11/14/2026
The District 3 3A Volleyball Tournament gets underway on Wednesday at Mount Tahoma High School. Five of the twelve teams will be advancing to the state tournament at the Yakima Sun Dome on November 20 and 21. The opening round and quarterfinals will be played on Wednesday, the 11th. The tournament will wrap up on Saturday with the championship, semifinals, and consolation bracket.
In this tournament the losers of the semifinals will not play for third place. Both are headed to state. Of course the two teams battling for the district championship also advanced to state. Just one team out of the consolation bracket will make that trip to Yakima. Below are the schedule, results, and additional coverage of the 3A District 3 volleyball tournament.
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Day 2: Saturday, November 14
Matches at Mount Tahoma HS (all broadcast by West 42 Sports on the NFHS Network)
District Championship match (both to state)
Game 17: (2) Central Kitsap 3, (1) Timberline 1 (25-11, 14-25, 25-12, 27-25)
The Timberline Blazers came into the district championship match in a position they’ve never been in before, undefeated and playing for the district title. They were the number one seed and number one ranked team in the state coming into districts. The number two seed in the district tournament, Central Kitsap, had played the Blazers once earlier in the season and were swept 3-0. Since the last time the Blazers saw the Cougars, CK has been on quite a run.
Central Kitsap finished the season with just three losses, one to 4A powerhouse Curtis, to another very good team in Gonzaga Prep, and the Timberline Blazers. Other than that they have run the table and were ready to head to Yakima for the state tournament with a whole lot of momentum.
In the first semifinal on Saturday Central Kitsap took on defending state champions North Thurston. The Rams are still a very good team but could not match the Cougars and dropped three sets to one. The Timberline Blazers had never gone to five sets all year but the Lakes Lancers came out firing. They jumped on the Blazers 2-0. Timberline dug in and made the big comeback, winning three sets in a row for the 3-2 win.
That comeback win may have taken some of the wind out of their sails as the Blazers had to turn around and then face the Cougars in the district championship match a short time later. Central Kitsap jumped out to a 25-11 first-set win. Then it looked like Timberline found their legs and came right back with a 25-14 win to even the match at 1-1. In the third set, once again, advantage Cougars, as they rolled up a big 25-12 victory and were one set away from handing the Blazers their first loss of the season and grabbing the district championship.
In the fourth set the two teams battled back and forth to a point where Central Kitsap led 24-23 at match point. The Blazers would score two in a row and they got to set point, leading 25-24. Central Kitsap would then dig in and fire off three straight points (25-25, 26-25) and set match point (27-25) for the 3-1 victory.
The West 42 Sports crew determined that the Sumner-Chehalis Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game would go to the Cougars’ Sydney Lingenbrink for her all-around effort in the big win over the Blazers.
Both teams now await to see where the state seeding committee places them in the 16 headed to Yakima next weekend. The seeding committee meets on Sunday and will release their final bracket likely by no later than early afternoon.
Semi-finals (winners to district championship match and to state, losers to state)
1:30 pm
Game 14: (4) Lakes 2, (1) Timberline 3
11:00 am
Game 13: (6) North Thurston 0, (2) Central Kitsap 3
Central Kitsap and Timberline would go on to play for the district championship and both headed to state. Meantime North Thurston and Lakes would also both head to the state tournament. They would not play for third place because the seating committee will ultimately determine their spot in the state tournament next weekend so there was no reason to play for third place.
Matches at Silas HS
Consolation Bracket (winners advance, losers out)
10 am
Game 9: (11) Auburn Mountainview 0, (9) Capital 3
Game 12: (8) Enumclaw 0, (3) White River 3
12:30 pm
Game 10: (10) Decatur 1, (5) Kentlake 3
Game 11: (12) Lincoln 0, (7) Gig Harbor 3
3 pm
Game 15: (9) Capital 3, (5) Kentlake 1
Game 16: (7) Gig Harbor 3, (3) White River 1
6 pm (winner to state, loser out)
Game 18: (7) Gig Harbor 3, (9) Capital 2
Day 1: Wednesday, November 11
Opening Round (winners to quarterfinals, losers to consolation bracket)
10 am
Game 1 (main gym): (11) Auburn Mountainview 0, (6) North Thurston 3
Game 2 (AUX gym): (10) (Decatur) 1, (7) Gig Harbor 3
12:30 pm
Game 3: (12) Lincoln 1, (5) Kentlake 3
Game 4: (9) Capital 3, (8) Enumclaw 0
Quarterfinals (winners to semifinals, losers to consolation bracket)
3 pm
Game 5 (AUX gym): (6) North Thurston 3, (3) White River 2
Game 6: (7) Gig Harbor 1, (2) Central Kitsap 3
5:30 pm
Game 7 (AUX gym): (5) Kentlake 0, (4) Lakes 3
Game 7 (Main Gym): (9) Capital 0, (1) Timberline 3
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