From my view, Cascade has just had the honor (or bad luck) of being in the Caribou League (Chelan and others) which has been playing a regional with the Northeast (Colfax, Lakeside, Freeman, Chewelah and others). I think only 3 berths came out of there, so a good team or two with trophy chances always had to miss the dance. They have been a good team in 1A, just haven't seen them at State. A couple of real tall hitters can't hurt this year either.
Don't know what the regional format is this year. Does anyone else?