Top-seeded Gonzaga Prep boys, Central Valley girls stay local for regionals

The Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) posted the matchup, dates and locations for the regional round of states for all classifications on Sunday afternoon.

A total of 16 boys teams and 15 girls teams from Eastern Washington qualified for the state playoffs.

Spokane boasts the No. 1 seed in both the boys and girls 4A brackets.

Gonzaga Prep (23-0), the boys top 4A seed, faces No. 8 seed Sunnyside (19-3) on Friday at 6 p.m. at University HS.

No. 1 girls 4A seed Central Valley (23-0) takes on No. 8 seed Camas (16-7) on Saturday at noon at U-Hi.

The area had two other No. 1 seeds.

East Valley (19-1) earned the 2A girls top seed and will play No. 8 seed White River (20-4) on Saturday at 4 at U-Hi. Colton (22-1) girls took top 1B seed and faces No. 8 seed Mt. Rainier Lutheran (21-3) on Saturday at 2 at Pullman HS.

Undefeated 1A Freeman (21-0) and 2B St. George’s (23-0) boys both received No. 2 seeds and were given local games at U-Hi. The Scotties face No. 7 seed Cascade Christian (14-8) on Friday at 8, while the Dragons face No. 7 seed Toutle Lake (19-6) on Saturday at 2.

Medical Lake (21-0) girls, one of seven undefeated teams in the state – boys or girls – received a No. 5 seed in 1A and faces No. 4 seed Zillah (22-1) on Saturday at 4 at Davis HS.

Other schedule highlights

4A boys: No. 9 seed Lewis and Clark (16-8) plays Friday at 6 p.m. at West Valley HS against No. 16 seed Bellarmine Prep (15-10).

4A girls: No. 12 seed Lewis and Clark (15-8) takes on No. 13 Glacier Peak (16-7) on Friday at 8 at West Valley, while No. 14 seed University (16-8) plays No. 11 seed Sunnyside (16-6) on Saturday at 6 at Chiawana HS.

3A boys: No. 15 seed Mt. Spokane (17-6) plays No. 10 seed Marysville-Pilchuk (19-4) on Saturday at 2 at North Creek HS.

3A girls: No. 14 seed Mt. Spokane (13-10) faces No. 11 seed Peninsula (21-4) on Friday at 8 at Mt. Tahoma.