Hazen has hired new swimming and volleyball coaches.
The Highlanders’ new swim coach is Ken Alfonso and the new volleyball coach is Cari O’loughlin-Britt.
Alfonso swam at Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, Calif. He previous coached girls water polo and swim at Lincoln High School in Stockton, Calif.
O’loughlin-Britt coached volleyball for 13 years at Kennedy Catholic High School. She also coached at Arlington High School.
In May, the Renton School District decided to combine the Renton and Lindbergh programs into a cooperative swim program. After that, the District ended the swim coaching positions at Renton, Lindbergh and Hazen.
In June, the District reconsidered the cooperative swim program and decided to scrap all of the changes.

Liberty High graduate and San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum made his third straight All-Star team earlier this week.
Lincecum, who has won the past two N.L. Cy Young awards, currently sports a 3.28 Earned Run Average (ERA). That’s the highest he’s had since his rookie year in 2007, when he posted a 4.00 mark.

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Lincecum’s 9.93 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (K/9) and 3.78 Walks Per Nine Innings (BB/9) rates also represent the worst since 2007.
The decrease in K/9 is likely a fluke as Lincecum’s Contact% (percentage of time batters make contact) is lower than last year. In fact, the 73.2 percent rate is the best he’s ever had.
Lincecum’s SwStr% (swinging strike percentage) is 11.7, up from his 11.1 career rate – another good sign the strikeouts could be on the way back up.
The fact that 2010 has been disappointing shows just how lofty Lincecum has set the standards with early in his career.

WashingtonPreps.com recently listed many of Washington’s top football prospects in the Class of 2011.
Lindbergh’s Diondre Toms led the way coming in at No. 21.
After Toms, it’s Liberty quartet of Chandler Jenkins (22), Jake Bainton (23), Trey Wheeler (28) and Drez Henfield (47).

The Hazen boys basketball team beat Tahoma 68-41 Thursday. The Highlanders will play Todd Beamer in the first round of the playoffs July 5 at 5:30 at Auburn.

If the team wins they play the winner of Sumner vs. Kentlake July 7 at 3:30.

Renton’s Justin Bennett made the all-tournament team at the Garfield Bulldog Bash last weekend. The Indians placed seventh overall as a team.

Hazen’s James Holland will attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. I haven’t confirmed with James yet, but he will likely be competing in both football and track and field.

Holland made the first team all-Seamount offensive team. He placed third at the 3A state meet in the 110-meter hurdles.

Liberty’s Marcell Bell and Nolan Leifer will play football at the University of Montana Western.

Bell made the all-league second defensive team last fall. Leifer earned a KingCo 3A/2A honorable mention.

Remaining postseason information:

• Liberty tennis players Thomas Lowes and Amber Eastham play in the SeaKing District 2 tournament starting Tuesday. Lowes and Eastham are the first two Patriot tennis players to every qualify for districts.
• The Liberty softball team takes on Bishop Blanchet Thursday at 2 p.m. at Lower Woodlands Park in Seattle. In the first round of the SeaKing District 2 tournament.
• A number of Liberty track and field athletes will be competing at the SeaKing District 2 meet May 19 and 21 at Southwest Athletic Complex in Seattle.
• Meanwhile the Renton, Hazen and Lindbergh track and field athletes will compete in the West Central District III meet May 21-22 at Mount Tahoma Stadium.

Note:I still haven’t found the Seamount League tennis results yet, so I’m not sure who is moving on to districts. The tournament is May 18, 20 and 23 at Spriker Recreation Center in Tacoma.

Lindbergh shortstop Tommy Kawamura has verbally committed to play baseball at Wilamette University this season.
Kawamura was the second team all-league shortstop for the Seamount this year. He batted .529 and scored 19 runs. He knocked in 18 RBI’s and stole 12 bases.

Hazen, Lindbergh and Liberty have made the playoffs. Hazen and Lindbergh will play in the Seamount/SPSL 3A sub-district tournament, while Liberty will compete in the KingCo 3A tournament.

Hazen and Lindbergh are tied with Highline for third in the Seamount (tiebreaker should be resolved Wednesday night). The sub-district tournament is Friday and Saturday at Boise Creek Athletic Complex in Enumclaw.

Hazen plays Enumclaw and Lindbergh plays Lakes, both games at 3 p.m. The tournament is double elimination.

Liberty plays Mount Si Thursday at 4:30 at Mount Si High School. The Patriots went 1-1 against Mount Si this season. Liberty has to win one of its first two games to lock up a trip to districts.

Liberty and Hazen are still playing in their respective playoffs. Hazen is in the West Central District III tournament, while Liberty is in the KingCo 3A tournament.

Liberty plays Tuesday at 4 p.m. against Sammamish at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue. The Patriots went 3-0 against Sammamish this season, winning by a combined score of 19-1.

The loser is out, while the winner will play Mercer Island Thursday at 4 p.m., also at Bannerwood. Liberty went 1-2 against the Islanders this year. Mercer Island beat Liberty 7-6 May 6 and 10-1 May 7 in the final two games of the regular season.

Hazen plays Timberline Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Yelm High School. The game is loser-out. The winner plays Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Heritage Field. The Highlanders will have to win at least four games to earn a state berth out of the district tournament.