The Zillah basketball community is about to have another year of work showcased for two days.

Twenty-eight teams will play two games each on the Yakima Valley SunDome courts between Monday and Tuesday. Two dozen of the teams are boys squads, while four are girls.

As usual, the field is heavy on Class 2A and 1A teams, the best of which will be back in a little more than two months when the state tournaments return to the SunDome.

Those teams also are in close proximity when Leopards coach Marion Mengarelli and his team of tournament support start putting the field together.

“It’s pretty much all year,” Mengarelli said. “After we finish the tournament, we’re looking and by end of April and May we have most of the teams.”

Mengarelli credits Zillah High assistant principal Ryne Phillips and Leopards assistant coach and Middle School dean of students Mike McCullough as integral parts among the army of volunteers that help put on the event.

Nearly half of this year’s field – 13 of 28 – are ranked in VarsityWA’s top 10, with the Zillah boys holding down the top spot in 1A and the Leopards and Deer Park girls No. 2 in the 1A and 2A polls, respectively.

Selah also has a pair of ranked teams in the field, with the Vikings boys ranked third and girls fifth.

Many of the those ranked teams will mix it up over the next two days.

“It our goal to find the top 2A and 1A matchups,” Mengarelli.

And they’ve done that.

Zillah’s boys will meet 2A No. 10 Bainbridge on Monday and Cascade Christian, ranked sixth in 1A, on Tuesday.

Leopards star Dekker Van De Graaf, the two-time SCAC Player of the Year, was practicing with the team after being sidelined with an ankle injury, but Mengarelli wasn’t sure if the senior would play.

Deer Park’s unbeaten girls, who are seen by many as the biggest threat for two-time defending champion Lynden, will be tested by Selah on Monday and Zillah on the second day.

The Leopards could have a complete lineup, as junior June Fiander could add even more punch to the lineup after having to sit out per WIAA transfer rules. Fiander averaged in double figures as a sophomore at Kennewick and was a second-team all-Mid-Columbia Conference selection.

The 4A boys will get in on the action as the main event Monday night.

Third-ranked West Valley will meet No. 4 Glacier Peak in the third meeting between the Rams and Grizzlies going back to last year’s postseason.

West Valley won at Glacier Peak in the regional round before the Grizzlies topped the Rams in the game for third and fifth place.

SunDome Shootout

Tickets: One day – $15 adult, $11 youth/senior/student with ASB. Two days – $24/$18.

Parking: $10.

RANKED TEAMS

VarsityWA top 10

Class 4A boys: 3. West Valley, 4. Glacier Peak.

Class 2A boys: 3. Selah, 5. Lynden, 10. Bainbridge.

Class 1A boys: 1. Zillah, 6, Cascade Christian, 7. Fort Vancouver, 8. Seattle Christian, 9. Wapato.

Class 2A girls: 2. Deer Park, 5. Selah.

GAME SCHEDULE

Monday schedule

11 a.m.: Court 1 – Quincy vs. Fort Vancouver. Court 2 – Toppenish vs. Riverside.

12:30 p.m.: Court 1 – Brewster vs. La Center. Court 2 – Seattle Christian vs. Wapato.

2 p.m.: Court 1 – East Valley vs. King’s Way Christian. Court 2 – Cascade Christian vs. Port Angeles.

3:30 p.m.: Court 1 – Eisenhower vs. Lynden. Court 2 – Selah vs. Ridgefield.

5 p.m.: Court 1 – Bainbridge vs. Zillah. Court 2 –Selah girls vs. Deer Park.

6:30 p.m.: Court 1 – Grandview vs. Lakewood. Court 2 – Zillah girls vs. West Valley.

8 p.m.: Court 1 – Davis vs. Lake Stevens. Court 2 – West Valley vs. Glacier Peak.

Tuesday schedule

9 a.m.: Court 1 – Ridgefield vs. Eisenhower. Court 2 – King’s Way Christian vs. Brewster.

10:30 a.m.: Court 1 – Fort Vancouver vs. Wapato. Court 2 – Port Angeles vs. Toppenish.

Noon: Court 1 – La Center vs. Quincy. Court 2 –Riverside vs. Seattle Christian.

1:30 p.m.: Court 1 – Lakewood vs. East Valley. Court 2 – Grandview vs. Bainbridge.

3 p.m.: Court 1 – Lynden vs. Selah. Court 2 – Glacier Peak vs. Davis.

4:30 p.m.: Court 1 – Zillah vs. Cascade Christian. Court 2 – West Valley girls vs. Selah.

6 p.m.: Court 1 – Lake Stevens vs. West Valley. Court 2 – Deer Park girls vs. Zillah.