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Athletics Leadership

Blair Suek, Athletic Director

Suekb@psd401.net / (253) 530- 1407

Carly Fries-Geldermann, Athletic Secretary 

friesgeldermannc@psd401.net / (253) 530-1404

Gig Harbor High School believes that interscholastic sports and activities promote sportsmanship and citizenship.

The athletic/activity programs instill pride in school, community, teach lessons for life, self discipline, and develops students physically and emotionally.

Activities/athletics are an extension of a solid educational program. Research shows that students who participate in activities/athletics tend to maintain higher grade point averages, better attendance, and fewer discipline problems.

Participation in the Gig Harbor High School activity/athletic program is a valuable part of a student’s high school career.

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Tides Athletics FAQ

  • Season Sport Coach Name Coach email Cut/ No Cut
    Fall Girls & Boys Cross Country Patty Ley leypa415@gmail.com No Cut
    Fall Football Jeff Scoma scomaj@psd401.net No Cut
    Fall Girls Soccer Robyn Saathof saathoffr@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Fall Girls Swim & Dive Mike Kelly tideswim@gmail.com No Cut
    Fall Boys Tennis Lorrie Wood woodl@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Fall Volleyball Slade Klein kleinsw@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Fall Boys Water Polo Alana Ponce poncea@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Fall/Winter Cheer Laura Nation tidescheer@gmail.com Cuts Possible
    Fall/Winter Dance Tifny Eicher eichert@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Winter Boys Basketball Billy Landram landram11@gmail.com Cuts Possible
    Winter Girls Basketball Tim Olson olsont@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Winter Boys Swim & Dive Mike Kelly tideswim@gmail.com No Cut
    Winter Girls Bowling Lillian Amrine amrinel@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Winter Wrestling (Boys & Girls) Blake Moser moserb@psd401.net No Cut
    Spring Baseball Ben Sleeter sleeterb@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Spring Fastpitch Jim Peschek jimpeschek@gmail.com Cuts Possible
    Spring Boys Golf Shane Henderson henderson_shane@comcast.net Cuts Possible
    Spring Girls Golf Jeff Milbourn milbournj@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Spring Boys Soccer Joe Ross harborsc@comcast.net Cuts Possible
    Spring Girls Tennis Lorrie Wood woodl@psd401.net Cuts Possible
    Spring Track & Field (Boys & Girls) Kevin Eager eagerk@psd401.net No Cut
    Spring Girls Lacrosse (PSD team) Madison Lancaster lancasterm@psd401.net No Cut
    Spring Girls Water Polo Mike Kelly tideswim@gmail.com Cuts Possible
  • The WIAA has rules and regulations around student eligibility. Below are links to the WIAA Student Eligibility Center to protect your eligibility.

    WIAA Eligibility Center Home Page

    New Student Packet

    Previous School Statement

    Window of Eligibility Form - Incoming freshman out of GHHS Boundaries

    Protect Your Eligibility

    Before You Enroll

    Before You Withdraw

     

  • Students who access alternative education must print and submit this to the athletics office before parrticipating in a game

    Running Start Contract

    Alternative Education Contract

    Home School Contract

  • How do I register for athletics?

    Access Final Forms via our athletics home page and create an account to register for athletics.

    How many sports can I register for at a time?

    With Final Forms, you can register for all of your sports at one time. 

    Am I automatically cleared from season to season?

    No – you must make sure all sport specific forms are signed by a parent and student, and ensure your physical keeps you clear through the end of the state championship for your sport.

    How many sports can I play at once?

    You can only participate in one sport per season as per WIAA rules.

    Do I have to pay to play?

    No – but you must have an ASB card to participate in athletics and activities.

    Are there summer workouts or open gyms?

    Yes – you can either reach out to a head coach or check in on the athletics site in Spring 2025 for updates on summer opportunities.

  • A help sheet explaining the status of student athlete registrations in Final Forms. Green icons indicate cleared status, while red icons indicate incomplete forms.

  • Last Updated – April 8, 2025

    Sport

    Trainings Offered - Tandem has dates and times entered as well

    Tryout Day 1

    Season Start Dates:

    Fall Sports: Football: August 20, All others August 25;

    Winter sports: Bowling: November 3, All others November 17;

    Spring sports: March 2

    You must be cleared on Final Forms to tryout or participate in summer training.

     

    Football

    June 2-18, 23, 24: 3-5:30 pm, June 20-21 Tumwater scrimmage, June 26-28 team camp at GHHS, July 26 7v7 tourney. Weights in July and August 8-10 am Monday-Thursday

    August 20 3-5:30 pm

    Girls Soccer

    July 1, 2, 8, 9, 22, 23, 29, 30: 7-9 am on the upper turf

    July 14 7-8 am kids camp prep meeting

    July 15-18 Kids camp run by team 9-1 pm

    August 25 - 8-9:30 am, 6-8 pm turf

    Volleyball

    June 2 4-6 main gym, June 5,9,12,16,19,23,26,30

    July 3,7,10,14,17,21,24,28,30 5-7 pm main gym

    July 14-17, 21-24 kids camps all day

    August 25-

    Main 3-6, Aux 2-5

    Swim/Water Polo all

    Swim will be at the PHS pool as this summer the GHHS pool will have scheduled maintenance. TIMES TBD

    August 25 -

    Boys Basketball

    Open gym June 2 and 3 6-8 pm. Summer league dependent on level of play - Varsity will have some scrimmages, JV and C levels will have summer league. Open gyms 6-8 pm June 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 July 1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23,29,30

    November 17 -

    Girls Basketball

    Open Gyms Tuesdays and Wednesday 6-8 pm in the main gym starting June 10 through June and July.

    November 17 -

    Cross Country/Track

    Meet at the track 8-10:45 Monday-Friday, weights Tuesday-Thursday 10-10:45 am.

    XC August 25 - 8-10:45 at the track

    Track - Spring sport

    Wrestling Starting June 23 – Open Mat 8-10 am Monday – Thursday until July 31 November 17-
  • Basketball Kids Camp June 19, 2025 – new intouch link coming soon 

    Volleyball Middle and High School Camp July 14-17, 2025 – new intouch link coming soon

     

  • Self Transportation Form

    Here is the form for self transportation that must be completed to take your child to or from an athletic event or activity. It must be on file prior to self transportation occuring. Self transport is only used in situations where a bus cannot be procured or special family circumstances. 

  • GHHS - 2022-23

    Girls Swim & Dive - League Champions

    Girls Soccer - League Champions

    Boys Tennis - League Champions

    Boys Water Polo - League Champions, Division two state champions

    Boys Swim & Dive - League Champions

    Girls Lacrosse - League Champions

    Boys Soccer - League Champions, District Champions

    Track & Field - Girls - League Champions

    Girls Tennis - League Champions

    Girls Water Polo -League Champions

    Girls Golf - League Champions

    Boys Golf - League Champions

    Cheer - State Champions

    Dance Team - District Champions

     

    GHHS Individual Awards - 22-23

    All WIAA teams won an academic award in 2022-2023 for team GPA

    Reese Morkert - Cross Country State Champion

    Aiden Hammer - Boys Swimming Two Event State Champion

     

    First team all league:

    GHHS Football: Boone Leverett, Christian Parrish, Trevor Dixon, Will Landram, Gavin Nash

    GHHS Cross Country: Reese Morkert, Taylor Sletner, Micah Galeana, Preston Fradet

    GHHS Girls Soccer: Samantha Huber, Sophie Blake, Elise Miller, Addy Seher

    GHHS Volleyball: Natalie Piasecki, Lydia Ward

    GHHS Girls Basketball: Riley Peschek

    GHHS Boys Basketball: Will Landram, Luke Browne, Kevaughn Harvey, 

    GHHS Girls Water Polo: Alexis Tujo, Kiah Sawyer, Frances Benson

    GHHS Girls Tennis: Alexa Lavinder, Lindsey Muske

    GHHS Fastpitch: Riley Peschek, Sarah Holland, Danielle Biehl, Erin Peterson, Paige Harthorn

    GHHS Boys Golf: Chet West, Theo Snyder, Zavier Feasey-Allen

    GHHS Girls Golf: Carly Ikei, Laila Douglass

    GHHS Lacrosse: Eleah Ho, Anna Caplinger, Grace Stanton, Courtney Meyers

    GHHS Boys Soccer: Derek Johnson, Owen Ghent, Porter Hanson, Matt Ludlow

    GHHS Baseball: Josh Dunham, Garrick Cosmos

     

    First team All Area:

    GHHS Girls Soccer: Samantha Huber, Sophie Blake, Elise Miller

    GHHS Boys Soccer: Matt Ludlow, Derek Johnson

    GHHS Fastpitch: Sarah Holland, Riley Peschek

     

    First Team All State:

    GHHS Girls Soccer: Sophie Blake, Samantha Huber

     

    TAC Athlete of the Year:

    Girls Basketball, Girls Fastpitch, Sis Names Multi-sport athlete of the year (scholarship winner): Riley Peschek

    Girls Golf: Carly Ikei

    Boys Tennis, doubles: Hugh Vicente and Ryland Coovert 

    Lacrosse: Eleah Ho

    Cross Country- Reese Morkert

    Boys Swim - Aiden Hammer

     

    Collegiate athletes:

    Riley Peschek - University of Montana - Softball

    Kaley Fergus - University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - XC

    Matt Ludlow - Northwest University - Boys Soccer

    Anne Seim - Saint Mary's University - Girls Soccer

    Sami Huber - Central Washington University - Girls Soccer

    Addy Seher - Central Washington University - Girls Soccer

    Tyler Campbell- University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - XC and Track

    Reese Morkert - Oregon State University - XC

    Baylee Young - Rocky Mountain College - Girls Basketball

    Nic Fortney - Linfield University - Football

    Gavin Nash - Central Washington University - Football

    Reece Jennings - Linfield University - Football

    Kevaughn Harvey - Tacoma Community College - Basketball

    Will Landram - University of Washington - Basketball

    Chase Pringle - Pacific Lutheran University - Baseball

    Camryn Kelly - Pacific Lutheran University - Volleyball

    Ryan Vorpahl-Lower Columbia Community College - Baseball 

    Brady Altman - Chapman University - Baseball

    Haley Paul - Tacoma Community College - Soccer

    Zavier Feasey-Allen - University of Puget Sound - Golf 

    Colton Oyster - College of the Siskiyous - Football

    Sarah Holland - Alabama - Softball

    Luke Browne - Tacoma Community College - Basketball

     

  • Team Awards 2023-2024

    • League titles: Girls Swim and Dive, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Boys Swim and Dive, Boys Golf, Girls Golf,  Girls Track and Field, Boys Track and Field
    • District titles: Dance Team (Pom), Dance Team (Hip Hop), Girls Golf, Carly Ikei (girls golf), Theo Snyder (boys golf), Boys track and field, Jonathan Miles (1600 track), Preston Fradet (3200 track), 4x4 Men’s relay (track - Ehler, Keck, Miles, Stevens), 4x4 Women’s relay (track - Olsen, Simmonds, Jones, Lenzi), Lydia Ward (Javelin)
    • Team State podium/trophy finishes (top 8): Dance team (Pom) 2nd, Girls Cross Country (4th), Boys water polo (4th), Cheer (2nd), Boys swim and dive (6th), Girls Water Polo (3rd), Girls track and field (6th), Jonathan Miles (800 M 2nd place), Theo Snyder (Golf, 3rd), Preston Fradet (3200 M, 5th), Ben Stevens (200 M 6th), 4x1 Mens Relay (Ehler, Darling, Fink, Stevens), Lejla Carlsson (800 M 3rd), Karin Heikkila (100 M Hurdles, 300 M Hurdles 7th), 4x1 Womens Relay (Omega, Heikkila, Humphrey, Hering)
    • State titles: Dance Team (Hip hop), State champion 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle: Grant Huston, 4x4 Women’s relay (track - Olsen, Simmonds, Jones, Lenzi)

    Awards 2023-2024

    • Taylor Sletner took 13th and Lejla Carlsson finished 6th in girls cross country state
    • Jonathan Miles placed 5th and Preston Fradet taking 7th to earn a spot on the podium at state in boys cross country
    • Wrestling district finishes: Ellanor Nimrick - 1st, Jack Greer -3rd, Jonah Edmund 4th, Liam McDermott - 2nd
    • Ellanor Nimrick (6th) girls wrestling state
    • Girls Bowling - team GPA state title
    • Girls Track and Field - team GPA state title
    • Girls Golf - team GPA state title
    • Boys Golf - team GPA state title 
    • Boys Soccer - team GPA 2nd place in state
    • Boys Track - team GPA 3rd place in state
    • Cheer - 5th place team GPA in state
    • Girls XC - 5th place team GPA in state
    • Wrestling - 5th place team GPA  in state
    • All programs earned 2023-2024 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) academic awards

    First Team All League

    • Girls soccer: Elizabeth Hayes, Elise Miller, and Sophie Blake
    • Volleyball: Lydia Ward was SSC MVP, Payton Heim was SSC defensive player of the year, Natalie Piasecki earned first team all league
    • Boys Tennis: Rylan Coovert and Hugh Vicente finished first team all league doubles
    • Football: Benji Park, Drake Matthies, Peyton Howard, Josh Riggs, Ryland Geldermann, Ayden Fink, and Boone Leverett
    • Boys Water Polo: Grant Huston
    • Boys Basketball: Luke Allison
    • Girls Basketball: Taylor Schwab
    • Boys Soccer: Tyler Dull (mvp), Caleb Gilbert, Ethan Schutte, Henry Blake
    • Fastpitch: Dani Beihl, Emma Vandervort
    • Baseball: Daniel Porras, Riley Westfall 
    • Girls Water polo: Frances Benson
    • Boys Golf: Theo Snyder, Liam Dalbec
    • Girls Golf: Carly Ikei, Sofia Sokgen, Laila Douglas

    TAC Athlete of the Year

    • Sophie Blake, Girls Soccer
    • Lydia Ward, Volleyball
    • Jonathan Miles, Boys Cross Country
    • Grant Huston, Boys Swim and Dive
    • Tyler Dull, Boys Soccer

    WIAA Athlete of the Week:

    • Cole Flowers, Baseball
    • Cailyn Smith, Dance
    • Grant Huston, Swim

    Collegiate athletes

    • Sophie Blake, Soccer, University of Washington
    • Lydia Ward, Volleyball and Track/Field, Kentucky Christian University
    • Ben Stevens, Football, Portland State
    • Courtney Myers, Lacrosse, Redlands
    • Jonathan Miles, XC/Track, Michigan
    • Ryder Ruiz, Football, George Fox
    • AJ O’Brien, Football, Whitworth 
    • Taylor Schwab, Basketball, Arizona Christian University
    • Ayden Fink, Football, Linfield
    • Drake Matthies, Football, Whitworth
    • Matt Ehler, Football, Whitworth
    • Ryland Heckman, Baseball, Umpqua Community College
    • Ryder Truttman, Football, Whitworth
    • Tristan Schaefer, baseball, Umpqua Community college
    • Joshua Dunham, baseball, Tacoma community college
    • Mia Morente, Triathlon, University of South Dakota
    • Caleb Gilbert, Soccer, St Mary’s University
    • Sophia Layer, Cheer, Southern Methodist University
    • Alexis Tujo, Water Polo, Virginia Military University
    • Makenna Scheller, Cheer, University of Idaho
    • Luke Alison, Basketball, Eastern Oregon University
    • Brenna Meagher, Fastpitch, Bryant and Stratton
    • Grant Huston, Water Polo, Cuesta College
    • Emmett Scott, Swimming, Whitworth
    • Cristian Porras, Fencing, University of North Carolina
    • Jackson Davis, Water Polo, Chapman University
    • Frances Benson, Water Polo, Fresno Pacific University