Just one game in town tonight but plenty of playoff action just a short drive away.

The lone game in town tonight is a 2A District IV girl’s playoff game between River Ridge, the #1 seed out of the EvCo and Hockinson, the #3 team out of the Greater St. Helens League. Hockinson beat R.A. Long on Wednesday night, 47-46, in a tiebreaker game to make the playoffs. They are led by their 5’10” senior guard Jenna Haagen, who scored 11.7 points per game. They also feature 6’1″ post Katelyn McGuire, who averaged 9.5 points and 10 rebounds per game in just her sophomore year. The Olympian has a story today about River Ridge’s head coach, Jackie Robinson and his relationship with George Karl.  Tip-off between the Hawks and the Hawks is set for 7:00 PM in Lacey.

Meanwhile, the #3 seed out of the EvCo, North Thurston, travels to Woodland tonight for their playoff game.  Woodland is the #2 seed out of the Greater St. Helens and is 14-6 overall and 6-3 in conference.  The Beavers and Rams had two common opponents this season, Tumwater and W.F. West.  Woodland lost to both in December (43-31 to W.F. West and 43-40 to Tumwater).

And finally, Black Hills, the EvCo #5 gets a rematch with the EvCo #2, W.F. West in Chehalis.  The two teams have met twice already this season in conference with W.F. West winning easily both times, 62-48 in December and 50-29 on Wednesday night.

On the boy’s side, Olympia and Bellarmine play for the third time this season for the #1 seed out of the 4A Narrows at Foss High School in Tacoma. The two teams were tied at 13-1 in conference with their only losses coming to each other on the road.  Either way, Oly will have a home playoff game on Tuesday night. Tip-off for the rematch tonight is at 7:00 PM.