Oakesdale eliminated, Gar/Pal to meet Pomeroy for title

Gar/Pal's Caden Sanderson, Blake Jones, Austin Jones and Tanner Anderson surround Oakesdale's Evan Henning in the Vikings' win at Oakesdale Feb. 10.

The regular season gets you into the district tournament then disappears.

No. 2 seed Oakesdale is gone, their season over after two losses in the District Nine bracket leaving Pomeroy and Garfield/Palouse to tip-off Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Walla Walla Community College to decide the championship.

Four years ago, the same two teams met in the district title game in Colfax in a similar, though opposite scenario. Garfield/Palouse had owned the regular...