High school basketball's post-season has arrived for the Eatonville Cruisers and the Bethel Braves. Eatonville's boys' and girls' teams will vie in the 1A Southwest District playoffs that start this Friday, while Bethel's girls will launch their 4A West Central District 3 bid Thursday. At stake are berths in the regional tournaments for the top three finishers in the Southwest and the top six in the West Central. The opening round of the Southwest's boys field has Eatonville hosting Castle Rock at 7 p.m., with the winner advancing to a Feb. 16 matchup with the survivor of the Forks-King's Way Christian contest. The losers of those first-round games will also meet Feb. 16 in a loser-out affair. Eatonville finished third in the Evergreen League during the regular season with 9-5 record (13-7 overall). High school basketball's post-season has arrived for the Eatonville Cruisers and the Bethel Braves. Eatonville's boys' and girls' teams will vie in the 1A Southwest District playoffs that start this Friday, while Bethel's girls will launch their 4A West Central District 3 bid Thursday. At stake are berths in the regional tournaments for the top three finishers in the Southwest and the top six in the West Central. The opening round for the Southwest's boys field has Eatonville hosting Castle Rock at 7 p.m., with the winner advancing to a Feb. 16 matchup with the survivor of the Forks-King's Way Christian contest. The losers of those first-round games will also meet Feb. 16 in a loser-out affair. Eatonville finished third in the Evergreen League during the regular season with a 9-5 record (13-7 overall). In the Southwest girls' bracket, Eatonville will be at La Center, with Feb. 13 contests for the loser and winner. The Cruisers are the Evergreen's third-place team after posting an 8-6 conference mark (9-11 overall). La Center is 18-2 overall and the Trico League co-champion with Kalama. Bethel ended its regular season with an 11-9 overall record and a share of second place (at 8-4) in the South Puget Sound League's South Division, trailing 12-0 Curtis GÇô the team the Braves will face in the opening round of the district playoffs. Curtis won their league meetings 43-30 and 53-43. The Bethel-Curtis winner and loser this week will advance to a second-round or consolation game Feb. 13 against the winner and loser between Rogers and Gig Harbor.
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