Tahoma's Pete Smith voted SBLive Washington Coach of the Week (Feb. 6-11)

Bears clinched a spot at regionals – and likely Tacoma Dome – after falling short the last two full seasons

Tahoma girls basketball coach Pete Smith has been voted SBLive Washington's Coach of the Week (Feb. 6-11).

In a victory over Olympia last week, Tahoma avenged a loss in last year's bi-district tournament that ended its season early and secured a regional berth.

Smith received 88.42% of the vote.

If you would like to nominate a coach, tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivewa.

Here are all the other coaches that were nominated for Feb. 6-11:

Jennifer Gonzalez and Pepe Segovia, Toppenish girls and boys wrestling – Both the girls and boys Toppenish wrestling teams left the weekend as district champions, dominating the competition. The boys scored 429.5 points and will be sending 17 wrestlers to state. The girls scored 367 points and qualified 16 wrestlers for state.

Scott Kelley, Shorecrest boys swim and dive – The Wesco Coach of the Year and Shorecrest had six first-place finishes at the 3A District 1 championship which was enough for the Scots to earn their third consecutive district title. Shorecrest scored 475 team points, far ahead of Shorewood's 386.5 in second place.

Robert Lowden, Mount Si girls basketball– With the season on the line last week, Lowden's tenth-seeded Mount Si team survived, recording two upsets against seventh-seeded Inglemoor and second-seeded Glacier Peak to advance to the 4A District 1/2 semifinals this week in Lowden's second year at the helm.

Brent Merritt, Eastside Catholic boys basketball – It started with an upset over top-seed and No. 1 ranked Garfield in the Metro League championship semifinals followed by a win over Rainier Beach in the title game that gave the Crusaders and fifth-year coach Merritt their first Metro League boys basketball title in school history.


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