PORT ANGELES — The high school basketball postseason tips off tonight when the Clallam Bay boys and girls play at Port Angeles High School.
Clallam Bay’s teams are two of 11 North Olympic Peninsula squads who made the postseason.
Tonight’s games are two of five that will be played at Port Angeles High School this week.
The Clallam Bay boys open tonight’s doubleheader against Shoreline Christian (8-12) at 5 p.m.
The Bruins (11-7) placed second in the North Olympic League, while the Chargers were the second-best 1B team in the Northwest 2B/1B League.
The winner advances to a Class 1B Tri-District tournament play-in game Thursday at Evergreen Lutheran (13-3), which finished third in the SeaTac League.
Following the boys game tonight, the Clallam Bay girls (13-4) face off against Northwest Yeshiva (7-12) at approximately 6:30 p.m.
The Bruins finished second to Neah Bay in the North Olympic League. The 613s, from Mercer Island, tied for sixth in the SeaTac League.
The winner will move on to play at Mount Vernon Christian (13-9) in a 1B Tri-District play-in game Thursday at 5 p.m.
If Clallam Bay rocks the Hurricanes, it will open the Tri-District tournament with its fourth matchup of the season with Cape Flattery School District rival Neah Bay (12-4) at Port Angeles High School on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
The North Olympic League-champion Red Devils, ranked eighth in Class 1B by The Associated Press, dealt the Bruins all three of their league losses this season.
The Quilcene girls also made the postseason by placing fifth in the SeaTac League.
The Rangers (10-9) travel to Mountlake Terrace to take on Cedar Park Christian (12-10) in a Tri-District play-in game Thursday.
The winner of that game advances to play at Seattle Lutheran (12-7) on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the opening round of the Tri-District tournament.
The earliest Quilcene could play fellow North Olympic Peninsula teams Neah Bay and Clallam Bay is Feb. 18.
The Neah Bay boys (15-2) also earned an automatic Tri-District berth by winning the North Olympic League title.
The fourth-ranked Red Devils will open the 1B Tri-District tournament Saturday at 5 p.m. at Port Angeles High School. They will face the winner of Thursday’s game between Mount Vernon Christian (10-12) and the SeaTac League’s sixth-seeded team, either Puget Sound Adventist (10-7) or Rainier Christian (6-11).
Admission for the 1B games at Port Angeles High School is $7 for adults and students without ASB cards, and $5 for students with ASB cards, senior citizens and children ages 6-12. Children 6 and younger are admitted free.
Five boys and girls teams advance from Tri-Districts to the regional round.
2A Girls
Port Angeles starts tourney at home
The Port Angeles girls host Steilacoom in the 2A District 2/3 tournament Thursday at 7 p.m.
The ninth-ranked Roughriders (18-3) are Olympic League 2A co-champions. They earned the league’s top seed at districts by defeating Olympic in a tiebreaker Saturday in Sequim.
The Sentinels (8-11), meanwhile, finished fifth in the South Puget Sound League.
Ticket prices for Thursday’s game are $8 for adults and students without ASB cards, $5 for students with ASB cards and seniors, and $4 for elementary children.
Port Angeles will then move on to play either River Ridge or Foster in the second round Saturday.
If the Riders win Thursday, they’ll play at Foss High School at 1:45 p.m. If they lose Thursday, they’ll play a loser-out game at Curtis High School, also at 1:45 p.m.
The top six finishers in the district tournament move on to the regional round to play for a state-playoff berth
2A Boys
The Port Angeles boys are back at districts after missing out last season.
The Roughriders (10-10), the Olympic League 2A Division’s fourth seed, also open the double-elimination District 2/3 tournament against Steilacoom (14-6), which finished second in the South Puget Sound League.
Unlike the girls team, though, the Port Angeles boys have to travel to Steilacoom to face the Sentinels on Wednesday.
The Riders will then play Sammamish or Lindbergh on Friday at 6 p.m. at either Sumner or Foss.
Six teams advance from districts to the regional round.
1A Boys
All three of the areas 1A boys teams made it to their district tournaments.
Forks (7-13) claimed the Evergreen League’s fifth Southwest District berth with an exciting overtime victory over Montesano on Friday.
The Spartans will travel to Vancouver, Wash., to face King’s Way Christian (15-2) on Friday at 7 p.m.
The Knights won the Trico League title and are ranked fourth in Class 1A by The Associated Press.
Forks will then face either Castle Rock (13-7) or Eatonville (13-7) on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The top three teams at the Southwest District tournament will move on to the regional round.
In the 1A West Central District tournament, Chimacum (9-11) earned a first-round bye by claiming the Olympic League 1A championship.
The Cowboys first postseason game will be Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Sumner High School against either Bellevue Christian (7-10), Coupeville (9-10) or the Nisqually League’s No. 2 seed, which will be either fifth-ranked Vashon (15-4) or Cascade Christian (9-8).
Port Townsend (9-11), which took second in the Olympic League’s 1A Division, will open districts with a rematch against Seattle Christian on Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Warriors edged the Redhawks 55-50 at the Crush in the Slush on Dec. 29.
Saturday’s loser-out game also will be played at Port Townsend High School.
If the Redhawks win, they will face the Nisqually League champion, either Vashon or Cascade Christian, at Sumner High School on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The West Central District will send three teams to the regional round.
1A Girls
Port Townsend is the area’s only 1A girls team to reach the postseason.
The Redhawks host a West Central District play-in game Thursday at 7 p.m., but they won’t know their opponent until today because Charles Wright (12-5), Seattle Christian (9-5) and Vashon (7-12) are still vying for the Nisqually League’s fourth seed.
If it wins Thursday, Port Townsend will move on to a first-round game against the Nisqually’s second seed, which will again be either Charles Wright, Seattle Christian or Vashon.
The Redhawks need to finish in the top three at the district tournament to advance to regionals.
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Sports Editor Lee Horton can be reached at 360-417-3525 or at lhorton@peninsuladailynews.com.
