32 high school volleyball teams hit Lacey today for the 4A and 3A state tournaments hosted by Saint Martin’s University and Timberline High School. The action gets underway at 8:00 AM with three 3A games: Stanwood vs. Auburn Mountainview, Prairie vs. Mercer Island and Holy Names vs. Bonney Lake.

Two 3A and one 4A Olympia area teams will be in action at Marcus Pavilion. In the 3A tournament, Timberline (16-3) takes on Southridge (15-6) at 9:45 AM and North Thurston (14-4) faces Shorewood (13-3) at 11:45. Olympia (12-7) begins their 4A title defense against Wenatchee (11-1) at 3:15 PM.

The Olympian has great previews of both tournaments including team-by-team capsules. They name Jackson (15-1) and Mead (14-0) the 4A favorites while Mercer Island (21-0) and Mount Si (16-4) were named the 3A favorites

Tumwater (17-0) and Capital (14-3) will both be in action at the 2A tournament at Pierce College in Lakewood. The Cougars face West Valley of Yakima at 11:00 AM and the T-Birds take on East Valley Of Yakima at 2:45 PM.

The Olympian also has a great preview of the 2A tourney and they name Tumwater as one of the favorites along with Colville (17-0) and West Valley.