Overlake, Bear Creek athletes are on a roll

BOYS LACROSSE Overlake defeated Providence, 8-6, to win the Metro championship on Monday and notch home-field advantage throughout the state playoffs.

BOYS LACROSSE

Overlake defeated Providence, 8-6, to win the Metro championship on Monday and notch home-field advantage throughout the state playoffs.

BASEBALL

The Overlake-Bear Creek Growls defeated King’s, 17-12, in a loser-out 1A bi-district game last Saturday. They will need to win a pair of elimination games tomorrow to advance to state.

The Growls lost a 14-inning game to South Whidbey, 9-6, last Saturday in the opening round.

BOYS SOCCER

The 1A Emerald City League-champion Overlake Owls have clinched a home game in the first round of the state tournament. First, they’ll play King’s at 3 p.m. tomorrow for the bi-district championship and state seeding purposes. Coach Bob Bristol’s young team has been red hot lately, going 5-0-2 in league games since returning from spring break.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Coach Elaine Morse’s first season at the helm of Overlake girls lacrosse was a successful one, as the team advanced to the state tournament for the first time. Their season concluded with a loss to perennially tough Lakeside, 19-12, in the state round of 16.

BOYS TENNIS

Two Overlake boys tennis doubles pairs in the fall advanced to the state tournament to be held May 29-30 at the Yakima Tennis Center. Keshav Ummat/Rick Chavez and Pranav Harikrishnan/Declan Daly have begun practicing once again for the upcoming event.

— Cole Paxton