Washington Class 1B boys basketball regionals bracket breakdown: Schedules, sites, players to watch, predictions

Here’s an overview of the eight Class 1B boys basketball regional games taking place Friday and Saturday at sites around the state: WINNER-TO-THURSDAY,

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Feb 24, 2020

Washington Class 1B boys basketball regionals bracket breakdown: Schedules, sites, players to watch, predictions /

Here’s an overview of the eight Class 1B boys basketball regional games taking place Friday and Saturday at sites around the state:

WINNER-TO-THURSDAY, LOSER-TO-WEDNESDAY GAMES

No. 1 Odessa (23-0) vs. No. 8 Oakesdale (18-4)
Saturday, 12 p.m., West Valley (Spokane)

No. 2 Yakama Tribal (20-2) vs. No. 7 Rainier Christian (20-6)
Friday, 6 p.m., Davis High School

No. 3 Lummi Nation (23-3) vs. No. 6 Muckleshoot Tribal School (19-7) Saturday, 6 p.m., Mount Vernon

No. 4 Riverside Christian (20-1) vs. No. 5 Naselle (17-6)
Saturday, 4 p.m., Eisenhower High School

WINNER-TO-WEDNESDAY, LOSER-OUT GAMES

No. 9 Taholah (18-3) vs. No. 16 Mount Vernon Christian (13-13)
Friday, 6 p.m., Tumwater High School

No. 10 Almira-Coulee-Hartline (15-8) vs. No. 15 Sunnyside Christian (14-10)
Friday, 8 p.m., Wenatchee High School

No. 11 Garfield-Palouse (16-7) vs. No. 14 Chief Kitsap Academy (13-6) Saturday, 4 p.m., University High School

No. 12 Tacoma Baptist (18-8) vs. No. 13 Selkirk (15-8)
Saturday, 4 p.m., Rogers High School (Puyallup)

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH

G Bryan Strom, Yakama Tribal, sr.

G Ryan Moffet, Odessa, sr.

G Caleb Revey, Lummi Nation, sr.

G Levi Rivera, Riverside Christian, sr.

F Reece Isaak, Almira-Coulee-Hartline, soph.

GAME WE’RE INTRIGUED BY

Almira-Coulee-Hartline vs. Sunnyside Christian: In the not-so-distant past, neither of these two teams had to worry about playing in a loser-out to open state. Now the three-time defending 1B champs take on ACH, which may be among the toughest 10-seeds across all classifications, given that it picked up the majority of its losses before big man Reece Isaak returned from an injury. Isaak should see plenty of attention from Sunnyside and all-league selections Tyler Groeneweg (roughly 18 points per game) and freshman Cole Wagenaar (12 ppg). Will ACH’s Chase Gerard or Brayton Schafer take advantage?

PREDICTIONS

Odessa 70, Oakesdale 53

Yakama Tribal 74, Rainier Christian 60

Lummi 67, Muckleshoot Tribal 60

Riverside Christian 57, Naselle 47

Taholah 75, Mount Vernon Christian 52

ACH 55, Sunnyside Christian 49

Chief Kitsap Academy 56, Garfield-Palouse 54

Tacoma Baptist 60, Selkirk 46

TICKETS

$12 for adults, $9 for students and senior citizens.

1B BOYS REGIONAL SCOREBOARD

Published Feb 24, 2020

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.