Washington high school (WIAA) 4A/3A boys basketball tournament: Quarterfinal recaps, highlights, top performers

Eight round-of-eight games on the east court going on all day at the Tacoma Dome. High School On SI Washington will keep you updated

Hudson Floyd, 3, and Gonzaga Prep are the top seeds in the Class 4A boys basketball championships. / Photo by Lane Mathews

TACOMA, Wash. - The bright lights of the Tacoma Dome are on - and let's get ready for Day 2 of the WIAA Class 4A and 3A boys basketball championships.

High School On SI Washington will provide game recaps, video highlight and top performers throughout Thursday in quarterfinal round games.

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CLASS 4A (Bracket)

Thursday schedule (winners to semifinals)

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Glacier Peak survived a physical encounter with Camas in overtime in a Class 4A boys basketball quarterfinal Thursday. / Photo by Todd Milles

Glacier Peak 44, Camas 42 (OT): Limping with a wrapped left knee, Grizlies' standout Josiah Lee made one of two free throws with 15.3 seconds remaining in overtime, and Ethan Harris had two game-tying shots around the basket in that final seconds that missed - and Glacier Peak escaped with a victory Thursday in the Tacoma Dome.

With the win, the 4A Wesco champions are in back-to-back Class 4A semifinals, and will play the Auburn-Gonzaga Prep winner Friday.

"We are excited," Lee said. "But that game (against Camas) was as good as it gets, for sure."

Albright also sank a pair of free throws with 2:09 remaining, giving Glacier Peak the lead for good - 43-41.

Jace VanVoorhis stole a midcourt pass for Camas, and charged into the lane in transition for a foul with 30.7 seconds remaining. He made one of two free throws to cut it to 43-42.

Camas had to foul - and sent Lee to the free-throw line. He made the first attempt, but missed the second one.

Harris, who led Camas with 14 points, missed a 8-foot shot, then collected a deflected rebound. He tried getting an off balance shot on the reverse side, but missed everything. Glacier Peak got the rebound to advance.

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Carter Nilson, left, of Gonzaga Prep, and Isaiah Englund take a look at a shot in the Bullpups' overtime win in the Class 4A quarterfinals Wednesday. / Photo by Todd Milles

Gonzaga Prep 53, Auburn 50 (OT): If these were the best two teams in the classification - they were the top two seeds in the tournament - then the Bullpups and Trojans put on a show, one that went down to the final seconds.

Jackson Mott banked in a 12-foot shot in the lane to give Gonzaga Prep a 53-50 lead with 20 seconds remaining, and Carter Hansen's contested game-tying 3-pointer from the right side hit the back iron, giving the Bullpups a hard-earned win.

"You work so hard," Gonzaga Prep boys coach Matty McIntyre said, "for a couple of moments."

Hansen gave Auburn its final lead, 50-49, on a lean-in 3-pointer with 1:18 remaining in overtime, but the Bullpups answered on Brogan Howell's inside bucket 13 seconds later that proved to be the game winner.

Hansen missed a shot on the other end, setting up Mott's bucket.

"In overtime, we were really just trying to be ultra-aggressive," McIntyre said. "We made a couple (baskets) at the end."

Daniel Johnson led all scorers with 26 points for the Trojans, who held an early nine-point lead.

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West Valley of Yakima won a battle of offensive fireworks with Richland in the Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinals Thursday. / Photo by Todd Milles

West Valley of Yakima 73, Richland 70: As other high seeds have exited, the Rams keep quietly rolling, eliminating the largely-consensus tournament favorites Thursday.

Landen Birley led the Rams with 22 points as West Valley looked just fine in an offensive-minded fourth quarter, making eight of 10 field goals.

Austin Birley, a ninth grader, gave the Rams the lead for good - 66-64 - on a nifty baseline drive with 1:56 remaining. He had 18 points.

"Defense has been our struggle all year," West Valley boys coach Tyson Whitfield. "Offense has not been a struggled for us. ... Seventy (points) is always our goal."

The Rams had to survive a big game from Landen Northrop, who had 32 points, including four 3-pointers.

Over the past six weeks, the Rams have wins over Bellevue, Davis of Yakima (twice), Glacier Peak and, now Richland - and still they reside under the radar.

"It's a fantastic position to be in," Whitfield said. "Considering where we started this year, and the struggles we went through, it is amazing the guys have come together the way they have. We are rolling and we are clicking."

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Drew Jones scored 33 points in Puyallup's win over Mount Si at the Class 4A tournament. / Photo by Todd Milles

Puyallup 55, Mount Si 47: Drew Jones said he's never been more ready for the moment.

And he acted like that as he and the Vikings ousted the Wildcats, ending their championship term.

Jones scored a game-high 33 points, including a vital baseline jumper than triggered a game-ending 7-0 run over the final 1:07.

After that, Puyallup went 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, and is now in the state semifinals for the first time since 1989.

"In big games, big moments happen," Jones said. "I never seem to back down and I am always ready for the moment,"

Other than the final minute, this game was back and forth - even with the minimal scoring contributions by Mount Si's Brady Hennig, who had four points on 1-of-9 shooting.

Kevin Olson, the Puyallup coach, has taken a club to the final four - Decatur back in 2008. He hasn't been back since.

"It is hard to get here," Olson said.

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Friday semifinal schedule

3-seed Glacier Peak (23-3) vs. 1-seed Gonzaga Prep (24-2), 3:45 p.m.

6-seed West Valley of Yakima (18-5) vs. 8-seed Puyallup (22-7), 5:30 p.m

Weekend schedule

Championship Saturday is at 9 p.m.

TOP PERFORMERS

Drew Jones, Puyallup

33 points, 5 3-pointers

Landen Northrop, Richland

32 points, 4 3-pointers, 12-15 FTs

Daniel Johnson, Auburn

26 points, 10-20 FGs, 4 3-pointers, 8 rebounds

Landen Birley, West Valley of Yakima

22 points, 7-11 FGs, 3 steals

Austin Birley, West Valley of Yakima

18 points, 8-9 FGs, 6 rebounds

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CLASS 3A (Bracket)

Cameron Hiatt's debut in the Class 3A championships went well for Edmonds-Woodway - 33 points, 14 rebounds in a win over Lincoln. / Photo by Todd Milles

Edmonds-Woodway 73, Lincoln 36: In a few months, Cam Hiatt will be headed to Dartmouth to begin a new chapter - on the heels of quite an odyssey.

He led King's to high status in Class 1A before transferring to Western Reserve Academy in Ohio for one season.

Hiatt wanted to come, and for one senior season, he has donned the uniform of his neighborhood public school - Edmonds-Woodway.

And the Warriors are very much for real in the chase for a Class 3A title.

Hiatt's state debut in 3A went swimmingly - 33 points and 10 rebounds as the Warriors are in the state semifinals for the first time in school history.

"What I've learned is that it's a program on the upswing," Hiatt said. "We've changed a lot of things this season."

The Abes really had no answer in guarding him, falling behind by double digits in the second quarter - and never recovering.

William Alseth added 15 points and the Warriors shot 57.7 percent from the floor in the second half when they went on a 26-6 run in the third quarter.

"It's super cool to do this for this community," Hiatt said.

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Mount Spokane rallied in the final minute of regulation, then controlled overtime in defeating Bellarmine Prep in a Class 3A quarterfinal game Thursday. / Photo by Todd Milles

Mount Spokane 52, Bellarmine Prep 48 (OT): Rock Franklin injured his ankle so badly in the regional-round loss to Seattle Prep, Wildcats boys coach Dave Wagenblast wasn't sure if he would make the trip to Tacoma.

He waited Monday and Tuesday as Franklin was sidelined, and it carried into the shootaround Wednesday.

Well, Wagenblast's patience - and Franklin's grit - paid off.

Franklin sank a corner 3-pointer to time the game with 24 seconds remaining in regulation, then hit enugh free throws down the stretch of overtime to complete Mount Spokane's remarkable turnaround in the Class 3A quarterfinals.

"Next-man up mentality, you know," Franklin said. "We have a lot of players who have the grit to want to play."

Behind J.J. Bordeaux (18 points), the Lins held a 39-29 lead early in the fourth quarter, but went scoreless for nearly four minutes - until Birk Johnston's corner 3-pointer gave them a 46-41 lead with 1:25 to go.

But Jaden Ghoreishi, who had a game-high 19 points, sank two free throws - and Franklin followed with his 3-pointer.

Bordeaux had a chance to win it in regulation, but Bordeaux's 3-pointer in the final seconds spun out.

Bellarmine Prep was held to just one field goal in overtime.

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Garfield sophomore Tripp Haywood beat his old team - Bellevue -in the Class 3A boys quarterfinals Thursday. / Photo by Todd Milles

Garfield 70, Bellevue 54: Bulldogs coach Brandon Roy thought it might be over.

His son, BJ, suffered a foot injury last Saturday the family feared was serious, and possibly season-ending. In fact, he went to the emergency room.

"We were both a little sad Sunday, moping around the house," Roy said.

But an appointment confirmed the injury wasn't as serious as first thought. And after spending the early part of the week in a boot, BJ was on the floor Thursday.

He was a tone-setter.

BJ Roy sank three first-half 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 18 points. His back-to-back field goals from long range in a 17-second span got Garfield rolling to a double-digit lead, which the Bulldogs would never relinquish in cruising past Bellevue.

"I felt good today," BJ Roy said.

Haywood scored 12 points against his old team. He left the Wolverines in the offseason to join Garfield as its primary playmaker.

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Jaylen Petty and Rainier Beach improved to 19-0 against the Metro League with a Class 3A boys basketball quarterfinal win over Seattle Prep. / Photo by Steve Faber

Rainier Beach 99, Seattle Prep 75: Longtime coach Mike Bethea has accomplished plenty sitting on the Vikings' bench.

But this might be a first?

A 19-0 record against Metro League competition in one season ... with a chance Friday to go to 20-0 if they beat Garfield in the Class 3A semifinals.

"I don't know if anybody has had a run like this in the Metro," Bethea said.

Keanundre Morris sank seven 3-pointers and tallied a game-high 25 points as the Vikings pulled away in the second quarter for a fourth victory this season over the Panthers.

Rainier Beach's 10-0 run midway through the second quarter, highlighted by 3-pointers from Nyale Robinson and Morris, gave the top seeds a 36-23 lead at the 4:23 mark.

"It would be really important making history (20-0) against the Metro League," Morris said.

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Friday semifinal schedule

5-seed Edmonds-Woodway (25-2) vs. 2-seed Mount Spokane (19-8), 7:15 p.m.

3-seed Garfield (20-7) vs. 1-seed Rainier Beach (26-3), 9 p.m.

Weekend schedule

Championship Saturday is at 5 p.m.

TOP PERFORMERS

Cam Hiatt, Edmonds-Woodway

33 points, 11-21 FGs, 14 rebounds

Keaundre Morris, Rainier Beach

25 points, 7 3-pointers

Niko Chrustofilis, Seattle Prep

24 points, 7-11 FGs, 7-7 FTs

Jaden Ghoreishi, Mount Spokane

19 points, 11-11 FTs, 12 rebounds

BJ Roy, Garfield

18 points, 4 3-pointers

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