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Boys basketball preview: Coaches polls

Area boys basketball coaches predict the order of finish in their respective leagues.

The predicted order of finish in each local league, as voted on by the league’s coaches. The number of first-place votes received are in parentheses.

WESCO 4A

1. Glacier Peak (4)

2. Mariner (3)

3. Jackson (1)

4. Mount Vernon

5. Lake Stevens

6. Kamiak

7. Monroe

8. Cascade

WESCO 3A/2A

1. Marysville Pilchuck (6)

2. Mountlake Terrace (3)

3. Arlington (1)

4. Marysville Getchell (1)

5. Stanwood

6. Edmonds-Woodway (1)

7. Shorecrest (1)

8. Meadowdale

9. Shorewood

10. Snohomish

11. Archbishop Murphy

12. Cedarcrest

13. Lynnwood

14. Everett

15. Oak Harbor

NORTH SOUND CONFERENCE

1. King’s (4)

2. Cedar Park Christian (1)

3. South Whidbey

4. Coupeville

5. Sultan

6. Granite Falls

Notes: Coaches weren’t allowed to vote for their own teams. Two coaches from Wesco 3A/2A and one from the North Sound Conference didn’t participate in the voting.

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