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RICHLAND --Matt Borton scored 20 points and West Valley ended Sunnyside's state hopes in a regional game by a 54-47 margin.
TACOMA -- The Blue Devils (20-9) nearly erased a 12-point, second-half deficit against the Vikings (19-7), but Inglemoor hit 7 of 8 free throws in the final minute to hold on and end Wa-Hi's season with a 63-55 defeat.
The last time Richland and Eisenhower met, the Bombers led virtually the entire game before the second-ranked Cadets pulled out a CBBN district semifinal win in overtime.
TACOMA -- Walla Walla's boys fell into the consolation bracket of the 4A state tournament with a 52-37 loss to top-ranked Federal Way.
TACOMA -- Walla Walla (20-7) used a 12-2 second-half run to regain control after Todd Beamer (14-12) erased an eight-point deficit to take its only lead of the game, 32-31 on a layup by Chase Hildebrandt with 3:15 left in the third quarter.
KENNEWICK -- The song began almost inaudibly after the conclusion of the 4A boys Eastern Regional tournament Saturday at Toyota Center.
KENNEWICK -- Jamison Rowe doesn't have to say much to make a point. His quiet intensity usually speaks for itself.
KENNEWICK -- The last time Richland and Eisenhower met, the Bombers led virtually the entire game before the second-ranked Cadets pulled out a CBBN district semifinal win in overtime.
PASCO -- Chad Herron didn't have it in him to be too upset.
SUNNYSIDE -- James Sanchez hit back-to-back 3-pointers to spark Sunnyside's game-ending 13-2 run as the Grizzlies erased a five-point deficit with 5 minutes left to win a first-round 3A regional game, turning aside visiting Mount Spokane 51-45.
The CBBN released the all-league basketball teams Sunday night.
PASCO -- A week ago, the Richland boys came into Pasco and beat the Bulldogs in overtime to open the CBBN 4A district tournament.
Here are the 2008-2009 boys basketball standings and scores for the Columbia Basin Big Nine Conference:
YAKIMA -- Spencer Hessler and Michael Weisner scored 19 points apiece for Walla Walla as the Blue Devils rallied to upset second-ranked Eisenhower 81-67 and claim their first CBBN 4A boys district championship since 1990.
PASCO -- Anthony Scales continued his offensive assault on opposing CBBN teams Tuesday, scoring a career-high 28 points to lead Pasco to a 93-68 win over Moses Lake in a loser-out 4A CBBN district matchup in Pasco.
Pasco plays host to Moses Lake 8 p.m. tonight in a loser-out matchup as action resumes in the 4A boys district tournament.
PASCO -- Richland coach Earl Streufert could only be an interested bystander at the end of Saturday's CBBN 4A first-round district boys game at Pasco.
WENATCHEE -- Tyler Holle and Case Rada scored 10 points apiece to lead Kamiakin, but the balanced attack couldn't overcome Wenatchee's Austin Bryan who posted a game-high 23 points for the Panthers in a 55-33 victory.
YAKIMA -- Matt Borton led with 23 points and 13 rebounds for West Valley, which held off Sunnyside to clinch the CBBN's No. 1 district seed.
KENNEWICK -- A victory is always sweet.
WALLA WALLA -- Michael Weisner scored 18 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished off seven assists as Walla Walla defeated visiting West Valley 63-55 in a key CBBN Cascade game.
PASCO -- Andre Griffin could feel his final regular-season home game in a Pasco uniform slipping away.
RICHLAND -- Brett Jacobs hit two free throws with 23 seconds left to put Richland ahead to stay, and the Bombers held on for a 48-46 CBBN Cascade boys basketball win Saturday over West Valley at Art Dawald Gym.
KENNEWICK -- Trent Brown and Osvaldo Uvay scored eight points apiece, but 14 turnovers hurt Kennewick in a CBBN Cascade loss to division-leading Wenatchee at the Lions Den.
KENNEWICK -- Teams in the CBBN may have been able to ignore a young, down-on-its-luck Kamiakin boys basketball team at midseason.
KENNEWICK -- Andrew Mendenhall scored 21 points and Southridge kept its district playoff hopes alive with a CBBN Columbia home win, 69-51, over Moses Lake.
The Kamiakin boys basketball team is coming off a big weekend after a pair of wins over West Valley and Richland.
PASCO -- Anthony Scales scored a game-high 27 points as Pasco held off visiting Davis 78-72 in a CBBN Columbia game Saturday.
RICHLAND -- With all due respect to Montell Jordan, the Kamiakin boys basketball team was the one to show Richland:
MOSES LAKE -- Josh Loera hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to put Moses Lake on top, and Pasco missed on two chances to tie or regain the lead and fall at Moses Lake 71-69 in CBBN Columbia play.
KENNEWICK -- This current crop of Sunnyside basketball players weren't even diaper dandies the last time the Grizzlies played in a state tournament game.
KENNEWICK -- Michael Weisner and Spencer Hessler combined for 32 points to lift the Walla Walla boys to a 49-41 Cascade Division win Tuesday at Kamiakin.
YAKIMA -- After posting a big win over Richland on Friday, Hanford ran out of steam against West Valley as the Rams used a 37-26 run in the second half to pull away for a 61-42 home victory Saturday.
RICHLAND -- Earl Streufert stepped outside of the coaches room following Saturday's 57-48 loss to fourth-ranked Eisenhower, seeking some quiet solitude as he pored over the latest Richland boys stat sheet.
KENNEWICK -- Chad Herron knows how good Ismael Uvay can be. He gets to see it every day in practice.
Chad Herron knows how good Ismael Uvay can be. He gets to see it every day in practice. He has just been waiting for the Pasco senior to show off in front of a full set of bleachers.
RICHLAND -- Kody Winsor is all about football.
PASCO -- If ever there was a game for the Kennewick boys to sneak in a victory, it was this one.
PASCO -- Jeramie Streicher hit a pair of 3-pointers from the right wing late in the fourth quarter to spark an 8-0 run by Pasco as the Bulldogs erased a 56-51 Richland lead en route to a 64-61 nonleague home win.
YAKIMA -- Gary Winston and Michael Weisner each scored 18 points for the visiting Blue Devils boys as they stifled the Rams for a 57-30 in CBBN action.
KENNEWICK -- In the end, the Kamiakin boys got tired and Eisenhower showed it could pull through without its leading scorer.
KENNEWICK -- Southridge ended a four-game skid and won for the first time in CBBN Columbia play as Andrew Mendenhall had 28 points and nine rebounds, and the Suns outscored visiting Davis 19-9 in the fourth quarter for a 67-51 victory.
The game was about what you would expect between Richland and Walla Walla, a couple of sycamores in the log jam that is the top of the CBBN Cascade standings.
PASCO -- Rolling up the offensive numbers hasn't been a problem for the Pasco boys this season.
Video highlights of the Walla Walla vs. Richland boys basketball game Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 at Art Dawald Gym in Richland, Wash. Richland rallied to defeat Wa-Hi 48-46.
WALLA WALLA -- Michael Weisner scored a game-high 22 points to lead Walla Walla to a CBBN Cascade victory.
KENNEWICK -- Brett Jacobs' January 2008 was spent working out with a trainer, rehabbing an ankle injured during football and, of course, getting in some cuts in the batting cage.
YAKIMA -- Robert Montano scored 21 points and dished out six assists, but it wasn't enough for Pasco to overcome serious foul trouble nor Davis' freshmen uprising in the CBBN Columbia contest that went to Davis 79-78.
RICHLAND -- Clint Smith finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds and Brett Jacobs had a solid all-around game as Richland put the breaks on Eastmont's offense in a CBBN Cascade Division rout, 56-35, at Art Dawald Gym.