Aa Springfest

What: Championships for spring sports in Class AA, including the AA/A/B fastpitch and the combined, but separate AAA/AA track in StarTrack XIV.

Where: Various sites in Tacoma.

When: Friday and Saturday.

Tickets: Each event has day ($4 for students and senior citizens; $6 for adults) and all tournament ($6 & $10) tickets available at the event.

Track: The Mead boys have a good chance to defend their AAA title at Lincoln Bowl with River Ridge facing competition from University and Kamiakin in the AAA girls. The Lynwood boys, behind star weightman Ben Lindsey, and the deep Gig Harbor girls are defending AA champions. Running finals on Friday are the 100, 400 relay, girls 3,200 and boys 1,600. Finals in the field events include AAA boys pole vault, long jump, high jump, shot put; AA boys high jump, shot put, triple jump; AAA girls javelin, discus, long jump; and AA girls discus, triple jump, javelin.

Baseball: Lindbergh (21-2) returns to defend its title, facing West Valley-Yakima (23-3) in the first round. Seattle Prep (20-4) meets Capital of Olympia (22-2) in the other opener at Cheney Stadium.

Softball: Capital, last year’s winner, is paired against Peninsula in a 10 a.m. opener and could be the second-round foe of Frontier League champion West Valley (17-2). The Eagles face Lindbergh at 10 a.m. A win would put them in a 4:30 game. East Valley (15-8) opens at noon against Shelton. Potential second-round opponents are Washington or Hanford. Teams losing in the first round play a 2:30 game. The tournament is at the South End Recreation Area.

Soccer: Defending state champion Mount Vernon was knocked out by Shorecrest (17-1) last weekend. Shorecrest meets Highline (16-3) in the first game at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. In the nightcap, Mt. Rainier (18-1-1) plays West Valley-Yakima (20-1).

Tennis: Lakeside of Seattle swept the tennis titles last year and is favored to do so again, with a strong challenge from Seattle Prep. Jeff Richer of Prep beat Brian Moss of Lakeside in the finals last year and they are seed 1-2. Joel Scruggs of East Valley would meet Eicher in the second round if he gets past his Gig Harbor opponent. In girls singles, Lara Botts of Mount Rainer, second a year ago, is seeded No. 2 behind teammate Courtney Perkins. Botts is a potential second-round opponent for Jo Pierce of Cheney. Pierce faces a player from Holy Names. Meaghan Gould and Theresa Wagner of Lakeside earned the No. 1 seed in girls double after finishing second last year. Nancy Hundrup and Barb Norquist of East Valley face a team from Sedro Woolley. Mike Stratton and Mark Frazier of Pullman represent the FL in boys doubles. Play is at Lakewood Racquet and Sport Club for boys and Clover Park High School for girls.