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SPOKANE — When a team loses a championship game, tears aren’t uncommon. A season’s worth of work falling one game short of the ultimate goal brings out a wide range of emotions, including …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/7/26
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SPOKANE — The Adna High School boys basketball team went pound-for-pound with the No. 1 and unbeaten Colfax Bulldogs.
They led for various moments. They went on a couple runs that made their …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/7/26
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SPOKANE — In typical Shane Schutz fashion, he was upset about the final play of regulation the Napavine High School girls basketball team ran.
His back was turned as the second-most improbable …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/7/26
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YAKIMA — In a 21-hour span, improbability became the norm for a Tumwater Thunderbirds team whose dream of a state championship was over.
The headline of the 2025-26 season should be that …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/7/26
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SPOKANE — Life works in mysterious ways. Just ask Eric Swanson.
Two years ago, he thought he walked off the Spokane Arena court after 33 years as head coach at Toutle Lake. His final game was …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/7/26
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SPOKANE — For the better part of a year, Adna has envisioned a potential matchup with the best team in the state.
“We have talked about it, almost in a joking manner,” Adna coach Luke …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/7/26
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PASCO — “Hell of a season.”
Every time the Centralia College men’s basketball team pulled off something unfathomable, which seemed pretty often late in the season, head coach Josef …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/6/26
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It was far from an easy path, but the Tumwater Thunderbirds are leaving the Yakima SunDome with a trophy.
It took an all-time game to save their season, but hardware is heading back to South …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/6/26
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SPOKANE — It took until the final 90 seconds for the emotions to pour out. When Hayden Kaut, Taylen Evander, Sophia Bittner and the rest of the Tigers usual rotation players went to the bench, they …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/6/26
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SPOKANE — All season long, Adna coach Chris Bannish expected his group would take the court on Friday the week of the State Tournament in Spokane.
“We’ve got enough talent,” Bannish …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/6/26
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SPOKANE — For the better part of the last decade, the Adna Pirates have always broken the team huddle with the same word.
“Battle.”
The team’s motto became a literal battle cry …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/6/26
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YAKIMA — Tumwater head coach Josh Wilson said before the Thunderbirds’ 2A state quarterfinal game that if his team was to beat Anacortes and advance to the semis, it would be because of their …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/5/26
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Despite an 18-11 record entering Thursday’s NWAC Sweet Sixteen contest, Centralia College head men’s basketball coach Joe Chirhart always felt his group was a “top tier” team from the moment …
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By The Chronicle staff
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3/5/26
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SPOKANE — There’s unquestioned star power on the Napavine High School girls basketball team. Montana recruit Hayden Kaut gets the glitz and glam plus classmate Taylen Evander is the bulldog on …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/5/26
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SPOKANE — The nightcap of the Class 2B state tournament featured several items for viewing pleasure on Wednesday.
Relentless guards from Liberty Bell. A junior star in Adna’s Trevin Salme. …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/4/26
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YAKIMA — Coming off of their first losing streak of the season in their two biggest games of 2025-26, the Tumwater Thunderbirds needed an anchor to steady the ship heading into the 2A State …
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By Dylan Reubenking / dylanr@chronline.com
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3/4/26
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SPOKANE — With a few minutes remaining against Columbia, it seemed like Toledo had finally found the answer it had been looking for on the offensive end. The Riverhawks had been within striking …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/4/26
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SPOKANE — Napavine came out of the locker room at halftime looking like a different group on Wednesday.
After a rough first half against Freeman in a 2B State Round of 12 matchup in Spokane, …
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By Dylan Wilhelm / dylan@chronline.com
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3/4/26
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SPOKANE — Eclipsed time from the final buzzer to when Kelsey Lennox left the locker room inside Spokane Arena was north of 20 minutes.
She made sure to soak in the final moments with her Pe …
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By Zach Martin / zach@chronline.com
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3/4/26
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