Fall 2016 HS League & State Awards

The high school boys season kicks off in about two weeks in Washington state. While the snow still covers most of the area fields, and before we begin preparation for the 2017 boys campaign, here's another look at the girls' season with a round-up of all the area honors handed out throughout central and eastern Washington, including the announced All-State awards after the conclusion of the season.

State playoffs kick off Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday and Wednesday marks the start of the Boys State High School tournaments for Washington. Area schools are eager to claim a state title after several months of league play followed by district and regional tournaments over the past couple weeks.

HS Boys - Playoff Bracket Central

Here are the latest brackets for the all the leagues east of the Cascades... 4A (GSL, MCC, CBB9)... 3A (GSL, MCC)... 2A (GNL, CWAC)... 1A (NEA)    [updated through games of 5.15]

Week Five CWA HS Round-Up: Pasco unbeaten streak snapped by Chiawana

Chiawana and Davis celebrate dramatic wins in top of table clashes (John Sokol & Tracie Fowler)

The big story of the week in the MCC and CBB9 was the end of Pasco's impressive league unbeaten streak that saw them go 32 games against MCC opposition without a loss in regulation or overtime.

Week Five EWA HS Round-Up: End of CV streak among upsets

It was a dramatic week of close contest, upsets and showdowns between contenders among the Spokane area leagues last week. Central Valley's 24-game unbeaten run* came to an end and GNL contenders squared off against one another.

Week Three & Four EWA HS Round-Up: Pullman falters and NEA kicks off with 41 goals in six games

Connor Harlow's first save in shootout versus NC; Nick Wolf and Alberto Cisneros leading Colville attack 

Before taking a moment for Spring Break, the three Spokane area leagues saw some interesting results. Chief among them was Pullman suffering its first loss in the GNL, Mead needing overtime to defeat Rogers in the GSL and a bevy of high scoring games in the opening week of play in the NEA.

Week Three & Four CWA HS Round-Up: Pasco, Chiawana pulling away in MCC

Central Washington Round-Up:  The CBB9 is proving to be a competitive league this season with Wenatchee, Sunnyside, Davis and Moses Lake fighting for the top spot in the league and Eastmont sitting within striking distance and proving to be a difficult side to beat.

Week Two HS Round-Up: Shootouts decide matches for Ferris, Moses Lake

Ferris celebrates shootout win with goalkeeper James Mann

The Greater Spokane League kicked off league play with a full slate of games over the week. Ferris went the distance in both contests to earn a split on the week. Meanwhile, in the CBB9, Moses Lake rallied from deficits in both games to come away with a pair of shootout victories.

High School Boys kick off 2016 campaigns

Midway into March and the spring boys soccer season has begun. The past two weeks have been filled with plenty of non-league action, but the Great Northern League (2A) and Mid-Columbia Conference (4A/3A) hit the fields for their first official league games earlier this week.

Eastern Washington HS Boys Weekly Report - May 29

Central Valley jubilant about heading to the state semifinals

The opening rounds of the state playoffs last week narrowed the field down to the final four for the state championships this week in Puyallup. Plenty of teams were in action at the 4A and 3A levels, vying for a state title. In the end, though, the final two teams remaining in contention this weekend are Central Valley out of the Greater Spokane League and Wenatchee of the Columbia Basin Big 9 - and they face one another in the 4A semifinal Friday evening.

Eastern Washington HS Boys Weekly Report - May 20

Kamiakin celebrates earning the unexpected second berth to state after wins at Spokane and against rival Kennewick

State Tournament berths were on the line last week all across the Eastern side of the Cascades. This week we merge the two reports previously posted here on IWNsn with the feature contests of the week being the Greater Spokane League versus Mid-Columbia Conference regional playoff tournaments. It was quite a week with 11 of the 14 games among the INWsn coverage decided by a goal or less as numerous contests went to overtime or shootout tiebreakers.

Southeast WA HS Boys Update - May 12

Kennewick players celebrate winning their 3A District playoff title 

District playoffs in the MCC spent the week in the midst of the district playoffs while the CBB9 wrapped up the regular season early in the week and kicked off its district postseason tournament over the weekend. In both cases, things played out according to seeding.

Spokane-Plus HS Boys Weekly Report - May 12

Central Valley and Lewis & Clark battled hard for the 4A District title 

It's playoff time. A season of games were put behind them for most of the area schools as they took to District playoffs to determine who advanced to regionals and beyond. In the Greater Spokane League and the Mid-Columbia Conference, set to face one another in regionals, things played out according to seeding but saw some interesting contests.

Southeast WA HS Boys Update - May 5

League play finished out over the past week for the Mid-Columbia Conference, which saw a complete mix between the 4A and 3A schools - a stark contrast from the Greater Spokane League. Meanwhile, Wenatchee locked up the top spot in the Columbia Basin Big 9, which has three teams battling for second going into the final few days of the season this week.

Spokane-Plus HS Boys Weekly Report - May 5

Alex Garza (10) and Medical Lake had plenty to celebrate Thursday at Lakeside 

With Central Valley having already secured the GSL title, the final week of the season was all about seeding... and it was a rough eight days for Ferris, which went from a first-place showdown with the Bears to finishing fourth. Meanwhile, Pullman took care of business in the GNL to wrap up the title and things got very interesting among the top three in the NEA with an extra week still to go.

Southeast WA HS Boys Update - April 30

Inland NW Soccer News' coverage of high school soccer has gone well. Meanwhile, over the past few weeks, the site has been quietly working on building up a database to provide similar updates on the bigger classifications to the south in the Mid-Columbia Conference and the Columbia Basin Big 9.

Help Us Out - Missing high school game info

Thank you for your viewership and INWsn hopes you are enjoying the site and its new expanded coverage of the high school ranks. Unfortunately, the difficulty in covering high school sports is that sometimes it can be difficult to track down complete information due to its online availability or a lack of communication with coaches, etc. INWsn has done its best to get create a database of HS info, but is missing the following information.

Spokane-Plus HS Boys Weekly Report - April 27

Central Valley celebrates clinching top spot in the Greater Spokane League Friday night

Teams are still scrapping for the regular season title going into the final week or so of play in the Great Northern League and the Northeast A League, but the top spot is all settled in the Greater Spokane League following a fantastic showdown Friday evening at Joe Albi Stadium that finished with the Central Valley Bears clinching the crown. Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Pullman ended a long drought versus Cheney and ROGERS ended a four-plus years long winless run with a victory Friday.

Spokane-Plus HS Boys Weekly Report - April 20

Henry Smaldon (C) battles the North Central defense en route to Lewis & Clark's big win

As the postseason approaches, things are heating up with some thrilling contests and close races for regular season titles and playoff seeding. The GSL and NEA resumed play this week after spring break with some big meetings that saw Gonzaga Prep take a small stumble in their title bid and Lakeside suffer a rare loss. The GNL, meanwhile, took to the pitch during spring break and over the past two weeks has seen the race for the top of the table become extremely close and up for grabs between three teams, who are joined by a spoiler.

Spokane-Plus HS Boys Weekly Report - April 5

Cheney and East Valley played to a stalemate before penalties decided the outcome

Now into the second week of the soccer season, everyone has hit the pitch across the Greater Spokane League, Great Northern League and Northeast A League. Of all the teams that have played three games, Central Valley is the lone unbeaten thanks largely to a surprising upset of Cheney Thursday at East Valley.