Tri-Cities swimmers and divers win district titles. They’re headed to WA championships

The WIAA girls state swimming and diving state championships don’t happen until Nov. 12-14 in Federal Way.

But Mid-Columbia swimmers performed well at the district meet last weekend in Kelso. Enough, in fact, that some came out winners of their events.

We’ll start with Richland senior Giulia Squeri, who won the 4A girls 50 free (24.83 seconds) and 100 free (54.65 seconds) titles.

Squeri also swam the anchor leg of the Bombers’ winning 200 freestyle relay. The team also included juniors Darrah Lerch and Malia Ciolli and sophomore Kaitlyn Prigge. Their time was 1 minute, 44.81 seconds.

In the 4A 1-meter diving competition, Hanford junior Corinne Hatch finished first with a point total of 326.70.

In the 3A district meet, also in Kelso, Walla Walla senior Lana Miller and Southridge junior Paisley Walkley were double winners.

Miller finished first in the 100 back (59.93 seconds) and the 100 fly (59.52 seconds).

Walkley placed first in the 200 free (1:59.98) and the 500 free (5:22.19).

Kennewick sophomore Delaney Rush won the 1-meter diving event with 261.05 points.

Next week, I’ll share all of our region’s state qualifiers.

Prep football

The playoff field is set for the 1A South Central Athletic Conference regional crossover playoffs, with Royal earning the top spot in the East after beating rival Connell 36-0 last Friday.

The Knights will play host to Naches Valley at 7 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 4, in a chance to advance to the state 1A playoffs.

In Royal’s win over Connell, Dylan Allred passed for 322 yards and four touchdowns en route to the victory.

Lance Allred caught 7 passes for 95 yards and a score, while Kaleb Hernandez rushed 20 times for 123 yards and three touchdowns.

Despite the loss, Connell is headed into the regionals with a game at Toppenish on Friday.

So is College Place, which won a three-way Kansas tiebreaker over Wahluke and Kiona-Benton on Monday night to earn the third SCAC East berth to regionals.

College Place will travel to Zillah on Friday for a chance to make the state playoffs.

FINAL 1A SCAC EAST football standings

Royal 4-0 SCAC, 7-1 overall

Connell 3-1, 3-6

College Place 1-3, 3-6

Wahluke 1-3, 3-6

Kiona-Benton 1-3, 2-7

Thursday, Oct. 20

La Salle 34, Wahluke 7

Friday, Oct. 28

College Place 63, Wapato 6

Royal 36, Connell 0

Wahluke 30, Kiona-Benton 27

Monday, Oct. 31

College Place wins Kansas tiebreaker over Kiona-Benton and Wahluke, advances to regionals

Friday, Nov. 4

1A regional crossover: College Place at Zillah, 7 p.m. (winner to state)

1A regional crossover: Connell at Toppenish, 7 p.m. (winner to state)

1A regional crossover: Naches Valley at Royal, 7 p.m. (winner to state)

Non-league: La Salle at Kiona-Benton, 6 p.m.

Non-league: Wahluke at Wapato, 7 p.m.

Southeast 1B football

Last weekend, DeSales routed Garfield-Palouse 76-8, while Liberty Christian had the weekend off.

What it means for the Southeast 1B eight-man football teams — DeSales and Liberty Christian, that is — is that both teams have identical 7-0 conference standings, and 8-0 overall.

So it seems fitting that the two should meet in the final week of the regular season on Friday to determine the conference champion.

The game is set for 7 p.m. at Hanford High School.

Both teams will qualify for the state 1B playoffs, which begin Nov. 11-12.

A third team in the conference should also qualify for the state playoffs.

Southeast 1B standings

DeSales 7-0 SE 1B, 8-0 overall

Liberty Christian 7-0, 8-0

Pomeroy 5-2, 7-2

Sunnyside Christian 5-3, 6-3

St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse 4-3, 5-3

Touchet 2-5, 2-6

Tekoa-Rosalia 1-5, 2-6

Yakama Nation Tribal 0-6, 0-8

Garfield-Palouse 0-7, 0-8

Friday, Oct. 28

DeSales 76, Garfield-Palouse 8

Liberty Christian bye

Pomeroy 62, Sunnyside Christian 48

St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse 63, Touchet 20

Tekoa-Rosalia 74, Lakeside, Idaho, 40

Friday, Nov. 4

DeSales vs. Liberty Christian, Hanford High, 7 p.m.

Grandview at Sunnyside Christian, 3:30 p.m.

St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse at Pomeroy, 7 p.m.

Tekoa-Rosalia at Touchet, 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 5

Garfield-Palouse at Yakama Nation Tribal, 1 p.m.