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WALLA WALLA-The Blue Devils came up just short of moving on in the postseason as Wa-Hi's Diego Jaques off-balanced three-point shot clanged off the front of the iron as the Ferris Saxons left the building with a heart-breaking win 65-62. "It is a shame we wound up on the short side, and we don't get to play any more basketball," Head Coach Adam Berg said. "We have worked hard enough to deserve to be playing more." The Greater Spokane/Mid-Columbia Conference District 8 lost concluded Wa-Hi's...
WALLA WALLA—The largest crowd of the season got more than its money worth in the roller coaster of a ride as Wa-Hi boys basketball took its foot off the gas pedal in the fourth before hitting it again in overtime for the 68-61 first round of the Greater Spokane League/Mid-Columbia Conference playoff win. In the end the game came down to clutch free throws. Mead’s Sam Wenkheimer, who lead the Panthers with 14 points, hit two big free throws with 15 seconds in regulation to close the Blue Devil’s lead to 56-55. Sophomore Diego Jaques was foule...
SPOKANE-The Walla Walla boys varsity basketball team played in the semi-finals of the district playoffs against the Central Valley Bears Saturday, February 15th on the Bears' home court. Early in the first quarter the Blue Devils #12 Dillon Wasser blocked 6'5" power forward Quinn Johnson and then #24 Jacob Coram hit a three-pointer for the Blue Devils first lead of the game at 9-7. Walla Walla finished the first quarter up 16-11. A beautiful pass from #2 Dylan Ashbeck to #10 Michael Cornia opene...
WALLA WALLA—The Wa-Hi girls basketball team (13-7) qualified for the district playoffs. However, the last two games they played in the regular season were losses against Kennewick and Hermiston. This dropped them from a third-place finish in their conference down to a fifth place finish. As a result, they will be on the road for the first round of the District 8 4A playoffs. That game will be against the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups (14-6) February 12th in Spokane at 5 p.m. February 4th 58-53 (Loss) Kennewick @ Walla Walla 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total K...
RICHLAND-The Walla Walla Blue Devils girls basketball team traveled to Richland Friday, January 31st in a conference game. The Blue Devils got out to a quick 10-0 lead to start this game. Within the first three and half minutes of the game all five of the Blue Devils starters had scored at least two points to take a 16-4 lead. They would close out the first quarter up 18-8. In the second quarter, #32 Karyssa Olivares started the scoring for Walla Walla. A few minutes later Kamiakin went on a...
RICHLAND-The Walla Walla boys varsity basketball team played the Kamiakin Braves in a conference game Friday, January 31st. Just like in their first meeting of the year, the Braves started out hot, scoring on their first five possessions going up 12-2. Walla Walla came back on seven straight points from #2 Dylan Ashbeck and a three-pointer from #14 Diego Jaques gave Walla Walla the lead briefly at 14-12. Each team traded points for the remainder of the first quarter which ended 18-17 Kamiakin....
