Sports Beat | Gig Harbor baseball ranked No. 1 in state early in the season
Mar 28, 2025Gig Harbor is 5-0 and atop one service’s Class 3A rankings; Peninsula is also unbeaten and would likely be ranked if they’d played more games.
Gig Harbor is 5-0 and atop one service’s Class 3A rankings; Peninsula is also unbeaten and would likely be ranked if they’d played more games.
Grace Richardson of Peninsula was named the Puget Sound League Nisqually Division defensive MVP.
The Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Racing Team regularly wins national championships. And you don’t win national titles by only training when it’s warm.
Gig Harbor (18-13) finished one win short of the Tacoma Dome, defeating North Central of Spokane, 71-56, on Feb. 25 before falling to Monroe (21-3), 62-33, on Feb. 28. Both were Class 3A state tournament regional round games. The Tides would have earned a spot in the final 12 of the tourney, and the accompanying
Jeff Scoma takes over at Gig Harbor and Clay Mauro at Peninsula starting this fall.
Also this weekend: Gig Harbor’s Aiden Hammer won two titles and set two records at the Class 3A state swimming championships.
The Peninsula girls wrestling team is a top contender to win a second consecutive state championship at Mat Classic.
The Tides will learn their opening state tournament opponent on Sunday, Feb. 23.
The Gig Harbor girls, meanwhile, fall in the first round and face a loser-out game on Saturday.
The Peninsula girls play for a district tournament berth on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the University of Puget Sound.