2008 Class 1B state


:: CLASS 1B STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
 
Frosh lifts SC
   Freshman Ryker Van Belle (center in photo) sank a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left in overtime as Sunnyside Christian's boys repeated as Class 1B state champions with a 38-37 win over Tekoa-Oakesdale. > GO
Knights built for prime time > GO

Gar-Pal tops Colton 44-36 to win first-ever girls title > GO
And the Dribblies go to ... > GO
:: ON THE COURT                           
 
GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP             Final
Colton (23-4) 36
Garfield-Palouse (24-4) 44
 
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP F,OT
Sunnyside Christian (20-5) 38
Tekoa-Oakesdale (18-11) 37


Boys bracket
Boys all-tourney
Girls bracket
Girls all-tourney



Multimedia
:: NWCN: North River's hoop dreams
::
Through a coach's eyes
:: Six eyes, three whistles

Past 1B tournaments
     Coverage of the 2007 Class 1B state basketball tournaments can be found here.

:: 1B STATS
   :: Boys leaders
   :: Girls leaders

:: AP RANKINGS
   
View the final Associated Press state basketball polls.
:: SATURDAY TROPHY GAMES

Touchet girls slip by Sunnyside Chr. in OT for third > GO
Moses Lake Chr. boys edge Entiat in 2OT, get third  > GO
St. John-Endicott girls devour Pateros for 4th  > GO  
Gar-Pal boys hold off Neah Bay for fourth  > GO  
Lummi girls beat Neah Bay for fifth, 51-37  > GO
Liberty Chr. boys beat Cusick 77-41, place fifth  > GO

:: INSIDE THE GAME


 
Hoosiers '08

   They live where the blacktop stops, a 90-minute roundtrip drive from the nearest loaf of bread, in a town that no longer exists. They attend a school in the deep backwoods of Pacific County that has changed so little in its 85 years that a walk through its halls can be an eerie journey into a distant past. They play on a basketball court 10 feet narrower and 20 feet shorter than regulation size, its walls and pillars so close that the experience can be profoundly claustrophobic and occasionally dangerous. They are the North River Mustangs, a team that -- only two years after back-to-back winless seasons -- has made it to the SunDome with hopes of playing for the Class 1B state basketball championship. more ...


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:: 1B NOTES
   02/23/08
'Hoosiers' win over fans off the court
   02/22/08 Many reasons for smaller crowds
   02/21/08 Smallest of underdogs falters

:: PREVIOUS COVERAGE
   
02/23/08 Sunnyside Christian's Koopmans coming into spotlight
   02/23/08 Nighthawks boys ride emotions heading into title game
   02/23/08 Defense won't rest in girls title game
   02/22/08 Teams take different paths to reach semifinals
   02/22/08 Districts prepare Touchet for title run
   02/19/08 Hard-luck Entiat faces an angry No. 1 again
   02/19/08 Loaded bracket doesn't distract Knights from first-round foe
   02/19/08 Boys preview capsules

   02/19/08 Colton girls get their reward
   02/19/08 Knights know who's out there
   02/19/08 Girls preview capsules
   
02/18/08 Basketball fans will rise early for the boys and stay late for the girls to start this year's Class 1B state tournament.