The District 3/4 4A Boy’s Basketball Tournament is underway after games began on Wednesday. In this post, we will have all the matchups and recaps. pictures, and video highlights of all that the games we cover. Many of the games will be on the NFHS Network and we have linked the page to watch next to each game.
Quarterfinals:
#6 Emerald Ridge vs #3 Puyallup
#2 Auburn vs #10 Rogers
#4 Olympia vs #5 Kentwood
#1 Camas vs #8 Sumner
Consolation Quarterfinals:
#11 Union vs #14 Mt. Rainier
#7 Kennedy Catholic vs #15 Bonney Lake
#12 Curtis vs #13 Stadium
#9 Skyview vs #16 Graham Kapowsin
First Round:
#6 Emerald Ridge 71 #11 Union 54
Emerald Ridge Jaguars 23/19/9/20 – 71
Union Titans 8/11/18/14 – 54
The Emerald Ridge Jaguars and Union Titans battled to get one step closer to the State Tournament. Making the District Semifinals guarantees a spot in State.
In the first half, Emerald Ridge couldn’t miss from three-point land. In one of the most sensational halves of shooting, the Jaguars nailed 10 threes, five in each quarter, to roar out to, at one point, a 25-point lead. Emerald Ridge used the three-point barrage to take a 42-19 lead at the break. Union came out of the half on a 13-0 run, led by Nick Burchett, making it a 42-33 game, but Brennan Aoki drained a three for Emerald Ridge to stop the run and Emerald Ridge held a 51-37 lead after the third quarter, despite Union doubling up ER in the quarter, 18-9.
Emerald Ridge finished with another 20-point quarter and a whopping 16 threes to get a 71-54 victory to advance to the District Quarterfinals, where they will play Puallup. It’ll be the fourth time this season they will face Puyallup, and the second time in six days, as the teams squared off in the SPSL Championship Game on Saturday.
Our Thorbeckes Game MVP went to Emerald Ridge’s Brennan Aoki, who came off the bench and had a career night. Aoki had five threes, a career-high, and 15 points, also a career-high. Aoki had two third-quarter threes that were crucial in ending Union’s attempted comeback and was pivotal in getting Emerald Ridge the win.
Emerald Ridge’s Jamaize McGriff had a game-high 19 points, Jordan Bennett had 11 points, Isaac Norris had nine points, Dominique Pace had six points, Blake Muehlenbruch had six points and Mychal Turner had five points.
Union was led by Drew Hill, who had 18 points and 10 of them in the fourth quarter, Nick Burchett with 14 points, Pat Howe with six points, Daniel Kirichenko with six points, Kody Holcomb with four points, Arthur Novotarskiy with three points, Noah Jones with two points, and Luke Lehner with one point.
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ESN Talks With Game MVP, Brennan Aoki
#3 Puyallup 66 #14 Mt. Rainier 50
#10 Rogers (Puyallup) 77 #7 Kennedy Catholic 72
#2 Auburn 71 #15 Bonney Lake 41
#5 Kentwood 86 #12 Curtis 66
#4 Olympia 57 #13 Stadium 41
#8 Sumner 54 #9 Skyview 40
#1 Camas 66 #16 Graham-Kapowsin 48
