Red-hot Bothell High pulled out its third-straight basketball victory on Tuesday night, a huge 68-56 win in a loser-out situation against Lake Stevens, which earned the Cougar boys a berth to Friday’s Class 4A regionals against sixth-ranked Olympia at 6 p.m. at Auburn High School.

Junior guard Perrion Callandret, who was nursing a bruised thigh all week that kept him out of practice, led with a game-high 27 points.

When combined with the other part of the Cougars’ one-two guard punch in Zach LaVine (25 points), the two came with points of beating Lake Stevens on their own.

Callandret did most of his damage in the first half, pouring in 19 to give Bothell a 38-20 lead that they would never relinquish.

Late in the fourth quarter with the Cougars in the bonus, Bothell made eight consecutive shots from the charity stripe to keep the Vikings at bay.

With a win on Friday, Bothell will advance to the Tacoma Dome’s 4A state basketball championships for the first time since 1997.

Cedar Park girls take sixth seed to state regionals

The Cedar Park girls’ basketball team (15-9) struggled at the 1A Tri-District tournament last weekend, going 1-2 in their three games, and ending with a 46-38 loss to Seattle Christian to take the sixth and final seed to the one-game regionals round of the state basketball tournament this Saturday.

The Lady Eagles will play No. 1 seed and defending state champion Freeman (24-1) at Wenatchee High School at 6 p.m.

Against Seattle Christian, the Eagles fell into an early hole, 26-16 at the half, and could not recover against Warriors standout Katie Collier, who scored a game-high 27.

For the Eagles, Rachel Staudacher led with 18, followed by Madison Parmenter with nine.