A game between small-school girls basketball teams might easily be overlooked in a nine-game array of bigger-school games of perennial powers in both the boys and girls ranks.

But don't let that fool you. That small-school game in the middle of those nine contests in this year's Tourneytown.com Shootout, slated for Jan. 15 in the SunDome, is anything but small.

One team captured its third straight Class 1A state title with a lineup almost entirely populated with underclassmen.

The other team captured the last Class B championship -- the division since having been replaced by 1B and 2B classifications -- with, yes, a lineup of underclassmen.

While the entire lineup has plenty to offer from 8:30 a.m. to after 9 p.m. -- four matchups between 2005 state-tourney teams, intriguing inter-classification showdowns in both the boys (Eisenhower vs. Southridge and West Valley vs. Davis in both boys and girls) -- that 2:30 p.m. game in the middle is worth the price of admission all by itself.

Colfax, which considers the SunDome practically its home court -- witness the Bulldogs' sweeps of the last three state volleyball and basketball championships on that floor -- against La Salle, whose road trip to the SunDome is about, oh, three miles.

Two teams that are almost certain to begin the season ranked No. 1 -- and likely to still be there come the Ides of January.

"One thing we've got going against us is that they don't lose in the SunDome. They've won 12 straight games there," Lightning coach Todd Kent said of the Bulldogs. "So it's like there's a homecourt advantage for them, even though the SunDome is really in our backyard."

Colfax returns return nine of its top 10 players. La Salle graduated only two reserves off its 2005-06 team.

"I'll tell you what, La Salle's bringing a ton to the table," Colfax coach Cory Baerlocher. "I know what he's bringing back. They're going to get after it -- they're going to get up and down the court on us. They've got an impressive bunch of athletes -- long and lanky and athletic. You tell Todd Kent to send me some of his game tapes -- and in slow motion, so I can see his kids."

The Lightning boast the reigning Class B player of the year in Molly McGree and another all-stater in Jasmine Stohr. Colfax has a first-team all-stater in point guard Jordan Harazin.

"We're very fortunate to be able to schedule this game," Kent said. "It's a great opportunity to be able to gauge where we are going into the season, and it'll be very interesting to see how we match up, because we do play similar styles of basketball.

"It could be a barnburner."

So could some of the other matchups, three of which pit state-tourney teams from last spring against once another -- Grandview's boys (sixth place in 2A) against Chelan (didn't place), Granger's boys (seventh in 1A) against Freeman (didn't place) and Chelan's girls (fourth in 2A) against White Pass (third in 1A).

Tickets will go on sale (at prices yet to be determined) in early December at participating schools or at the SunDome ticket office.

Here's the lineup of games, with the home team listed first:

8:30 a.m. -- Riverside Christian boys vs. Kittitas
10 a.m. -- Chelan girls vs. White Pass
11:30 a.m. -- Grandview boys vs. Chelan
1 p.m. -- Granger boys vs. Freeman
2:30 p.m. -- La Salle girls vs. Colfax
4 p.m. -- Davis girls vs. West Valley
5:30 p.m. -- Eisenhower boys vs. Southridge
7:15 p.m. -- Davis boys vs. West Valley
9 p.m. -- Eisenhower girls vs. Southridge