When/Where: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, SunDome in Yakima
Records: Granger 22-2, King’s 21-3
AP Rankings: Granger (No. 6); King’s (No. 1).
How they got to regionals: Granger beat Nooksack Valley 62-44 in a 1A regional Saturday at Eisenhower High School in Yakima. King’s defeated Kalama 52-40 in a regional at Everett Community College.
Players to watch: Granger—Alexis Castro, So., G; Angelica Oliveros, Sr., G; Paige Blodgett, Sr., P; Sierra Heitzman, Jr., G. King’s—Savanna Hanson, Sr., G; Ashley Osborn, Sr., G; Daylee Hanson, Jr., G; Anna Parker, Jr., F.
Breakdown: Castro led the Spartans, and the South Central-West League, in scoring at 15.8 points per game. Oliveros adds 12 points per game for Granger, which won the regular-season league title.
Granger doesn’t have a player taller than 5-feet-8 on its roster, which may be to the Knights’ advantage. All but two players on the King’s roster are 5-8 or taller, including standouts Savanna Hanson (6-0), who has signed with Santa Clara, her younger sister Daylee Hanson (5-11), and Parker, a 5-9 forward.
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Prediction: King’s 53, Granger 45
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