Plus, a Lakewood duo earns Northwest Conference honors and Arlington’s AD is recognized for his efforts.
Terrace’s Zaveon Jones and Snohomish’s Ella Gallatin led the way with first-team selections.
The Arlington girls, Snohomish girls, Stanwood girls, Murphy girls and Terrace boys claim hardware.
The Terrace boys and Murphy, Snohomish and Stanwood girls advanced to Saturday’s placing games.
The Wildcats dominate the paint en route to a 70-45 quarterfinal victory over the Hawks at the Tacoma Dome.
The Cougars’ season comes to an end with a 42-40 defeat in a 2A loser-out game late Wednesday.
The Marauders battle to overcome a tough first half, but fall to the Bears 50-41 in the 4A loser-out game.
In a game filled with runs by both teams, the Hawks prevail 65-62 to advance at the 3A Hardwood Classic.
Mariner, Mountlake Terrace and Lakewood are headed to their respective state tournaments.
The Hawks trailed by 14 in the third quarter, but came back to force OT and earned a 67-65 win in a loser-out state game.
The Cougars race out to a big lead early and hold off the Redhawks 61-53 in the loser-out state game.
The Grizzlies cut a late 11-point deficit to make it interesting, but fall 58-56 in the state tournament loser-out game.
Six local high school boys basketball teams play in the state regional round on Saturday.
Led by another lockdown defense, the district champion Hawks have won 16 of their past 17 games.
Ethan Martin scores 35 and the Eagles unleash frustration over their seeding with a 3A state play-in rout.
Athletes honored in boys and girls basketball and boys and girls wrestling.
Fourteen local teams are headed to state, which begins this week with play-in and regional games.
