Game recaps, highlights from the 2025 The Dream Showcase high school basketball tournament
There will be eight high school basketball games played at the 2025 The Dream Showcase on Monday at Federal Way High School.
The event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. features four boys basketball games and four girls basketball games in its third year, and includes teams from the South Sound and beyond.
Follow along for live updates throughout the day.
SCHEDULE
9 a.m. — Graham-Kapowsin vs. Federal Way girls
10:30 a.m. — Rogers vs. Silas boys
Noon — Stadium vs. Camas boys
1:30 p.m. — Richland vs. Tahoma boys
3 p.m. — Davis vs. Tahoma girls
4:30 p.m. — Davis vs. Federal Way boys
6 p.m. — Ellensburg vs. Emerald Ridge girls
7:30 p.m. — Sumner vs. Lake Washington girls
GAME RECAPS
Rogers 70, Silas 59 (OT)
Maybe the morning tip-off was to blame, but for whatever reason, Rogers looked sleepy in the first half, not creating good looks on offense and failing to get stops on defense against Silas.
But it was only a matter of time before Treyshawn Weatherspoon got going. Rogers’ talented guard caught fire in the second half, willing Rogers back into the game and helping the Rams force overtime against Silas, ending in a 70-59 Rogers win.
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For Weatherspoon and his teammates, the effort simply wasn’t good enough in the first half.
“Defense has been our struggle this year,” he said. “We got some new people so we all have got to piece it together. I feel like once our defense clicked, our offense was flowing off it. It was pretty hard to stop. We had some big time people step up on our time.”
Weatherspoon scored a game-high 32 points. Dylan Gilderhus added 18 for Rogers. Guard Tyson Parker led Silas with 17. Twenty one of Weatherspoon’s 32 points came after halftime.
“I like to get to my spots, find my open areas throughout the game,” Weatherspoon said. “I’m not gonna force anything, but I’m gonna do whatever the team needs to get the win. Once my shot was going, I was shooting.”
Rogers is one of a handful of playoff contenders in a competitive 4A SPSL North division. Weatherspoon said he feels the team could surprise some people in the postseason.
“We’re really sneaky,” he said. “I feel like we can really make a deep run going into these playoffs.”
CAMAS BOYS 64, STADIUM 53
One through five, there might not be a better complete shooting team in the state than Camas. The Papermakers hit 10 3-pointers against Stadium on Monday in a 64-53 win.
The best of the bunch? That’d be guard Jace VanVoorhis, who had 23 points.
“We’ve got a team full of weapons, man,” he said. “It’s fun to play with them, on and off the court. We’re working out every day on our shots. It just feels really good right now.”
Stadium, paced by guard Donovan Gill’s 23 points, made a run in the second quarter, but Camas pulled away comfortably in the second half.
“When we get to the Dome, we’ve gotta be able to stay poised down the stretch and that’s ultimately what wins us games down the stretch,” VanVoorhis said.
Camas 6-foot-8 forward Ethan Harris, who can also knock down shots from beyond the arc, added 17 points.
“We’ve been saying ‘us versus us’ every game, so we’re all competitors,” VanVoorhis said. “If we play as a unit, I don’t think anybody can stop us right now.”
RICHLAND BOYS 80, TAHOMA 64
Richland jumped on Tahoma from the tip and never looked back, using its height and experience to overwhelm a young Bears’ team on Monday afternoon noon, an 80-64 Bombers’ win.
“It was really important,” Richland’s Landen Northrop said of the team’s quick start. “The energy, coming out strong, working with each other, being patient, it was great.”
Richland’s 1-2 punch of Northrop and Lance Horntvedt was too much for Rick Tripp’s Tahoma squad to ovecome; Horntvedt scored a game-high 31 points and Northrop added 24.
Richland might not have the height of last year’s team, but Northrop (6-foot-4) and Horntvedt (6-3) still give the Bombers the height advantage over most of the teams they face.
“We get to post up different players on smaller guards,” Northrop said. “It’s great. Helps us out.”
After reaching the Class 4A state championship game last year, this year’s group is eager for another crack at the title at the Tacoma Dome in March.
“We want it really bad,” Northrop said.
DAVIS GIRLS 68, TAHOMA 50
Tahoma hung around for a half, but ultimately the toughness and skill of the Davis (Yakima) Pirates won out on Monday. After leading by a point at half, Davis pulled away for a comfortable 68-50 win.
Sophomore guard Isa Garcia scored a game-high 27 points and sophomore guard Cheyenne Hull added 22.
“Our talking and our defense definitely turned us around,” Hull said. “We started out slow but went into halftime, we boxed out, started sharing the ball more in the second half.”
Davis has been building into a state contender for a while now. With Hull leading the charge of this year’s talented group, the Pirates have the pieces to make some noise at the Tacoma Dome this winter.
“It’s our team bonding,” Hull said. “We have a great group of girls, we all love each other, we hang out on and off the court and that just makes us really good, especially on the court and we’re playing really well together.”
Sophomore guard Jaycee Harrison and freshman Logan Girias led Tahoma with 11 points apiece. Bailey Nettleton added nine.
DAVIS BOYS 50, FEDERAL WAY 46
Federal Way, the host of The Dream Showcase, came ready to play defense against the visiting Davis Pirates from Yakima on Monday night. Davis, though, found just enough offense at key moments in the game, hanging on for a 50-46 win.
Cesar Hernandez, a four-year starter and one of the state’s top guards in recent years, scored 12 points, leading a balanced Davis effort. Junior guard Damian Pimentel also had 12.
“None of these guys have played a varsity game,” Hernandez said of his teammates. “Everyone was on JV last year. I just told the guys to stay calm, the game has runs. We’re gonna go on runs, they’re gonna go on runs, but just stay poised, listen to our coach and execute on offense.”
Federal Way guard Brayden McVey scored a game-high 17 points for the Eagles. The Eagles kept it close and threatened at various points of the game, but Davis always had answers.
“I think we played very hard,” Hernandez said. “Federal Way’s a very tough team. Coming into this game, we knew that we had to be physical. Every posession was key for us. On a couple possessions, it was a little sloppy, but it was enough to get a dub.”
ELLENSBURG GIRLS 62, EMERALD RIDGE 33
Ellensburg got out and ran, pressured from baseline to baseline and simply out-hustled Emerald Ridge on Monday night.
The game — a 62-33 Ellensburg win — quickly turned into a track meet. Advantage to the Bulldogs’ speedy group, led by guard Jamison Philip, who seemed to have a non-stop motor on her way to 17 points and a handful of steals. Sophomore guard Bella Standish scored a game-high 19 points.
“When we’re all on the same page and we just get working together, we keep that momentum rolling and you can slowly see teams fall apart,” Philip said. “I think it just fuels our fire to keep together and get stronger with time.”
Emerald Ridge trailed by nine at half, but the gap soon turned into a chasm. Despite Emerald Ridge’s frontcourt size advantage, the Jaguars couldn’t keep up with Ellensburg’s guards.
“It’s definitely huge,” Philip said. “When we put more pressure on defense, it transitions to the offensive end. That’s something we really preach.”
LAKE WASHINGTON GIRLS 58, SUMNER 47
On both ends, Lake Washington was the better team in the second half against Sumner on Monday night, in the finale of The Dream Showcase.
While Sumner looked lost, Lake Washington’s offensive firepower looked anything but, led by junior guard Ashley Uusitalo, who scored a game-high 22 points in Lake Washington’s 58-47 win.
Uusitalo was a factor at the top of Lake Washington’s half-court trap, then converted transition buckets and stepback midrange shots, scoring 17 of her 22 points in the second half.
“I just had the adrenaline going,” she said. “I was in it and I’m really competitive. It was really fun to go against those girls.”
Sumner guard Olivia Collins led the Spartans with 19 points, while Kawehi Borden had 11, a quiet night by her standards.
“Our team, we have really good defenders in our team and we work on that a lot,” Uusitalo said. “I think we just have a lot of trust in each other to match up against them and a lot of trust in our help side and our posts to be there when we get beat. I think we did that really well tonight.”
Lake Washington dropped recent games to Woodinville and Issaquah and wanted to bounce back this week against a top-five 4A Sumner squad. Mission accomplished.
“Coming up against Sumner, which is an amazing team with some amazing talent, I think we just really came together as a team, really pushed ourselves on defense, which is especially what we’re working on,” Uusitalo said. “We proved to ourselves we can play good in these big moments and play together in these big moments.”
Sumner drops to 13-3 with the loss.
This story was originally published January 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM.
