2/20/2026
(Centralia, WA) The District 4 1A boys and girls District tournaments will conclude on Saturday at Centralia high school. Both tournaments will play their Championship game with both teams advancing to the State tournament.
There will also be two 3rd place games with each team winning advancing to the State tournament and the losers out. They both will be awarded a 3rd place trophy as they will not play-off for 3rd and 4th since both teams are headed to state.
Below is the schedule and links to watch live. We’ll follow up with re-caps and video highlights.
Girls Schedule
Championship Game
6pm Seton Catholic vs Montesano Link to watch live on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
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3rd Place Games (Winners to State, Losers Out)
Hoquiam 35, Elma 32
Just like the boys match-ups between the Grizzlies and Eagles, Hoquiam had beaten Elma in both games during the regular season. However, in this showdown the Grizzlies had won by double digits in both games. Also like the boys game that began Trophy day before this game, the Elma Eagles were not going to simply roll over and hand it to Hoquiam.
The Eagles jumped out to a 10-7 lead after the 1st 8 minutes with Olivia Moore off to a fast start with 8 of the 10 points. Hoquiam would not allow the Eagles to break away and ended up even at 16-16 in a defensive minded 1st half.
The lack of offense continued in the 3rd quarter but Hoquiam began to stretch their lead led by Aaliyah Kennedy who worked her magic in the paint. The sophomore was challenging the Eagles inside on the defensive side as well and after 3 quarters Hoquiam pushed their lead to 27-20.
Early on in the 4th quarter the Grizzlies pushed their lead to 9 when Lexi LaBounty drained a 3 ball to go up 32-23. Little did the Grizzlies know that when LaBounty hit that bucket with about 5 minutes to play that they would only score 3 more points in the game.
The Eagles got right back into the game when Kenna Monroe knocked down a huge 3 with less than 3 minutes to play to pull within 4 down 32-28. Elma would not give in and made it a one possession game with just 1:20 to play when Moore nearly had the ball stolen but actually created a lane for her to attack and she scored to make it 34-32.
Neither team cold do much and a foul sent the Grizzlies to the line where they scored 1 and that would do it sending the Hoquiam Grizzlies to the Regional round of the State Tournament next weekend.
Leading scorers for the Grizzlies were Kennedy with 17 leading all-scorers, Sydney Gordon with 8 and 5 each for LaBounty and Makalah Haskey.
Elma was led by Moore with 12, Mercedes Carter had a solid game with 10 and Emmalin Gonzales had 6. The Eagles finished 7-12 on the year as their season came to an end.
Hoquiam improves to 16-8 overall and hopes they can get a top 8 seeding tomorrow to guarantee at least 1 game in Yakima.
Thorbeckes MVP of the Game
The Thorbeckes MVP of the game went to Aaliyah Kennedy. Kennedy scored nearly half of the Grizzly points plus her lock down defense made her stand out to earn our MVP award.
Link to watch game replay on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
ESN Postgame Show
Video Highlights
Aaliyah Kennedy with score and +1 for the old fashioned 3 pointer
Lexi LaBounty drills a long ball for Hoquiam
Elma won’t give in, late bucket keeps it a 1 score game
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King’s Way Christian 34, Columbia (White Salmon) 24
Scoring was at a premium in this winner to state, loser out game and a pair of 8th graders ended up being the difference. Columbia White-Salmon were the more expedrienced team and began strong taking 5-0 lead early in the 1st quarter but could only add 2 more points to finish with 7 in the 1st quarter. The Bruins defense and cold shooting from the King’s Way Knights helped them hold onto the lead however, 7-5 after the first 8 minutes.
In the 2nd quarter the offenses still struggled but the Knights stitched together a few more points than the Bruins and went to the locker room with a slim 13-11 advantage.
If anyone thought the offense would show up in the 2nd half they would have guessed wrong instead were treated with a Seahawksesque Super Bowl defensive performance on both sides.
While the Bruins offense was well spread out with McKena Carlock and Joella Posini leading with 6 each, it was a pair of 8th graders doing the damage for the Knights.
Late in the 3rd quarter Emerson Meyer drilled a 3 ball to give KWC an 18-17 lead, a lead they would never give up. Junior Addison Bagley hit a pair of free throw to give either team their first double digit lead and then another 8th grader Gisele Diehl dropped a 3 bomb to ice the game late.
Diehl led all scorers with 18 scoring more than half of the Knights points. Meyer had 12 so the pair of 8th graders scored 30 of the 34 KWC total points or 88% of the offense.Bagley had the other 4 points.
The Bruins got the 6 from Carlock and Posini while 4 others also scored with Sara Miller scoring 5, Taniah Barajas with 3 and 2 for each Halle Kock and Claira Camacho.
The Bruins had their season come to an end and finish with a 13-7 record.
The Knights are now 16-6 and will await the seeding committee’s decision tomorrow to find out where they are in the bracket and who and where they’ll play at Regionals next weekend.
Thorbeckes MVP Award
The Thorbeckes MVP of the game award went to Gisele Diehl who nearly doubled her season average of 10 points per game. In a game that offense was hard to find and then be led by an 8th grader, Diehl was the selection.
Link to watch game replay on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
ESN Postgame Show
Video Highlights
Columbia W-S jumps out to an early 5-0 lead
Emerson Meyer splashes down from the corner pocket
Gisele Diehl steps into a huge shot
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Boys Schedule
Championship Game
8pm Fort Vancouver vs Montesano Link to watch live on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
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3rd Place Games (Winners to State, Loser Out)
Elma 70, Hoquiam 67
The Hoquiam Grizzlies came into the game with a 2-0 record over the Elma Eagles this year but both games were decided by 1 point. The expectation was another tight finish and that’s exactly what happened. The Grizzlies led for most of the game and extended it to 10 points in the 3rd quarter but the Eagles wouldn’t go away.
With about 2 minutes to play in the game, the Grizzlies remained in control leading 63-58. Elma’s Trey Yeager hit a 3 to make it a 2 point game. Isaac McGaffey then gets the steal breaks away and elevates for the half dunk to tie it at 63 with 1:21 to play.
Elma then took the lead for the first since the 1st half when McGaffey found the bottom of the net for a 65-63 lead. Hoquiam answered with a wide open Lincoln Niemi for the lay in and it was 65-65. The Eagles answered with Gavin Muir re-taking the lead 67-65. The Grizzlies came right back with less than 30-seconds to play Joey Bozich finds a path to bucket and tied it again at 67.
Elma took a time-out and had 21 seconds to work with. As the Eagles got into front court, Head Coach Matt Ferrier called time-out with 10-seconds to go and got the time-out called just prior to Muir taking a shot that went in. The bucket of course did not count and as disappointed Coach Ferrier probably was he took note and set another play. The pass would go back to Muir in nearly the same spot and Gavin drained a 3-ball with just 3 seconds to play, the eagles then stole the hurried inbounds pass from the Grizzlies and clinched a state play-off spot while ending Hoquiam’s season.
A few scoring stats from our crew had Elma’s Muir leading with 22, McGaffey had 19 and Yeager who triggered the final run with that 3-ball with 14. For the Grizzlies, Bozich had 22, KJ McCoy with 16 and Ryker Maxfield had 10.
Thorbeckes MVP
The Thorbeckes MVP of the game went to Gavin Muir. Hitting the game winner but having it called off due to the time out only to hit it again and co-leader for the game in scoring it was an easy.
The Hoquiam Grizzles had their season come to an end and finished with a 13-11 record. Elma improves to 14-7 and heads to the state tournament. They will wait to see where they get seeded and where they are headed to next weekend for State Regionals.
Link to watch game replay on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
*note there were technical issues at the beginning of the game and the broadcast picks up in the 2nd quarter.
ESN Postgame Show
Video Highlights
Elma and Hoquiam answer each other late in the game
Gavin Muir ices a trip to state with a 3 point dagger
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3:30pm Kalama vs King’s Way Christian Link to watch live on the NFHS Network (subscription required)
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