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• G-Prep girls reach best finish with fifth-place trophy

  March 4, 2012 in Sports on Page C5 TACOMA – Really, it had just been long enough. The Gonzaga Prep girls basketball program had been to the State 4A tournament twice over the last 30 years or so. … 1

• Central Valley boys advance to State 4A final

  March 3, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 TACOMA – The feel-good story of the Central Valley boys basketball team will add another chapter. For a second straight year, a Greater Spokane League team will have an opportunity …

• Central Valley boys edge Garfield

  March 1, 2012 in Sports TACOMA – Garrett Sawyer, Central Valley’s clutch shooter all season, said he never saw it go in.

• Parking problems plague state tournament at Tacoma Dome

  March 3, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 TACOMA – The WIAA has renamed the boys and girls state basketball tournaments the Hardwood Classics. At least in Tacoma, though, it should be called the Hard-to-Attend Classics.

• Panthers place fifth with victory

  March 7, 2010 in Sports on Page C5 TACOMA – Second-best team in school history. That’s how the Mead boys basketball team will remember the 2009-10 season.

• State title eludes Panthers

  March 7, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 TACOMA – The No. 1-ranked Auburn Riverside girls basketball team had to go to overtime before it could preserve its perfect season. The Ravens built a six-point lead that the …

• Moses Lake settles for eighth place

  March 7, 2010 in Sports on Page C5 TACOMA – Angela Woods scored 12 points and Ashley Albertson had 10 to help Edmonds-Woodway beat Moses Lake 44-38 to take fifth place in the State 4A girls basketball tournament …

• Tigers crash boards while bouncing back

  March 6, 2009 in Sports on Page B7 TACOMA – It’s typically uncertain how a team will rebound physically and mentally following a first-day loss during the state basketball tournament. Lewis and Clark rebounded literally for its 62-31 …

• Bulldogs nip Bullpups

  March 6, 2009 in Sports on Page B1 TACOMA – Two teams with similar nicknames vied for Top Dog when the Bullpups from Gonzaga Prep and Bulldogs from Garfield squared off Thursday night in the State 4A boys …

• Bulldogs end state drought

  March 6, 2009 in Sports on Page B7 BOISE – Until Thursday afternoon, one had to go back 43 years to find the last time a Sandpoint High boys basketball team had won a game at state. The …

• LC’s run of State 4A titles comes to end

  March 5, 2009 in Sports on Page B4 TACOMA – Three-time defending State 4A girls basketball champions Lewis and Clark didn’t easily relinquish the crown. But a 13-point first-half deficit proved a mountain ultimately too high to climb. …

• Old hat for Tigers

  March 4, 2009 in Sports on Page B5 Three straight State 4A basketball championships alone put Lewis and Clark’s girls basketball among the storied programs in state annals. The Tigers’ streak of seven straight appearances at the annual …

• Bullpups prepared

  March 4, 2009 in Sports on Page B1 Success for the Gonzaga Prep boys basketball team has been akin to a mathematical equation. The whole is equal to the sum of its parts. The Bullpups have a point …

• GSL schools draw tough half bracket

  March 2, 2009 in Sports on Page B3 Greater Spokane League coaches knew that their status as No. 3 seeds from the eastern region would do them no favors during Sunday’s State 4A basketball draw. But the respect …

• G-Prep boys win twice to qualify for state

  March 1, 2009 in Sports on Page C4 KENNEWICK – Gonzaga Prep took a different approach to its basketball game this weekend from the one it had while being humbled at home on Tuesday. As a result, the …

• GSL foes G-Prep, LC to meet again

  February 28, 2009 in Sports on Page C5 KENNEWICK – Lewis and Clark got the better of the tempo in the first half of the nightcap during the 4A regional semifinal basketball games in the Toyota Center. But …

• GSL foes G-Prep, LC matched up

  February 28, 2009 in Sports on Page C5 KENNEWICK – Lewis and Clark got the better of the tempo in the first half of the nightcap during the 4A regional semifinal basketball games in the Toyota Center. But …