Prosser boys, girls roll over quarterfinal opponents in 2A. 6 others aren’t out yet

Five Mid-Columbia teams won their state quarterfinal games on Thursday to advance to the semifinals in their respective tournaments.

The Prosser boys and girls won in the 2A state tournaments, as did the Royal boys in 1A, Columbia-Burbank in 2B boys, and the DeSales boys in 1B.

The Richland (4A) and Tri-Cities Prep (2B) boys lost, as did the Chiawana (4A), Kennewick (3A), Mabton (2B) and Sunnyside Christian (1B) girls.

The good news is that those teams can still earn a state trophy if they can win on Friday.

Here’s a look at how the region’s teams did on Thursday:

Class 2A boys

Prosser coach Toby Cox called his No. 10 Mustangs’ quarterfinal win over No. 1 Lynden on Thursday perhaps his program’s biggest victory ever.

Prosser, facing the three-time state champs, forced the Lions into 20 turnovers en route to a 64-50 upset victory. The Mustangs outscored Lynden 24-8 in points off of turnovers.

“That was a good win for our program,” said Cox. “I just liked our effort, and we attacked the paint.”

Koby McClure led Prosser with 22 points and 4 steals, while Landon Bailey had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals. Trent Russell added 8 points and 10 rebounds for the Mustangs.

Cox said McClure is 20 points from reaching the career 2000-point mark.

The game was close at intermission, with Lynden leading 31-30. But Prosser outscored Lynden 19-5 in the third quarter, and that was the difference.

The win sets up a semifinal game against Central Washington Athletic Conference rival Selah at 3:45 p.m. Friday in the Yakima Valley SunDome.

The Vikings, ranked fifth in the seeding, took down No. 11 Columbia River 74-49 in their quarterfinal.

Selah and Prosser have already played each other four times this season. They split their two regular-season games, but Selah won twice in the district tournament.

Cox has enjoyed this season because his team toughened up after a holiday trip to Arizona.

“They saw teams they never had before,” he said. “And that Grandview rivalry we have is always a great atmosphere. It’ll be a great atmosphere (at the SunDome) against Selah.”

No. 3 Bremerton meets No. 2 R.A. Long in the other semifinal at 5:30 p.m.

Class 2A girls

Prosser, trailing to Archbishop Murphy 17-15 after one quarter, exploded for a 22-9 second quarter and never looked back to beat the Wildcats 68-49 in the Yakima Valley SunDome.

Once again, the Mustangs’ defense forced its opponent into a lot of turnovers (27) and outscoring the Wildcats 34-17 in points off of turnovers.

Sophomore standout Herbie Wright scored a game-high 26 (with five treys) and had 5 steals for Prosser.

Teammate Deidra Phillips scored 13 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 4 assists; while senior Lay’lee Dixon added 12 points.

The No. 6 Mustangs will play top-ranked Lynden at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

The other semifinal will pit No. 3 Deer Park against No. 2 Ellensburg.

Class 4A boys

Richland’s bid for a state title came to an end on Thursday when the No. 4 Bombers fell to No. 6 West Valley-Yakima 73-70.

The Rams shot an impressive 29 of 44 from the floor for 65 percent for the entire game.

Landon Birley led West Valley with 22 points, while Austin Birley added 18 and Parker Mills had 16.

Richland junior Landen Northrop had another outstanding game, scoring 32 points — including sinking 12 of 15 free throws.

Teammate Lance Horntvedt added 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Josiah Scacco had 10 points.

The Bombers will play No. 7 Mt. Si at 10:30 a.m., Friday, in a loser-out game.

The game involves the two teams that played for the 4A state title in 2024.

Class 4A girls

No. 13 Glacier Peak continued its Cinderella run through the state tournament, taking down No. 3 Chiawana 64-62 in overtime Thursday in the Tacoma Dome.The Grizzlies sank 12 3-point field goals in their win over the Riverhawks.

Chiawana seniors Malia Ruud (21 points, 10 rebounds) and Kaia Foster (20-7) led the way for the Riverhawks.

Chiawana will take on No. 2 Lake Washington — a 71-59 quarterfinal loser to top-ranked Davis — in a loser-out game at 2 p.m. Friday.

Class 3A girls

For the third time this season, No. 7 Kennewick played No. 1 Central Valley tough, only to have the Bears pull away in the fourth quarter for the win. This time, it was CV winning 45-37 in the Thursday quarterfinals in the Tacoma Dome.

The Lions trailed just 29-27 entering the fourth quarter. But the Bears outscored them 16-10 in the final period.

Eden Sander led CV with 24 points. Kennewick’s Rylee Bendewald did a good job defending CV star Brynn McGaughy — a UW commit. She shot 3 for 14 from the floor. However, McGaughy did grab 18 rebounds.

Bendewald led the Lions with 12 points, while June Fiander added 10 points.

Kennewick plays a loser-out game at 9 a.m. Friday against No. 4 Stanwood.

Class 1A boys

No. 2 Royal jumped out to a 41-24 halftime lead and never looked back in taking down No. 9 Chelan 67-46 in a late quarterfinal game in Yakima on Thursday night.

No other details were available.

But the Knights will play No. 3 Lynden Christian at 9 p.m. Friday in one semifinal game in the SunDome.

The other semifinal, set for 7:15 p.m., pits No. 4 Zillah against No. 1 Annie Wright.

Class 2B boys

Columbia-Burbank’s big three — Quincy Scott, Tristan Frimodt and Caden Ross — had outstanding games as the top-ranked Coyotes rolled past No. 10 Liberty Bell 62-44 in the quarterfinals Thursday morning in the Spokane Arena.

Scott led all scorers with 19 points, and he added 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Frimodt finished with 13 points and 4 assists, while Ross added 12 points.

Burbank shot 61 percent from the floor (21 for 34).

Now the Coyotes will meet No. 4 Colfax in the semifinals, set for 3:45 p.m. Friday. It is a rematch of last year’s state championship game.

In another quarterfinal, No. 3 Reardan defeated No. 12 Tri-Cities Prep 74-43 on Thursday.

Bryson Wilde led the Jaguars with 16 points and 8 rebounds, but Prep was forced into 16 turnovers that resulted in 28 points for the Eagles.

Prep takes on No. 8 Northwest Christian of Colbert at 10:30 a.m. Friday in a loser-out game.

Class 2B girls

The No. 9 Mabton Viking lost to No. 2 Adna 74-41 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals in Spokane.

Karsyn Freeman scored a game-high 34 points for the victorious Pirates.

Alana Zavala had 10 points for the Vikings, who will play No. 3 Brewster at 2 p.m. Friday in a loser-out game.

Class 1B boys

No. 4 DeSales advanced to the state semifinals after taking down No. 6 Tulalip Heritage 54-38 in the Thursday quarterfinals in Spokane.

Spencer Green led the Irish with 23 points and 2 steals, while Malachi Raymond had a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Maddox Filan also got in on the action for DeSales, scoring 12 points, and he added 4 assists and 2 steals.

The Irish outrebounded Heritage 41-31 and outscored them 27-12 from the 3-point line.

DeSales will take on No. 1 Almira Coulee Hartline at 7:15 p.m. Friday in one semifinal.

The other semifinal game, set for 9 p.m., pits No. 5 Neah Bay against No. 2 Lummi Nation.

Class 1B girls

Devan Harrington scored 16 points and had 2 assists, but it wasn’t enough as No. 11 Sunnyside Christian lost to No. 5 Wellpinit 48-42 in the 1B quarterfinals Thursday in Spokane.

Natalie De Boer added 8 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals for the Knights, who will meet No. 10 Oakesdale at 9 a.m. Friday in a loser-out game.