{"id":24348,"date":"2018-03-01T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rentonnews.us\/sports\/renton-liberty-move-onto-elite-eight\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T23:35:49","slug":"renton-liberty-move-onto-elite-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rentonnews.us\/sports\/renton-liberty-move-onto-elite-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Renton, Liberty move onto Elite Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two teams remain in the hunt for the 2A state title.<\/p>\n
And there’s a chance they could meet in the championship game Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Renton Indians and Liberty Patriots boys basketball teams won its regionals games last weekend to punch its ticket to the state tournament.<\/p>\n
The Indians beat Clover Park 58-49 and Liberty won over West Valley of Spokane 60-55.<\/p>\n
Liberty<\/strong><\/p>\n Following the Patriots win Feb. 24 the Patriots were scheduled to face Mountlake Terrace Wednesday in a loser out game.<\/p>\n Liberty won 64-48 and moved on to the second round of state.<\/p>\n The boys are set to play Foss at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, March 1 at the SunDome in Yakima.<\/p>\n Visit the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s (WIAA) website<\/a> for live statistics, final results and more tournament information.<\/p>\n The boys were crowned district champions following the District 1\/2 tournament mid-February.<\/p>\n Liberty went undefeated beating Sammamish 66-38 Feb. 10 and Anacortes 57-55 in the semifinals Feb. 13.<\/p>\n The boys faced Lynden in the finals Feb. 17 and won by four, 68-64.<\/p>\n