Boys: Northwest Chr. 46, Wahkiakum 38

Highlights: The Northwest Christian boys basketball team is a tested and proven squad. And they showed why on Saturday. The defending state champion Crusaders are once again champions after defeating Wahkiakum 46-38 in the 2B State title game at the Spokane Arena.

Northwest Christian made 10 free throws in the final two minutes to close out the game.

Sophomore Matt Zandbergen tallied a game-high 13 points and senior Joe Grewe added 11 points to lead the Crusaders, who made 15 of their 25 free-throw attempts while the Mules were just 9 of 15.

Sophomore Chase Ramey added 10 points and sophomore Jared Descoteaux pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds for Northwest Christian (29-1).

Wahkiakum (25-2) got within four after Travis Bain made two free throws with 54.8 seconds remaining, but that was as close as they would come.

Senior Toby David paced the Mules with a team-high 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting and senior Ty Briscoe chipped in with 10 points.

The Crusaders beat Republic 54-48 in last year’s state title game.
Final 1 2 3 4 F
Wahkiakum 5 10 11 12 38
Northwest Christian 10 8 11 15 46

Wahkiakum (38) Briscoe 11, McClain 0, Ferguson 6, Tr. Bain 2, Hamman 0, Olsen 0, David 12, Gerlach 0, Ty. Bain 0, Savant 7.

Northwest Christian (46) Ramey 10, Graham 5, Descoteaux 2, Grewe 11, Vandenburg 0, Iranon 3, Richardson 2, Stradling 0, Zandbergen 13.

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Feb. 28-March 3 in the Spokane Arena.

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