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  • Liberty Lancers crowned state 2B boys champion

    Jim Stinson, Gazette Correspondent|Mar 10, 2022

    SPOKANE - Tayshawn Colvin scored a game-high 28 points and the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers got past the Brewster Bears, 64–55, at the Spokane Arena on Saturday, March 5, to claim the school's second state championship. The last title for the boys was in 1986 when Liberty beat Bi-County League rival Reardan, 61-44. The Lancers are a ragged group that often played like tough football players. They reluctantly give up easy scores, and such was the case in this game as Brewster had to move the ball we...

  • Reigning state 2B girls champion settles for 5th-place

    Jim Stinson, Gazette Correspondent|Mar 10, 2022

    SPOKANE - The Liberty Lancer girls have beaten the best and have been beaten by the best this season. The Spangle-based Liberty team was 1-2 against league rival Colfax and defeated No. 2 ranked Warden in regional action, handing the Cougars their only loss of the year. After losing to Colfax again in the semifinal round of the state 2B tournament, the Lancers matched up with No.4 Okanogan in the battle for third-place. Liberty jumped out to a 17-7 lead after the first quarter. But the Lancers...

  • Lustig carries Colfax boys to fourth

    Jim Stinson, Gazette Correspondent|Mar 10, 2022

    SPOKANE - If the state "B" Basketball Tournament was still played in the old wonderful 4-day, 16-team double-elimination format, Colfax senior guard-forward John Lustig might have been close to a record-shattering performance. The future star to be at Lewis &Clark State College was the focus of small school fans from around the state that ventured to Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena last weekend for state hoops. Even though he didn't lead the Bulldogs to a state title, he easily won the scoring...

  • Second in state

    Jim Stinson, Gazette Correspondent|Mar 10, 2022

    SPOKANE - If a school's tournament experience has anything to do with results, the Warden Cougars would have been in terrible trouble against the Colfax Bulldogs in the 2022 girls state 2B championship game. This year's tournament was the school's girls first appearance ever in Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The Warden boys had never made a trip to the Arena either. Meanwhile, the Colfax Bulldogs girls have appeared in 10 State "B" tournaments, winning four, and in their days in the 1A...