Dennis Browne

The relay team had not run together in a single regular-season event because of various outside obligations and illnesses.

Gig Harbor appeared on the verge of advancing to the Class 3A baseball state championship game after six innings of a semifinal matchup against Kennewick on Friday, May 30. The second-seeded Tides led 5-2 heading into the seventh and final inning against No. 3 Kennewick in Yakima. But the Lions rallied to tie and send

The busiest weekend of the high school sports calendar is upon us, with baseball, fastpitch and soccer state action and district track.

Also this week: boys golf, girls golf and tennis.

The Gig Harbor fastpitch team (16-3, 14-2 Puget Sound League) came from behind to defeat Peninsula (12-7, 11-5) 7-5 at Gig Harbor High School on May 1. A large evening crowd watched the game under sunny skies — skies that contributed to a wild fourth inning in which the teams combined to score eight runs.

Senior Cole Krilich hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to clinch Gig Harbor’s 7-5 win.

Pitcher Quentin Bockhorn threw a complete-game shutout for the Narrows Division-champion Tides.

The Seahawks and Tides face off at 4 p.m. Friday, April 25, at Sehmel Park for crosstown bragging rights.

Also this week: Gig Harbor girls water polo avenges an earlier loss and local schools split a rivalry track meet.

Gig Harbor sophomore Jackson Powell scored on a corner kick with less than two minutes remaining to secure the tie for the Tides.