Prep Proletariat scouts basketball with his first state rankings
The Prep Proletariat, master prognosticator of prep football in Southwest Washington, is stepping out of his normal winter hibernation and taking a crack at ranking the best prep basketball teams. So, without further ado, the Prep Proletariat. –TM
Hello Comardes! Don’t you love this weather we’re having. Reminds of the Fourth of July in the Motherland!
Anyway, I’ve decided to step out from the shadows, where I normally retreat to after the football season ends, and pass the long months of winter by tackling some high school basketball.
I’ll admit this is new territory for me. I’m more accustomed to picking winners on the gridiron. Going indoors is something new.
But I figure, heck, if the Score Czar can do it, it can’t be too hard.
These opening weeks of my weekly prep basketball rankings will be a learn-as-I-go process, especially in the lower classifications, which I freely admit is a bit of blind draw.
But I’ll learn more as the season progresses, and I should be in top form once the playoffs arrive.
So here you go, my first prep basketball rankings for the state of Washington.
BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A — 1, Federal Way; 2, Curtis; 3, Gonzaga Prep; 4, Bellarmine Prep; 5, Lewis & Clark; 6, Union; 7, Cascade; 8, Olympia; 9, Chiawana; 10, Richland
CLASS 3A — 1, Garfield; 2, Rainier Beach; 3, Bellevue; 4, Wilson; 5, Auburn Mountanview; 6, Peninsula; 7, Mercer Island; 8, Kamiakin; 9, O’Dea; 10, Columbia River
CLASS 2A — 1, Clarkston; 2, Lynden; 3, Pullman; 4, River Ridge; 5, Squalicum; 6, Tumwater; 7, Wapato; 8, Woodland; 9, Mark Morris; 10, Liberty
CLASS 1A — 1, Lynden Christian; 2, Zillah; 3, King’s; 4, King’s Way Christian; 5, University Prep; 6, Mount Baker; 7, Vashon Island; 8, Freeman; 9, Overlake; 10, Seattle Academy
CLASS 2B — 1, Brewster; 2, Northwest Christian-Colbert; 3, Morton-White Pass; 4, Liberty; 5, Life Christian; 6, Friday Harbor; 7, Ocosta; 8, Toledo; 9, Lind-Ritzville-Sprague; 10, Kittias
CLASS 1B — 1, Almira-Coulee-Hartline; 2, Garfield-Palouse; 3, Seattle Lutheran; 4, Yakama Tribal; 5, Shorewood Christian; 6, Wellpinit; 7, Selkirk; 8, Pomeroy; 9, Entiat; 10, Neah Bay
GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A — 1, Central Valley; 2, Moses Lake; 3, Todd Beamer; 4, Bothell; 5, Skyview; 6, Camas; 7, Inglemoor; 8, Tahoma; 9, Sunnyside; 10, Lewis & Clark
CLASS 3A — 1, Lynnwood; 2, Bellevue; 3, West Seattle; 4, Mercer Island; 5, Bishop Blanchet; 6, Prairie; 7, Garfield; 8, Lincoln; 9, Wilson; 10, Glacier Peak
CLASS 2A — 1, East Valley-Spokane; 2, Archbishop Murphy; 3, Black Hills; 4, Ellensburg; 5, Anacortes; 6, Selah; 7, WF West; 8, White River; 9, Washougal; 10, Lynden
CLASS 1A — 1, Lynden Christian; 2, King’s; 3, Elma; 4, La Center; 5, Montesano; 6, Bellevue Christian; 7, La Salle; 8, Granger; 9, Kalama; 10, Zillah
CLASS 2B — 1, Okanogan; 2, Toutle Lake; 3, Mabton; 4, Napavine; 5, La Conner; 6, Ilwaco; 7, Friday Harbor; 8, Davenport; 9, Wahkiakum; 10, Waterville
CLASS 1B — 1, Colton; 2, Touchet; 3, Republic; 4, Tualip Heritage; 5, Sunnyside Christian; 6, Pomeroy; 7, Pateros; 8, Moses Lake Christian; 9, Entiat; 10, St. John-Endicott
