HOW CONFUSING ARE district playoff seedings?
Sometimes athletic directors don’t even know how their own schools fit into the equation.
Such was the case for Port Townsend as late as Tuesday, when Redskins athletic director Patrick Kane met with counterparts from the Class 1A Nisqually and Olympic leagues to hash out his basketball team’s postseason fates.
Kane previously thought his teams qualified for the postseason if it finished sixth or better among the 2A schools in the Olympic.
Athletic directors from the 1A Nisqually, however, thought Port Townsend qualified for one of the West Central District’s five spots in the 1A Tri-District if it was fourth or better among the 2As.
According to Seattle Christian athletic director Craig Wrolstad, a compromise was made Tuesday.
If Port Townsend finishes fourth among the Olympic 2As, it hosts the 1A Nisqually League’s fourth-place team for the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds to the 1A Tri-District.
If Port Townsend places fifth in the 2A Olympic, it will host the 1A Nisqually’s No. 5 team in a loser-out pigtail for the fifth seed in the 1A Tri-District.
While the West Central fifth seed hosts its first 1A Tri-District game, it also must win two loser-out pigtails to reach the double-elimination bracket.
The West Central’s fourth seed must win one road pigtail against a District II team to move on to the double-elimination bracket.
Peninsula Daily News