District Tournament Recap – 3A – Metro 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/ . You can read part 1 of the Metro league here: https://prephoops.com/2023/03/district-tournament-recap-3a-metro-league-qualifier/ , here is part 2.
ROUND 1
This tournament features the top 6 teams from the Metro League. All of these teams will advance to the 3A district 2 tournament, but will be playing for seeding purposes. For round 1, the top 2 seeds got byes. 3rd seed Rainier Beach played 6th seed Seattle Prep, Rainier Beach would win 69-59. 4th seed Eastside Catholic went against 5th seed West Seattle and Eastside Catholic would take home the win, 66-62. Eastside Catholic and Rainier Beach will advance to the next round to match up against the top 2 seeds. West Seattle and Seattle Prep will play each other in round 3 for the 5th and 6th place seeds.
ROUND 2
This round consists of the semi-final round. Number 1 seed Garfield went against 4th seed Eastside Catholic, Eastside Catholic won the game 64-56. 2nd seed O’Dea went against 3rd seed Rainier Beach, Rainier Beach would win a close one 49-48. Garfield and O’Dea will meet in the next round for the 3rd/4th place game. Rainier Beach and Eastside Catholic will meet in the championship game for 1st/2nd place.
ROUND 3
For the Metro League championship game we had 3rd seed Rainier Beach go against 4th seed Eastside Catholic. Eastside Catholic would win the game 62-56, they will be the 1 seed out of the Metro League for the 3A district 2 tournament while Rainer Beach will be the 2 seed.
For the 3rd/4th place game, we had number 1 seed Garfield go against 2 seed O’Dea, Garfield would win 71-55 and become the 3rd seed in the 3A district 2 tournament and O’Dea will be the 4th seed.
For the 5th/6th place game we had 5th seed West Seattle go against 6th seed Seattle Prep, Seattle Prep would win 68-66 and be the 5th seed in the 3A district 2 tournament and West Seattle will be the 6th seed.
FINAL SEEDING RESULTS
1: Eastside Catholic 2: Rainer Beach 3: Garfield 4: O’Dea 5th: Seattle Prep 6th: West Seattle