Sky-Em sends four teams to girls playoffs


Sky-Em League schools Cottage Grove and Junction City will host play-in games in the Oregon School Activities Association 4A girls basketball playoffs.

League champion Marshfield and runner-up Marist will have byes into the 16-team first round.

Valley Catholic will be at Cottage Grove, Gladstone at Junction City, North Valley at Newport and Seaside at Molalla, it was announced Wednesday.

All four play-in games are scheduled for Saturday, with times to be determined.

The first- and second-place teams in each of the six 4A leagues will join the four play-in winners in the final OSAA bracket.

The eight winners from the first round advanced to the final eight, with the quarterfinals, semifinals and final March 7-9 at Forest Grove High School.

Final standings are online at http://www.osaa.org/activities/gbx/teams-leagues.

Final rankings are online at http://www.osaa.org/activities/gbx/rankings.

NOTES

Siuslaw, which finished the season 5-19, was No. 27 in the final 34-team 4A rankings. …

Marshfield, 23-1, was No. 1, Marist No. 9, Junction City No. 10, Cottage Grove No. 13 and Elmira No. 29 …