As the regular season wraps up across all fall sports, CPHS athletes and teams are preparing for postseason competition. From the gridiron to the cross-country course, here’s a complete breakdown of playoff scenarios, key dates, and tournament formats for the Hawks. Download and use the WIAA Live App to keep up with everything in the postseason!
Cross Country
The CPXC Boys Team won the SCAC Championship! Brannan Hamada finished in 1st place, and the Girls team finished in 4th, with Chayelle Amsing taking the top individual place (5th) for the Hawks this past weekend.
The CPHS team now heads to Yakima for their postseason races at the District 5/6 State Qualifying Meet on Friday, October 30th, hosted at Apple Ridge Cross-Country Course (5000 Naches Heights Rd. Yakima, WA).
District Championship Schedule and Info on Athletic.net
State Qualifying:
Boys and Girls Teams: Top 5 teams will advance to the State Cross-Country Meet
Boys & Girls Individuals: Top 35 individuals will advance to the State Cross-Country
District 5 will protect their #1, #2, and #3 teams and top 21 individual place finishers in both races.
State Meet: Set for Saturday, November 7th at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
WIAA State XC Info Page: https://www.wiaa.com/tournament-xcc/?sportid=2
Football
Hawks Football has moved their final regular season home football game v. Royal to at 6:00pm kickoff at home on Thursday, Oct. 29th.
Playoff Qualification: The top four teams in the SCAC advance directly to the Round of 24. The fifth-place SCAC team will play a tiebreaker game on Saturday, October 31st at a neutral site, against the #2 seed from the Caribou Trail League.
The Hawks are the SCAC 5th seed and will play a Modified KC Tiebreaker (shortened equal possession game) v. either Chelan or Omak
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Royal High School (Neutral Site) on Saturday, Oct. 31st with the time TBD (possible game time starting between 1-2:30pm. Winner advances to round of 24.
Round of 24 Games: Scheduled for Friday, November 6th or Saturday, November 7th. Teams will be ranked #1–#24 by a seeding committee on Sunday, November 1st at 9:00 AM. Higher seeds will host. Teams from the same league will not be paired in this round, and travel will be minimized where possible.
Important Note: These are not bracketed matchups; they are play-in (loser-out) games for the official WIAA State Tournament Round of 12. Final state bracket placements will be determined by the WIAA 1A Seeding Committee on Sunday, November 8th.
[View the WIAA 1A State Football Bracket → HERE]
Volleyball
District 5 Tournament Qualification: Top six teams from the SCAC and top two from the Caribou Trail League qualify.
Seeding: All eight teams will be seeded on Monday, October 26th by a district seeding committee. Hawks have earned the #5 Seed.
Tournament Format:
Saturday, October 31st: The top two seeds in the tournament host first and second-round games. #1 Cashmere & #2 Chelan. Hawks will go to Cashmere and face Zillah at 2pm to begin tournament play.
Wednesday, Nov. 4th: Continuation of tournament bracket play at Connell HS.
Saturday, November 7th: District 5 Championship game will be played. Top seeded team will host the championship game. Time: TBD
State Qualification:
1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams from the District 5 Tournament qualify for state.
4th and 5th place teams from the District 5 Tournament play a winner-to-state, loser-out District 5/6 crossover game on Saturday, November 7th.
[District 5 Volleyball Bracket → HERE]
[WIAA 1A State Volleyball Bracket → HERE]
GO HAWKS!