Here's a look at the first day of State 4A Basketball in the Tacoma Dome.The winners: Boys - Decatur 49-39, will play Shadle Park 67-43, Federal Way 63-58, will play Lincoln 61-53, Edmonds-Woodway 58-40, will play ferris 68-39; Bellarmine Prep 75-66 will play Foss/Prairie.Girls -…
Ferris pulled away after leading 30-24 in the third quarter for a 68-37 win. It was an aerobatic type of game and when DeAngelo Casto got into the high-wire act this one quickly was over.Saxons made it 36-24 on 3-point play by Erick Cheadle and…
If I'd have been facing either Lewis and Clark or Puyallup in a firing squad I'd have liked my chances the way both teams shot today.But the Tigers - who baffled even coach Jim Redmon - finally got away for a 46-27 victory after leading…
Dan Thompson, a sportswriter at the Idaho State Journal in Pocatello, is picking Coeur d'Alene and Highland to reach the State 5A boys basketball championship game.You can link to his story here.Click the tab below to see my prediction along with my unedited state tournament…
Click the tab below to see thumbnail sketches of each team in the five Idaho boys basketball state tournaments.NOTE: All 5A and 3A games will be webcast live by IdahoSports.com along with all the state title games Saturday.
WCC commissioner Michael Gilleran fielded five questions from a Bay Area newspaper, including the hot topic -- could the conference get three NCAA bids if GU or Saint Mary's doesn't win the WCC Tournament -- and the decade of dominance by Gonzaga.Here's a link.
Today's the day we find out how great the Greater Spokane League challenge is when State 4A basket ball gets underway.In the News-Tribune here in Tacoma, Doug Pacey has predicted Ferris and Franklin the favorites with Shadle Park among the six other contenders in boys.…
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