Waitsburg Hosts League Tourney This Weekend

WAITSBURG – This year’s Southeast 2B District 9 league basketball tournament will be held Saturday and Monday at the Waitsburg High School Gym. The Dayton girls go into the tournament as the #2 seed and the WP boys are seeded #3. The WP girls and Dayton boys did not qualify for the tournament.

Play begins Saturday at 2 p.m., with the Lady Bulldogs facing #3 seed Tri-Cities Prep. At 5 p.m., the DeSales girls will play the winner of a play-in game Thursday, between #4 seed Asotin and #5 seed Walla Walla Valley Academy.

The winner of that game will play the winner of the Dayton/TCP game at 6 p.m. Monday, to determine the #1 and #2 seeds going into the District 7/9 tournament the following weekend. The two losing teams from Saturday will face off Monday at 3 p.m., with the winner gaining the #3 seed in Districts, and the loser eliminated.

On the boys’ side, the WP Cardinals, who have now won seven straight games and finished third in the league (and thus are #3 seed), will take on #2 seed TCP on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Number one seed WWVA plays the winner of the WWVA/Asotin play-in game, to be held Thursday. That game is Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

The two Saturday winners will play each other Monday at 7:30 p.m., to determine the #1 and #2 seeds. Saturday’s losers will face off Monday at 4:30 p.m., with the winner taking the #3 seed to Districts.