Postseason tournaments, meets kick off this week

The fall postseason is upon us and Twin Harbors teams are preparing for their journeys to the state tournament this week.

Schools in football, volleyball and girls soccer, as well as individuals in cross country, will be competing this week, starting tonight in girls soccer.

Let’s take a look through the week, starting with what is going on tonight:

Girls Soccer

At 7 p.m. tonight, Elma (11-4) will host La Center (8-7) in a loser-out, District IV 1A tournament match at Davis Field.

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At the same time, Hoquiam (7-9) will take on Seton Catholic (10-4) in another loser-out district match at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas.

Also on the Harbor, Aberdeen (5-11) will host R.A. Long (9-8) at 7 p.m. tonight at Stewart Field in a District IV 2A loser-out contest.

Montesano (13-3-1), the Evergreen 1A League champion, will wait until Thursday for the winner of the Hoquiam-Seton Catholic match in the district semifinals. The Bulldogs are tentatively scheduled to play at 5 p.m. at King’s Way Christian H.S. in Vancouver.

A win for Montesano will secure a state 1A tournament berth and a spot into Saturday’s district title game at 2 p.m. at KWC.

A loss for Montesano will move it into a district winner-to-state match at noon Saturday at KWC.

In the district 2B tournament, Ocosta (9-7) will take on Adna (14-1) in a winner-to-state, loser-out semifinal match at Tiger Stadium in Centralia tonight.

Volleyball

Montesano will host the first half of the District IV 1A bracket on Wednesday.

At 5:30 p.m., the Bulldogs will take on White Salmon in the opening round at Bo Griffith Gym.

A win for the hosts will place them into a district semifinal match at 7 p.m. A loss will move it into a loser-out match at Montesano Junior High.

Elma and Hoquiam are in the other side of the 1A district bracket in Castle Rock.

At 5:30 p.m., Elma (6-8) will take on La Center, while Hoquiam (6-9) faces off with King’s Way Christian.

Just like the Montesano bracket, a winner-to-state, semifinal match and loser-out match will take place at 7 p.m.

The District IV 2B tournament has moved into loser-out contests for Raymond, Willapa Valley and South Bend on Wednesday.

Raymond will be at Onalaska High School to take on Morton-White Pass at 5:30 p.m. in a loser-out match. A win will set up another loser-out match at 7 p.m. against the winner of the Northwest Christian-Lacey/Wahkiakum 4 p.m. match.

Willapa Valley and South Bend are at Napavine High School for loser-out matches — Valley vs. Adna at 4 p.m. and South Bend vs. Life Christian Academy at 5:30 p.m.

The winners of those matches will face each other at 7 p.m.

In the district 1B tournament, Lake Quinault hosts Columbia Adventist, while Wishkah travels to Battle Ground to face Firm Foundation and Taholah takes on Three Rivers Christian in Kelso. The winners of the matches will move to Saturday’s semifinals at Black Hills High School in Tumwater.

Football

The district-to-state crossover games are set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

On Thursday, North Beach (4-5) will travel to Centralia’s Tiger Stadium to take on top-ranked Napavine (9-0) in a District IV 2B crossover game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

On Friday, there are three district games, two of them on the Harbor.

At Rottle Field in Montesano, the Bulldogs (9-0) will host White Salmon (5-3) in a 1A crossover game at 7 p.m.

At Stewart Field in Aberdeen, Pe Ell-Willapa Valley (7-2) will take on either Toutle Lake, Wahkiakum or Mossyrock at 7 p.m. in a 2B crossover game.

On the road, Hoquiam (6-3) will travel to Vancouver to take on King’s Way Christian in a 1A crossover game.

On Saturday, Raymond (5-4) will travel to Tiger Stadium to face Adna (7-2) in a 2B crossover game.

Cross Country

The state cross country meets will be held on Saturday at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.

Montesano’s boys are the only Twin Harbors team to qualify for state, but many Harbor individuals punched their tickets by finishing in the top 21, 28 and 35 spots, depending upon their classificiation.

Aberdeen, Elma, Ocosta, Willapa Valley, Raymond and North Beach will have individual runners at state.