For some teams in the Northwest Conference, Cascade Conference, Greater St. Helens League and Evergreen Conference, the postseason begins this week with mini-playoffs and state play-in games.

Here’s a rundown of this week’s playoff games, what teams in other Class 2A leagues need to do to secure a postseason berth, and what the first round of the state playoffs might look like.

District 1
Four state berths
These are not projections
Tuesday, Nov. 3
NWC No. 5 Squalicum at CC No. 4 Granite Falls
Friday, Nov. 6
NWC No. 4 Mount Baker at CC No. 1 Archbishop Murphy
NWC No. 3 Blaine at CC No. 2 Cedarcrest
CC No. 3 South Whidbey at NWC No. 2 Burlington-Edison
Saturday, Nov. 7
Winner of CC No. 4/NWC No. 5 at NWC No. 1 Lynden

Winning teams will be seeded in this order as District 1’s seeds on the state bracket:
CC No. 1
NWC No. 1
NWC No. 2
CC No. 2
CC No. 3
NWC No. 3
NWC No. 4
CC No. 4/NWC No. 5

District 4
Four state berths
Mini-playoff, Tuesday, Nov. 5
Five teams – Aberdeen, Centralia, Elma, Hoquiam and River Ridge – are tied for the fourth seed in the Evergreen Conference.

Crossover Games
These are not projections
Evergreen No. 4 TBD at GSHL No. 1 Mark Morris
Evergreen No. 3 Tumwater at GSHL No. 2 R.A. Long
GSHL No. 3 Woodland at Evergreen No. 2 Black Hills
GSHL No. 4 Hockinson at Evergreen No. 1 W.F. West

If teams of the same seed win, the EvCo team will receive the higher seed into the state playoffs. For instance, if EvCo No. 1 W.F. West and GSHL No. 1 Mark Morris both win, W.F. West will receive the district’s No. 1 seed and Mark Morris the No. 2 seed.

District 2/3
Two state berths
The Nisqually Olympic League champion (Sequim is projected) is the District 3 No. 1 seed.
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Interlake at Nisqually Olympic No. 2 (North Mason is projected), winner is the District 3 No. 2 seed

CWAC (District 5/6)
Three state berths
The CWAC has no crossover playoff games. The teams are seeded into the state playoffs based on league standings.
Projected qualifiers
1. Ellensburg
2. Othello
3. Selah

Great Northern (District 7)
Three state berths
The CWAC has no crossover playoff games. The teams are seeded into the state playoffs based on league standings.
Projected qualifiers
1. Spokane West Valley (clinched No. 1 seed)
2. Clarkston
3. Deer Park

Here’s a link to the WIAA Class 2A state playoff bracket. Below you will find out projected first-round matchups. We’ve provided enough information so that if you don’t agree with our predictions and want to see how the playoff bracket might look with different league finishes or crossover winners, you should be able to do that fairly easily.

Game 1: District 2/3 No. 2 Interlake at District 4 No. 2 Mark Morris

Game 2: District 7 No. 2 Clarkston at District 5/6 No. 1 Ellensburg

Game 3: District 7 No. 3 Deer Park at District 5/6 No. 2 Othello

Game 4: District 5/6 No. 3 Selah at District 7 No. 1 Spokane West Valley

Game 5: District 4 No. 3 Black Hills at District 1 No. 2 Lynden

Game 6: District 1 No. 3 Burlington-Edison at District 2/3 No. 1 Sequim

Game 7: District 4 No. 4 R.A. Long at District 1 No. 1 Archbishop Murphy

Game 8: District 1 No. 4 Cedarcrest at District 4 No. 1 W.F. West