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When the Gig Harbor Tides boys basketball team opens state tournament play at the Tacoma Dome on Thursday, it will be the first time the school has made the trip in 15 years. The 23-2 Tides are champions of the South Sound Conference and have won four consecutive postseason games. The latest was a 62-51
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Gig Harbor girls fell one game short of the state 3A basketball tournament with a 61-58 loss to the Panthers.
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Gig Harbor downed O’Dea 62-51 in a regional contest, will face Wednesday’s winner between Ferris and Rainier Beach Thursday at state.
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The Gig Harbor boys basketball team will be taking its show on the road bright and early Saturday morning against the O’Dea Fighting Irish in a 10 a.m. Class 3A regional playoff game at Bellevue College. The Tides, ranked sixth in the state, will face No. 4 O’Dea (20-6) from the always-tough Seattle Metro League.
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In a close, physical game indicative of two teams whose seasons would end with a loss, Gig Harbor defeated the young, talented Kennewick Lions, 63-51, in a District 3/4 3A girls basketball playoff Tuesday night at home to keep its state tournament aspirations alive. Peninsula, however, traveled all the way to eastern Oregon and dropped
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The Tides’ Mike Guinasso was named co-coach of the year, and Riley Peschek and Taylor Schwab joined Peninsula’s Grace Richardson on the first team.
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The girls teams must win Tuesday to advance to regionals Saturday. The Tides boys will move on to state no matter what happens against the Fighting Irish on Saturday.
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Gig Harbor senior Drew Huston broke school records in the 200 individual medley, 100 butterfly and 100 free in the prelims, then bettered two of them in the finals.
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Justin Phipps and Emilia Robles finished sixth and Kylan Sonnen and Emmett Casey were eighth at the state wrestling championships.
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Luke Browne broke the Tides’ season record for 3-pointers in the 68-42 win, with regional and state games still to come.
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