As David Gibb walked with his assistants toward Granger’s locker room Wednesday, someone gave them a weather report.

“Raining?” Gibb asked rhetorically. “It’s not raining, is it?”

No, not this time. Not on this day, for any of the Yakima Valley’s four teams in the Class 1A state tournament.

A year after local teams went a collective 1-3 in the boys and girls tournaments, Zillah’s boys and girls, Granger’s boys and White Swan’s girls made in a clean sweep.

And they did so emphatically.

Zillah’s girls, making clear that they hadn’t hit their snooze alarm, routed Coupeville 83-32 in the 9 a.m. girls opener.

The Leopards boys, up next, made Zillah 2-0 by hammering Cedar Park Christian, 57-41, in a 2 p.m. game, after which Granger’s boys battered Charles Wright Academy of Tacoma, 60-40.

Then, wrapping things up were White Swan’s girls, ranked No. 3 and the lone tourney unbeaten at 23-0, with a 61-38 conquest of Seattle Academy at 7:30.

Among things accomplished for local fans was the presence of all four teams in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

Zillah’s girls (17-8) will meet Lake Roosevelt, a 58-43 winner over Burbank, at 4 p.m.; the Leopards boys (23-2) will oppose Overlake, a 56-49 winner over Burbank, at 5:30; Granger’s boys (20-4) will take on River View for the third time this season after the Panthers beat Colfax 43-38, at 7:30 p.m.; and White Swan’s girls (24-0) will play defending champion Colfax, which defeated Overlake 58-34, at 9 p.m.

Reminiscent, perhaps, of the 1963 tournament in the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse in which Selah, West Valley and Marquette finished 1-2-3. Or 1967, when Prosser defeated White Swan for the title, or 1989 when Grandview downed Highland.

There weren’t girls tournaments back then, of course. But in 1995 East Valley won an all-Yakima-area showdown for the 1A girls championship by defeating Cle Elum.

And while White Swan’s girls will seek their schools first state crown, their challenges remain formidable.

Not only did Colfax win the title last year, the Bulldogs’ second straight and third in four seasons, five of their key players were freshmen.

But just as White Swan coach Joe Blodgett was encouraged by his team’s 20-1 fourth quarter against Seattle Academy, he was aware of and excited about the Valley’s other teams.

“We were here to support Zillah this morning,” Blodgett said, “and that team could go a long way with the athletes they have. The boys teams in our league are athletic and quick and played well today, too.

“So its exciting that we’re all playing winner’s games tomorrow.”

The boys’ brackets continue to feature heavy favorites Brewster, which smothered Ilwaco 62-24, and Bellevue Christian, which fought past Toledo 56-47.

But championships aren’t won on Wednesday. And none of the four locals particularly cared.

Granger’s boys, for example, had not won a first-day game at state since 1991, and the Spartans were Class B then. It was their first Class 1A opening-day triumph in eight tries.

And the particularly morbid among tournament observers will recall the 22 points they scored in a 2002 first-round loss to Kettle Falls, a total which remains a tournament record.

That’s ancient history, though.

As is a five-year stretch (1997-2001) during which Zillah’s boys fell on the first day.

Last season?

The three first-day losers recovered nicely, with Zillah winning three straight for fifth place, Granger grabbing two wins before bowing to Zillah to finish eighth and White Swan’s girls rallying from their first-round loss to Colfax by winning three to finish fifth.

This tournament, fortunately for the home teams, won’t be one of comebacks. Not after Wednesday, the first day, which was one to celebrate.

And not one of the four teams’ parades got any rain.