District Tournament Recap – 3A – KingCo League
With both the 1A and 2A classes done, I will now be looking back at the 3A class and seeing how every district played out. This is a chance to see how the state tournament teams made their run. I…
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Continue ReadingWith both the 1A and 2A classes done, I will now be looking back at the 3A class and seeing how every district played out. This is a chance to see how the state tournament teams made their run. I did district 2 already, but the next 2 articles will be about how the teams qualified for that. You can read the 3A district 2 recap here: https://prephoops.com/2023/03/district-tournament-recap-3a-district-2/ .
ROUND 1
This bracket consists of 6 teams, 3 of which who will advance to the 3A district 2 tournament. Top 2 seeds got byes in round 1. Number 3 seed Mercer Island faced 6th seed Juanita, Mercer Island would win 74-47. 4th seed Lake Washington faced 5th seed Interlake, Lake Washington would win 72-50. Interlake and Juanita would have their seasons end, Lake Washington and Mercer Island would advance to round 2.
ROUND 2
Now we are onto the semi-final round of this KingCo bracket. 1 seed Bellevue would play 4th seed Lake Washington. Bellevue would win 60-56. 2nd seed Liberty went up against the 3rd seed Mercer Island, Liberty would win 58-45. Mercer Island and Lake Washington would go to round 3 to play each other for the 3rd place game. Liberty and Bellevue will matchup against each other for the KingCo tournament title game.
ROUND 3
In the championship game we had top seed Bellevue face up against Liberty. Bellevue would dominate and win 79-49 but both teams will advance to the 3A district 2 tournament. In the third place game, 3rd seed Mercer Island went up against 4th seed Lake Washington. This game was a close one, going to overtime. Mercer Island would win 71-60 and will be the third and final team to advance to the 3A district 2 tournament.
TEAMS ADVANCING TO 3A DISTRICT 2 TOURNAMENT
Bellevue, Liberty, Mercer Island