BURLINGTON – Advancing to the WIAA State 2A Girls’ Basketball Tournament semi-finals for the first time in school history, the Burlington Edison High School girl’s basketball team brought home the best finish in school history with a sixth place plaque from the tournament that wrapped up March 13 in the Yakima Valley Sundome.

After losing starting point guard Kristine Thoe to a season-ending injury in their tournament opening win over Clarkston, the Tigers advanced all the way to the third place consolation game with inspired play from senior all stater Brenna Anderson complimented by a cast of competitive youngsters that included Cambie Edwards, Katlyn Mataya, Ryleigh Swagerty, Mariah Swanson, and Ellary Torset.

We congratulate the Lady Tigers and recognize the exceptional coaching effort by head coach Mike Buckholz and his assistants Ryan Wallace, Lisa Thoe, and Darcy Taylor.

WinNW.com is proud to have webcast every Burlington-Edison game from the district and state tournaments, with play-by-play by Scot Buchanan, commentary from Fred Lee, and Peter Swanson adding statistics. We thank them for their excellent webcasts and thank Wade Tonkin for posting replays of the hundreds of games we webcast from the recent state basketball tournaments.

We invite you to enjoy free replays of our state tournament webcasts, which are now posted below for downloads and listening.

Game 1 – Burlington-Edison 60 – Clarkston 44

Quarterfinals: Burlington-Edison 41 – Eatonville 37

Semifinals:  River Ridge 47 – Burlington-Edison 33

3rd place consolation final:  West Valley 44 – Burlington-Edison 34

Please enjoy replays of the Burlington-Edison Boys’ State Tournament run that ended in a 2nd place finish to Squalicum.  The replays feature play-by-play from John Fasso and Fred Lee.

Round 1: Burlington-Edison 67 – Tumwater 52

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WinNW.com was proud to provide live and local coverage of La Conner Braves’ basketball at the WIAA 2B Tournament in Spokane. Please enjoy replays of all of La Conner’s four State Tournament games featuring play-by-play by John Fasso below:

La Conner vs Entiat – Round 2
(La Conner 59- Entiat 33)

La Conner vs Davenport – 3rd/6th Place Game
(Davenport 53 – La Conner 45)

YAKIMA – The Burlington-Edison Tigers overcame a 26-18 deficit late in the third quarter with a 14-0 run to defeat Eatonville 41-37 in the quarterfinals of the girls’ 2A state tournament. The Tigers were led by the 19 points and 11 rebounds of senior forward Brenna Anderson. Brenna Schrimpsher scored 11 points and pulled down 9 rebounds to lead the Eatonville Cruisers.

The Tigers (22-3) now advance to face top ranked River Ridge (24-1 ) in Friday night’s 5:30 p.m. semifinal, with the winner advancing to play for the state 2A championship. We’ll webcast every Tigers game throughout the tournament here on WinNW.com.

To listen to a replay of the Burlington-Edison win over Eatonville, please click the play arrow on the player below:

PUYALLUP-  The Northwest 2B League will be well represented at the State 2B Tournament in Spokane next week as the La Conner Braves Boys’ team and the Orcas Island Vikings won their “loser out” games on Friday to clinch invites to the State 2B Tournament.   Both games were webcast live on WinNW.com .

La Conner then followed their win over Shoreline Christian with a victory over Life Christian on Saturday to take third place in the Tri-District Tournament. The Braves Boys’ drew at 4:00 PM meeting with Toutle Lake at the State Tournament that will be webcast live on WinNW.com and our partner site at BSport.org

The Lady Vikings then took care of business in their final game against Evergreen Lutheran, taking third in the Tri-District Tournament and will take on Wahkiakum in a 4:00 PM game on Wednesday in a game that will be webcast live on WinNW.com and BSports.org

The Lady Loggers of Darrington were the belle’s of the ball at the Tri District Tournament taking the championship with a win over Tacoma Baptist and drawing an opening game matchup with Napavine at 9:00 AM on Wednesday that will also be webcast live here on WinNW.com and BSports.org

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our La Conner vs Shoreline Christian Boys’  webcast, featuring announcer Jon Jensen:

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our La Conner vs Orcas Girls’ webcast, featuring announcer Jon Jensen and Mike Buchanan:

You can  view the Bracket for the 2010 Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab WIAA 2B Boys’ Basketball Tournament at http://www.mywiaa.org/brackets/redir.aspx?ID=2929

You can  view the Bracket for the 2010 Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab WIAA 2B Girls’ Basketball Tournament at
http://www.mywiaa.org/brackets/redir.aspx?ID=2930

BURLINGTON – Senior forward Colin Stewart’s season high 20 points led the Burlington-Edison Tigers to an 84-63 victory over South Whidbey in the opening round of the Northwest 2A District Basketball Tournament.

With leading scorer Evan Coulter on the bench with two fouls, Stewart scored 15 second quarter points as the Tigers turned a 19-15 first quarter lead into a 42-23 halftime advantage. Coulter came back to score eight third period points, finishing the game with 18 points on 8-11 field goal shooting, and added six steals, five assists and four rebounds.

The Tiger’s trapping defense hit the Falcons for 24 steals and contributed to 29 South Whidbey turnovers. The Falcons were led by Riley Newman’s 22 points, and sophomore Harrison Price came off the bench to score 10 fourth quarter points.

Burlington-Edison (18-3) will face Mount Baker (15-7) Monday night after the Mountaineers upset Cascade Conference champion Archbishop Murphy 57-52. The Tigers defeated the Mountaineers 60-49 when they met January 11 at Mount Baker High School.

Monday night’s district tournament semi-finals will be played at Mount Vernon High School and we’ll webcast the Burlington-Edison vs. Mount Baker game live on WinNW.com.

Please click here to read Eric Francis’ game recap at GoSkagit.com.

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our webcast, featuring announcers John Fasso and Fred Lee:

For a FREE download of this boys’ basketball webcast, “right click” the link below and save the file to your computer or MP3 player.

BURLINGTON – An 11-2 fourth quarter run launched the Burlington-Edison Tigers to a 49-34 win over Sehome Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the District One 2A girls basketball tournament.

With her team leading 38-30 early in the final period, Burlington-Edison point guard Kristine Thoe ignited the outburst with her team’s only 3-pointer of the night, and three minutes later the Tigers led 49-32. Thoe scored 13 of her game-high 18 points in the second half, senior forward Brenna Anderson finished with 12 points and six rebounds, while Cambie Edwards scored Burlington-Edison’s first seven points of the game and finished with 11 points.

Freshman Rachel Albert led the Mariner’s with 14 points and nine rebounds, while  5-foot-5 guard Austin Wilkerson hauled in a game-high 10 rebounds as the Lady Mariners dominated the glass 40-29.

Burlington-Edison (19-2) advances into Saturday night’s district tournament semi-finals, where they’ll face defending class 2A state champion Lynden (16-5). The Lions handed the Tigers one of their two defeats this season with a 42-39 win February 2 at Lynden.

Saturday’s game will be webcast live on WinNW.com with Scot Buchanan providing play-by-play and Fred Lee adding commentary. Their pre game show will start at 6:45 p.m., with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m. at Mount Vernon High School.

Please click here to read Eric Francis’ game recap at GoSkagit.com.

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our webcast, featuring announcers John Fasso and Joe Thurmond:

PUYALLUP – The La Conner High School basketball teams are both one win away from potential trips to the 2B State Tournament, but will also have their seasons on the line after both lost in their 2B Tri-District Tournamnet games Tuesday at Chief Leschi High School.

Dismal shooting to open the game and at the start of the second half doomed the La Conner boys, who nearly overcame a 20 point deficit before losing to Chief Leschi 49-43. The Braves didn’t make a field goal for the first five minutes of the game, and repeated that poor performance during the first four minutes of the second half.

The Lady Loggers of Darrington earned a trip to the state tournament by defeating La Conner for the third time this season, sending the Lady Braves to the consolation bracket with 35-28 win.

Next up for the La Conner boys will be Shoreline Christian at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Lady Braves will match up with Northwest 2B League rival Orcas Island Friday at 8:15 p.m.  The winners will earn a berth into next week’s state tournament in Spokane while the season will come to an end for the losers.

We’ll webcast both games Friday night with Jon Jensen calling the action here on WinNW.com.

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our Darrington vs. La Conner girls’ basketball webcast, featuring announcers John Fasso and Jay Alexander.

For a FREE download of this girls’ basketball webcast, “right click” the link below and save the file to your computer or MP3 player.

Girls' Basketball - La Conner vs Darrington - Tri-District 2010 (93)

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our La Conner vs Chief Leschi Boys’ webcast, featuring announcer John Fasso’s play-by-play:

For a FREE download of this boys’ basketball webcast, “right click” the link below and save the file to your computer or MP3 player.

Boys' Basketball - La Conner vs Chief Leschi - Tri -District 2010 (144)

LA CONNER – A swarming defense that forced 21 Saints’ turnovers led La Conner to a 50-23 win over Seattle Lutheran Thursday night in girls’ high school basketball Tri-District 2B Tournament action.

Please click here to read Eric Francis’ game recap at GoSkagit.com.

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our webcast, featuring announcer Jay Alexander.

LA CONNER – The La Conner Braves opened up a double digit first quarter lead and never looked back in cruising to a 69-41 win over Crosspoint Academy in the boys’ Tri-District 2B Tournament.

Please click here to read Eric Francis’ game recap at GoSkagit.com.

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our webcast, featuring announcer Jay Alexander.

BELLINGHAM – Caleb Thompson’s 3-pointer from the top of key sailed through the net as the final buzzer sounded to lift the Squalicum Storm to a 66-64 victory over Burlington-Edison in a classic battle between two of Washington State’s 2A boys’ high school basketball titans.

With the victory, the defending state 2A champion and number one ranked Storm (12-0 NWC, 18-1 season) secured the Northwest Conference championship and No. 1 seed into the Northwest District 2A tournament, while the Tigers, ranked third in the state (10-2 NWC, 16-3 season), will enter the district tournament as the No. 2 seed. Both Burlington-Edison and Squalicum will host district tournament games Friday, February 26.

Evan Coulter led Burlington-Edison with 28 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, and hit two 3-pointers in making 11 of 19 shots, most while surrounded by Squalicum defenders. Craig Babington was the only other Tiger to score in double figures, with 10.

Squalicum center Michael Greene was more than the Tigers could handle with 19 points on 9 of 11 shooting, eight rebounds, and four assists before fouling out with 26 seconds remaining. Storm hero Thompson scored 13 points with four 3-pointers and Derek Dickerson added 12 points on four 3-pointers as Squalicum outscored Burlington-Edison 27-15 from beyond the arc. Point guard Patrick Voeut scored 12 points and added a game-high five assists for the Storm.

The game featured 12 lead changes, six ties, the teams scored identical totals in the first and third quarters, and Squalicum outscored the Tigers by just one point each in the second and fourth quarters for the two point victory.

Burlington-Edison  17  14  16  17 – 64
Squalicum             17  15  16  18 – 66

Please click the play arrow below for a free replay of our webcast, featuring announcers John Fasso and Fred Lee.

For a FREE download of this boys’ basketball webcast, “right click” the link below and save the file to your computer or MP3 player.