All sorts of soccer action tonight and I wanted to make my picks before the games start.

As a disclaimer, in each bracket I have only seen 3-16 teams play. Something to keep in mind before you click 'send' on your hate mail.

Though, I do invite coaches to use my picks as bulletin-board material if needed. Feel free to offer your picks in the comments.

CLASS 4A
First round: Emerald Ridge over Monroe, Issaquah over Bellarmine Prep, Lewis & Clark over Pasco, Kamiakin over University, Eastlake over Kentwood, South Kitsap over Kamiak, Skyline over Tahoma, Jackson over Beamer.
Quarterfinals: Emerald Ridge over Issaquah, Kamiakin over Lewis & Clark, Eastlake over South Kitsap, Jackson over Skyline.
Semifinals: Emerald Ridge over Kamiakin, Eastlake over Jackson.
Third-place game: Jackson over Kamiakin.
Championship: Eastlake over Emerald Ridge.

CLASS 3A
First round: Holy Names over Columbia River, Meadowdale over Lindbergh, Kennedy Catholic over Bainbridge, Union over Lakeside, Bonney Lake over Camas, Glacier Peak over Sumner, Auburn Mountainview over Mercer Island.
Quarterfinals: Holy Names over Meadowdale, Kennedy Catholic over West Valley (Yakima), Union over Bonney Lake, Glacier Peak over Auburn Mountainview.
Semifinals: Kennedy Catholic over Holy Names, Union beat Glacier Peak.
Third-place game: Holy Names over Glacier Peak.
Championship: Kennedy Catholic over Union.

Josh Smith is going to UCLA. The Kentwood big man decided Monday he will play for the Bruins next year, instead of staying close to home and playing for the Huskies.

Here is a story from our own Sandy Ringer: click here.

Percy Allen also has a few links to news on Smith: click here.

I thought we might have a crazy week leading up to the state tournaments, and boy did we.

Some quality, quality sides (Everett, Woodinville, Mead, Mount Spokane) had their seasons end short of the round of 16. The result? I think the brackets are wide open -- the 4A one was anyway and 3A foes won't miss the Seagulls, who tore through the competition last year.

Action starts tomorrow night where nearly half the teams left will be eliminated. There are certainly a lot of eye-catching first-round matchups and some great soccer is waiting to be played.

In this final edition of the state rankings I will rank the remaining 16 teams left in each classification. Similar to how we ranked our football teams this week and how we've done this in the past.

Tomorrow I will have a prediction post, where I pick the winners of all the games, including a state champion.

If you notice any inaccurate win-loss records, please let me know. Records are compiled by coach reports, media reports and the WIAA website. Let me know your thoughts. Any favorites or sleepers out there?

Class 4A
1. Jackson (Mill Creek) 17-0-1
2. Emerald Ridge (Puyallup) 18-0-0
3. Issaquah 14-2-0
4. Eastlake (Sammamish) 14-4-1
5. South Kitsap (Port Orchard)13-0-3
6. Kamiakin (Kennewick) 16-1-1
7. Skyline (Sammamish) 14-4-0
8. Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma) 17-2-1
9. Kentwood 14-0-4
10. Tahoma (Maple Valley) 14-2-2
11. Lewis and Clark (Spokane) 14-4-1
12. Beamer (Federal Way) 12-3-3
13. Monroe 11-5-2
14. Pasco 14-5-0
15. Kamiak (Mukilteo) 12-5-2
16. University (Spokane) 12-6-0

Class 3A
1. Kennedy Catholic (Burien) 18-1-0
2. Bonney Lake 14-1-2
3. West Valley (Yakima) 15-3-0
4. Union (Vancouver) 14-3-0
5. Camas 13-3-1
6. Holy Names 13-4-2
7. Meadowdale (Lynnwood) 13-5-1
8. Lakeside 13-5-1
9. Glacier Peak (Snohomish) 15-4-1
10. Bainbridge 14-5-3
11. Columbia River (Vancouver) 12-4-2
12. Mercer Island 12-3-1
13. Auburn Mountainview 12-3-2
14. Lindbergh (Renton) 12-4-2
15. Sumner 9-4-4
16. Mount Spokane (OUT) 14-2-0

The early signing period for high-school athletes -- football is not included -- begins on Wednesday. We have posted several verbal commitments on here the past few months, including Eastlake girls basketball player Alyssa Charlston's decision to play at Idaho and Mount Si boys basketball player Tanner Riley picking Portland.

The early signing period runs from Nov. 11-18.

I found out today Holy Names golfer Kristin Tan will sign with Xavier this week and there are a few more athletes we have heard about and just need confirmation. As we confirm these we will post them here on the blog.

If you know of an athlete who is signing or verbally committed a Division I school, let us know and we will do our best to post a note here. You can contact me at mkelley@seattletimes.com to provide any useful information.

We'll start a list here and add to it as we get more names:

Player School Sport University

Alyssa Charlston Eastlake Basketball Idaho

Kristin Tan Holy Names Golf Xavier

Tanner Riley Mount Si Basketball Portland

John McLeod Liberty Baseball Wake Forest

Isiah Umipig Federal Way Basketball Cal State Fullerton

Cole Dickerson Federal Way Basketball San Francisco

Joe Harris Chelan Basketball Virginia

Kajsa Sporseen Juanita Soccer Portland State

Aaron Bright Bellevue Basketball Stanford

Alana Pazevic Jackson Swimming Florida

Lindsey Bos Archbishop Murphy Soccer Washington

Alexa Hughes Archbishop Murphy Soccer Marshall

Alli Beard Archbishop Murphy Soccer St. Mary's

Tyler Kane Archbishop Murphy Baseball Gonzaga

Shelby Lyman Archbishop Murphy Basketball Cornell

Sam Pettinger Archbishop Murphy Basketball University of the Pacific

Leigh Fishback Edmonds-Woodway Volleyball Bryant University

Alyssa Schultz Issaquah Volleyball Idaho

Stephanie Stoll Issaquah Volleyball Washington

Brooke Bachesta Eastside Catholic Volleyball Georgetown

Kayla Reno Graham-Kapowsin Volleyball Montana

Brooke Bray Auburn Riverside Volleyball Montana

The girls soccer players listed won't sign letters of intent until the soccer signing period starts in February.

4A

Marysville-Pilchuck at Auburn -- 7:30 p.m. Friday

Bethel at Skyview -- 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kiggins Bowl

Kamiakin at Ferris -- 7 p.m. Friday at Joe Albi Stadium

Southridge at Eisenhower -- 7 p.m. Friday at Zaepfel Stadium (Yakima)

Skyline vs. South Kitsap -- 7 p.m. Saturday at Mount Tahoma

Central Kitsap at Curtis -- 7 p.m. Saturday

Issaquah at Jackson -- 7 p.m. Saturday at Everett Memorial

Rogers at Bothell -- 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pop Keeney

3A

Ferndale at Lindbergh -- 7:30 p.m. Friday at Renton Stadium

Liberty at O'Dea -- 7 p.m. Friday at Seattle Memorial

North Thurston at Lakes -- 7:30 p.m. Friday at Harry Lang Stadium

Mount Spokane at Hanford -- 7 p.m. Friday at Fran Rish Stadium (Richland)

Mount Si at Bellevue -- 7 p.m. Friday

Glacier Peak at Timberline -- 7 p.m. Saturday at South Sound Stadium

Columbia River at Meadowdale -- 6 p.m. Saturday at Edmonds Stadium

Capital at Union -- 7 p.m. Friday at McKenzie Stadium

For 2A bracket, click here.

For 1A bracket, click here.

For 2B bracket, click here.

For 1B bracket, click here. First round begins Nov. 21.

A memorial service will be held for O'Dea basketball coach Phil Lumpkin at 1 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the O'Dea High School gym.

Here is Lumpkin's obituary.

Here is a link to another story about Lumpkin, 57, the Irish's longtime coach, who was found dead in his home Nov. 2. He had missed the previous week of school with a pneumonia.

Highlights of the T-Wolves' 38-15 win courtesy of Jackson videographer Matthew Robertson.

It doesn't seem possible. Just like that, we're into the first round of the playoffs. Only 16 teams left in 4A and 3A. Instead of a top 10, I ranked all 16 teams in each classification.

There aren't many changes in the top 10.

4A

After winning a three-way playoff and knocking off Wenatchee, Ferris jumps into the No. 10 spot. Marysville-Pilchuck, Bethel and Eisenhower all jump up one spot.

There are some interesting matchups in the round of 16, starting with Marysville-Pilchuck at Auburn. Both teams are undefeated. Both teams have strong running games. The Trojans played well without Chris Young last week. It will be interesting to see of they can slow down the Tomahawks' ground game.

No. 2 Skyline has to play No. 6 South Kitsap on the road and Issaquah travels to No. 4 Jackson. The Timberwolves looked good against their first KingCo 4A playoff opponent in Eastlake. We'll see how they matchup against the Eagles.

The winner of that game looks to get No. 1 Bothell in the quarterfinals. At this point, the Blue Train is the favorite to win it all.

3A

After an impressive come-from-behind victory over Peninsula, Glacier Peak jumps to No. 9. The Grizzlies put up huge numbers. Quarterback Zach Richter completed 34 of 56 passes for 455 yards and six touchdowns. He didn't throw an interception.

They were down 35-13 with 3:45 left in the third quarter and rallied for a win. With the victory, Glacier Peak travels to No. 7 Timberline.

Capital claimed the final spot in the top 10 and gets to travel to No. 4 Union.

Mount Si get to play top-ranked Bellevue for the second time this year and, after edging Camas, No. 3 Liberty has to play No. 5 O'Dea at Seattle Memorial.

There are plenty of exciting matchups this week and we'll have more on those games throughout the week.

4A

1. Bothell (10-0)

2. Skyline (Sammamish) (8-2)

3. Auburn (10-0)

4. Jackson (Mill Creek) (10-0)

5. Curtis (University Place) (10-0)

6. South Kitsap (Port Orchard) (10-0)

7. Marysville-Pilchuck (10-0)

8. Bethel (Graham) (9-0)

9. Eisenhower (Yakima) (10-0)

10. Ferris (Spokane) (7-3)

11. Skyview (Vancouver) (8-2)

12. Issaquah (7-3)

13. Southridge (Kennewick) (9-1)

14. Kamiakin (Kennewick) (8-2)

15. Rogers (Puyallup) (7-3)

16. Central Kitsap (Silverdale) (7-3)

3A

1. Bellevue (8-2)

2. Lakes (Lakewood) (10-0)

3. Liberty (Issaquah) (9-1)

4. Union (Vancouver) (9-1)

5. O'Dea (9-1)

6. Meadowdale (Lynnwood) (10-0)

7. Timberline (Lacey) (10-0)

8. Mount Spokane (9-1)

9. Glacier Peak (Snohomish) (8-2)

10. Capital (Olympia) (7-3)

11. Mount Si (Snoqualmie) (6-4)

12. Ferndale (8-2)

13. Lindbergh (Renton) (9-1)

14. North Thurston (Lacey) (7-3)

15. Columbia River (Vancouver) (5-5)

16. Hanford (4-6)