3/6/2026
(Tacoma, WA) You can follow along with all the games of the 3A and 4A State Tournaments for both boys and girls. Full schedules, links to the live broadcasts followed up with written re-caps, MVP’s of each game and stats. Our coverage begins 3A boys then 3A girls followed by 4A girls and 4A boys.
*Note: Our coverage will get updated as we can and additional coverage may be added later such as video highlights. We have one person covering each location so we will be posting 60 re-caps each. We hope you understand and can give us a little patience.
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
Day 4 CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY!
Consolation 3rd/5th place and 4th/6th place Games
3A Boys
Championship Game
7p (7) Lincoln vs (1) Rainier Beach
3rd/5th Place Game
11:15a (5) Bellarmine Prep bs (4) Eastside Catholic
4th/6th Place Game
8a (11) Edmonds-Woodway vs (3) Mt Spokane
3A Girls
Championship Game
9p (2) Snohomish/(6) Eastside Catholic vs (1) Bellevue
3rd/5th Place Game
1p (2) Snohomish/(6) Eastside Catholic vs (4) Roosevelt
4th/6th Place Game
9:30a (12) White River vs (7) Evergreen
4A Girls
Championship Game
5p (8) Sumner vs (1) Davis
3rd/5th Place Game
11:15a (11) Kennedy Catholic vs (6) Lake Washington
4th/6th Place Game
8a (5) Gonzaga Prep vs (4) Woodinville
4A Boys
Championship Game
3p (5) Gonzaga Prep vs (2) Richland/(3) Lake Washington
3rd/5th Place Game
1p (7) Emerald Ridge vs (2) Richland/(3) Lake Washington
4th/6th Place Game
9:30a (4) Glacier Park vs (1) Mount Si
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3A Boys
Friday, March 6, 2026
Day 3 Semifinals (Winners to Championships, losers to 3rd place game)
Consolation bracket (Losers Out)
Semifinals (Winners to Championship, Losers to 3rd place game)
(1) Rainier Beach 71, (5) Bellarmine Prep 71
As usual the Rainier Beach Vikings got off to a bit of a slow start in the semifinal against 5 seed Bellarmine Prep and led the Lions only 11-9 after the 1st 8 minutes. It didn’t take long for the Vikings coaching staff to remind their players that it was this Bellarmine Prep team who upset them last year in the Regional round forcing the Vikings to play on opening day. It didn’t slow them down as they won it all but if they stumbled here there would be no repeat.
The Viks got the message and quickly heated up to put 24 on the board in the 2nd quarter while holding the Lions to just 10 and led 35-19 at the break. Beach kept the pressure on with their aggressive defense keeping the Lions offense limited in the 3rd and added another 5 points to their lead for a 21 point advantage going into the final 8 minutes. Rainier Beach made sure not to overlook Bellarmine this year and are back in the Title game.
The Vikings are now 23-0 and were led by Micah Ili-Meneese dropped 30 and added 6 of the teams 18 steals. Tyran Stokes scored 15 with 6 rebounds and 4 steals.
Rainier Beach is taking home a trophy for the 24th time out of the last 28 years. Since 1998 the Vikings have 9 State Championships, 6 2nds, a 3rd and 4th, 2 5ths, 6ths and 7ths. Add a 10th Championship from 1988 and the Vikings are shooting for their 11th Gold Ball.
Bellarmine Prep has had a terrific year and will play for 3rd on Saturday. Luke Heisel had a good game with 17, Elliott Stevenson had 10 and Ronnie Wiggins led the Lions in rebounds with 10.
The Lions drop to 23-4 and will play for 3rd place on Saturday at 11:15am against Eastside Catholic.
Rainier Beach will take on the Lincoln Abes for the State Championship at 7pm.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game award went to Micah Ili-Meneese for Rainier Beach.
(7) Lincoln 64, (4) Eastside Catholic 62
The Lincoln Abes got off to a good start with a 16-9 lead after the first quarter but then the Crusaders exploded in the 2nd quarter with a 26 point run doubling the Abes and took a 35-29 lead into halftime.
The 2nd half was a battle with the two teams all square in the 14-14 and Eastside Catholic still leading by 6 heading into the final quarter. The Abes who came into this tournament as one of the hottest teams in the state bulldozing their way as the 7 seed into the semifinals.
Davion Shareef-Dulanaey was on fire and hit some huge shots down the stretch. The key run was with about 3:45 left to play in the game Micah Rouson hit a huge 3 for the Crusaders to go up 58-52. On the return trip Shareef-Dulanaey answers with a 3 and there was a foul called right after the shot away from the ball against E-C. The basket counted and the Abes got possession because it was after the shot and away from the ball.
Lincoln got the ball into Kasey Williams who spun into the lane and scored and just like that a 5-point swing made it 58-57 with about 3 minutes to play. Williams then committed his 5th foul on Tytan McNeal who hit both free throws to go back up 60-57. Shareef-Dulanaey was then fouled and got the freebies to again make it a 1 point game with 2:30 to go.
McNeal answered with 2:20 to play with a short shot from 3 feet to push the Crusader lead back to 3, 62-59. Little did they know that would be the end of scoring for E-C. The Abes then got to work. Off an inbounds play Noah Dennis took the feed and laid it in for his only 2 points of the game and it was 62-61. Shareef-Dulanaey then came back with 1:12 to play and sank what turned out to be the game winning shot to go up 64-62. The two teams exchange possession and the Crusaders got one last chance when Steven Sun passed the ball to Rouson who went to take a 3 point shot for the win and Shareef-Dulanaey slapped the shot out of his hands to end the game.
Shareef-Dulanaey led the Abes with 32 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and one huge blocked shot. No other Abe scored in double figures but Justus Holt just missed a double double with 9 points and 9 boards.
The Crusaders just missed getting to the Title game in a frustrating loss. It was a tremendous effort led by a well balanced offense with 5 players in double digits. McNeal and Yabi Aklog each had 12, London Walsh added 11 and Rouson and Sun finished with 10. E-C drops to 19-9 and will face Bellarmine Prep at 11:15 Saturday morning for 3rd place.
Lincoln is shooting for their 4th State Championship in school history winning it in 2001 and 2002 and back in 1975. They last took home hardware in 2018 with the 3rd place trophy.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game went to Davion Shareff-Dulanaey.
Consolation (loser out)
(11) Edmonds-Woodway 64, (2) O’Dea 55
Coming into this tournament many believed the O’Dea Irish would be the team to give top seed Rainier Beach their biggest challenge. 11 seed Edmonds-Woodway wanted to remind everyone it was them in the Championship game last year and they came in battling against the Irish sending them home before trophy day.
The Warriors trailing by 1 at the half then eased away in the 2nd half to get to Saturday. The Warriors’ Dennis Karl led all scorers with 21, William Alseth added 17 and 8 boards and and Grant Williams had 15. E-W improves to 24-4 and will play in the 4th/6th place game against the 3 seed Mt Spokane on Saturday at 9:30 in the morning.
O’Dea ends their season in a disappointing way and finished with a 19-6 overall mark. Josiah Bowman led the Irish with 16 and Peyton Brooks added 13.
The Sumner Holiday Inn MVP of the game went to Dennis Karl for the Warriors.
(3) Mt Spokane 73, (8) Bellevue 58
The Mt Spokane Wildcats bounced back after a flat performance in the quarterfinals with a fast start against the Wolverines. The Cats jumped out to a 38-23 lead in the 1st half and extended it to 63-41 after 3. Mt Spokane had 10 players get in the scorebook led by the 20 of Jaden Ghoreishi with 9 rebounds. Only Jaceten Reijonen would also top 10 points with 11.
The Wildcats improve to 19-7and get to trophy Saturday where they will play for the 4th place hardware. The 3 seed will face 11 seed Edmonds-Woodway who knocked off #2 O’Dea. Game time on Saturday is 9:30am.
Bellevue had their season come to an end and got 15 points from Tayten Jones, 12 by Jackson Skaggs and Eduardo Molina had 10. The Wolverines fall just short of the trophy round and ended with a 20-10 record.
The Sumner Holiday Inn MVP of the game went to Jaden Ghoreishi for Mt Spokane.
3A Girls
Friday, March 6, 2026
Day 3 Semifinals (Winners to Championships, losers to 3rd place game)
Consolation bracket (Losers Out)
Semifinals (Winners to Championship, Losers to 3rd place game)
7:15p (4) Roosevelt vs (1) Bellevue
9p (6) Eastside Catholic vs (2) Snohomish
Consolation (loser out)
(7) Evergreen (Van) 51, (11) Lakeside (Sea) 46
The Evergreen Plainsmen just set school history and will have completed the best season of girls basketball in school history. This is only their 4th appearance and had never won a State play-off game prior to this year. But with this win over Lakeside the Plainsmen are guaranteed to bring home the very first state trophy to add to the Evergreen trophy case.
The Plainsmen held the Lions to just 15 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters and they used that to build a lead they would never give up. Amaya Pachal led Evergreen with 16 points, Harmony Fallin had 15 and Kimora Ross chipped in 10. Evergreen improves to 22-6 and will play in the 4th/6th place game on Saturday morning at 9:30.
Lakeside finished their season just short of the trophy round with a final 19-12 record. Kaliya Woodard led the Lions with 15 and 12 rebounds. Anvi Bhatia added 11.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Evergreen’s Amaya Paschal.
(12) White River 47, (9) Stanwood 28
The White River Hornets and Stanwood Spartans were both coming off tough losses in the quarters. Stanwood especially losing in OT and playing in the 9pm game against the 2 seed Snohomish. The challenge is to be able to put the loss aside and get back focused and sometimes that is a lot to ask of high school athletes.
The Spartans just didn’t have it on this Friday and the Hornets could feel that vulnerability and took full advantage holding the Spartans to just 13 points through 3 quarters while they chalked up 42. The Hornets took their foot off the gas and cruised to trophy Saturday and are going home with hardware.
Malia Froemke led the Hornets with 18 and Kaijah Young had 4 but led in rebounds with 9. White River is now 20-7 and the 12 seed will play for 4th place Saturday morning against 7 seed Evergreen at 9:30.
Stanwood’s Ellalee Wortham led the Spartans with 14 points and just missed doubling up grabbing 9 rebounds. The Spartans ended their season with a 21-7 record.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Malia Froemke for the Hornets.
4A Girls
Friday, March 6, 2026
Day 3 Semifinals (Winners to Championships, losers to 3rd place game)
Consolation bracket (Losers Out)
Semifinals (Winners to Championship, Losers to 3rd place game)
(1) Davis 57, (11) Kennedy Catholic 38
The defending Champions are focused on keeping that State Championship trophy in Yakima as the Davis Pirates led the surprising Kennedy Catholic Lancers from start to finish. The Pirates balance is incredible as they had 4 players in double figures which can be tough to get to with a total of 57 for the game. It just shows there is not one player to take away from this super talented Pirate team.
The deception is quite clear as Davis never scored more than 16 in a quarter or less than 13 and it felt like the Lancers could make a run to get back in it then you look up and there’s a 19 point difference. Davis’s defense is all about pressure and quickness and keeps their opponents off-balance from the start.
Davis limited Kennedy Catholic to a 24% shot rate and 4 of 20 from the 3 point line at 20%. The Pirates shot 38% from the floor and 5 of 17 from 3 land or 29% and hit 16 of 21 free throws shooting the freebies at 76%. The Pirates dominated the board out rebounding K-C 44-23 with Cheyenne Hull pulling down 18. They led in blocked shots 2-1, steals 7-3 and assists 10-3.
Kennedy Catholic no doubt was looking to stun the world and pull the upset but the Pirates were too much. The Lancers coming in as an 11 seed and was one of two 11 seeds to get to the semifinals in all 12 tournaments going on this weekend with the other being the 2A Columbia River Rapids boys team.
The Lancers were led by Jayden Fitzgerald with 18 points and 7 rebounds. K-C is now 20-8 for the season. This is a spectacular run the Lancers are on and will be playing in the 3rd/5th place game on Saturday at 11:15am. Regardless of whether it’s the 3rd or 5th place trophy it will be Kennedy’s first trophy since 2011.
Davis is making their 4th straight state tournament appearance. Prior to 2023 the Pirates had made a total of 3 state tournaments in 2014, 2013 and 1987 and had a total of 1 state win. They made it in 2023 and got knocked out in the round of 12, then took 3rd in 2024, won it all last year and looking to add their 2nd Championship trophy.
The well balanced offense was led by Deets Parrish with 15, Hull had 14 to go with her 18 boards, Isa Garcia also had 14 and Averie Brandt scored 10.
The Pirates improve to 23-2 and will play for all the marbles Saturday evening at 5pm.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game award went to Deets Parrish for Davis.
(8) Sumner 52, (6) Lake Washington 41
It’s Deja Vu all over again as the Sumner Spartans as the 8 seed are headed to the State Championship to face the 1 seed Davis Pirates, just like last year. The Pirates were able to beat Sumner for the Title but these pesky Spartans are back to take another crack at Davis.
The Spartans faced a solid Lake Washington team and they traded blows like a heavy weight fight with Sumner leading after the 1st quarter 15-14 and then pushed it to a 29-27 halftime advantage. They pushed in the 3rd 10-10 and this defensive back and forth continued into the 4th quarter.
Sumner put up 13 in the 4th but their suffocating defense and a horrible time for the Kangaroos to go cold only managed 4 points and the Spartans are headed for the big game on Saturday.
Sumner led by Kawehi Borden’s 28 points shot 40% from the floor and 3 of 12 from behind the arc for a 25% clip. The Kangs shot 28% and 21% from deep. The Spartans had a big 39-28 advantage on the boards and all spelled trouble for L-W to get their offense going.
The Spartans have 3 trophies in their trophy case a pair of 2nd’s and a 5th. They are looking for their 1st Championship. Helping Borden was Raymiah Jackson who tallied a double double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Lake Washington was led by Ashley Uusitalo with 13 points, Ileana Olteanu had 12 and Julia Benthen scored 6 and grabbed 10 rebounds. The Kangaroos, now 20-8, will play for 3rd place on Saturday where they face Kennedy Catholic with a 11;15am tip off time.
Sumner improves to 27-4 and will take on the Davis Pirates for the 4th time in 2 years. The Pirates hold a 2-1 advantage and the Spartans are looking to even that score with the biggest in Sumner’s program history. The Championship will is set as the 5pm game.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game was a clear choice in Kawehi Borden.
Consolation (loser out)
(5) Gonzaga Prep 50, (10) Lake Stevens 42
The Gonzaga Prep Bullpups used a big 24 point 3rd quarter to surge past the Lake Stevens Vikings who were trying to upset the Bullpups and get to trophy Saturday. G-P added to their 2 point lead heading into the 4th to extend their season by 1 game and 1 day and guaranteed themselves a trophy.
The Bullpups offense was shared with 6 scorers and 3 in double figures. Quinn Pederson had 14 and 6 rebounds, 13 and 6 for Aylah Cornwall and Laura Thompson had 12 points with 5 boards.
Gonzaga Prep improved to 22-3 and will play the 8am game Saturday morning in the 4th/6th place game against 4 seed Woodinville.
Lake Stevens had their season come to an end and they finished with a 22-5 overall record. Kendel Kuehl led the scoring with 12 and Noelani Tupua added 11.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Bullpups’ Quinn Pederson.
(4) Woodinville 64, (2) Union 55
The Falcons have been in this position before as this will be the 6th straight year Woodinville will take home hardware. The Falcons led start to finish over the 2 seed Union Titans. Leading the Falcons was Kamryn Wille with 23 and 12 rebounds. Sienna Bieler knocked in 21 with 5 boards and 3 assists and Jazlyn Wilkerson double-doubled with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Woodinville is now 26-5 and will get up early on Saturday to face Gonzaga Prep for the 4th place trophy at 8am.
Union had such a great year and they fell short in Tacoma with a tight loss Thursday to Sumner and had their season come to an end. Brooklynn Haywood was again terrific with 25 points to lead all scorers. Myla Larry doubled up with 17 and 10 rebounds. Union finished the year 25-4.
The Sumner Holiday Inn MVP of the game went to Woodinville’s Kamryn Wille.
4A Boys
Friday, March 6, 2026
Day 3 Semifinals (Winners to Championships, losers to 3rd place game)
Consolation bracket (Losers Out)
Semifinals (Winners to Championship, Losers to 3rd place game)
7:15p (7) Emerald Ridge vs (5) Gonzaga Prep
9p (3) Lake Washington vs (2) Richland
Consolation (loser out)
(1) Mount Si 74, (6) Puyallup 66
When you’re the #1 seed and you fall short in the quarterfinals and see your Championship aspirations go up in smoke one of the most challenging things is to turn around in less than 24 hours and play a loser out game against another team that also was good enough to get to the quarters.
The Mount Si Wildcats did not play their best but when they needed the buckets they dug down and got them refusing to be a 1 seed who goes home empty handed. The Wildcats held on to push the Puyallup Vikings to OT. That’s where Mount Si surged to a lead the Vikings couldn’t close and extended their season by one day.
The Wildcats were led by Brady Hennig with 21 points, Marcus Heide and Latt Ford each chipped in with double doubles with Heide scoring 20 and grabbing 14 rebounds and Ford with 12 and 10. The Cats are now 21-2 and will play for 4th place at 9:30 Saturday morning.
Puyallup went double OT on Thursday in the quarterfinals against Gonzaga Prep and had to go another OT today and they will be thinking about that one shot or one thing they could have done and maybe playing for a Championship instead of going home empty handed. A tough way to end their season but they battled incredibly hard and ended up 22-8 for the year. Will Nasinec led the Vikings with 17, Porter Richardson had 11 with Nicholas Jones adding 10.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Marcus Heide for Mount Si.
(4) Glacier Peak 64, (8) West Valley (Yak) 42
The Glacier Peak, Grizzlies came out focused and put up a 38-21 lead at the half and never looked back West Valley never got their offense rolling while the trio of scorers for G-P were not ready for the season to be over.
Zachary Albright was fantastic with a game high 24 points and 13 rebounds and 3 steals. Paulos Mulugeta had 14 points and 8 boards with Reed Nagel getting the baker’s dozen 13 and 6 rebounds.
West Valley’s Parker Mills was the only one in double digits for the Rams with 12 and led in rebounds as well with 7. The Rams season came to a close and they ended up 20-4 on the year.
Glacier Peak improves to 22-3 and will play on Championship Saturday in the 4th/6th place game at 9:30am. The Grizzlies will be facing the #1 seed Mount Si who was upset in the quarters and had to go to OT to get to the 4th place game.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game award went to the Grizzlies’ Zachary Albright.
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3A Boys
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Day 2 Quarterfinals
Winners to Semifinals, Losers to Consolation bracket
(5) Bellarmine Prep 60, (11) Edmonds-Woodway 48
A 1-point difference at the half had the Bellarmine Prep Lions up 30-29 over Edmonds-Woodway Warriors. The 3rd quarter became the difference maker with the Warriors only able to sink 3 points. The Lions didn’t run-away with 13 but that 11 point lead was too much to overcome in the final 8 minutes.
The Lions are headed to the semifinals Friday afternoon at 3:45 to take on the top seed Rainier Beach. The Lions had a balanced offensive attack with 3 in double figures. Ronnie Wiggins led the scoring with 18 along with 9 rebounds a blocked shot and 3 steals. Birk Johnston had 14 and Elliott Stevenson knocked down 12. Luke Heisel just missed a double-double with 9 points and 11 rebounds. B-P is now 23-3 on the year.
Edmonds-Woodway survived the loser out game on Wednesday and will have a shot at a trophy if they can win on Friday in the consolation bracket when they take on 2 seed, O’Dea at 9am. The Warriors were led by the 17 points of Dennis Karl and 15 points from William Alseth.
The Sumner Holiday Inn MVP went to Elliott Stevenson for the Lions.
(1) Rainier Beach 85, (2) O’Dea 68
The target is big on the Rainier Beach Vikings and one of the teams that have threatened the Vikings run to repeat as State Champs was the O’Dea Irish. And guess who they had to face in the quarterfinals and not the Championship? The Irish who dropped into the round of 12 after losing in the regional round.
O’Dea came out with plenty of fight and sprinted out to a 20-14 lead after the first 8 minutes. The Irish kept up the pressure and went to halftime with a 37-32 lead. But when the Vikings came out in the 2nd half it was a different story. Beach put up 23 and held O’Dea to 10 in the 3rd to surge past the Irish after 3 with a 55-47 lead.
The Vikings poured it on in the 4th with 30 points led by Tyran Stokes with a triple double, 24 points to lead all scorers, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. 3 other Vikings were in double digits with JJ Crawford hitting 18, Micah Ili-Meneese added 17 and 13 went to Kam Babbs.
Rainier Beach improves to 22-0 and they advance to the semifinals on Friday. The Vikings will face the 5 seed Bellarmine Prep at 3:45pm with a trip to the State Championship on the line.
O’Dea’s Peyton Brooks had a solid game with 18, Josiah Bowman scored 16 and Brian Webster added 14. The Irish fall to 19-5 and will play in a loser out consolation game on Friday at 9am against Edmonds-Woodway.
The Sumner Holiday Inn MVP went to the triple-doubler Tyran Stokes.
(4) Eastside Catholic 53, (3) Mt Spokane 37
The Crusaders stumbled in the regionals and have certainly righted the ship so to speak with a big win on Wednesday to get into the quarters. Today they used a big 18-8 2nd quarter to kick-start the 16 point win over an always tough Mt Spokane squad to get an invitation to Friday’s semifinals.
E-C led the Wildcats at the break 28-18 then locked down the Cats again in the 3rd limiting them to just 6 points as they answered with 17 for a 21 point lead. The Crusaders spread the offense around with 6 in the score book led by the 14 of London Walsh while Anthony Williams added 13. Yabi Aklog scored 7 and was their leading rebounder with 9.
Shooting was the big difference with E-C hitting 44% for the game and Mt Spokane just 29%. The Wildcats’ Tysen Lewis had 10 points and 9 boards with Jaden Ghoreishi also hitting for 10. Mt Spokane drops to 18-7 and will play in the consolation, loser out game at 10:30am on Friday against Bellevue.
Eastside Catholic advances to the semifinals and will take on red hot Lincoln in the 5:30pm game. The Crusaders are now 19-8 on the year.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Anthony Williams.
(7) Lincoln 77, (8) Bellevue 57
The Abes are another team that’s grabbing a lot of attention and they have been on a run since mid-January and they didn’t slow down in the quarterfinals. Lincoln wasted little time exploding to a 46-27 halftime lead and never looked back. The Abes added to that lead after 3 with a 17-11 quarter to go up by 63-38,
The Abes shot 48% from the floor, went 10-24 from 3-point range at a 42% clip and out rebounded the Wolverines 39-28. Lincoln had 4 players in double digits with Oshea Lamar leading with 17 along with 6 boards and 6 assists. Jalan Little had 16 while Davion Shareef-Dulanaey and Justus Holt each had 13.
Lincoln improves to 17-3 and advances to the semifinals on Friday where they will face 4th seeded Eastside Catholic.
Bellevue now 20-9, drops into the consolation bracket and will take on 3 seed Mt Spokane in a must win game at 10:30am Friday. The Wolverines got 15 from Jackson Skaggs and 13 from Nicolas Norrah.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Abes’ Oshea Lamar.
3A Girls
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Day 2 Quarterfinals
Winners to Semifinals, Losers to Consolation bracket
(4) Roosevelt 49, (11) Lakeside (Sea) 41
The Lakeside Lions scored 15 in the 1st quarter and 20 in the 4th. The problem was in the middle where they scored a combined 6 points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Even with that offensive meltdown the Lions defense did keep them in the game as the Roughriders were consistent with scoring no more than 14 or less than 10 and by the end of the 3rd they built a 35-21 lead. So even with the their best quarter Lakeside was too far behind to make up the difference.
Roosevelt spread out their offense with 3 in double figures led by Giselle Dollar with 15 points and just missing the doubler with 9 rebounds. Emma Curtis added 12 and Sloane Sprangers had 10. Roosevelt shot 32% for the game and from behind the 3 point line going 7 for 22.
The Lions outrebounded the roughriders 46-31 but only shot 27% for the game 15 of 55 and 19% behind the arc. Lakeside’s Kaliya Woodard led with 14 points and 14 rebounds while Lili Brown scored 11. Lakeside is now 19-11 and will face a must win on Friday to get to trophy day on Saturday. The Lions will play at 12:15pm on Friday.
Roosevelt is now 23-4 and headed to the semifinals on Friday and will tip off at 7:15pm.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was Roosevelt’s Giselle Dollar.
(1) Bellevue 56, (7) Evergreen 46
The Evergreen Plainsmen gave top seed Bellevue a solid run for their money. Evergreen hasn’t been to the State tournament much in their school history in fact this is only their 4th appearance and they have never placed. Maybe the Plainsmen snuck up on the Wolverines but when challenged Bellevue was able to put it away in the final minutes.
Evergreen led all through the 1st half 16-9 after 1 and 27-26 at the half. Bellevue pulled ahead after 3 limiting the Plainsmen to 8 but they didn’t run away with leading 41-35. That was enough to keep Evergreen from pulling a stunning upset and got the Wolverines to the semifinals.
Bellevue ground out a tough win and were led by Iyla Jones’ 12 points, Syesha Simanton had 11 and Dilynn Johnson hit for 10. Nayvi Robinson just missed a double-double with 9 points and 11 boards.
Evergreen’s top scorer was Kimora Ross with Amaya Paschal and Harmony Fallin each with 11. Evergreen drops to 21-6 for the season and plays in a loser out consolation game at 12:15 on Friday against 11 seed Lakeside. If the Plainsmen can win they will play in the 4th/6th place game on Saturday and either way they would take home their first trophy in school history.
Bellevue is now 25-3 and move onto the semifinals with a 7:15pm tip-off against Roosevelt.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was Nayvi Robinson.
(6) Eastside Catholic 59, (12) White River 40
The Crusaders took control of this quarterfinal from the start sprinting out to a, 18-11 lead after one and stretched it to a 36-17 lead at the half. The Hornets faced a stiff E-C defense and they were cold as well.
Out of the half the Crusaders extended that lead even more with a 14-9 quarter and cruised into the semifinals. Eastside Catholic improved to 19-7 and will play in the semifinal nightcap at 9pm Friday night against 2nd seed Snohomish.
E-C was led by Raquel Dunnam’s 17 with 5 3-balls in the 1st half, Amy Nduka had 15 and 12 rebounds for the doubler and Sophie Lugolobi just missed the double with 12 and 8.
The Hornets struggled offensively the whole game with only Maggee Schmitz hitting double figures with 18. White River is now 19-7 for the season and will face 9 seed Stanwood at 2pm Friday in a loser out contest.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was Raquel Dunnam.
(2) Snohomish 41, (9) Stanwood 36 (OT)
To call this a defensive slugfest is the understatement of the year. Neither team scored more than 11 points in a quarter and neither scored more than 7 in the 1st two quarters. They were tied at 6-6 after 1 and Snohomish took a 13-9 lead into halftime.
Stanwood would hit double digits first with an 11-6 3rd quarter giving the Spartans a 20-19 lead heading into the 4th quater. The Panthers would then equal that 11 point outburst and held Stanwood to 10 for a 30-30 tie after regulation. They would go 4 more minutes and the Panthers finally got their offense rolling matching that 11 points in just the 4 minutes of OT while Stanwood struggled with 6 sending the 2 seed Panthers to Friday’s semifinals.
Snohomish relied on one to score 75% of their points as Sienna Capelli hit for 30. She grabbed 10 boards had 3 assists, 3 blocked shots and 3 steals. The Panthers got their 20th win of the season and are now 20-6. They will take on 6 seed Eastside Catholic in the 9pm game Friday night.
Stanwood was led by Stella Berrett’s 13 points and 7 rebounds. The Spartan’s are now 21-6 and will play on Friday at 2pm against 12 seeded White River for a chance to play for 4th on Saturday.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was a clear choice in Sienna Capelli.
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4A Girls
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Day 2 Quarterfinals
Winners to Semifinals, Losers to Consolation bracket
(11) Kennedy Catholic 65, (5) Gonzaga Prep 52
The 11 seed Lancers are turning some heads as they took out the 3 seed Chiawana on Wednesday and now knock off the 5th seeded Bullpups from Gonzaga Prep in the quarterfinals and did so with a convincing win.
Leading the Lancers was Jayden Fitzgerald with a massive game hitting for 32 and added 5 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocked shots and 4 steals. Fitzgerald had some help from Gabriela King with a double-double 12 and 11 and Kat Schroeder added 10 points. The Lancers are now 20-7 for the season. and will face their biggest yet on Friday in the 3:45pm semifinal against the top seed and defending champs Davis.
Gonzaga Prep had three in double figures with Alyah Cornwall scoring 17 with 9 boards, Charlee Peterson did get the double-up with 12 points and 10 rebounds while Laura Thompson added 11. The Bullpups drop to 22-2 and will take on 10 seed Lake Stevens in a loser out game Friday morning at 9am.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Jayden Fitzgerald.
(1) Davis 76, (10) Lake Stevens 56
The Pirates led by just 1 after the 1st quarter over a motivated Lake Stevens Vikings squad, 15-14. But the Pirates were just getting warmed up and answered that 15 with 24 more in the 2nd. The Vikings kept within striking distance with 22 of their own and trailed by just 3 at the break.
The 3rd quarter is when the Pirates started to kick it in getting up and down the court putting in another 22 and this time the defense picked up holding the Vikings to 11 and stretching that lead to 14. The Vikings had to start putting up shots and take chances to close the gap in the final quarter but the Pirates would not bend and finished the job to advance to the semifinal on Friday.
Davis’s Isa Garcia led the offense with 24 points and 7 rebounds. Not far behind was the 22 from Cheyenne Hull who completed the double-double with 18 boards. She also had 7 assists and 6 steals. Kobe Johnson added 12 points and Deets Parrish had 10. Davis is now 22-2 on the season and will head to the semifinals on Friday at 3:45 facing the surprising 11 seeded Kennedy Catholic Lancers.
Lake Stevens got 21 from Noelani Tupua with 8 boards while Keira Isabelle Tupua had 19 and 9 rebounds. The 10 seed Vikings drop to 22-4 and will play a loser out consolation game at 9am on Friday against 5 seed Gonzaga Prep.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Pirates’ Isa Garcia.
(6) Lake Washington 55, (4) Woodinville 50
A Kingco showdown in the quarterfinals went to the Kangaroos of Lake Washington in this thrilling down to the wire match-up. It wouldn’t be a 4A Girls State Championship without the Falcons of Woodinville who feel like they have an automatic pass to the Tacoma Dome. This is their 9th straight tournament appearance and shooting for their 7th trophy in the last 9 years and were hoping for that 2nd State Title.
L-W is making their 7th straight trip to the Dome and out of the last 6 years they have three 2nd place finishes. Both teams looking to get the big Gold Ball trophy.
They played like a State final as both teams know each other very well. The Falcons led after 1 quarter 14-13 and the Kangs answered with a 14-8 2nd quarter to lead 27-22 at the half.
Lake Washington maintained that lead, in fact added 1 for a 6 point lead after 3. But the Falcons were not interested in throwing in the towel and with less than a minute to play the lead was down to 2 points. Kamryn Wille had a chance to tie but couldn’t convert a close in shot that rolled off the rim. After a free throw by the L-W, Woodinville had a chance with a 3 pointer with less than 10 seconds to play but missed. A couple of clinching two possession free throws and the Kangs clinched the quarterfinal win and headed back to the semifinals.
The Kangaroos were led by Julia Benthin with 21 and 10 rebounds for the double-up and 4 steals to fill out the stat line. Ashley Uusitalo had 16 and Ileana Olteamu with 11. Lake Washington is now 20-7 and they will play on Friday against (8) Sumner winner at 5:30pm.
Woodinville drops 25-5 and Jazlyn Wilkerson led with 21 also picked up 10 rebounds, Sammy Harris had 15 and Tanuja Jutta finished with 10. The Falcons will play in the consolation loser out game Friday at 10:30am against 2 seed Union.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was Lake Washington’s Julia Benthin.
(8) Sumner 58, (2) Union 53
It’s not often teams would clamor to be the 8 seed, it does get you in the top 8 but a tough seed. Just maybe the Sumner Spartans are going to start requesting for the 8 seed even if they were to get a higher position. Last year they were the 8 and ended up playing for the State Championship.
They aren’t there yet but they are now 1 game away from heading back to the big game on Saturday after holding off the 2 seeded Union Titans in a brilliant performance by both teams.
Sumner took the lead in the 1st half with a 14 and 17 point quarters holding the Titans to 10 and 16 and were up 31-26. Union was at a tipping point and which way would they go? Well they dug in and ground away to make it a 2 point game after 3 quarters. With plenty of momentum the Titans would actually take a 2 point lead in the 4th quarter as they battled back and forth. Sumner would take control late forcing the Titans to foul and put it away at the free throw line.
Sumner is now 26-4 and headed to the semifinals on Friday where they’ll face 6 seed Lake Washington for a chance to get back to the Championship gamer. The Spartans were led by the 27 points and 9 rebounds of Kawehi Borden. Raymiah Jackson checked in with 12 and 6 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals.
Union drops to 25-3 and into the consolation bracket for a must win game on Friday at 10:30am against 4 seed Woodinville. The Titans were led with a massive game from Brooklynn Haywood with 32 points. Myla Larry had 9 and led in rebounds with 7.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was Kawehi Borden for Sumner.
4A Boys
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Day 2 Quarterfinals
Winners to Semifinals, Losers to Consolation bracket
(5) Gonzaga Prep 48, (6) Puyallup 47 (2OT)
A re-match of last year’s Championship came down to a couple of possessions at the end of the 2nd overtime. Down by one with less than 40 seconds to play Quamari Costello drove the lane and was fouled as he attempted a shot and went to the line. Costello who led a huge comeback in the 4th quarter scoring 10 of his 18 points to help push it to OT. He made both shots to give the Vikings a 1 point lead.
With just seconds to go Gonzaga Prep had possession and brought the ball up the floor and it ended up in the hands Dylynn Groves who drove the into the paint from the right side got by one defender laid it up and it fell through leaving 1.8 seconds left for the Vikings. Costello would get a half court shot off but no “Do you believe in Miracles” ending for Puyallup. The Bullpups exploded in celebration much like they did about a year ago when their last second shot against Puyallup gave them the State Championship.
The Bullpups were led by Groves with 19. Ryan Carney added 14 with 5 boards and Jack Pierce chipped in with 13 and completed the double-double 10 rebounds. Speaking of rebounds, Jackson Mott was the Chairman of the Board with 17. Gonzaga Prep is now 19-6 and advances to the semifinals and will have the surprising 7 seeded Emerald Ridge Jaguars in the 7:15pm game.
Puyallup got 18 points from both Costello and Will Nasinec. The Vikings will have to try to shake off the disappointing loss and bounce back to play in a loser out consolation game on Friday at 12:15pm where they will take on the top seed Mt Si who was stunned by 7 seed Emerald Ridge in the quarters.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the game winner Dylynn Groves for Gonzaga Prep.
(7) Emerald Ridge 67, (1) Mt Si 62
The Emerald Ridge Jaguars went over to Richland last weekend in the Regional round and the Bombers handed E-R a 79-56 loss. This pushed the Jags into the opening day round of 12 on Wednesday and they took care of business with a nice bounce back win over Redmond 63-47.
The Jags then stunned the Tacoma Dome crowd in the quarterfinals knocking off top seeded Mt Si. E-R won the first 3 quarters 16-15, 20-16 and 20-18 to build a 7 point lead heading into the 4th quarter. The Jaguars pressure defense did not fold and although the Wildcats outscored them in the 4th it was only 13-11 and Emerald Ridge is in the semifinals.
The Jags were had 3 in double figures with a well balanced offensive attack and 7 players scoring. The top scorer was Ellis Mosley with 19, Jordan Bennett added 15 and Mychal Turner hit for 13. Jamaize McGriff had 9 points and led in rebounding with 9. Emerald Ridge is now 25-4 and will take on the 5 seed and defending Champs Gonzaga Prep at 7:30p Friday night. If the Jags can pull off the win and Richland wins their semifinal they will get a shot at redemption for that regional loss last weekend.
Mt Si wondering how they let this one get away from them will have to rebound quickly as they drop into a loser out consolation game on Friday. Latt Ford led the Wildcats with 23 and 11 boards, Marcus Heide also with the double-double of 11 and 11 while Brady Hennig finished with 11 as well. The Wildcats play Friday at 12:15pm against 6 seed Puyallup.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game went to Ellis Mosley of Emerald Ridge.
(3) Lake Washington 49, (4) Glacier Peak 46
This was a classic battle of two very well matched teams with great defenses stands and limited yet effective offense as this game played out. Both teams had a quarter in single digits but neither scored less than 8 or more than 16 in a quarter. Lake Washington gained the first advantage with a 23-19 lead at the half. They added one more after 3 quarters up 35-30.
Glacier Peak then made a run and had their chances but the Kangaroos were able to stave off the Grizzlies and earn a huge win to get to the quarterfinals. L-W had a few slight advantages in this one, out rebounding the Grizzlies 32-28, the Kangs shot 40% from the floor and were 7 for 23 behind the 3 point line at 30% and 57% from the line.
Glacier Peak shot 38% from the floor, 4 of 19 from 3 point land at 21% and 50% from the line. Just winning one of those could have made up the 3 point deficit which shows just how close this match-up was in the end.
Glacier Peak got 20 from Reed Nagel with 7 assists, Zachary Albright added 12 with 6 boards. The Grizzlies drop to 22-2 and will play on Friday in the consolation round at 2p in a loser out game with West Valley of Yakima.
The Kangs had 3 with 10 or more points topped by Jayden Hunt with 16. Omer Ziklik had 13 and Mateo Cummings had 10 with 6 rebounds. Lake Washington improves to 23-4 and will play in the Friday night 9pm semifinal against the 2 seeded Richland Bombers.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game went to Omer Ziklik for Lake Washington.
(2) Richland 76, (8) West Valley (Yak) 62
After a bit of a slow start for the Bombers as they trailed the West Valley Rams of Yakima after the 1st quarter 16-13. When the 2nd quarter began the Bombers found their rhythm dropping 19 and holding the Rams to 10 for a 32-26 lead at the break.
Richland kept up the offensive pressure but the Rams refused to give in on a 24-23 3rd quarter. Richland would then pull away with another 20 point quarter 20-13 to pull away and march into the Friday night semifinals.
The Bombers now 25-0, were led in scoring by Landen Northrop with 33 and picked off 7 rebounds. Lance Hornvedt had a big night with 20 points and 6 boards and 3 assists with Jackson Woodard kicking in 10 points. Richland will take on the 3 seed Lake Washington Friday in the Semifinal nightcap at 9pm.
West Valley had 4 in double digits with 19 for Austin Birley with 8 rebounds, Jrayden Whitfielkd had 13, Parker Mills got the double-double with 11 points and 10 boards and Parker Hill had 10. The Rams are now 20-3 and will play in a consolation loser out game on Friday at 2pm against 4 seed Glacier Peak.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP of the game went to Richland’s Landen Northrop.
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3A Boys
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Day 1 Round of 12
Winners to Quarterfinals, Losers Out
(11) Edmonds-Woodway 49, (6) Prairie 46
The Edmonds-Woodway Warriors pulled off the upset opening day win and advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday and will face the 5 seed Bellarmine Prep at 9am Thursday morning.
Trailing 25-23 at the half the Warriors key quarter was the 3rd where their defense limited the Falcons to just 7. Prairie didn’t let EW get-away as they held them to 12. That 5 point difference gave them a 3 point lead ands that would be the difference in playing at least two more days and having your season come to an end. Edmonds-Woodway was led by Dennis Karl with 17 points and William Alseth picked off a double-double with 12 points and 10 boards. The Warriors improve to 23-3 and are guaranteed at least 2 more games.
Prairie had their season come to a disappointing end and finished the year 18-6. Jamir Jones led the Falcons with 14, while two others hit double digits with Tavin Timperley with 11 and Carson Morningstar with a double-double of his own with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Warrior’s Dennis Karl.
(2) O’Dea 62, (10) Shorewood 52
The O’Dea Irish still stinging from that regional loss didn’t allow any carryover and got the job dome on opening day in the Tacoma Dome in a must win game. The Irish led by 4 after the 1st quarter and pushed it to a 7 point cushion at the half. The Stormrays never let O’Dea to push their advantage to a huge lead and they were outscored by 2 in the 3rd and just 1 in the final quarter.
O’Dea was led by Brian Webster with 29 points with a pair of long balls and 7 of 8 from the line along with 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Peyton Brooks added 11, Josiah Bowman also in double figures with 10. Gene Woodard III led the Irish in rebounding with 9. O’Dea is now 19-4 and will head to the quarterfinals where top-seeded Rainier Beach awaits them as the loss in regionals by O’Dea flipped the bracket and the game many thought would be for the State Title is now a quarterfinal match-up. Tip-off will be 10:30 Thursday morning.
Shorewood was led by Tyler Marlow with 20 points, Jaden Marlow added 12 and Thomas Moles knocked down 11. The Stormrays had their season come to an end and they finished the year 19-8.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to O’Dea’s Brian Webster.
(4) Eastside Catholic 79, (12) Liberty (Renton) 70
After an explosive 1st quarter offensively things cooled off in the 2nd quarter especially for the Librty Patriots. The Pats actually led after the 1st quarter 24-22. Eastside Catholic slipped to 16 in the 2nd but a cold streak and stiff defense from the Crusaders held Liberty to just 7 and a 38-31 lead for E-C.
The Crusaders added another 7 to that lead after 3 which was needed as the Patriots never gave in as their offense re-ignited dropping 25. E-C responded with 20 of their own to keep the Patriots at bay.
Eastside Catholic’s Yabi Aklog drop a tournament high so far of 32. No 3’s and 8 of 9 from the line. He doubled it up with 13 rebounds, had 2 assists, 2 blocked shots and a steal. Anthony Williams had 15 points and 8 boards and Steven Sun added 13.
The Crusaders are now 18-8 and advance to the quarterfinals and take on 3 seed Mt Spokane on Tuesday at 12:15pm.
Liberty had a solid season and pushed the Crusaders to the final buzzer falling short of extending their season. Jackson Whitaker had the 2nd highest point total of the tournament so far with 31 and grabbed 7 rebounds. Tyson Burley scored 16 and had 4 steals while Mason Chin hit for 12 points. Liberty finished the year 21-7.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Crusader’s Yabi Aklog.
(8) Bellevue 85, (9) Auburn-Mountainview 71
The 1st half was interesting with each team taking their turn to have a big quarter. The Wolverines jumped out to a 23-14 lead after the 1st quarter. The Lions answered the bell with a 25 -16 advantage in the 2nd and with the quick math, they were all even at 39 at the break.
As the 2nd half began it was Bellevue again with the advantage 22-17 and took a 5 point lead into the 4th and final. Would Auburn Mountainview be able to answer again? No was the answer as they had an even quarter with 15 but the Wolverines turned it on to make sure they were coming back to play on Thursday with a 24 point final 8 minutes.
Bellevue had 5 players in double figures led by the 22 of Jackson Skaggs who just missed doubling up with 9 rebounds. Tayten Jones hit for 17 and 8, 16 and 7 boards for Eduardo Molina, Nicolas Norrah had 12 and Avery Carter scored 11. The Wolverines won this game in the paint with a 48-28 rebounding advantage.
Bellevue is now 20-8 and heads to the quarterfinals on Thursday where they will face Lincoln at 2pm.
The Auburn Mountainview Lions ended the year 20-6. Kolven Posey had a huge game tying for second most points scored in the Tacoma Dome so far today with 31 going 5 for 10 from behind the arc. Jerrick Matthew also with a nice game with 12.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Jackson Skaggs from Bellevue.
3A Girls
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Day 1 Round of 12
Winners to Quarterfinals, Losers Out
(11) Lakeside (Sea) 55, (3) Ridgeline 41
Last year the Lakeside Lions made it to the State Championship gane where they fell short to Central Valley. This year, after losing a few players, it took Lakeside some time to get things rolling and they are hot at just the right time winning their 2nd loser out game. The 11 seed is head to Thursday’s quarterfinals after sending the 3 seed Ridgeline back to Spokane.
The Lions used the two middle quarters to build too big of a lead over the Falcons, outscoring them 35-17 and built a 56-28 lead heading into the 4th quarter and cruises into the quarterfinals. They will face #4 Roosevelt at 3:45pm.
Leading the Lions was Kaliya Woodard with 23 and went 6 for 8 from the 3 point line. Anvi Bahtia had sa double-double with 19 points and 10 boards.
Ridgeline’s Madilyn Crowley was terrific and led all scorers with 25 then doubled up with 10 rebounds.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Kaliya Woodard.
(7) Evergreen (Van) 53, (15) Meadowdale 37
This was Evergreen’s 4th tournament appearance in school history and they are a win away from bringing home a trophy which would also be a Plainsmen first. Evergreen was maybe a bit nervous and fell behind in the 1st quarter 14-8 to the Mavericks.
Meadowdale’s offense and some solid Evergreen defense shut down the Mav’s scoring as they would score only single digits in each of the next 3 quarters. The Plainsmen found their groove and outscored Meadowdale 45-23 in the final 3 quarters.
Leading Evergreen was Courtney Neal with 15 and was the only one in double digits. There were 7 others adding to the total with Kimosa Ross scoring 8 and leading the rebounding with 9. Evergreen improves to 21-5 and advances to the quarters on Thursday with a 5:30pm showdown with top seeded Bellevue.
Meadowdale’s Mia Brockmeyer led the Mav’s with 14, Lexi Zardis scored 13 and Kaya Powell had 8 points with 11 rebounds, The Mavericks finshed the year 16-11.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Evergreen’s Courtney Neal.
(12) White River 60, (5) North Thurston 45
After a tight 1st half with the Hornets and Rams tied at 23, it was White River who came out after the break on fire. The Hornets hit for 19 while holding the Rams to 8 and then finished off North Thurston with an 18-14 final quarter. White River will move onto Thursday’s quarterfinals and take on 6 seeded Eastside Catholic in the 7:15pm game.
The Hornets got a huge effort from Maggee Schmitz with 28 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals. Gracie Banks had a solid game with a dozen points.
North Thurston couldn’t get their offense rolling and fell short of extending their season. Shayla Cordis led the Rams with 23 points and 8 rebounds. Sierra Cordis went 11 and 7. The Rams finished the year with a 20-7 record.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was an easy choice and went to White River’s Maggee Schmitz.
(9) Stanwood 62, (8) Edmonds-Woodway 47
The Stanwood Spartans came out firing jumping on the Warriors in the 1st quarter with a 19-11 run and led at the half 31-28. Stanwood then began to pull away for good in the 3rd pushing that lead to 45-35 and then clinched it in the 4th outscoring Edmonds-Woodway 17-12.
Stanwood’s Ellalee Wortham led the offensive charge with 18 with 8 rebounds, Presley Harris had 14, Dorothy Berrett added 11 and 8 and Stella Berrett daily doubled it with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Spartans are now 21-5 and will take on 2 seed Snohomish Thursday in the quarterfinal nightcap at 9pm.
E-W ends their season with a 20-6 record and their leading scorer was Finley Wichers with 26 and Zaniyah Jones had 15.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Stanwood’s Ellalee Wortham.
4A Girls
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Day 1 Round of 12
Winners to Quarterfinals, Losers Out
(11) Kennedy Catholic 52, (3) Chiawana 49
The Lancers of Kennedy Catholic stunned the 3 seed sending the Chiawana Riverhawks home after opening day. K-C only scored 22 points in the first half but it was good enough for an 8 point lead as the Chiawana Riverhawks went ice cold scoring only 4 points in the 2nd quarter. K-C and Chiawana had their best offensive quarters in the 3rd with 18 each. The Riverhawks made a run in the 4th but fell short chipping away 5 of the 8 point deficit but it wasn’t enough.
Kenney Catholic was led by Paige Nadarski with 17 points along with 5 rebounds. Jayden Fitzgerald added 15, Britain Brooks had 14 and Gabriela King grabbed 11 boards to lead the attack in the paint. The Lancers are now 19-7 and advances to the quarterfinals where they will face 5 seeded Gonzaga Prep at 9am on Thursday morning.
The Riverhawks were led by the 19 points of Jayla Wright-Jackson who just missed a double-double with 9 rebounds. Chiawana did not finish how they imagined with 2 straight losses and their season is over they finished with a 25-2 record.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to the Lancer’s Paige Nadarski.
(10) Lake Stevens 55, (7) Bothell 48
The Lake Stevens Vikings kept up the upset bug as they knocked off #7 Bothell. The Vikings and Cougars battled to a 27-27 tie at halftime. Bothell edged to a 1 point lead after 3 quarters and that’s where their run came to an end. Lake Stevens waited for the perfect time to have their best quarter of the game scoring 17 while holding Bothell to 9 and have advanced to the quarterfinals on Thursday.
The Vikings were led by Keira Isabelle Tupua who just missed a double-double with 21 points and 9 rebounds. The Vikings out-rebounded the Cougars 41-31 which was a big key in the 4th quarter. Noelani Tupua added 16 and Kendel Kuehl scored 9 with 8 rebounds. The Vikings improve to 22-3 and head into Thursday’s quarterfinals winning two straight loser out games. The Vikings will get #1 seed and defending state champs Davis at 12:15 Thursday afternoon.
Bothell’s Chalotte Lipkin did all she could leading all scorers with 26. 5 others would score for the Cougars but they fell just short. Bothell finishes the season 20-8.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Keira Isabelle Tupua for the Vikings.
(4) Woodinville 62, (13) Tahoma 53
The Woodinville Falcons was not going to be the 3rd upset of the day in the 4A girls bracket and pulled away from a pesky and determined Tahoma Bear squad that certainly made the Falcons work for the win.
The Falcons stretched their 1st half lead to 28-19 but the Bears would not let them run-away and hide. The Bears won the 3rd quarter 16-14 and entered the 4th down by 7 but they could not get Woodinville to let down their guard.
Woodinville had 3 in double figures led by Jazlyn Wilkerson with 18, Sienna Bieler hit for 15 and had 6 assists and Kamryn Wille scored 11 and completed the double-double with 11 boards. The Falcons improve to 25-4 and will battle 6 seed Lake Washington in the quarters on Thursday with a 12:15pm tip-off.
Tahoma gave a great effort especially Bailey Nettleton dropping a 20 spot with 6 others adding to the scorebook. The Bears season is now over and they finished with a 19-7 overall mark.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Woodinville’s Jazlyn Wilkerson.
(8) Sumner 51, (9) Auburn 40
The Sumner Spartans were the 8 seed last year and made it to the State Championship game and after opening day they are another step to getting back to the title match. The Spartans were able to shake the Auburn Trojans in the 4th quarter outscoring them 12-5. At the half Sumner led 27-23, they pushed at 12-12 in the 3rd and the Spartans out finished the Trojans 12-5 in the 4th to put the game away and get back into the quarterfinals.
Raymiah Jackson led Sumner with 16 points scoring most of those points in the 1st half and she just missed the double-double with 9 rebounds. She filled out her stat line with a pair of blocked shots and a steal. Kawehi Borden hit for 15 with 7 boards, Kessa Nohr had 12 and Olivia Collins snared 10 rebounds. The Spartans out rebounded Auburn 39-28 and were 13 for 16 from the line to help their cause especially late in the game.
Sumner improves to 25-4 and will face 2 seed Union Thursday afternoon at 2pm in the quarterfinals.
Auburn’s promising season fell just short of where they wanted to get to and finished the year 21-4. Avery Hansen led all scorers with 24 and Natalie Patton stood out with 7 points and 7 rebounds.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Sumner’s Raymiah Jackson.
4A Boys
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Day 1 Round of 12
Winners to Quarterfinals, Losers Out
(6) Puyallup 60, (11) Chiawana 51
The Puyallup Vikings came out red hot and the Riverhawks were ice cold and had trouble with the Viking defense. Puyallup quickly built a huge lead and by the end of the 1st quarter it was 17-3. Chiawana would outscore the Viks 48-43 over the final 3 quarters but that early lead held up sending the Vikings to the quarters on Thursday. Puyallup will take on 5 seed and defending State Champions Gonzaga Prep in a re-match of last Title game.
Will Nasinec led the Vikings with 23 and double-doubled with 12 rebounds. 6 other Vikings scored led by the 13 of Bennett Hedman. Puyallup is now 22-6 for the year.
Chiawana had 9 in the scorebook with Messiah Guy leading with 10 and Gage Williams just missing a doubled-double with 8 points and 10 boards. The Riverhawks season is over and they finished 22-5 overall.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP went to Bennett Hedman.
(7) Emerald Ridge 63, (10) Redmond 47
The Emerald Ridge Jaguars led start to finish and just kept building that lead to win comfortably over the Mustangs. Leading the Jags was a trio of players with a well balanced attack. Jamaize McGriff had 16 and 6 rebounds, Jordan Bennett hit for 14 and Mychal Turner had 13.
Emerald Ridge improves to 24-4 and will play in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 5:30pm against the #1 seed Mt Si.
Redmond had their season come to an end and finished with an 18-9 record. Matthew Grabarski led the “Stangs” with 14 and 10 boards for the double-double. Drew Prinos Grumbach added 13.
The Sumner Holiday Inn Express MVP was Mychal Turner for the Jaguars.
(4) Glacier Peak 57, (13) Woodinville 38
Steady and strong was how the Grizzlies took care of the Falcons. Never scoring more than 17 or less than 11 in each quarter Glacier Peak rolls into Thursday’s quarterfinals bouncing back from a heartbreaking regional loss.
For Glacier Peak, Paulos Mulugeta had a great night with 20 points, Zachary Albright just missed a double-double with 17 and 9 and Reed Nagel had double digits with 11 points and 8 boards.
The Grizzlies are now 22-1 and will play Thursday at 7:15pm against 3 seed Lake Washington with a trip to the semifinals on the line.
Woodinville made a heck of a run for a 13 seed and did get to Tacoma. They ended up 19-8 for the season. Luke Unruh had a big night dumping in 20 points with 5 boards and 3 assists.
(8) West Valley 71, (9) Auburn 67
The West Valley Rams came out with a well balanced offense with 4 players scoring in double digits. The Trojans tried to shut down one or two and then the others would chip in and the Rams kept the Trojans just far enough way to clinch the win and earn a shot in the Thursday quarterfinal.
With 22 points and 10 points Austin Birley led the Ram attack and golt plenty of support from Parker Mills with 16 and 10 for his own double-double, Parker Hill just missed a double-up with 14 points and 8 assists and with 13 was Jett Bremerman.
The Rams are now 20-2 and will get the 9pm game again on Thursday facing 2 seed Richland.
Auburn fell just short as they battled hard in trying to come back on the Rams. The Trojans also had 4 in twin figures with Miles Henry scoring 19, Matthew Fredrickson had 15 while Daniel Johnson and Isaiah Englund each with 12. Auburn finished the year at 21-4.
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