State regional basketball pairings set
The pairings are out for the regional round of 16 for the state basketball tournaments, and many local fans will have their attention focused on Sunnyside High School and Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake.
The Kamiakin boys and girls will be part of a quadruple header of hoops at Sunnyside on Saturday, with the Braves boys (17-6) playing Lincoln of Tacoma (21-4) at 4 p.m. Saturday in a Class 3A state regional. Immediately after, the Kamiakin girls (13-10) play Columbia River of Vancouver (14-11) at 6 p.m.
Additionally, the Touchet girls (18-4) play Sunnyside Christian at noon in a 1B regional, with the Sunnyside Christian boys facing Lummi Nation (19-8) at 2 p.m.
The Chiawana girls (21-3) hope to hang the first loss of the season on Moses Lake (22-0) at 8 p.m. Friday at Big Bend. Earlier, the Liberty Christian boys (15-8) play another unbeaten team, Almira/Coulee-Hartline (23-0), in a 1B matchup at 6 p.m.
The Columbia-Burbank girls (19-5) play Lakeside of 9 Mile Falls (19-3) at 2 p.m. Saturday at University High School in Spokane in a 1A game. On the other side of the SCAC East aisle, the Connell boys (19-5) play Cashmere (17-5) at 6 p.m. Saturday at Wenatchee HS.
The Sunnyside girls (16-7) take on Lewis & Clark (18-6) at 4 p.m. Saturday at West Valley-Spokane in 4A play. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague fans have a 2B doubleheader Saturday at Mt. Spokane, with the boys (17-10) playing Warden at 10 a.m., and the girls (19-8) playing St. George’s (20-6) at noon.
Finally, the DeSales boys (14-7) play Mossyrock (17-7) at noon Saturday at W.F. West in Chehalis in a 2B matchup.
BOYS
4A
Friday, Feb. 26
Bellarmine Prep (20-4) vs. Union (21-2), 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Kamiak (17-6) vs. Curtis (23-3), 8 p.m.
Timberline (16-8) vs. Issaquah (20-3), 10 a.m.
Kentridge (14-11) vs. Central Valley (19-5), 8 p.m.
Kentwood (19-6) vs. Cascade (21-1), 4 p.m.
Davis (14-7) vs. Lewis & Clark (19-6), 6 p.m.
Gonzaga Prep (22-2) vs. Wenatchee (18-4), 8 p.m.
Woodinville (20-4) vs. Federal Way (25-0), 8 p.m.
3A
Friday, Feb. 26
Rainier Beach (18-4) vs. Auburn Mountainview (23-1), 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Lincoln (21-4) vs. Kamiakin (17-6), at Sunnyside HS, 4 p.m.
Wilson (18-6) vs. Garfield (23-2), 8 p.m.
Stanwood (18-6) vs. Enumclaw (13-11), noon
O’Dea (17-7) vs. Edmonds-Woodway (21-2), 8 p.m.
Mountlake Terrace (16-7) vs. Bellevue (22-2), 4 p.m.
Cleveland (21-6) vs. Peninsula (21-3), 4 p.m.
Kennedy Catholic (16-9) vs. Shadle Park (16-6), 4 p.m.
2A
Friday, Feb. 26
Renton (15-11) vs. Clarkston (21-1), 6 p.m.
Woodland (16-8) vs. North Kitsap (21-4), 8 p.m.
Squalicum (19-4) vs. River Ridge (21-2), 8 p.m.
Ellensburg (13-10) vs. Tumwater (16-6), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Lynden (22-2) vs. Liberty (Issaquah) (12-11), 4 p.m.
Lindbergh (16-8) vs. Wapato (18-4), 8 p.m.
Selah (20-3) vs. Mark Morris (19-4), noon
Steilacoom (16-8) vs. Shorecrest (15-8), 4 p.m.
1A
Friday, Feb. 26
Medical Lake (18-7) vs. La Salle (17-6), 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Naches Valley vs. Freeman (19-3), noon
Lynden Christian (22-2) vs. Zillah (22-1), 2 p.m.
Seattle Academy vs. Kalama (14-8), 4 p.m.
Hoquiam (19-4) vs. Seattle Christian (13-10), noon
Connell (19-5) vs. Cashmere (17-5), at Wenatchee, 6 p.m.
Vashon Island (17-5) vs. King’s (20-3), noon
Cascade Christian (11-9) vs. King’s Way Christian (17-2), 2 p.m.
2B
Saturday, Feb. 27
DeSales (14-7) vs. Mossyrock (17-7), at W.F. West in Chehalis, noon
Adna (13-12) vs. Brewster (23-0), 2 p.m.
Lake Roosevelt (14-7) vs. St. George’s (17-9), 2 p.m.
Ocosta (23-3) vs. Friday Harbor (18-5), 2 p.m.
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (17-10) vs. Warden, at Mt. Spokane, 10 a.m.
Napavine (17-8) vs. Life Christian (23-2), 10 a.m.
Mabton vs. Morton-White Pass (23-2), 2 p.m.
Asotin (18-4) vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) (23-2), 2 p.m.
1B
Friday, Feb. 26
Liberty Christian (15-8) vs. Almira/Coulee-Hartline (23-0), at Big Bend CC in Moses Lake, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Columbia Adventist vs. Seattle Lutheran, 8 p.m.
Lummi Nation (19-8) vs. Sunnyside Christian, at Sunnyside HS, 2 p.m.
Wellpinit (18-5) vs. Garfield-Palouse (19-2), 8 p.m.
Yakama Tribal vs. Entiat, 6 p.m.
Riverside Christian vs. Neah Bay, 4 p.m.
Evergreen Lutheran vs. Taholah, 8 p.m.
Naselle vs. Shorewood Christian, 2 p.m.
GIRLS
4A
Friday, Feb. 26
Chiawana (21-3) vs. Moses Lake (22-0), at Big Bend CC, 8 p.m.
Curtis (19-7) vs. Bothell (22-1), 8 p.m.
Bellarmine Prep (17-7) vs. Skyview (19-4), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Kamiak (15-10) vs. Kentlake (20-5), 6 p.m.
Rogers (Puyallup) (16-11) vs. Central Valley (24-0), 6 p.m.
Gig Harbor (15-8) vs. Snohomish (19-3), 6 p.m.
Sunnyside (16-7) vs. Lewis & Clark (18-6), at West Valley-Spo, 4 p.m.
Eastlake (17-7) vs. Todd Beamer (22-2), 6 p.m.
3A
Friday, Feb 26
Edmonds-Woodway (15-10) vs. Auburn Riverside (23-1), 6 p.m.
Rainier Beach (17-5) vs. Lincoln (23-1), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Auburn Mountainview (19-5) vs. Mt. Spokane (13-10), 6 p.m.
Wilson (18-6) vs. Bellevue (22-0), 6 p.m.
West Seattle (22-3) vs. Lynnwood (23-0), 2 p.m.
Arlington (22-1) vs. Bishop Blanchet (23-2), 6 p.m.
Mercer Island (19-5) vs. Prairie (20-4), 6 p.m.
Columbia River (14-11) vs. Kamiakin (13-10), at Sunnyside HS, 6 p.m.
2A
Friday, Feb. 26
River Ridge (15-9) vs. Ellensburg (20-2), 6 p.m.
Port Angeles (20-5) vs. Anacortes (16-7), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Shorecrest (14-10) vs. Franklin Pierce (18-6), 4 p.m.
Clarkston (16-8) vs. Mark Morris (15-8), 2 p.m.
North Kitsap (16-8) vs. East Valley (Spokane) (20-3), 4 p.m.
Washougal (19-5) vs. White River (21-3), 2 p.m.
Lynden (20-3) vs. Liberty (Issaquah) (10-14), 6 p.m.
Toppenish (11-12) vs. Black Hills (20-3), 10 a.m.
1A
Friday, Feb. 26
King’s (18-5) vs. Bellevue Christian (20-2), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Columbia (Burbank) (19-5) vs. Lakeside (9 Mile Falls) (19-3), at University in Spokane, 2 p.m.
Kalama (18-5) vs. Seattle Academy, 2 p.m.
Montesano (21-3) vs. Granger (20-3), 4 p.m.
Charles Wright Academy (15-6) vs. Lynden Christian (21-2), 8 p.m.
Nooksack Valley (18-9) vs. La Center (21-2), 4 p.m.
Chewelah (14-10) vs. Zillah (19-5), noon
Coupeville (16-5) vs. Cashmere (15-7), 4 p.m.
2B
Friday, Feb. 26
Dayton (20-5) vs. Mabton (20-3), 6 p.m.
Ilwaco (22-4) vs. Toutle Lake (21-2), 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Davenport (19-7) vs. Napavine (20-3), noon
Raymond (18-8) vs. Okanogan (22-0), 2 p.m.
Waterville (18-4) vs. Colfax (18-7), noon
Wahkiakum (17-8) vs. Friday Harbor (18-4), 4 p.m.
Tonasket vs. Adna (18-7), noon
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (19-8) vs. St. George’s (20-6), at Mt. Spokane, noon
1B
Saturday, Feb. 27
Neah Bay vs. Taholah, 6 p.m.
Lyle-Wishram vs. Colton (21-1), 6 p.m.
Mary Knight vs. Tulalip Hertiage (22-1), 2 p.m.
Mount Rainier Lutheran (15-8) vs. Republic (22-1), 4 p.m.
Almira/Coulee-Hartline (20-3) vs. Evergreen Lutheran (17-2), 4 p.m.
Touchet (18-4) vs. Sunnyside Christian, at Sunnyside HS, noon
Seattle Lutheran (14-9) vs. Mount Vernon Christian (17-9), noon
Selkirk (16-7) vs. Entiat, 4 p.m.
This story was originally published February 21, 2016 at 5:12 PM with the headline "State regional basketball pairings set."