It was just a matter of experience vs. inexperience. In the Hazen baseball team’s regional-round state tournament loss against Issaquah, the Highlanders may have been a little too caught up in the moment early and it cost them dearly.
The Hazen baseball team is facing Issaquah in the regional round of the 3A state tournament on Saturday.
In the end, Liberty’s season-ending 6-3 loss to West Seattle on Tuesday was an issue of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
The Seamount League meet was on May 7 and 9 at Highline Stadium.
With a little luck, a towering home run and some great pitching by the team’s usual starting catcher, Liberty started the KingCo tournament on the right path, with a win.
Liberty
Hornets eliminate Renton from playoffs
After a 4-2 win over Columbia River that clinched a state tournament appearance, the mood of the Hazen baseball team was a little different on the 160-mile bus ride from Vancouver back to Renton.
Eagles beat Enumclaw
The Renton High soccer team is in the playoffs. Let that sink in for a minute. The best evidence for how big of a deal the playoff appearance is: No one at the school is sure exactly how long it has been since the Indians boys soccer team last made the postseason.
By ADAM McFADDEN
With an 8-1 win over Evergreen on Tuesday, the Hazen tennis team secured a 12-1 record and came closer to a second consecutive Seamount League regular season title.
The Hazen softball team finished the regular season on April 25 with a 9-1 loss at Mount Rainier.
The 2007 3A state champion Hazen soccer team may not get a chance to defend the title after the team forfeited seven games for fielding an ineligible player.
Spring sports are winding down, or up depending on how you look at it, and track is no exception. Seamount teams finish the regular season on May 2, then prepare for the postseason.
When Michael Johnson took over the Renton High baseball team two weeks before the 2007 season, the program had 12 players and a negative figure in the budget. Just one year later, the Indians’ turnaround is already in full swing.
The Renton co-ed tennis team is looking to continue improving in 2008.
TODAY
