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The Tides stayed in-house to find Darrin Reeves, their defensive coordinator the past four seasons.

Gig Harbor rallied to tie in the late going, but couldn’t get over the hump. The Tides, who had already clinched a regional berth, will play for third place on Saturday.

Gig Harbor displayed too much firepower for the pesky Abes in a 92-75 victory. Next up is Evergreen (Vancouver) on Friday.

Gig Harbor’s Christian Parrish was named South Sound Conference defensive player of the year and teammates Luke Browne and Will Landram made the first team.

Peninsula wasn’t at its best in a 43-34 defeat of Auburn Riverside, but earned itself another game against North Thurston Thursday.

Six local wrestlers place among the top five at regionals to advance to Mat Classic XXXIII Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

The Tides were hamstrung by foul trouble in 78-66 loss, look to spring back Wednesday in loser-out tilt against Lincoln.

The Tides downed Auburn Mountainview, 61-48, in their district opener while Peninsula fell to Lincoln, 44-37.

Peninsula wound up tied with Yelm for the South Sound Conference’s final postseason berth, but lost the decisive draw.

The Gig Harbor and Peninsula girls begin the road to the state tournament on Friday followed by the Tides boys on Saturday.