The Gig Harbor High School Tides were established in 1978 in the Peninsula School District in Gig Harbor Washington. The team presently competes at the 4A level, having a student population of about 1700. The school has grown considerably in terms of size, state athletic classification and achievement over the years. The 1993 Tides finished 2nd in state (see Seattle Times article) and in recent years the team has earned several division championships. Gig Harbor's main rivals are cross-town foe Peninsula High School and league nemesis South Kitsap High school in Port Orchard.




History Of The Narrows League
(1981-Present)

1981: South Kitsap (Port Orchard), the largest school in the state of Washington, outgrows the Olympic League. After being denied membership in the original South Puget Sound League (a North Puget Sound League also existed at the time), a deal is hammered out with the six-team Tacoma City league, and South Kitsap joins the five Tacoma public schools and Bellarmine Prep to form the brand new Narrows League.

1990: Added North Thurston (Lacey) and Timberline (Lacey) from the Black Hills League.

1993: Added River Ridge (New Lacey school).

1997: Added Peninsula (Purdy) and Gig Harbor from the Pierce County League and split into two divisions, the "Bay" division and "Bridge" division

1999-2009: For football season only, added North Kitsap (Poulsbo), Central Kitsap (Silverdale), Bremerton, Port Angeles, and Olympic (Bremerton) from the Olympic League, and realigned with teams north of the Narrows Bridge in the "Bridge" division, and teams south of the Narrows Bridge in the "Bay" division. This creates two distinct Narrows League alignments for different sports (football as one alignment, all other sports as another) through 2001. The league saw a few teams come and go during realignment over the past several years. At present the Narrows League is comprised of two divisions competing at the 4A level in Washington state.

2010-Present: For the 2010-11 School year the Narrows League has split into 4A and 3A divisions and added the following schools: Capital, Timberline and Yelm at the 3A level. Wilson, Linclon and Henry Foss have been reclassified as 3A schools.

Current alignment for football:

Narrows League 4A
▪ Gig Harbor
▪ Bellarmine (Tacoma)
▪ Central Kitsap (Silverdale)
▪ Mt. Tahoma (Tacoma)
▪ Olympia
▪ Stadium (Tacoma)
▪ Shelton
▪ South Kitsap (Port Orchard)

Narrows League 3A
▪ Wilson (Tacoma)
▪ Lincoln (Tacoma)
▪ Timberline (Lacey)
▪ Capital (Olympia)
▪ Henry Foss (Tacoma)
▪ Yelm

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