For the members of the Corvallis High girls basketball team, Thursday night’s game at home against Lebanon is more than just the final game on the schedule.
It is senior night where Taylor Westly and Eva Oriakhi will be honored prior to tipoff.
It is a matchup of CHS coach Joe Williamson and his former team, although the two team’s have already played once at Lebanon earlier this season so the matchup won’t be as highly anticipated.
Well, wait, maybe it will as playoff seeding and berths are on the line.
Corvallis can claim no worse than a share of the Mid-Willamette Conference title with a win, while Lebanon needs a win to earn the fourth and final playoff berth from the conference.
If the Spartans win, they could end up tied with West Albany and Silverton at 11-3 in conference play.
Each split with the other and split with Crescent Valley so head-to-head tiebreakers are out the window.
That means the conference principles will draw to see who gets the first, second and third seeds. That drawing was supposed to take place Thursday morning, but coaches weren't to find out the results until after their games.
That may be what each team is most concerned about because seeding is somewhat out of their hands.
“I just hope we get a good pick,” junior Kayla Laney said.
Added her twin sister Karly: “I want to have a home game on our home court.”
In order for that to happen, the Spartans need to earn the first or third seed, although with the third seed comes a trip to No. 1 Jefferson after that home game.
A first seed and you get a bye and a home game. The second seed means you only have to win once to reach the Chiles Center, site of the state tournament, but you have to go to No. 2 Ashland to get there.
While all of that is important, the twins said they want to win Thursday's for the seniors.
Sending them out with a conference title is the goal.
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