Ephrata hoops star re-commits to Cougars; Baseball playoffs underway.
Landon Carr became the first player
from the state named to the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Team.
"I was really excited when I
heard about it," the senior told the Tacoma News Tribune. "It was the
one thing I was hoping to earn this summer."
Carr is one of only four players
west of the Mississippi
to earn the honor. He will play in the all-star game on June 27 in Towson, Md. ESPNU will
televise the game.
“That game is going to be a lot of
fun,” he told the TNT. “I know some of the other guys on the team.”
Carr, who plays for Curtis of
University Place, will play collegiately at lacrosse-power Maryland. He leads the state with 59 points
(35 goals, 24 assists).
Basketball: Ephrata star re-commits
to Cougars
Patrick Simon committed to Washington State as a freshman.
As a senior, the Ephrata star did it
again.
Simon sat down with new coach Ken
Bone and re-committed to play in Pullman. Simon originally committed to Tony
Bennett, who left recently to coach Virginia.
Simon led Ephrata to the Class 2A
state championship in 2008 as a sophomore, but had to sit out last season
because of a stress fracture in his right foot.
Baseball: Tahoma wins SPSL showdown
With the baseball playoffs getting
underway, No. 5 Tahoma won an early postseason showdown against No. 2 Puyallup
in the championship game of the South Puget Sound League tournament.
Kyle Conwell hit home runs in
consecutive at-bats as Tahoma won 11-2. Conwell, who has five homers, had four
RBI.
"I've definitely got my swing
back," he told the Seattle Times. Conwell struggled early in the season
recovering from shoulder surgery.
Tahoma takes the top seed into this
weekend's district tournament.
Also: Daunte Santos hit a two-out
single in the ninth inning to lift No. 8 Mount Rainier past No. 9 Auburn
Mountainview 6-5 in the championship game of the SPSL 3A/Seamount subdistrict
tournament. ... Drew Schultz was 2-for-2 with a homer and four RBI as Olympia blasted South Kitsap
12-0 in the Narrows League title game.
