After the dust cleared on Tuesday night after eight games in the District 1 4A softball tournament in Monroe, Marysville-Pilchuck and the host Bearcats were able to punch their ticket to the state tournament.

The Tomahawks and Bearcats, lower seeds from the Wesco 4A North, both qualified for the state tourney by winning twice on Tuesday at Sky Valley Park and making the district title game. The top two teams from the district automatically qualify for state, which is May 25-26 in Spokane.

Marysville-Pilchuck, the #3 seed from the Wesco 4A North, made it to the final by beating Kamiak 6-3 in the first game and Wesco 4A North champion Arlington 2-1 in the semifinals. Monroe, the Wesco 4A North's #4 seed, beat Wesco 4A South champion Cascade 7-0 in their first game, then held off Snohomish, the #2 seed from the North, 11-8 in the semifinals.

The first round scores from Tuesday were:

• Arlington 6, Edmonds-Woodway 0
• Marysville-Pilchuck 6, Kamiak 3
• Snohomish 15, Jackson 5
• Monroe 7, Cascade 0

The semifinal results were:

The District 1 3A softball tournament gets underway Tuesday in Sedro-Woolley, with eight teams playing for two spots in the state tournament.

Each of the eight teams, six from the Wesco and two from the Northwest Conference, will play twice on Tuesday at Janicki Fields in Sedro-Woolley. Two losses on Tuesday means the end of the season, a win and a loss means playing in the consolation semifinals on Wednesday and two wins means a trip to the district title game.

Two teams from District 1 qualify for the state tournament, which will be May 25-26 at the RAC in Lacey. The district champs will automatically qualify, while the second team will determined on Saturday afternoon.

Here are the first games on Tuesday, all beginning at 4 p.m.:

• Meadowdale vs Sedro-Woolley
• Mountlake Terrace vs Lynnwood
• Ferndale vs Glacier Peak
• Shorecrest vs Everett

The second games on Tuesday are scheduled to start 20 minutes after all of the first four games are done. Those games are set as:

A note sent out to Snohomish School District parents on Saturday shot down rumors that non-participation in the MSPs may affect federal funding for the district.

The message, which was also posted on the SSD website, said that the funds that tend to fluctuate were actually tied to the number of kids receiving free and reduced lunches in the district, not to participation in the MSP (Measurement of Student’s Progress). Media reports last week prompted some parents to call schools and the district office concerned that the funding was tied to students taking part in the MSP, and that the number of students opting out of the MSP could impact the district’s funding.

The Title I funds that SSD receives as part of the federal No Child Left Behind program has been directed towards student improvement since the 2009-10 school year. The district statement said that a small amount is set aside for the MSP, but it’s not affected by participation rates.

Anyone with questions is asked to contact SSD Communications Director Kristin Foley at communications@sno.wednet.edu.