They are the champions

The older brothers got them to state for the first time, and the younger brothers won it.

Three years after Dustin Patchen and Josh Straughan led Colton High School to its first-ever state tournament berth, Jake Straughan and Dalton Patchen took them to their first state championship in school history.

At Spokane Arena Saturday night, with a supporting cast of Austin Meyer, Jordan Druffel, Carter Dahmen, Dillon Frank and Grant Kinzer, Colton beat Pomeroy 59-46 to cap a state journey which included near-disaster in the semifinal and a Dalton Patchen rescue surge in the first round.

In the end,...