Road to State: District 2 – 1A Class
As the state tournaments are right around the corner, I will be taking a look into each district tournaments and seeing the journeys for teams who are playing in the state tournaments. Here is District 2, starting with the 1A…
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Continue ReadingAs the state tournaments are right around the corner, I will be taking a look into each district tournaments and seeing the journeys for teams who are playing in the state tournaments. Here is District 2, starting with the 1A class, the Emerald Sound League. There are 3 bids available in this district.
For this tournament, the top 4 teams got a bye in the first round while teams seeded 5-12 played each other. This is a double elimination tournament, so the losers of round 1 games will be going to the loser out side. #6 Cedar Park Christian defeated #11 seed Eastside Prep by a score of 55-44. #7 Bush beat #10 University Prep, 36-27. #5 seed Overlake got a 10 point win (72-62) over #12 South Widbey. #8 Granite Falls beat #9 Northwest by a score of 63-56 to wrap up the first round.
In round 2 we had #1 Seattle Academy beating #8 Granite Falls by a score of 71-54. #2 Kings defeated #7 Bush by a staggering 45 points, 68-23. #3 Sultan played #6 Cedar Park Christian, with Sultan winning 45-39. #4 Bear Creek beat #5 Overlake, 63-43. The losers of those games will now advance to the loser out side of round 2. For these next 4 games, all the losers of the games will see their seasons end.#11 Eastside Prep pulled off an upset against #5 Overlake, 53-50. #8 Granite Falls would defeat #10 University Prep, 67-49. #6 Cedar Park Christian would end #12 South Widbey’s season by winning 50-30. #9 Northwest pulled off an upset, beating #7 Bush, 61-36.
Round 3 of this tournament consists of the semi-finals and 2 loser out games. For the semi-final round, #1 Seattle Academy would defeat #4 Bear Creek, 59-46. #2 Kings would beat #3 Sultan, 70-59. By advancing to the District 2 1A championship game, Seattle Academy and Kings would earn bids to the 1A state tournament. Sultan and Bear Creek will get another chance in the loser out side of round 4. For the loser out games in round 3 we had #11 Eastside Prep upset #8 Granite Falls by a score of 45-34. #9 Northwest would also pull off another upset, beating #6 Cedar Park Christian 65-59.
Round 4 consists of just 2 loser out games, with the winners advancing to the next round to play each other for the last bid within the district. #3 Sultan would put a top to #11 Eastside Prep’s cinderella run by winning 87-48. #4 Bear Creek would take care of #9 Northwest, 54-47.
The last round of this tournament had the District 2 1A Emerald Sound League championship game between #1 Seattle Academy and #2 Kings. Seattle Academy would take home the win, 58-46, but both teams will advance to state. The other game consisted in a winner to state/loser out game between #3 Sultan and #4 Bear Creek. Sultan would win 66-51 to secure the third and last bid to the 1A state tournament.
TEAMS ADVANCING TO STATE: Seattle Academy, Kings HS, Sultan HS