Sfill standing tall like the mountain-of-a-hooper she is, Brynn McGaughy was both joyous and relieved.A small-town girl from Colfax, McGaughy made a last-minute move to Spokane to join a new team - Central Valley Bears.

The east side schools don’t really get enough credit,” said Brynn McGaughy, a UW commit who will play in the McDonald’s All-American game.

If someone had told Central Valley girls basketball coach Jason Wilson his team would only score 39 points in the state title game, he would not have given his Bears much of a chance.

Saturday with a narrow lead over undefeated Central Valley, but foul trouble cost the Lions in the Class 3A state-title game.

When the Garfield girls basketball team beat Mead in the 3A championship game last season, it came into the game with undisputed 3A player of the year Katie Fiso, looking to defend three consecutive titles.

The Davis of Yakima Pirates girls basketball team had to play a loser-out game on Wednesday thanks to a loss to No. 8 seed Sumner in the regional round of the state tournament. Davis super sophomore Cheyenne Hull fouled out of that game,