3/5/17
The Eli Sports Network will be in Yakima for start to finish coverage of both the boys and girls State 2A Basketball Tournaments. Here you will find schedule, scores, original stories, pictures, links to stories from other media and a link to games that are being broadcast on radio for free or the pay-per-view video option on the NFHS Network that Eli Sports is now an affiliate. Check back each day for updated information.
Girls 2A Tournament
Link to WIAA Tournament Central Link to 2A Girls Bracket
Watch Live Video Broadcast on ESN/NFHS
Day 4 Championships and Trophies
Championship Lynden 44, Burlington-Edison 36
Game Story by Michael Anderson in the Bellingham Herald
3rd Place 1:00 Black Hills vs WF West
Game Story by Matt Baide in the Lewis County Sports Blog
Game Story in The Olympian by Lauren Smith
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4th Place Game Wapato 67, White River 48
Game Story by Luke Thompson in the Yakima Herald
Game Story by Lauren Smith in the News Tribune
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Day 3 Semi-Finals
Burlington-Edison 59, Black Hills 55
The Tigers came from 10 down in the 1st half to pull out a big win over the #1 ranked Wolves. The Tigers will play for the State Championship Saturday night at 7pm. Black Hills suffered only their 2nd loss of the season and will play WF West at 1pm for 3rd.
Game Story by Lauren Smith in the Olympian
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Lynden 61, WF West 53
The Bearcats jumped out to a 25-9 lead in the 1st half but could not resist the Lions once they found their groove. Lynden advances to State Title game Saturday night at 7p. WF West went 13-29 at the foul line and probably has to look no further for the biggest difference in the game. The Cats will play Black Hills for 3rd Saturday at 1p.
Game story by Matt Baide on the Lewis County Sports Blog
Game story in the Bellingham Herald
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Day 3 Consolation (Loser out)
Wapato 63, Washougal 44
The Wolves came out fired up, led early and never let up to advance to Saturday and will play for 4th place. Washougal had their season come to an end, on a bright note it appears Toryi Midland for the Panthers set a single game State Tournament record for rebounds with 20.
Game Story in Yakima Herald by Scott Spruill
Game Story by Meg Wochnick in The Columbian
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White River 56, ArchBishop Murphy 53
Game story in the News Tribune by Lauren Smith
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Day 2 Quarterfinals
Burlington-Edison 58, Washougal 55
The Tigers blew a big lead but rallied back to deny the Panthers. B-E wil get the top ranked Black Hills Wolves in the Semi-Finals Friday at 7:15. Washougal will drop into the consolation and face a must win game against Wapato tomorrow at 12:15pm.
Game story by Meg Wochnick in the Columbian
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Black Hills 55, Wapato 38
It was Wolves vs Wolves in this showdown and the #1 ranked Black Hills squad pulled away for the win and now just 1 win away from playing for the Title but will have to contend with Burlington-Edison Friday night at 7:15. Wapato will battle Washougal in a loser out at 12:15p.
Game story by Lauren Smith in the Olympian
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Lynden 64, White River 42
The Lions roared in this one jumping out to a big lead and then extending it handily sending the Hornets to the consolation round. Lynden will face WF West Friday night at 9p for a chance to get to the finals. White River will play in a loser out Friday against ArchBishop Murphy at 2p.
Game story in the Bellingham Herald by Michael Anderson
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WF West 58, AB Murphy 44
The Bearcats ran past the Wildcats and advances them back to the Semi-finals after taking a year off of the State Tournament. They will have to figure a way past a difficult Lynden squad to get back to the Championship Friday night at 9p. ATM will face White River in a loser out at 2p.
Game story by Matt Baide on the Lewis County Sports Blog
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Day 1 (Loser Out Games)
Washougal 52, East Valley (Yakima) 36
The Panthers advanced to the quarterfinals with a dominate start to finish win over East Valley of Yakima. Washougal got off to a fast start leading 18-5 after the 1st quarter. Although they had a slow 2nd quarter with just 12 points the defense shut down the Red Devils to their 2nd straight single digit quarter and pulled away to a 30-14 lead.
In the 2nd half the game got very physical as the Red Devils felt the pressure of trying to close the gap. Although they had their best quarter in the 3rd they could only pick up 1 point on the Panthers and trailed by 15 after 3. In the 4th it really got physical and Washougal withstood the rush of emotion the Red Devils played with as time ticked away on their season.
Beyounce Bea was huge in the paint for the Panthers with a double-double scoring 12 and grabbing 11 boards. She also had a blocked shot and 4 steals, this performance was singled out for our Tommy Lowe of Greene Realty Player of the Game. Our player of the game for Wast Valley went to Kallie Willett who was everywhere and never gave up on trying to mount a comeback.
Mason Oberg and Tiana Barnett each had solid games for Washougal each with 10 points while Toryi Midland was also tough in the paint with 4 blocked shots. Kalieigh Denton and Alyssa Valdez led East Valley with 8 each. Washougal will play Burlington-Edison tomorrow in the quarterfinals.
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Wapato 57, East Valley (Spokane) 53
The Wolves made an incredible 4th quarter surge to come from behind and eliminate the Knights stunning the East Valley crowd. Wapato advances to the quarterfinals and will face Black Hills at 5:30 tomorrow evening.
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Lynden 56, Olympic 29
Lynden rolled in this one against Olympic pulling away in the 2nd quarter and never looking back. The Lions will now take on White River in the quarterfinals at 7:15 Thursday night. Olympic had their season come to an end.
For more on this game Mike Anderson has his story in the Bellingham Herald
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ArchBishop Murphy 41, Prosser 37
ATM held off a stubborn Prosser to advance to day 2 while the Mustangs season is over. The Wildcats next get WF West Thursday night in the quarterfinals.
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Boys 2A Tournament
Link to WIAA Tournament Central Link to 2A Boys Bracket
Day 4 Championships and Trophies
Championship Foss 83, Selah 73
Game Story by Lauren Smith in the News Tribune
Game Story in the Yakima Herald by Luke Thompson
3rd Place Lynden 69, Olympic 49
Game Story in the Bellingham Herald
Game Story by Jeffrey Graham in the Kitsap Sun
4th Place Anacortes 69, North Kitsap 60
Game Story in the Kitsap Sun by Jeffrey Graham
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Day 3 Semi-Finals
Selah 83, Olympic 57
Game Story by Luke Thompson in the Yakima Herald
Game Story by Jeffrey Graham in the Kitsap Sun
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Foss 54, Lynden 51
Game Story by Lauren Smith in the News Tribune
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Day 3 Consolation (Loser out)
North Kitsap 57, Prosser 45
The Vikings will place no worse than 6th and will play tomorrow morning at 8am while Prosser had their season come to an end.
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Anacortes 79, Pullman 66
The Seahawks pulled away from the Greyhounds to advance to Saturday where they will play for 4th place at 8 o’clock in the morning. Pullman’s season is now completed.
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Day 2 Quarterfinals
Selah 62, North Kitsap 54
Selah heads to the Semi-Finals against Olympic on Friday at 3:45pm while North Kitsap will have to play in a loser out game at 9am vs Prosser.
Game story by Luke Thompson in the Yakima Herald
Game story by Jeff Graham in the Kitsap Sun
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Olympic 59, Prosser 54 (OT)
The Trojans had to go to OT to get the job done but stayed alive in the Winner’s bracket and faces Selah for a chance to go to the Championship on Friday at 3:45p while Prosser plays a loser put game against North Kitsap at 9am.
Game story by Jeff Graham in the Kitsap Sun
Game story by Luke Thompson in the Yakima Herald
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Foss 84, Pullman 69
The Falcons trailed at the half but rallied for the win and advances to face Lynden in the Semi-Finals on Friday at 5:30p, while Pullman gets Anacortes in a loser out at 10:am.
Game story by Lauren Smith in the News Tribune
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Lynden 47, Anacortes 44
Lynden survived Anacortes to clinch a date in the Semi-Finals with Foss. The Seahawks will need to get past this loss in a hurry if they want to play on Saturday as they face off with Pullman in a loser at 10:30am.
Game story in the Bellingham Herald
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Day 1 (Loser Out Games)
North Kitsap 34, Mountlake Terrace 30
The Vikings pulled out a win in a low scoring opener and advances to the quarterfinals against Selah tomorrow morning at 9am. Mountlake Terrace had their season come to an end.
For a full game story check out Jeff Graham’s story in the Kitsap Sun by clicking here.
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Prosser 50, Wapato 38
The Mustangs broke open a tight game with a big 3rd quarter outscoring the Wolves 17-6 taking a 40-27 lead after heading to the half with just a 2-point 23-21 lead. Scott Blakney was the sparkplug for Prosser knocking down 24 points. Blakney added 11 boards for a double-double. Nate Brown also had a big day for the Stangs with 18 points and he also doubled up with 13 rebounds. Brown added a blocked shot and 4 steals for good measure.
Wapato actually outscored Prosser in the 4th 11-10 but far short of the deficit they created in a cold shooting 3rd. Rodrigo Campos was the lone wolf in double figures with 10. Wapato did have 8 different players score but saw their season come to an end in this loser out contest. Prosser will face Olympic at 10:30 tomorrow in the quarterfinals.
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Foss 72, Mark Morris 55
The Falcons took awhile to get tuned up in the Sundome and Mark Morris battled hard to stay in touch but by the end of the game Foss’s fire power was too much for Morris. Foss led by 7 at the break, stretched it to a dozen after 3 before wearing the Monarchs out pulling away to the comfortable win.
Foss had 3 players in double figs leading the way was Donald Scott with 24, Scott also had 12 rebounds for the double-double. Demetrius Crosby III finished with 16 and Berto Gittens added 14. For the Monarchs Will Burghardt led with 16 and Garrett Berger finished with 14. Foss advances to the quarters and will play Pullman at 12:15. Although the Monarchs had their season come to an end they will also be honored as the State boys basketball Academic Champions.
More on this game from the News Tribune’s Lauren Smith
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Lynden 57, Lindbergh 43
The Lions pulled away in the 1st half for a comfortable lead 33-22 and kept Lindbergh at bay to advance to day 2 and the quarterfinals. Lynden will face Anacortes at 2pm while Lindbergh’s season is over.
For the full game story here’s Michael Anderson’s story in the Bellingham Herald.
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