Published
November 25, 2003
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Dream
Matchups Highlight
Second Annual Shootout
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
A pair of cross-classification dream matchups will highlight the second
Tourneytown.com Shootout, a six-game slate of high school basketball games
set for the Yakima Valley SunDome on Jan. 19, 2004.
And West Valley is at the center of both those marquee contests.
The Rams' girls will take on 2002 state 4A champion and 2003 runner-up
Central Valley, and the boys will face reigning 1A state titlist Brewster.
The girls game will tip off at 3:45 p.m., and the boys
game will cap the six-game slate at 7:30 p.m.
A total of eight placers from the 2003 state tournaments will be included in
the field.
Riverside Christian and Sunnyside Christian will again play a boys-girls
Greater Columbia B League doubleheader as part of the Shootout, with the
girls contest opening the day's event at 10:30 a.m. The boys game will
follow at 12:15 p.m.
Granger's boys, a year after playing Brewster in the inaugural event, will
take on another 1A state power -- Seattle Christian at 2 p.m. The Warriors have
reached the 1A state final in each of the last four years.
Coming off their 1A state championship season, Brewster's girls will be
paired with Burbank, a 1A state qualifier in 2003 and the fifth-place team in
2002. That game, sandwiched between the two West Valley games, will begin at
5:30 p.m.
The most intriguing matchups of the day will be the West Valley games and
their first-ever pairings with Brewster and Central Valley.
Brewster's boys rolled to a 28-0 record last season and should be even
better next season with the return of Gonzaga-recruit David Pendergraft. The
Rams, coming off a state-trophy season, will return all-stater Andrew
Strait.
Central Valley's girls from Spokane return four freshman from their 27-2
state-runnerup team. The Bears will also have back point guard Reagan
Pariseau, who started her prep career in Brewster.
West Valley's girls will have even more back from their fifth-place state
team, returning all but three seniors.
The Tourneytown.com Shootout is presented by the Yakima Herald-Republic, the
Central Washington State Fair and the Greater Yakima Sports Association, and
sponsored by the Yakima Herald-Republic.
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