The Todd Beamer Titan baseball team jumped right back in the South Puget Sound League South Division mix Saturday with a huge 5-4 win over the Curtis Vikings in Federal Way.

The win improved the Titans to 7-3 in the South and dropped Curtis to 8-2. Puyallup leads the division with a 9-1 record.

The victory sets up a huge week for Beamer. The Titans took on the 7-2 Emerald Ridge Jaguars Tuesday (after press time), host Decatur (4-5) today and travel to first-place Puyallup on Friday. The top-four teams from the SPSL South advance into the postseason.

Saturday’s win over Curtis was the second one-run game the two teams have played this season. The Vikings downed the Titans, 6-5, on March 27 with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to erase a 5-4 Beamer lead.

This time around, Curtis jumped all over Beamer in the top of the first inning with three runs, but the Titans battled back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the second inning to tie the game at 3-3.

The Vikings added a run in the top of the third to take the lead back before the Titans tallied two runs in the bottom of the fourth to grab the lead back for good.

Beamer senior Brian Corliss finished 2 for 3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs and also picked up the win on the mound. Corliss threw the final four innings in relief of starter Carson Wolbert, striking out four and not allowing a run.

Beamer’s Ryan Beck finished with a pair of runs and Travis Crumb was 1 for 2 with a double.

Boys soccer

The Thomas Jefferson Raiders (6-1-3) remained in a second-place tie in the SPSL North with a 1-0 shutout of the Auburn Trojans Friday night at Federal Way Memorial Stadium. Kentridge leads the division at 7-1-2 and Auburn Riverside is also 6-1-3.

The only goal Friday came from Jefferson’s Jason Minerich in the 13th minute on a pass from Casey Kim. The combination of Brian Bosshart and Chris Hicks in goal made the Minerich goal stand. The pair combined on the shutout in net.

The Raiders take on Auburn Riverside Tuesday and play first-place Kentridge in their final game of the regular season May 8.

Beamer’s bid for first place in the SPSL South came one goal short after a 3-2 loss to the Rogers Rams Thursday night. The two teams were tied atop the division before the game. The win improved Rogers to 7-1-1. Beamer dropped to 6-2-2 after playing Emerald Ridge to a 1-1 tie Saturday.

Against Rogers, the Titans got a pair of goals from sophomore Ugo Okoli, but it wasn’t enough. Rogers’ Paulo Menieta tallied the game-winner for the Rams in the 62nd minute. It was Beamer’s second loss of the season to Rogers. The Rams also beat the Titans, 1-0, in their season opener in March.

Okoli also scored the only goal of the game Saturday against Emerald Ridge. Okoli leads the Titans with 11 goals on the season.

Decatur (5-3-1) remained in sixth place in the SPSL South with a 5-3 win over Puyallup Saturday. The Gators got a pair of goals from Alejandro Davenport and Dominique Dismuke and a single goal from Jimmy Hong.

Federal Way fell to 1-7-2 with a 2-0 loss to Auburn Riverside Friday night.

Girls tennis

The Decatur Gators continued their solid play in the SPSL South with a 3-2 win over the Curtis Vikings Friday and a 3-2 win over Emerald Ridge Monday. The wins improved Decatur to 6-1, leaving them in second place behind the 9-0 Puyallup Vikings.

The Gators got a pair of wins in singles competition from Sarah Lin at No. 1 and Salena Schugarts at No. 2 against Curtis and Emerald Ridge.

Decatur’s third victory in both matches came from Meghan Cassens and Christina Sessoms at No. 1 doubles.

Jefferson improved to 5-4 in the SPSL North with a 3-2 win over Kentlake Monday afternoon. The Raiders got wins from Averi Kitsch at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-0, Emily Tu and Breanna Ziccarelli at No. 2 doubles, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0, and Hayley Albrecht at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.

The win over Kentlake ended a three-match losing streak by TJ. The Raiders suffered a pair of losses Saturday to Auburn and Auburn Riverside. Auburn beat TJ, 3-2, and Auburn Riverside shut out the Raiders, 5-0.

First-place Kentwood beat the Raiders, 3-2, Thursday. Jefferson won a pair of three-setters in doubles. Averi Kitsch and Mackenzie Qualls beat Alyssa Nagai and Breanna Esber at No. 1 singles, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Emily Tu and Vanessa Sariego beat Niki Skinner and Eliana Spero at No. 2, 0-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Boys track

The Federal Way Eagles easily won the prestigious South Kitsap Invitational Saturday in Port Orchard. The Eagles tallied 136 points to outdistance South Kitsap (107) in the 16-team meet.

The Eagles got a pair of individual wins from Robert Shelby, Trenton Pinson and Andre Barrington. Shelby won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.07 and the 300 hurdles in 40.37, Pinson swept the 100 in 10.93 and 200 in 22.44 and Barrington won the triple jump (45-2 3/4) and the long jump (21-5 1/2). Federal Way also got victories from Andru Pulu in the discus (155-10) and Anatoliy Koval in the pole vault (12-6).

The Eagles also beat Kent-Meridian Thursday, 86-50, in an SPSL North dual meet to remain unbeaten in league. Barrington won the high jump (5-10), long jump (21-11 3/4), 110 hurdles (15.02) and triple jump (43-11 1/4). Pinson won the 100 (10.97) and 200 (22.32), Jeffrey Forbes won the 400 (51.73), Pulu won the discus (154-06) and Meron Simon won the 3,200 (10:18.03).

Jefferson fell to the Kentridge Chargers Thursday, 76-60. The Raiders got wins from Michael Sallee in the long jump (20-4 1/2) and triple jump (38-11), Jeff Baklund in the 800 (2:00.32), Alex Dumas in the javelin (130-8) and Chase Braxmeyer in the 3,200 (9:58.4).

Girls track

The Thomas Jefferson girls lost a heart-breaker Thursday to the Kentridge Chargers, 71-70. The Raiders got a pair of wins from Kayla Adams in the discus (112-3) and shot put (40-10 1/2), Kendra Ansotigue in the javelin (98-6), Lindsey Dahl in the triple jump (32-1 1/2), Ashley Pinson in the 400 (1:03.32), Monica Jaenicke in the 1,600 (5:37.13) and Leah Kiyohara in the 3,200 (12:41.85).

The Federal Way girls followed a 91-50 loss to Kent-Meridian Thursday with a second-place finish at the South Kitsap Invitational. South Kitsap won the invitational with 94 points.

Jaleecia Roland won the high jump (5-3) and triple jump (38-0 1/2) and Tiara Fuller finished first in the 200 meters (26.6) in Port Orchard.

Against Kent-Meridian, the Eagles got individual wins from Roland in the triple jump (37-5), Laneisha Robinson in the 100 (12.86) and 200 (26.77) and Jasmine Johnson in the 1,600 (5:29.74).