Decatur (Wash.) standout commits to Portland State

Jerron Smith, a 6-foot-4 guard at Decatur (Federal Way, Wash.) committed to Portland State.

Smith led the Gators to a seventh-place finish at state as a junior.

"One of my big goals was to already have a scholarship before my senior season," Smith told the Seattle Times. "Now that I have that it kind of takes some of the pressure off as far as having to prove to a school that I’m capable. This makes it easier. I can go out and play my game, try to help Decatur get to a state title."

Basketball: Wroten Jr. returns with gold medal.

Tony Wroten Jr.. returned from one basketball tournament and now he's headed to another.

Wroten, a rising senior at Garfield (Seattle, Wash.), recently returned from Hamburg, Germany, where he helped the United States to a gold medal in the first U17 FIBA World Championships.

Wroten, who at one point was the top-rated point guard in the nation in his class, came off the bench and played defense. He led the tourney with 28 steals. He averaged 8.4 points.

"He really played well," his U17 coach Don Showalter told the Seattle Times. "You never know, because he didn't play competitive basketball all last year. He came into training camp with, maybe, something to prove. He was a tremendous defender for us. He might be the best on-ball defender, along with Adonis Thomas, that we had on the team.

"I can't see where there's going to be too many defenders who are better on-ball defenders than Tony."

It was successful return for the 6-foot-5 Wroten, who missed his junior season because of a knee injury suffered playing football.

Now Wroten will head to Vegas with his club basketball team.

Wroten told the Times that Kentucky and Washington are the teams he most wants to play for. He said his decision could come soon.

"You never know," he said. "It could be tomorrow or it could be next year on signing day. Stay tuned."
 
Football: Top Prospects Play 7-on-7
Gig Harbor standout Austin Seferian-Jenkins, one of the nation's top's tight end prospects, will compete in the Championship Gridiron King’s 7-on-7 camp this weekend in Orland, Fla.

Seferian-Jenkins, who will visit UCLA and Texas in the next two weeks, entertained several of the nation's top coaches in the spring.

He will be joined at the elite camp with Skyline receiver Kasen Williams, who is generally considered the state's top overall prospect.
 
Baseball: Olympic's Skoubo Headed to Washington State
Lefty Ryan Skoubo pitched sparingly for Olympic (Bremerton, Wash.) last year.

But the potential in his left arm has colleges interested.

Skoubu, a rising senior, committed to Washington State last week. The 6-foot-4 hurler throws in the upper-80s, but the Cougars see plenty of potential for him to get into the 90s and be a future ace.
 
Football: East Beats West at Freedom Bowl
Heritage (Vancouver, Wash.) quarterback Garrett Grayson earned MVP honors as he led the East to a 14-6 win at the eighth-annual Freedom Bowl Classic in Vancouver.

Grayson, who is headed to Colorado State, completed 13 of 21 passes for 89 yards in the southwest Washington All-Star game.

Grayon put the game away with a 58-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
 
Athletics: Mead, Kentwood Tie for State's Best
For 22 years, the Tacoma News Tribune compiles its All-Sports Championships.

Kentwood (Covington, Wash.) pushed its way to the top of the standings for the first time, tying Mead (Spokane, Wash.), which finished first for the 14th time.

The TNT uses placing in state tournaments for all sports to award the winners.

Kentwood won state titles in baseball, boys tennis, boys basketball. The Conquerors also took second in girls tennis and was third in boys golf and girls soccer.

Mead of Spokane won three state titles winning boys and girls track and field titles and winning volleyball.