WIAA State Tourney: 4A Semi-Final Previews

Nars Martinez

March 6, 2020 @ 12:48 PM

The quarterfinals have come to a conclusion and it is now semi-finals for the 4A state championships. In the 4A bracket, things went about as planned as far as seeding goes. Each of the top 4 seeds made the semi-final round. 4A: (1) Union vs. (4) Central Valley 7:15pm Notes: Central Valley is coming off of a hard fought game against Skyview, but ultimately prevailed. Central Valley is a "greater whole" type of team. Players to watch include 2021 6’10 C [player_tooltip player_id="843740" first="Gavin" last="Gilstrap"], 2020 6’2 PG [player_tooltip player_id="929561" first="Jayce" last="Simmons"] and 2020 6’3 G Noah Sanders. These three are coming off of 16, 17 and 16 points respectively. Union has steam rolled their competition most of the year and kept the momentum rolling with a 13 point win over Olympia. Players to watch include 2020 6’4 G [player_tooltip player_id="769617" first="Tanner" last="Toolson"] and 2021 6’1 G [player_tooltip player_id="940453" first="Kaden" last="Horn"]. This explosive backcourt combined for 44 points against Olympia with each player dropping 22. <hr /> (2) Mt. Si vs. (3) Glacier Peak 9:00pm Notes: Mt. Si gave Federal Way all sorts of fits with their size and length to go along great basketball IQ and passing. Players to watch include Montana State signee, 6’7 [player_tooltip player_id="609373" first="Tyler" last="Patterson"], Saint Mary’s signee, 6’6 [player_tooltip player_id="609374" first="Jabe" last="Mullins"] and 6’9 unsigned senior [player_tooltip player_id="840309" first="Hayden" last="Curtiss"]. These three combined for 52 points and 20 rebounds in the quarterfinal win. Glacier Peak pulled out a 5 point win over Sumner to advance and they are another example of the greater whole. At 25-0, this team has several players that can impact in the multiple different ways. 2021 6’5 G [player_tooltip player_id="942046" first="Tucker" last="Molina"] is a standout offensive player and 2022 6’3 G [player_tooltip player_id="931210" first="Bobby" last="Siebers"] is a good outside shooter.