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The Gig Harbor girls basketball team is going to state after a hard-fought 50-41 overtime win against Central Kitsap on Friday, Feb. 17. This game was a defensive battle, and the Tides led just 20-17 in the middle of the third quarter. Both teams appeared nervous on offense but tenacious on defense. New rebound record
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The Gig Harbor boys basketball team reached the championship game of the Class 3A District 3/4 tournament with a 58-54 overtime win over Timberline on Thursday, Feb. 16, at Auburn High School. Gig Harbor (21-2) rallied from a double-digit deficit in the first quarter to avenge two earlier loses to the Blazers. The Tides used
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Editor’s note: This piece was submitted by community member Lee Jorgenson, who is a personal friend of the subject of the article. My, how life had changed for Tami Christensen. She grew up in a family of six — parents, a brother, two sisters — on a potato farm in southern Idaho. Theirs was typical
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The Peninsula Seahawks girls basketball team clinched a state tournament berth with a 62-47 victory over Gig Harbor on Friday, Feb. 10, in Purdy. Kaylia Heidelberg scored 29 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Seahawks (18-3). The senior guard, who averages 18 points a game, scored 16 points in the first quarter alone against
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The Gig Harbor boys basketball team clinched a berth in the Class 3A state tournament with a 70-67 overtime win at Mountain View of Vancouver on Saturday, Feb. 11. The Tides entered the West Central District 3/4 contest with a 19-2 record. Mountain View was just 13-8, but as members of the 3A/4A Greater St.
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The Gig Harbor High School cheerleading team won the Class 3A Game Day Small division state title at Battle Ground High School on Feb. 4. It’s the first state championship for the school’s accomplished cheerleading program. The Tides turned in a near-flawless routine to score 93.3 points, winning comfortably over second-place Auburn Riverside, who scored
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Peninsula School District will bar spectators from a girls basketball game between Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools on Friday, Feb. 10. The district announced the restriction in a news release sent the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 9. Alleged racist comment The restriction is related to alleged racist comments by a Gig Harbor player toward
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The Peninsula Seahawks are the 2023 South Sound Conference girls basketball champions after an impressive 63-23 win over Gig Harbor on Friday, Feb. 3, in Purdy. The Seahawks (17-3, 13-1 SSC) are No. 10 in the WIAA Class 3A RPI rankings. They won each of their last seven league games by 20 points or more.
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Peninsula hosts Gig Harbor at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, for the South Sound Conference girls basketball title. Peninsula (16-3, 12-1 SSC) is ranked 10th in the latest WIAA Class 3A RPI rankings. The Seahawks beat the Tides, 59-51, on Jan. 11. Gig Harbor (12-7, 11-2 SSC) can share the league title with a win
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The Gig Harbor Tides boys basketball team (18-2, 11-2 South Sound Conference) climbed to fourth in the WIAA’s Class 3A RPI rankings this week on the strength of league wins over Capital and North Thurston. The Tides now turn their attention to the Peninsula Seahawks to finish out the regular season on Thursday, Feb. 2.
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