South Kitsap wrestling goes for 177th straight win in Washington

This week's happenings in Washington prep sports:

SOUTH KITSAP LOOKS TO EXTEND STREAK
One of the longest winning streaks in the state can survive another year if South Kitsap (Port Orchard) beats Central Kitsap (Silverdale) in a Narrows League wrestling match on Tuesday. South hasn't lost a league wrestling match since 1992 and has won 176 straight.

HIGHLY RANKED HOOPS TEAMS FALL
Class 4A No. 1 Garfield (Seattle) lost to Redmond 46-45. Garfield rested star guard Tony Wroten Jr., who had a sore knee. Class 3A No. 2 Rainier Beach lost to Walton (Marietta, Ga.), 67-63 in the Marriott Invitational tournament in Norcross, Ga. Milton (Alpharetta, Ga.) beat Beach in the second day of the tourney, 66-50. Milton is ranked in the top five in the nation by several polls.

HOLY NAMES GIRLS WIN REMATCH
Top-ranked Holy Names Academy (Seattle) beat No. 4 Cleveland 63-59 in a rematch of last year's Class 3A state title game. Cleveland upset the Cougars last year in an all-Seattle matchup. Erika Johnson had 15 points, 12 rebounds, seven blocks, four assists and four steals in the win.

VAN ACKEREN COMMITS TO HAWAII FOOTBALL
Bellevue safety Kendrick Van Ackeren has committed to Hawaii, the Seattle Times reports. Van Ackeren quarterbacked Bellevue to the Class 3A state football title.

LAKES' BANNER WILL PLAY IN 2012 ALL-AMERICAN BOWL
Lakes lineman Zach Banner will play in the 2012 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was one of 21 juniors nationally to earn an early invitation for the game, which is next January in San Antonio. Banner (6-9, 295) has been offered by a dozen schools, including Washington, Notre Dame, Michigan, Nebraska and USC. He told the Tacoma News Tribune several schools — such as Washington, Washington State, LSU and Oregon — are open to letting him play basketball and football.

TOP 5 PERFORMERS
* Cody Shackett, Cascade Christian boys basketball: The senior scored a school-record 48 points as the top-ranked Cougars beat No. 9 Life Christian 80-63 in a Nisqually League showdown. Shackett was 20 of 40 from the field.

* Gary Bell, Kentridge boys basketball: The Gonzaga signee had 40 points as Kentridge beat Auburn Riverside 75-65.

* Brett Kingma, Jackson boys basketball: The Oregon signee hit 10 3-pointers en route to 43 points as Jackson beat Edmonds-Woodway 91-74.

* Christine Kirkwood, Othello girls basketball: The two-time state javelin champ had 38 points, 22 rebounds and six assists as the Huskies beat Toppenish 76-61.

* Angela Woods, Edmonds Woodway girls basketball: The senior went over 1,000 career points as the Warriors beat Jackson 64-51.

RECRUITING NEWS
Jackson kicker Daniel Sullivan committed to Wyoming, the Everett Herald reported. ... Curtis receiver/corner back Mel Dochery, who met with Oregon State and Washington State last week, has also visited Hawaii. He'll visit Pullman this weekend, the Tacoma News Tribune reported. ... Curtis' Cornelius Edison, a 6-4, 280 pound lineman, committed to Portland State. ... Graham-Kapowsin lineman Thomas Gomez (6-3, 290) has committed to Eastern Washington.

UPCOMING EVENTS
The first district tournaments of the year take place this weekend. That's right, the district bowling tournaments are coming to a lane near you. It's the final step before the state tournaments on Feb. 4-5.

Nathan Joyce has covered high school sports in Washington for 13 years. He works at the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton.