3 of 4 Sky-Em teams lose Showcase games


The Marshfield Pirates boys are the only Sky-Em League team of four to advance to the 4A Basketball Showcase semifinals Thursday in North Bend.

Marshfield beat Gladstone, 61-47, Tuesday at Harrisburg to advance opposite Woodburn. Woodburn advanced with a 48-45 victory at Sky-Em League champion Junction City.

No. 1-seeded Banks plays No. 4 Cascade in the other boys semifinal.

The Sky-Em's Cottage Grove and Junction City both lost Elite Eight games, the league champion Lions to Valley Catholic, 51-42, and the runner-up Tigers at Hidden Valley, 56-31.

4A BASKETBALL SHOWCASE
Boys
Tuesday's results
Woodburn 48, at Junction City 45
Marshfield 61, Gladstone 47, at Harrisburg
Cascade 55, Klamath Union 41, at Sisters
Banks 62, La Grande 54, at Horizon Christian Hood River
Thursday's games
At North Bend
No. 4 Cascade (12-2) vs. No. 1 Banks (13-0), 5 p.m.
No. 6 Marshfield (11-2) vs. No. 7 Woodburn (11-2), 7 p.m.
Girls
Tuesday's results
at Hidden Valley 56, Junction City 31
Valley Catholic 51, at Cottage Grove 42
at Philomath 73, Corbett 41
at La Grande 82, Madras 54
Thursday's games
At North Bend
No. 1 Philomath (12-1) vs. No. 5 Valley Catholic (10-1), 1 p.m.
No. 3 La Grande (11-0) vs. No. 2 Hidden Valley (11-0), 3 p.m.