Shorecrest boys win, Shorewood loses Tuesday in opening round of District basketball tournament

The Shorecrest boys’ basketball team won and Shorewood lost as both teams opened play in the Northwest District 3A tournament Tuesday with games on the home courts of the top two teams in the Western Conference 3A North.

Shorecrest, the No. 3 team in the Wesco 3A South, improved its season record to 15-6 with a 68-60 victory at Wesco 3A North No. 2 Everett (9-12).

Shorewood, the Wesco 3A South No. 4 team dropped its record to 11-9 with a 77-61 loss at Wesco North No. 1 Stanwood (21-0).

The Tuesday winners advanced to Friday district semifinal games at Jackson High School. The losers play in Thursday elimination games.

Shorewood was making a return trip to Stanwood after finishing its regular season with a 78-47 loss at Stanwood Wednesday, Feb. 5. In last week's loss to Stanwood, Taylor Freeman led Shorewood with 21 points. The Shorewood junior varsity lost to Stanwood, 69-37 to finish its season with a 4-9 Wesco 3A record (9-11 overall), and the Thunderbird “C” team won 75-61, to finish 8-5, 13-7.

The Shorecrest varsity finished its regular season with a 56-50 victory at Meadowdale Feb. 5. The Scot junior varsity defeated Meadowdale, 77-51, to finish with a 9-4, 14-6 record. The Shorecrest “C” team beat Meadowdale, 51-40,to finish at 9-5, 13-7

Stanwood Varsity 78, Shorewood 47

At Stanwood High School, Wednesday, Feb. 5

Shorewood -- 15 8 12 12 — 47

Stanwood --- 24 24 21  9 — 78

Shorewood—Taylor Freeman 21, Brandon Mar 9, Karson Gronvold 2, Zane Hopen 3, Sam Boone 6. Ezekiel Lacey 3, Aaron Okamura 3.

Final Regular-Season Boys’ Varsity Basketball Standings

Wesco 3A South	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
**Glacier Peak	9	4	14	5
**Mountlake Terrace	9	4	14	6
*Shorecrest	8	5	14	6
*Shorewood	6	7	11	9
Meadowdale	4	9	10	10

*Qualified for Northwest District 3A tournament. (Top three teams in each Wesco division plus two teams from among the other Wesco teams or Ferndale of the Northwest 3A/2A/1A Conference depending on conference record)

**Qualified to host first-round tournament (two Wesco division champions, top Wesco No. 2 team plus either the second best Wesco No. 2 team or Ferndale of the Northwest Conference)

Wesco 3A North	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	W		L
**Stanwood	13	0	20		0
**Everett	6	7	9		11
*Marysville-Pilchuck	5	8	8		11
Oak Harbor	4	9	4		16
Marysville-Getchell	1	12	2		18

Northwest Conference 3A

*Ferndale

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