3A/2A state basketball: Region 13 teams will face each other in 3A playoffs

BRIAN WOLFER, Special to the Standard-Examiner
Ogden High's Zoey Franklin looks to pass the ball while guarded by Ben Lomond's Maleah Richey during a high school girls basketball game Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at Ben Lomond High School.Four of the six Region 13 girls basketball teams saw the 3A state tournament bracket that was unveiled Saturday morning, looked for their team’s seeding and for the most part, saw a region foe in the same matchup.
Ogden High’s (11-11) girls basketball team drew the No. 11 seed, which means the Tigers travel to face No. 6 Layton Christian (12-9) at 1 p.m. Saturday in the second round. The two teams split the regular-season series this season with the home team winning each time.
Ben Lomond (11-10) drew the No. 14 seed and hosts No. 19 Union at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will face No. 3 Morgan (17-6) in the second round at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Ogden-LCA winner faces the Morgan-BL winner in the quarterfinals.
In the 3A boys tournament, Morgan (15-6) is the No. 5 seed and hosts No. 12 Carbon at 7 p.m. Friday in the second round.
No. 13 Ogden (8-12) is at Region 13 champion No. 4 Grantsville, against whom the Tigers went 1-1 in the regular season. The Morgan-Carbon winner faces the Ogden-Grantsville winner in the quarterfinals.
Ben Lomond (2-19) is the No. 19 seed and will head to No. 14 North Sanpete for a first-round game at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner faces No. 3 Emery in the second round. The Scots lost to North Sanpete 65-54 on Feb. 1.
In 2A, No. 13 St. Joseph Catholic’s (9-11) girls team hosts No. 20 Utah Military Academy (4-12) in the first round at 7 p.m. Wednesday, with the winner facing No. 4 APA-Draper in the second round Saturday.
The St. Joseph (8-13) boys team is the No. 17 seed and will head to Region 17 counterpart No. 16 Waterford for the first round at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner faces No. 1 Enterprise in the second round.
The Jayhawks split the regular-season series with the Ravens. St. Joseph has been headed by interim head coach Chad Loosemore since Aaron Schrader resigned on Jan. 31.
Utah Military’s (4-12) boys team is the No. 21 seed visiting Rockwell in the first round on Tuesday.
Full tournament brackets can be found online at uhsaa.org/tournaments.
3A/2A STATE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m.
3A boys first round: Ben Lomond at North Sanpete
2A boys first round: St. Joseph at Waterford, Utah Military at Rockwell
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m.
3A girls first round: Union at Ben Lomond
2A girls first round: Utah Military at St. Joseph
Friday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
3A boys second round: Ogden at Grantsville, Carbon at Morgan
Saturday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m.
3A girls second round: Ogden at Layton Christian, Ben Lomond/Union at Morgan
2A girls second round: St. Joseph/Utah Military at APA-Draper
Feb. 23-25
3A quarterfinals, semifinals and finals at Southern Utah University
2A quarterfinals, semifinals and finals at Salt Lake Community College
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