Rubber Chicken will get a facelift next season

STATE 4A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

The Greater Spokane League schools haven’t taken the court yet, but there was some news from here in Tacoma.

Ferris and Lewis and Clark have agreed to change the format of the Rubber Chicken game slightly next year, moving the main performances from the halftimes of the games to between the girls’ and boys’ contests. This should help make the basketball games better and allow more freedom for the performers.

• Mount Tahoma’s girls were one of the pre-tournament favorites before losing 56-48 to Snohomish in the first round. The Thunderbirds weren’t crushed, however, as they turned around and crushed Bellarmine Prep 69-52. The win wasn’t as noteworthy as the performance of 5-foot-11 Shauneice Samms.

The junior scored 16 points and grabbed a tournament-record 23 rebounds, including eight on the offensive side.

• We’ll be back with the Lewis and Clark game.