TACOMA – Facing off against a tough defensive team in No. 4 seed Crosspoint, the No. 5 Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors fell 53-29 in Saturday’s 1B Girls State Basketball Tournament regional round.
RICHLAND – Despite coming back from a 17-point second-half deficit, the No. 2 seed Warden Cougars were unable to take over the No. 7 Brewster lead in Friday’s 2B Girls State Basketball Tournament regional matchup, falling to the Bears 68-63.
“I thought we had a good week of practice, thought we had a good plan,” Warden Head Coach Josh Madsen said. “Ultimately, we didn’t execute it at times as well as I thought we could have. (Brewster) hit some big shots, and we just didn’t respond.”
WENATCHEE – A 25-point first quarter jumpstarted the Lions in their district championship win over Soap Lake Thursday night, defeating the Eagles 78-45 and advancing to the 1B Boys State Basketball Tournament.
MOSES LAKE The Mavericks opened the Columbia Basin Big 9 district tournament with a 39-32 win over Eisenhower Tuesday night, holding the Cadets to just two points in the fourth quarter.
Moses Lake Head Coach Matt Strophy said the win came down to “sheer determination.”
“When we got in the locker room for winning the first game in the district tournament, the girls were somber – there was not the excitement, because I think they knew they didn’t play well,” Strophy said. “So, we had to remind them at this point of the season, winning ugly is better than losing pretty.”
WENATCHEE – The Jackrabbits held off a late Omak comeback bid in Saturday’s Caribou Trial League district championship game, defeating the Pioneers 72-71 in exciting fashion.
“Wild ending, wild game – everything you’d want in a high school basketball game,” Quincy Head Coach Scott Bierlink said. “It certainly wasn’t a clean game on our part, but our motto’s been ‘Survive and advance,’ so that’s what we did.”