 8 p.m.

I’ll be joining the pre-game show to talk about Mercer Island and the local lacrosse teams.

You can catch the live broadcast online by The Lacrosse Network starting at 7:45 p.m. at www.washingtonhslax.com.

The Mercer Island boys continue to hold the top spot in their league, while the Islander girls are one game behind league leader Bainbridge.

BOYS VARSITY – DIVISION I

King East Conference

King West Conference

Metro Conference 

South Sound Conference

GIRLS VARSITY

Alki Conference

Nisqually Conference 

North Sound Conference 

Peninsula Conference

Snoqualmie Conference

The Mercer Island boys hold a half game lead on the King West Conference ahead of Bellevue, while the Mercer Island girls are tied for first place in the Alki Conference with Bainbridge.

BOYS VARSITY – DIVISION I

King East Conference

King West Conference 

Metro Conference

South Sound Conference

GIRLS VARSITY

Alki Conference

Nisqually Conference

North Sound Conference

Peninsula Conference

Snoqualmie Conference

Here’s a press release from Washington State Chapter of US Lacrosse about the match:

Tuesday’s Washington state boys high school lacrosse game between Mercer Island High School and Bothell-Inglemoor High Schools will be streamed live on The Lacrosse Network as the Washington State High School Lacrosse Game of the Week.

The boys varsity game, which gets underway at 7 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, April 9 from Bothell High School in Bothell, Wash. is the sixth of a 13-game prep schedule in Washington state to be streamed live on YouTube via The Lacrosse Network.

In Tuesday’s Boys Varsity, Division I King West Conference matchup, the first-place Mercer Island Islanders at 7-2-0 overall and 5-0-0 in conference play, entertain fourth-place Bothell-Inglemoor at 2-4-0 overall and 1-4-0 in conference action.

The five-time state champion Islanders are coming off one of the most successful road trips in their history with wins over Maine state champion Scarborough High School on Thursday and Massachusetts Division II state champion Concord-Carlisle on Saturday.  Mercer Island’s only loss came in its opening game on Tuesday at the hands of Massachusetts Division I state champion and Nike/US Lacrosse #24 ranked Duxbury.

Veteran lacrosse broadcaster Steve Willits will handle the play-by-play with the Hall of Famer Tony Olney at his side as the color analyst.

Catch all of the action on The Lacrosse Network at www.YouTube.com/TLN or at www.WashingtonHSlax.com .

The webcast is a produced by the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association and Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association through a partnership with The Lacrosse Network to stream local high school lacrosse games live on YouTube during the 2013 Washington state high school lacrosse season.

The relationship is the first of its kind for state high school lacrosse governing bodies and an international webcast provider.   The Lacrosse Network provides live webcasting of the sports two professional leagues the National Lacrosse League and Major League lacrosse along with the LXM Pro Lacrosse Tour.

A total of seven boys and six girls games will be streamed to an international audience on YouTube.

Washington state high school lacrosse games on YouTube will also be available for mobile viewing live and on demand via iPad, iPhone and most Android devices.

Founded in 2005, YouTube has more than 800 million unique visitors each month, with the site receiving more than four billion views per day. Seventy percent (70%) of YouTube traffic comes from outside the United States.

The Mercer Island girls are in a four-way tie for first place in the Alki Conference with Bainbridge, Holy Names and Seattle Prep. All four teams have 1-0 league records. Mercer Island is 2-2-0 overall, as is Holy Names. Bainbridge has a 3-0-1 overall record while Prep is 1-4-0 overall.

BOYS VARSITY – DIVISION I

King East Conference

King West Conference 

Metro Conference 

South Sound Conference

GIRLS VARSITY 

Alki Conference

Nisqually Conference

North Sound Conference

Peninsula Conference

Snoqualmie Conference

With the new season comes a new set of rankings.

After a successful fall and winter of ranking sports around the state, the Score Czar is rankings baseball, boys soccer and fastpitch this spring – a monumental undertaking. The following rankings have been updated as of March 30.

The Mercer Island baseball team is ranked No. 12 in the state. Mount Si is the only other KingCo school ranked higher than the Islanders at No. 5.

The boys soccer team is ranked No. 11. Liberty is ranked No. 3, while Mount Si is No. 12 after the Islanders. Bainbridge, the reigning 3A state champs are ranked No. 14.

The Islanders fastpitch team is ranked No. 34 overall in the 3A category.

To see more of the rankings, for all classifications in each sport visit the Score Czar site.

The Mercer Island boys are tied for first with Bellevue. The Islanders are 3-0 in league play and lost their first game over the weekend to Oregon’s Lakeridge team in the Northwest Lacrosse Invitational.

In the girls standings, Mercer Island is in a 3-way tie with Holy Names and Bainbridge. All three have 1-0 league records.

BOYS VARSITY – DIVISION I

King East Conference

King West Conference

Metro Conference

South Sound Conference

GIRLS VARSITY

Alki Conference

Nisqually Conference

North Sound Conference

Peninsula Conference

Snoqualmie Conference

The Mercer Island boys are tied with Bellevue for first place in their conference. The Wolverines have played three games this spring, while the Islanders have just two.

The Mercer Island girls are also tied for first place in their conference, tied with Holy Names.

BOYS VARSITY – DIVISION I

King East Conference

King West Conference

Metro Conference

South Sound Conference

GIRLS VARSITY 

Alki Conference

Nisqually Conference

North Sound Conference

Peninsula Conference

Snoqualmie Conference

See the press release below to learn more.

The Lacrosse Network to stream Washington state high school lacrosse

SEATTLE — The Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association and Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association have partnered with The Lacrosse Network to stream local high school lacrosse games live on YouTube during the 2013 Washington state high school lacrosse season. 

The partnership is the first of its kind for state high school lacrosse governing bodies and an international webcast provider.  The Lacrosse Network provides live webcasting of the sports two professional leagues the National Lacrosse League and Major League lacrosse along with the LXM Pro Lacrosse Tour.

“We’re excited to be the first state in the U.S. to broadcast its high school games live on YouTube through The Lacrosse Network,” said Dave Low, president of the Washington State Chapter of US Lacrosse, which facilitated the relationship.  “The quality and reputation of The Lacrosse Network is exceptional.  Having Washington state high school games broadcast live is a significant step forward in making our state’s best lacrosse players visible around the U.S.”

With the relationship, The Lacrosse Network will broadcast a Washington State Lacrosse Game of the Week in each week of the Washington state prep season along with the boys and girls Washington Lacrosse High School State Championships.   A total seven boys and six girls games will be streamed to an international audience on YouTube.

The Washington State High School Game of the Week on The Lacrosse Network broadcasts begin with Friday’s boys Seattle Prep vs. Sammamish-Newport High School.  The game will be aired live at 7:15 p.m. PST on YouTube.com/TLN

Veteran lacrosse broadcaster’s Scott Ohsman and Steve Willits will handle play-by-play while, Washington state lacrosse Hall of Famer Tony Olney along with Talia Kline and Brittany Suszan providing color commentary.

“The Lacrosse Network is proud to present Washington State High School Lacrosse on a platform that is international, accessible and interactive,” said Samir Chaudry, President of The Lacrosse Network. “Our partnership with Washington State High School Lacrosse is a major step forward in our mission to grow the game of lacrosse through the power of media.” 

Washington state high school lacrosse games on YouTube will also be available for mobile viewing live and on demand via iPad, iPhone and most Android devices.

Founded in 2005, YouTube has more than 800 million unique visitors each month, with the site receiving more than four billion views per day. Seventy percent (70%) of YouTube traffic comes from outside the United States.

2013 Washington State Lacrosse Game of the Week on The Lacrosse Network

About The Lacrosse Network

The Lacrosse Network (TLN) is a YouTube partner dedicated to growing the game of lacrosse through the power of media. Founded in 2011, TLN has quickly emerged as the premiere source of lacrosse media through its live broadcasts and slate of original programming. TLN broadcasts at the highest levels with TLN content appearing on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top Ten and SportsNation. For more information, visit www.youtube.com/tln.

Both the Mercer Island boys and girls will play, the girls on Friday night and the boys on Saturday afternoon.

The Mercer Island girls earned the No. 4 seed out of the district tournament and will face Everett, the No. 1 team from District 1. The Islander girls will play at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22 at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish.

The boys team earned the No. 3 seed and will face the No. 2 team from District 3/4 which will be Timberline. That game will be played on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

The games are loser out and the winner will advance to the quarterfinals of the state tournament, which begins on Thursday, Feb. 28 at the Tacoma Dome.

After the boys regional games are finished the WIAA will do draws for the quarterfinals to see who plays who in the first round of games at the Tacoma Dome.

Click on the bracket to see the full-size.

The KingCo gymnastics meet will take place on Saturday, Feb. 2 at Roosevelt High School in Seattle.

The meet will begin with the march in at 6:30 p.m. and competition is expected to start at 6:40 p.m. The meet awards are will be handed out around 8:15 p.m.

The top two teams from KingCo will move on to the team competition at districts, while the top eight individuals in each event and top three all-around gymnasts earn spots at districts.

The SeaKing District meet is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9 at Sammamish High School.

The first session, featuring the individual competition, will start at 4:45 p.m. The second session will be for the team competition (featuring the top five teams) starting at 7:10 p.m.

From districts the top three teams go to state, top five all-around gymnasts and top 13 individuals in each event.

The first round of the tournament is loser out.

Saturday, Feb. 2 @ higher seed school

Boys
Game 1 – No. 6 Interlake vs. No. 3 Bellevue 7 p.m.
Game 3 –No. 5  Liberty vs. No. 4 Juanita 7 p.m.

Girls
Game 2 – No. 6 Interlake vs. No. 3 Mercer Island 7 p.m.
Game 4 – Mount Si vs. No. 3 Liberty 7 p.m.

 Tuesday, Feb. 5 @ Bellevue College

Game 5 — BELLEVUE vs. No. 2 Mount Si 3 p.m. (boys)
Game 6 — MERCER ISLAND vs. No. 2 Juanita 4:45 p.m. (girls)
Game 7 — LIBERTY vs. No. 1 Mercer Island 6:30 p.m. (boys)
Game 8 — LIBERTY 4 vs. No. 1 Bellevue 8:15 p.m. (girls)

Thursday, Feb. 7 @ Bellevue College

MOUNT SI vs. LIBERTY 3p.m. (3rd/4th place boys)
JUANITA vs. LIBERTY 4:45 p.m. (3rd/4th place girls)
BELLEVUE vs. MERCER ISLAND 6:30 p.m. (boys championship)
MERCER ISLAND vs. BELLEVUE 8:15 p.m. (girls championship) 

The top four teams advance to the SeaKing District tournament which begins Feb. 12. The top five teams out of districts move on to the state regional tournament.

For those interested, the WIAA released the regional tournament draws earlier this week. Depending on how the teams finish out of districts will determine where they play at regionals, ranging from Glacier Peak, Bellevue College, Mt. Tahoma and University.

The boys basketball team continues to be ranked No. 2 in the state by the Score Czar as of Jan. 15, a ranking they’ve maintained for much of the year. Rainier Beach maintains a slight lead in the 3A category.

Bellevue is the only other KingCo team ranked in the top 10 and is the No. 10 team.

The Mercer Island girl’s team has been ranked No. 23 overall by the Score Czar. Other KingCo teams in the ranking include Bellevue at No. 7 and Juanita at No. 15.

In wrestling, though the team is not ranked, several individuals are by Washington Wrestling Report.

Sophomore Taylan Yuasa is ranked No. 10 in the 106 weight class and Luke Wilson is ranked No. 4 in the 120 division. Nick Chandler earned a No. 6 ranking in the 170 weight class.

As the regular season begins to wrap up in the next couple of weeks, watch for posts about the post season layout and brackets as they become available.

Mercer Island will travel to Interlake on Tuesday, Jan. 22 for a 6 p.m. match against the Saints.

Thursday, Jan. 24 the team will host Bellevue in the final home meet of the season.

The Score Czar lists the Islanders as the No. 2 team in the state, while the Tacoma News Tribune ranks MI as the No. 4 team in the state.

Mercer Island is 7-0 in KingCo and 12-1 overall. The team travels to play Juanita in a KingCo game on Friday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m.

MONDAY, JANUARY 7

Varsity, JV & C Girls Basketball vs. Newport:  MIHS Main Gym
C Team 3:45 pm
JV 5:45 pm
Varsity 7:30 pm
Soph Boys Basketball vs.Newport:  PEAK; 3:45 pm

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8

Boys Swim & Dive vs. Bainbridge Island:  Mary Wayte Pool; 3:30 pm
Varsity/JV Boys Basketball vs. Lake Washington:  MIHS Main Gym; JV 5:45 pm, Varsity 7:30 pm
Frosh Boys Basketball vs. Lake Washington:  North Mercer Gym; 3:45 pm
Wrestling @ Lake Washington:  Lake Washington HS Gym; 7:30 PM

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 — school dismisses at 2:05 pm

Varsity/JV Girls Basketball vs. Lake Washington:  MIHS Main Gym; JV 5:45 pm, Varsity 7:30 pm
C Girls Basketball vs. Lake Washington:  PEAK; 3:45 pm
JV Boys Basketball @ O’Dea:  O’Dea High School Gym; 6:00 pm
Frosh Boys Basketball @ Kennedy:  Kennedy HS Gym; 3:30 pm

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10

Boys Swim & Dive vs. Bellevue:  Mary Wayte Pool; 3:30 pm
Varsity Gymnastics vs. Interlake and Newport:  MIHS Main Gym; 7:00 pm
Varsity/JV Wrestling @ Liberty:  Maywood Middle School; JV 6:00 pm, Varsity 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11

Quad Basketball @ Juanita; Juanita HS Main Gym
JV Girls 3:30 pm
JV Boys 5:00 pm
Varsity Girls 6:30 pm
Varsity Boys 8:00 pm
Soph Boys Basketball @ Eastlake:  Eastlake HS Gym; 3:45 pm
Frosh Boys Basketball vs. Juanita:  North Mercer Gym; 3:45 pm
C Girls Basketball vs. Woodinville:  MIHS Main Gym; 3:45 pm

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12

Wrestling @ Jack Reynolds Memorial Tournament:  MIHS Main Gym; 9:00 am
Boys Swim @ Kentridge Invitational:  King County Aquatic Center; time TBA
JV Gymnastics @ Roosevelt:  Roosevelt HS Gym; 11:00 am

The latest rankings run through Dec. 30 and place Mercer Island as the No. 2 team in the 3A classification. Rainier Beach is No. 1 and Mountlake Terrace is No. 3. Bellevue is the only other KingCo team in the top 10, ranked No. 10.

While the site’s blog says the rankings are based on just the few games played prior to the Christmas break, it still gives a rough idea of where teams stand.

Information is available for both Washington girls and boys basketball teams, as well as high school teams from Oregon and Idaho, and NCAA rankings.

Check it out here.

Below is a press release from Washington High School Lacrosse. The new league alignments for the 2013 season are at the bottom.

The high school lacrosse season for boys and girls in Washington state gets underway in early March with the addition of seven new school teams in Spokane, Vancouver and Gig Harbor.

This spring’s expansion marks the first time in the four decades of high school lacrosse in Washington state that seven varsity teams have been added in a single season in boys or girls play.

“The demand for lacrosse participation opportunities in our high schools continues to expand for boys and girls – specifically in Eastern Washington,” said Dave Low, President of the Washington State Chapter of US Lacrosse.

In Spokane, Gonzaga Prep and Lewis & Clark High School, along with combined programs at University-Ferris High Schools, and Mt. Spokane-Mead High Schools will begin Washington state play for the first time in 2013. Gonzaga Prep and University-Ferris have had established teams playing neighboring Idaho high schools throughout the past decade.

With the addition of the Inland Empire schools, a total of eight individual boys and girls Eastern Washington high school teams from Spokane, Wenatchee, Selah and Tri Cities will see prep lacrosse action in the spring.

In the Vancouver area, Camas High School and Union High School will also begin play this spring.  The two boys teams join King’s Way High School along with a girl’s team at Evergreen High School to round-out lacrosse play in SW Washington.

Gig Harbor and Peninsula High Schools, which have fielded a combined boys varsity team since 2010, will elevate its girls junior varsity team to varsity play in 2013 to round-out the new additions.

“As a sport, we are thrilled with the acceptance of lacrosse in Spokane, Camas and Gig Harbor schools,” said Low.  “As lacrosse continues its unprecedented growth at the youth and high school levels in Washington state, US Lacrosse is committed to working side-by-side with local schools to help them accommodate their students’ interest in playing the sport on campus,” he said.

Since 2010, US Lacrosse along with the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association and the Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association has facilitated the start-up of 23 new high school lacrosse teams (16 boys and seven girls) throughout Washington state, bringing the 2013 season total to 166 individual boys and girls high school teams.  At the high school level, lacrosse has expanded at a double-digit average annual growth rate over the past decade with 4,000 student-athletes attending some 200 WIAA schools playing the sport.

In 2013, as a means to more accurately reflect the interest of high school students playing lacrosse for their school sponsored or school club teams, all boys high school teams in Washington state will directly reflect the name of the individual schools of their student-athletes.  Girls teams representing multiple high schools will continue to be referenced by their club name.

The complete 2013 Washington State High School schedule for boys and girls lacrosse is available atwww.WashingtonHSLAX.com

Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association

Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association play gets underway on Friday, March 8 with two games as Division I state champion Bellevue High School visits Bainbridge High School for a 7:30 p.m. start at Bainbridge Stadium and Newport-Sammamish High School takes on Seattle Prep in a 7 p.m. start at Newport High School.

New in 2013 are schools playing boys lacrosse in Spokane and Vancouver, Washington.

In Spokane, Gonzaga Prep opens at home against Lewis & Clark High School on Wednesday, March 13 in a 7 p.m. start, while Mt. Spokane-Mead opens against Ferris-University on Thursday, March 14 in a 5 p.m. start at Mead High School.

Throughout the past decade, Gonzaga Prep has been a regular in the North Idaho Lacrosse League championship tournament making five title-game appearances since beginning play in 2003.  The Bullpups have three NILL titles to their credit, most recently in 2011.

The Spokane schools will join the Division II Eastern Washington Conference that includes the Wenatchee High School program.  Along with Selah and Richland High Schools, a total of eight high school lacrosse programs are now in place in Eastern Washington.

In Southwestern Washington, Camas and Union High Schools will begin Division II play in 2013.  The two will join the Division II Central-South Conference along with Selah and Richland.

Union High School opens against Camas High School also on Wednesday, March 13 in a 5 p.m. start at Pacific Middle School in Vancouver, Wash.

Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association

Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association play gets underway on Monday, March 11 with Mercer Island taking on Garfield in an 8 p.m. start at Mercer Island High School, Overlake facing Forest Ridge in a 5 p.m. start at the Overlake School in Redmond, and Puyallup (Puyallup-Emerald Ridge High Schools) taking on Mukilteo (Kamiak High School) in Mukilteo.

State champion Bainbridge High School opens their 2013 girls varsity season against the Overlake School on Wednesday, March 13 with a 6:30 p.m. start at Bainbridge Stadium.

New in 2013 is a girls varsity program from Gig Harbor and Peninsula High Schools.  Since 2010, the two have combined to field a boys team and in 2012 fielded a combined girls team at the junior varsity level.

The season concludes with the Washington Lacrosse Girls State Championship on Friday, May  17 at the Eastside Catholic School in Sammamish.

The Washington Lacrosse Boys State Championship in Division I and II takes place Saturday, June 1 at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.

Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association – Varsity

Boys Division I 

King East Conference
Eastlake High School
Issaquah High School
Skyline High School
Snohomish High School
Woodinville High School

King West Conference
Bellevue High School
Bothell-Inglemoor High Schools
Lake Washington High School
Mercer Island High School
Sammamish-Newport High Schools 

Metro Conference
Bainbridge High School
Bellarmine Preparatory School
Eastside Catholic School
Kamiak High School
Lakeside School

South Sound Conference
Auburn Riverside High School
Curtis High School
Emerald Ridge-Puyallup High School
King’s Way High School
Tahoma High School

Boys Division II 

Skagit Conference
Burlington-Edison High School
Friday Harbor High School
Lynden High School
Providence Classical Christian School
Sehome-Ferndale High Schools

Cascade Conference
Everett High School
Meadowdale High School
Monroe High School
Shorecrest High School
Stanwood High School

KingCo Conference
Ballard High School
Garfield High School
Liberty High School
Mt. Si High School
Redmond High School
Roosevelt High School

Metro Conference
Blanchet High School
Highline High School
Kennedy Catholic High School
Nathan Hale High School
Overlake School
Seattle Preparatory Academy
Vashon High School

Olympic Conference
Klahowya Secondary School
North Kitsap High School
Peninsula-Gig Harbor High Schools
Port Angeles High School
South Kitsap High Schools
Stadium High School

Central-South Conference
Camas High School
Richland High School
Selah High School
Union High School

Eastern Conference
Ferris-University High Schools
Gonzaga Preparatory School
Mt. Spokane-Mead High Schools
Lewis & Clark High School
Wenatchee High School

Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association – Varsity

Peninsula Conference
Bellarmine Preparatory School
Curtis High School
Peninsula (Peninsula-Gig Harbor High Schools)
Klahowya Secondary School
North Kitsap High School
Stadium High School

Alki Conference
Bainbridge High School
Ballard High School
Garfield High School
Holy Names Academy
Kennedy Catholic High School
Mercer Island High School
Seattle Preparatory School

Nisqually Conference
Bethel High School
Evergreen High School
Graham-Kapowsin High School
Lake Tapps (Lake Tapps High School)
Puyallup (Rogers-Puyallup High Schools)
Spanaway Lake (Spanaway Lake High School)
Tahoma High School

Snoqualmie Conference
Bellevue High School
Bellevue East (Sammamish, Interlake, Newport High Schools and International School)
Eastside Catholic School
Forest Ridge School
Issaquah High School
Lake Sammamish (Lake Washington, Eastlake, Juanita, Redmond High Schools)
Overlake School

North Sound
Lakeside School
Mukilteo (Kamiak High School)
Nathan Hale High School
Roosevelt High School
Snohomish (Snohomish-Glacier Peak High Schools)
Wenatchee (Wenatchee High School)

Here’s a link to the original post by Mike McQuaid.

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — An unprecedented eight Mercer Island High School lacrosse standouts in 2012 have committed to play the sport at NCAA schools following graduation.

For Mercer Island, the six boys and two girls that have committed to play at the NCAA level is a single-year high-water mark for any Washington state high school in the four-decade history of prep lacrosse play in the state.

Leading the way with an NCAA Division I commitment to play for 2012 men’s national champion Loyola of Maryland is Islander junior defenseman Chase York.

Following his upcoming junior and senior years as an Islander, York plans to enroll at Loyola for the 2014-15 academic year. He will join a Greyhounds squad that finished its 2012 ECAC schedule at 6-0 (18-1 overall) on the way to capturing the NCAA Men’s Division I championship with a 9– 3 win over the University of Maryland.

Last spring, York helped his MI team advance to the semifinals of the 2012 Washington Lacrosse State Championship Tournament. As a sophomore, he had three goals and 27 ground balls in 14 regular-season games with the Islanders.

Other Mercer Island boys to commit to Division I programs are junior midfielder Peter Mahony, who will enter Yale in the fall of 2014, while senior midfielder Hayden Reisman will enroll at St. Johns and senior attackman Grant Priesler will enroll at Marquette this coming fall.

Division III boys commitments include seniors Justin Rorem and Lorenzo Powell. Rorem, an attackman, will enroll at Kenyon College in Ohio while Powell, a midfielder, will enroll at Centre College in Kentucky.

On the girl’s side, senior midfielders Tyler Sherper and Saffron Snethen will play at the Division III level. Sherper has committed to play at New York’s Colgate University, while Snethen will play at North Carolina’s Mt. Olive College in the fall.

“Our program has been going this direction for the past decade,” said Mercer Island boys head coach Ian O’Hearn, whose Islanders have played in the Washington state boys championship game 10 times since 2001, while taking the title in five of those years.

Since beginning high school play in 1993, over 70 Mercer Island boys and girls have gone on to play either NCAA or club lacrosse at the collegiate level following graduation.

“We’ve been doing a better job of exposing our kids to the opportunity of playing with NCAA schools and giving them the exposure they need to be recognized at that level,” said O’Hearn who, despite his on-field success and the visibility that his student-athletes are getting this year, is still not convinced that he has the best boys team in the state for the upcoming spring season.

“A lot of teams in Washington state have this many kids that can play at the NCAA level,” said O’Hearn. “It’s just a matter of getting them exposure and their willingness to travel out of state to attend school.”

Among those that will play at the Division I level, Mahony will join a Yale midfield unit that helped the Bulldogs advance to the first round of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Division I Tournament following a second-place Ivy League finish and a 4-2 conference record (11-5 overall).

As an Islander sophomore last spring, he scored 22 goals, tallied an assist and grabbed 54 ground balls in 14 regular-season games for MI.

Following graduation this spring, Reisman will step into a midfield role at St. Johns. In 2012, the Red Storm finished with a 3-3 BIG EAST Conference record (8-7 overall). As a junior last spring, Reisman finished the regular high school season in Washington state with 20 goals, six assists and 43 ground balls.

Marquette commit Priesler, who as an Islander senior this spring is expected to play a key role at attack, will join a Golden Eagles squad that is in its first year of NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse play on the Milwaukee, Wis. campus. Priesler finished the 2012 high school regular season at MI with 27 goals, 20 assists and a single ground ball.

Neither Rorem or Powell saw varsity action for the Islander boys in 2012.

For the girls, Sherper finished the regular season with 54 goals, 15 assists and 17 ground balls, while Snethen had 19 goals, five assists and 11 ground balls.

After winning the 2011 Washington Lacrosse State Championship, the Islander boys finished 14-6-0 during the 2012 regular season and 2-1-0 in the post season before falling to rival and eventual state champion Bellevue High School in the Division I semifinals.

The Islander girls won their conference in 2012 with a 9-3-1 record before falling to eventual state champion Bainbridge High School in the state semifinals.  They have been to the state title game twice, winning the Division II crown in 2009.

Historically, over 100 student-athletes from Washington state high schools have gone on to play lacrosse at the NCAA level with another 100 playing for college clubs. A historical list of student-athletes from state high schools that have played at the collegiate level is available at http://www.washingtonhslax.com/media-center/local-collegians/

As a team in the 3A classification, Mercer Island is ranked No. 16 with returning state champions Enumclaw ranked No. 1.

Everett, which Mercer Island will compete against on Dec. 4 is ranked at No. 15, just one spot ahead of the Islanders.

To see the full rankings, visit the Washington Wrestling Report website.

The winter sports previews will be out on Wednesday, in both print and online.

Boys water polo

The Islanders will begin the state tournament on Wednesday, Nov. 7 and will play it’s first game against Bainbridge at 3 p.m. in the opening round. The team when will play Auburn Riverside at 7:40 p.m. that night. Both games will take place at the Rogers High School pool.

If Mercer Island wins both games or loses one they will move into the single elimination round on Friday at Curtis High School’s pool. Two loses on Wednesday would end the Islanders season.

Should Mercer Island win one or two games Nov. 7 the team will play at either 3 p.m. (two wins) or 4:10 p.m. (one win) in the state quarterfinals.

The final rounds of the tournament will take place on Saturday, Nov. 10 at Curtis High School’s pool.

Volleyball

The volleyball 3A state tournament begins on Friday, Nov. 9. The Islanders will play the first game at 8 a.m. on Friday against Prairie. The state tournament takes place at St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Wash. and Timberline High School.

During the tournament, games on courts 1-3 will be played at St. Martin’s while courts 4 and 5 are located at Timberline High School.

Girls swim and dive

The Mercer Island girls swim and dive team will head south on Friday to defend their 3A state title. The meet begins Friday, Nov. 9 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way with warms up for 3A beginning at 1:30 p.m. and the meet begins at 2:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Nov. 10 the 3A swim finals begin with warm ups at 1:30 p.m. and the finals meet starts at 2:30 p.m.

Girls soccer

The MIHS girls soccer team plays Kamiakin in Kennewick on Tuesday night. The winner moves on to the quarterfinals, and will play the winner of the Enumclaw vs. Mount Spokane game by Nov. 10.

Updates on the various tournaments will be make throughout the weekend. Follow MIRsports on Twitter to get the latest news.

The girls soccer team began the tournament on Tuesday, beating Bellevue 2-1 in penalty kicks. They will play Interlake on Thursday in a 5 p.m. game at MIHS.

The Islanders will need to win their next three games to earn a spot in the state tournament.

The volleyball team will begin the SeaKing District tournament on Thursday, Nov. 1 as the No. 1 team out of KingCo. The volleyball bracket can be found here.

Mercer Island will face the winner of the Holy Names vs. Lakeside game on Thursday.

Updates as information is available.