Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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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...
SPOKANE - The District 9 presence was felt in the state tournament, with Colton having to face league rivals Pomeroy and Garfield-Palouse during the four-day tournament. The Wildcats opened their state 1B basketball tournament with a bye, then immediately faced Pomeroy. Unbeknownst to the players, No. 2-ranked Colton's 57-43 win over the No. 8 Pirates would pave the way for Pomeroy to place higher at state. Colton opened the state tournament in Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena by dominated Pomero...
SPOKANE - The Garfield-Palouse girls knocked off one higher seeded team in the state 1B tournament to come home with a third-place trophy Saturday, March 5. The No. 5 Vikings opened with a 40-35 win over the No. 6 Mossyrock Vikings in the state quarterfinals. The Garfield-Palouse girls opened the game with a 13-4 first-quarter lead and took a 27-14 lead into halftime. The other Vikings closed the margin in the third quarter, outscoring the Whitman County team, 14-5. But in the final quarter,...
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...
YAKIMA — The Pullman Greyhounds boys basketball team shocked No. 1-ranked North Kitsap on Friday, March 4, in the state 2A semifinals. But a second upset wasn’t in the cards, as the Greyhounds ended up coming home to Pullman with a second-place trophy. Pullman, the No. 4-seed, opened postseason with a with a 61-50 regional win over No. 5 Tumwater to get into the state tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome. In the quarterfinals, the Grehounds dominated the Prosser Mustangs, 78-48, to continue their quest for a state trophy. They weren’t expec...
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...
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...
