RENTON – The matchups were announced for the first round of the Hardwood Classic which begins Thursday at the Tacoma Dome (3A/4A) and Yakima SunDome (1A/2A) at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association office in Renton Sunday afternoon.
Marysville Pilchuck (19-6 overall), which defeated Kennewick 51-47 in a regional contest on Saturday, drew the 9 p.m. matchup, the final boys game of the day on Thursday, against Eastside Catholic (23-6), which also had a close regional matchup with the Crusaders edging Wilson 53-51.
Eastside Catholic was ranked No. 6 in the final Associated Press poll of the season.
The Lynnwood girls find themselves with perhaps the game of the day on the girls side, as the No. 1 Royals (22-2) face No. 2-ranked West Seattle (21-4) in an opening-round game at 2 p.m.
Arlington (22-3) will square off against Bishop Blanchet (22-8) in a game that features the Nos. 6 and 7 teams in the 3A girls’ poll, respectively.
In the 1A tournament at the Yakima SunDome, the King’s girls face No. 6 Granger (22-2) at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in their state opener. The Knights (21-3), who finished second at last year’s state tournament, take on a Granger squad that placed sixth in 2014.
The King’s (22-2) boys will be the home team in a 9 p.m. matchup with No. 5 La Salle (21-3) in the final game Thursday night. The Knights are in their third consecutive state tournament and have reached the state title game each of the last two seasons.
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