Best of the Best Mid-Season Watchlist – Pacific Conference

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 3rd annual Best of the Best Tournament will take place this year from May 30-31 at Reynolds High School where once again 8 teams representing all the leagues in 6A and an all-star team from 5A will battle it out to see who is the best conference in the state of Oregon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We've reached the mid-way point of league play and a number of seniors have established themselves as firm nominees for the roster of their leagues. The Pacific League made their debut last year with the Best of the Best expanded to eight teams and are looking to break through with their first opening round win. Here are some of the seniors have stood out as top nominees for this year's roster.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jace Willett, Century<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1687834' first='Andwele' last='Bridges'], Forest Grove<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2356522' first='Kasen' last='Lariz'], Forest Grove<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2204991' first='Jacob' last='Diaz'], Glencoe<br>Mekhi Perry, Liberty<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2844558' first='Trey' last='Thomas'], Liberty<br>Dylan Ferrua, McMinnville<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2683982' first='Bryce' last='Herrick'], McMinnville<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2967332' first='Tomas' last='Merlier'], McMinnville<br>Luke Greller, Newberg<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2554985' first='Jack' last='Thompson'], Newberg<br>Riley DeBorde, Sherwood<br>Nathan McArthur, Sherwood<br>[player_tooltip player_id='1606063' first='Brody' last='Rygh'], Sherwood</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Analysis: There is some star power available in the Pacific Conference senior class - namely in player of the year candidates Rygh from Sherwood and Bridges from Forest Grove. Lariz is also a first team all-league possibility and the three of them provide plenty of scoring from multiple levels. The Pacific also has a little bit of size with the likes of 6-foot-7 seniors Thompson and Merlier.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->