Kentwood High School junior Hailee Gabbard, left, works to keep the ball from West Valley High sophomore Jordan Karnes. Kentwood was eliminated from the first round of the 4A state soccer playoffs with a 1-0 loss to West Valley on Tuesday night in Yakima. COURTESY PHOTO, Tracy Arnold

Kentwood High School junior Hailee Gabbard, left, works to keep the ball from West Valley High sophomore Jordan Karnes. Kentwood was eliminated from the first round of the 4A state soccer playoffs with a 1-0 loss to West Valley on Tuesday night in Yakima. COURTESY PHOTO, Tracy Arnold

Kentridge girls soccer advances to state quarterfinals, Kentwood eliminated

  • Wednesday, November 9, 2016 10:50am
  • Sports

The Kentridge High School girls soccer team moves on to the quarterfinals of the 4A state playoffs with a 3-1 victory over Wenatchee High on Tuesday night.

Kentwood High was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs with a 1-0 loss against West Valley High in Yakima on Tuesday.

Kentridge (12-1-1 North Puget Sound League Cascade Division, 15-2-2 overall) will face Hanford High (12-2 Mid-Columbia conference, 13-3 overall) in the quarterfinals. The date, time and location of the game has not yet been announced, although quarterfinal games will be played between Nov. 10-12.

The semifinal and final games will be at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup, with the two semifinal games on Friday, Nov. 18, and the championship game at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19.

For the past five years, Kentridge has qualified for the state tournament only to be eliminated in the first round each time.




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