Friday, Feb. 24
Boys basketball
Mt. Rainier 82, Issaquah 72
The Mount Rainier boys will join the state quarterfinal party after posting a 10-point win over Issaquah Saturday, Feb. 25 at Juanita High School in Kirkland.
Mount Rainier is set to play Bellarmine in a 5:30 p.m. game Thursday, March 1.
Adrian Davis led the Rams with 20 points in the win over Issaquah.
Kalama 61, SCS 52
CHEHALIS - Seattle Christian fell to Kalama of the 1A Trico League 61-52 in Class 1A boys basketball regional winner-to-state, loser-out game at W.F. West High School on Friday, Feb. 24.
Kalama (14-10), located 30 miles north of Vancouver, advanced to the Yakima Sun Dome for the first time since 2000 while SCS turned in its jerseys after a 17-6 season.
Trailing by only one point with five minutes remaining, the Warriors dropped back to trail 57-52 with 26.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, unable to completely scale the mountain of deficit.
Seattle Christian got off to a quick start with its swarming defense and transition offense on the way to 12-4 lead midway through the first quarter. Kalama mounted an eleven point surge to end the period with a 15-4 margin.
By halftime, the Chinooks had increased the difference to 10 points at 31-24, but came out flatter than an uninflated basketball, while the hard working Warriors connected for eight consecutive points.
Then, the Kalama transition game went into motion while the Chinooks created 10 of 13 points on steals to break away to double-digit leads.
After SCS drew within 44-40 after three quarters and later closed within one point, the Chinooks took the initiative one final time,
Richard Jensen closed with a game-high 17 Warrior points while Chaise DeVries pounded home 14. Cody Miller contributed 13.
Saturday, Feb. 25
Girls basketball
Onalaska 43, SCS 25
University of Washington-bound senior Katie Collier swished in 17 of her team's 25 points in a season-ending loss to Onalaska in Chehalis Saturday, Feb. 25.