Prep Basketball: Blast Zone squads ready to make noise at State Tournaments

Big Dance — R.A. Long, Mark Morris, and Toledo boys; Woodland girls still alive in season's final week

Mark Morris’ Dalton Stevens attacks the basket while being defended by R.A. Long’s Joshua Crane during a 57-52 loss to the Lumberjacks in the District championship game, Feb. 21, at Kelso High School. If the Monarchs can win on Wednesday it will set up Civil War IV at the Yakima SunDome. — Candy Durgeloh for Blast Zone Media

High School Boys Basketball

No. 8 Mark Morris (21-5) vs No. 9 Sequim (20-4)

Wednesday, 2 p.m.

Yakima SunDome

Mark Morris’ Carson Bogner surveys the defense while being guarded by Ridgefield’s Talon Sosky during a 71-57 win over the Spudders in the District IV Tournament, Feb. 8, at Bakamus Gymnasium. — Skyler Smith for Blast Zone Media

Mark Morris backed into its spot at the Yakima SunDome after losing back-to-back games to the top two teams in the state - Lynden and R.A. Long. Now, the Monarchs will have to take care of business against Sequim in order to stay alive in the 2A State Tournament.

Sequim finished No. 9 in the RPI and earned the No. 9 seed to the tournament, which makes it a dangerous opponent in a loser-out game.

Of course, this isn’t the Monarchs’ first rodeo in Yakima. Mark Morris is essentially a seasonal guest at the SunDome, and the boys in baby blue have got plans on bringing home a trophy of some sort. They’re just not sure what size, yet.

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