March 12, 2007

KingCo Play Opens on Tuesday

 

With the annual jamborees in the books, the Lake Washington baseball team joins the rest of the KingCo conference in kicking off the 2007 conference season on Tuesday.  This year marks the first time since 2004 that KingCo 4A teams will not have an opportunity to play non-league games before jumping into conference play.  With Skyline moving back to the 3A classification, the conference is back to an 11-team league, which eliminates the non-league portion of the schedule.  Each team will play every team in the league twice for a total of 20 games, with the KingCo championship going to the team with the best regular season record. 

 

The Kangs, who are a KingCo best 27-5 over the past two seasons, open their 2007 campaign at Ingraham High School (directions), where they will take on the Roosevelt Roughriders at 6:00 pm.  The Roughriders were much improved in 2006, finishing just a game out of the playoffs at 7-9.  Meanwhile, Lake Washington finished at 13-3 in league play in 2006, losing the KingCo championship game to Woodinville before defeating Bothell in dramatic fashion to advance to their third straight 4A state tournament.

 

Elsewhere, Woodinville opens its title defense by traveling to Garfield HS to take on the Bulldogs.  Other games include Juanita traveling to Ballard, Inglemoor hosting Eastlake and Redmond hooking up with Bothell. 

 

Check back often for Kang updates as well as updates from around the KingCo conference.