MATTAWA -- Warden and Othello were the big winners at the Eastern Washington girls regional wrestling tournament Saturday at Wahluke High in Mattawa.
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MATTAWA -- Warden and Othello were the big winners at the Eastern Washington girls regional wrestling tournament Saturday at Wahluke High in Mattawa.
Saturday's smiles can give way to Sunday frowns in a hurry as regional wrestling glory gives way to grim determination for what lies ahead at state.
PASCO -- Delaney Hodgins scored 18 points and Bianca Gonzales played strong defense to spark the Chiawana girls basketball team to a 53-22 victory Saturday against visiting Richland in a District 5/6 Tournament semifinal game.
The Chiawana Riverhawks may not have cracked the top three at Saturday's Eastern Washington 4A regional tournament in Moses Lake.
Naches Valley hit six 3-pointers in the first quarter and had eight treys in the first half, bombing Kiona-Benton into submission en route to a 64-44Class 1A District 5 semifinal win Saturday in Wapato.
Domach Domach's clutch shooting helped Kennewick beat West Valley 68-64 on Saturday at the Lions' Den and advance to the Class 3A District 5/6 Tournament championship game against rival Kamiakin.
Matt McCallum will get his shot at a fourth state medal. Cruz Del Angel will get a shot to go from state newbie to state champion.
RICHLAND -- With apologies to Kipling, the biggest difference isn't always made by the high-point man. The player who can swing a game is often the one who thinks he can.
EAST WENATCHEE -- The Hanford girls basketball team dropped a 50-44 road decision to Eastmont on Saturday in a Class 3A District 5/6 Tournament semifinal.
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 5/6
David Trimble and Davonte Lucket combined for 36 points to lead top-ranked Davis to a 66-43 win over Walla Walla in the Class 4A District 5/6 semifinal Saturday in Yakima.
Last weekend, Hanford senior Joe Traverso declared the CBBN 3A district tournament was tough enough to be its own regional.
The Southridge Suns traveled to Kamiakin Saturday night to take on the braves. Kamiakin won the game 71-40.
KENNEWICK -- Justin Pedley took it upon himself to make sure there would be no Southridge comeback on this night.
The Sunnyside Lady Grizzlies traveled to Kamiakin Saturday night to take on the Lady Braves. Kamiakin won the contest 84-56.
KENNEWICK The Kamiakin girls basketball team picked a good time to play their best offense of the season.
CLASS 2A DISTRICT 5/6
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 5/6
WAPATO -- Bailey Schroeder's 21 points and 10 rebounds wasn't enough as the Kiona-Benton girls basketball team lost 60-55 on Saturday to Granger in a Class 1A District 5 tournament semifinal at Wapato High.
Liberty Christian shot the lights out Saturday in Richland, going 14-for-26 from 3-point range to wrap up the Southeast 2B regular season Saturday with a 64-57 win against Waitsburg-Prescott.
SPOKANE VALLEY -- Carly Garland of Richland and Kiya Bjorge of Southridge qualified for the state all-around championships with quality finishes in the gymnastic regionals Saturday at Central Valley High in Spokane.
WALLA WALLA -- Libbie Jimenez had 13 points and MiKayla Ferenz added 10 more as the Walla Walla girls basketball team defeated Wenatchee 52-35 on Saturday in a Class 4A District 5/6 tournament semifinal.
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 5/6
Coach Pete Patitucci's last game at the helm of the Othello boys basketball program didn't disappoint.
WENATCHEE -- Kylie Buterbaugh scored 15 points and Michaela George added 12 as the Wenatchee girls defeated Moses Lake 45-31 on Friday, ending the Chiefs' season in the first round of the Class 4A District 5/6 tournament in Wenatchee.
BENTON CITY -- The Kiona-Benton girls basketball team got revenge for a season-opening loss and made their No. 1 seed hold up, knocking off visiting Zillah 58-53 on Friday in the first round of the Class 1A District 5 Tournament in Benton City.
Here are the Central Washington Athletic Conference boys basketball standings, schedule:
Esau Ibarra led three players in double figures for Echo, which topped visiting Arlington 68-44 in Oregon.
ELLENSBURG -- A late basket by Ellensburg ended Grandview's season, as the Bulldogs picked up a 41-40 victory Friday in Class 2A CWAC action.
Nick Peasley ran the length of the court and drained a 12-footer at the buzzer to lift Walla Walla on Friday to a 56-54 victory at Moses Lake in a Class 4A District 5/6 tournament elimination game.
CLASS 4A DISTRICT 5/6 TOURNAMENT
Here are the schedules for the Class 4A District 5/6 Tournament:
Kroft Sunderland had 20 points as Dayton won its first-ever Southeast 2B league championship with a 52-28 home victory against DeSales.
SUNNYSIDE -- Jordan Rodriguez scored 16 points, Natalia Bazan added 10 points and 12 rebounds, and Sunnyside defeated West Valley 50-44 in the first round of the Class 3A District 5/6 tournament.
The Richland girls basketball team rolled out a stifling defense Friday, a big change from a week ago against Davis.
Othello jumped out to a four-point lead over defending state champion Deer Park after Friday's opening rounds of the CWAC/Great Northern League regional at West Valley High in Spokane.
CLASS 1A DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENT
CWAC 2A
YAKIMA -- West Valley jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the second quarter and rolled to an easy 64-22 victory over Eastmont in the first round of the Class 3A District 5/6 Tournament.
Hanford boys hosted Southridge in a district playoff loser out game on Friday in Richland. Southridge won 64-61.
RICHLAND Playoff comebacks are fairly routine. This one was rare.
Hanford girls hosted Kennewick in a district playoff loser out game on Friday in Richland. Hanford won 53-39.
RICHLAND It's easy to forget Colette Gall is only a sophomore after watching her take control during Hanford's 53-39 win over Kennewick in the first round of the Class 3A District 5/6 tournament Friday in Richland.
BENTON CITY -- Kiona-Benton girls basketball coach Joe Wirtzberger knew this season's team had a chance to be special.
Here are the Mid-Columbia boys basketball standings, schedules
Here are the girls basketball final scoring leaders for the 2011-12 season:
There will be a lot of moving parts in today's CBBN 3A district matchup between Southridge and Hanford at 7 p.m. at Hanford High.
Here are the boys basketball final scoring leaders for the 2011-12 season:
BENTON CITY Cristian Aguilar's 16 points helped carry the Kiona-Benton Bears to a 46-40 win over visiting Goldendale on Thursday night in an SCAC district opener.
Here is the Mid-Columbia girls basketball standings, schedule
Here are the Washington boys basketball polls as voted on by The Associated Press:
KENNEWICK -- Kamiakin distance runner Stephanie Rexus, who finished fourth at the Class 3A state cross country meet and eighth at Nike Border Clash, signed to run for the Idaho Vandals on Wednesday.
RICHLAND -- It isn't often that a Class 2B boys basketball player will get mentioned in the same sentence with the best Class 3A or 4A players, much less be able to share the floor with them.
Here are the Washington girls basketball polls as voted on by The Associated Press: