The King’s Way Christian volleyball team played 10 sets over two matches on Friday at the Class 1A state tournament in Yakima.
The Knights lost the first match and won the second to stay alive in the seventh-place semifinals.
King’s Way opened state with a 19-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-13, 15-13 loss to Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls. The Knights rallied in the consolation bracket to beat Kiona Benton 25-23, 17-25, 25-21, 18-25, 16-14.
King’s Way will play Naches Valley at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Julia Sprowls had 40 kills and 39 digs, Lindsay Nein had 42 digs, Brianna Clark had 71 assists and Jasmine Nesbitt had 18 kills and 23 digs.
State swimming — It was a mixed bag of results for local swimmers at the first day of the state meet in Federal Way.
Heritage’s Colleen Woods qualified fourth in the 4A 50 freestyle, but was disqualified for a false start in the 100 butterfly, an event she was seeded third in.
Mountain View’s Sruthi Ravi qualified seventh in the 100 backstroke. Union’s Livi Cox advanced to the consolation finals in two events.
In the 3A meet, Columbia River’s Kara Noftsker qualified seventh in the 100 freestyle. She was ninth in the 200 free. Teammate Makena Wilcox advanced to the consolation finals in two events.
No local athlete advanced to the second day of the 2A meet.
