Shorecrest basketball teams fight for spots in district tournament - Shorewood already in

When the Shorecrest boys' basketball team plays at Glacier Peak Tuesday and the Scot girls' team plays host to Glacier Peak Wednesday, both will be fighting for berths in the Northwest District 3A tournaments.

The Shorewood, Glacier Peak and Mountlake Terrace boys' teams, and the Shorewood, Glacier Peak and Meadowdale girls' teams already have qualified for the District tournament from the Western Conference 3A South Division, with only the Stanwood boys and girls having clinched berths from the Wesco 3A North.

The top three teams in each of the two Wesco 3A divisions qualify for the eight-team District tournament, along with the top two teams from among the remaining teams in the two Wesco 3A divisions and Ferndale, the only 3A team in the Northwest 3A/2A/1A Conference.

With Ferndale having clinched a place in the girls’ tournament and being likely to take one of the boys’ tournament berths, the Shorecrest teams could qualify for District play with the better fourth-place record in the two Wesco 3A divisions.

Currently, the Shorecrest girls hold that spot with a 5-4 Wesco 3A record (8-8 overall) and can clinch a district berth with one victory in their last four games or two losses by either Marysville-Pilchuck or Oak Harbor of the Wesco 3A North or one loss by Mountlake Terrace of the Wesco 3A South. The Shorecrest girls also can tie Meadowdale (6-3 Wesco 3A, 11-5) for third in the South and clinch a tournament berth with a victory over Glacier Peak (7-2, 12-4) and a Meadowdale home loss to Shorewood (8-1, 13-3).

The Shorecrest boys also hold fourth in the Wesco 3A South with a 3-6 Wesco 3A record (9-7 overall) and can hold that position with two victories in their last four games or two Meadowdale losses or with one victory and one Meadowdale loss. The Scots can hold off Wesco-3A-Norh fourth-place Everett with any combination of Shorecrest wins and Everett losses adding up to three.

The Shorewood boys take an 8-1 Wesco 3A record (13-3 overall) into a home game with Meadowdale (1-8 Wesco 3A, 3-13) Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. with the Thunderbird junior varsity (3-6, 8-8) meeting Meadowdale (5-4, 8-5) at 5:40 and the "C" team (7-2, 11-5) playing Meadowdale (5-4. 9-4) at 3:45. Shorecrest takes its 3-6 (9-7) record into the game at Glacier Peak (7-2, 13-3) Tuesday at 7:15, with the Shorecrest JVs (7-2, 12-3) meeting Glacier Peak (6-3, 10-5) at 5:40 and the Scot C-team playing Glacier Peak (5-4, 7-6) at 345.

The Shorecrest girls play Glacier Peak at home Wednesday at 7:15 p.m., with the junior varsity team (7-2, 11-5) meeting Glacier Peak at 5:40. The Shorewood girls take an 8-1 (13-3) record into a game at Meadowdale Wednesday at 7:15, with the JV team (4-4, 7-7) meeting Meadowdale (8-1, 14-2) at 5:40 and a C-team game at 3:45. The Shorecrest girls’ junior varsity defeated Shorewood Saturday, 44-34.

The Shorewood boys’ and girls’ teams need to hold their current positions to get to play their opening tournament games at home, an honor given to the top four boys’ and girls’ teams.

Wesco 3A North	Conf.		Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
“Stanwood	8	1	11	5
Oak Harbor	4	5	8	8
Marysville-Getchell	4	5	6	10
Everett	2	7	5	11
Marysville-Pilchuck	0	9	0	16

Northwest 3A

Ferndale

5

3

8

8

Wesco 3A South

*Mountake Terrace -- 8-1 (14-2)

*Shorewood ---------- 8-1 (13-3)

+Glacier Peak --------- 7-2 (13-3)

Shorecrest ------------ 3-6 (9-7)

Meadowdale ---------- 1-8 (3-13)

Girls’ Basketball Standings

Wesco 3A South	Conf.		Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
*Shorewood	8	1	13	3
*Glacier Peak	7	2	12	4
*Meadowdale	6	3	11	5
Shorecrest	5	4	8	8
Mountlake Terrace	2	7	4	11

*Clinched Northwest District 3A tournament berth

	Conf.		Overall
	W	L	W	L
*Stanwood	9	0	14	2
Everett	3	6	7	9
Marysville-Pilchuck	2	6	4	10
Oak Harbor	2	7	5	11
Marysville-Getchell	0	8	2	13

Northwest 3A

*Ferndale

8

0

14

1