What School Will Be 2026-27 4A State Champs?

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last season ended with Richland completing their dream season and taking home the 4A state title. Led by the star duo of Landen Northrop and Lance Horntvedt, they defeated Gonzaga Prep whose tournament run netted them back-to-back championship game appearances. Both Richland and Gonzaga Prep experience a lot of turnover from last season, and we want to know who you think will show up next season to compete for the 4A title? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We have provided a handful of options to pick from, including last season's runner up (Gonzaga Prep), 3rd-place team (Lake Washington), 4th-place team (Mount Si), and 6th-place team (Glacier Peak). We also included the talented Auburn Trojans, the upstart Bonney Lake Panthers, and the West Valley Rams who have a chance to start something special this winter with their younger core.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gonzaga Prep has probably the most turnover of any of these contenders, with seven players from last season's team graduating. Lake Washington brings back two dynamic guards in [player_tooltip player_id='2144895' first='Jayden' last='Hunt'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2835548' first='Omer' last='Ziklik'], along with some tough younger players ready to step up. Mount Si loses a great deal of talent but still have up-and-coming big man [player_tooltip player_id='2626178' first='Liam' last='Heide'] who has put up some monster numbers this spring and summer, as well as some younger guards ready to show up. Glacier Peak returns a solid core of [player_tooltip player_id='1936885' first='Edison' last='Kan'], [player_tooltip player_id='2375333' first='Zach' last='Albright'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2466490' first='Aaron' last='Thomas'] to lead the way. Auburn has one of the more dynamic wing prospects to lead them this winter in [player_tooltip player_id='2391500' first='Isaiah' last='Englund']. Bonney Lake returns [player_tooltip player_id='2393332' first='Cole' last='Seminara'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2835561' first='Jace' last='Andino'] to hopefully lead them back to another 20-win season, as well as the young versatile forward [player_tooltip player_id='2949300' first='Tae' last='Jackson'] to help out. Then we have West Valley, who has the trio of [player_tooltip player_id='2473468' first='Austin' last='Birley'], [player_tooltip player_id='2627288' first='Jett' last='Bremerman'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2627880' first='Jrayden' last='Whitfield'] leading the way, and have a group who really knows each other and plays for each other.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Take a look at each team and then let us know who you think will end the 2026-27 season on top.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://poll.fm/17280631","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"crowdsignal","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://poll.fm/17280631 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->