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Seniors hoping coronavirus doesn’t take away their final shot at glory

Eastside Catholic's Kate Jendrezak won the Class 3A 800 state title at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma last year. (Jason Redmond / Special to The Seattle Times)

The WIAA hasn't canceled the spring postseason, but if schools remain shut down there will be no state tournaments.

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052510 JB: O’DEA FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL:
Coach Mike Doyle instructs the team before the start of Practice.
The O’Dea baseball team is heading back to Safeco for the second straight year after winning the 3A title last year. The Team practices at Lower Woodland Park, Tuesday May 25, 2010.

Josh Dickerson would be playing on the team, but he’s batting a form of mouth cancer. The O’Dea players wear Livestrong bands and also have Livestrong bands printed on shirts they wear.

April 3, 2020 at 6:00 am

High-school coaches trying to coach from afar and hoping there’s still a season

Coaching in the time of social distancing means plenty of emails and social media.

Mick Hoffman, who will be the executive director of the WIAA.

April 2, 2020 at 4:13 pm

WIAA readjusts, sets May 4 as deadline for spring championships

Even if school returns after May 4, the WIAA may allow some competition.

Paolo Banchero comes off the floor having scored 19 points against Rainier Beach in Friday night’s 3A semifinal game. He’s met at the bench by head coach Jason Kerr.

Rainier Beach and O’Dea met in the semifinals of Boys 3A State Basketball Championship play Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Tacoma Dome. 213192

March 26, 2020 at 4:44 pm

O’Dea’s Paolo Banchero named Gatorade player of the year for Washington

The 6-foot-9, five-star prospect was also the Star Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Jabe Mullins kisses the State Championship trophy won over Central Valley Saturday.

Mt. Si and Central Valley met in the finals of 4A Boys Basketball Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Tacoma Dome. 213261

March 25, 2020 at 12:02 pm

All-State Basketball: Mount Si’s Jabe Mullins, Cashmere’s Hailey Van Lith named top players by Associated Press

Garfield sweeps the Class 3A state players of the year with Tari Eason and Meghan Fiso.

Eastside Catholic’s Kate Jendrezak wins the 4A 800-meter run during WIAA state track and field championships at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Wash., Saturday, May 25, 2019.

March 24, 2020 at 6:00 am

‘I feel so much faster this year’: High-school seniors hoping coronavirus doesn’t take their final shot at glory

The WIAA hasn't canceled the spring postseason, but if schools remain shut down there will be no state tournaments.

Every basketball tournament should have a pretournament favorite.
Therefore, we submit the name of Ingraham High School at the team most likely to succeed in the state Class AAA regional tournament which opens a two weekend run tonight at four sites and winds up next weekend in Edmundson Pavillion.
That is a shaky limb to climb out onto-but that is all part of the fun of a tournament, Someone has to be favored, and someone has to stick his neck out. We pick the Rams.
We Pick the Rams because they were good enough to win the Metro League championship with consecutive victories and and because they wrecked the league scoring record on their way to becoming Metro’s only perfect-record team since 1958.
That may or may not be good enougn to win in the state tournament, and since a comparison of one league to another over the season is an impossibility, only the next two weekends will tell.
But the Rams are good-too good not to be a contend-er. They have that league record of 920 points in 12 games as proof they can put the ball in the basket. They also have experience, poise, balance, confident, depth, rebounding and a full-court de-fense that was the scourge of the league.
If they have a weakness it is overall team speed. The only Ram who can turn on real speed is Steve Merkley, their ballhandling guard.
It Is Merkley, cool and confident, who is the key player for the Rams. He is the one who makes the team go.
“Merkley applies the pressure for us, both on the at-tack and on the press,” said Coach Walt Milroy, who is bringing his third Ingraham team to state.
“Unity is our real strength ó and balance and depth. But Merkley is our leader. We can run into trouble wtihout him.”
The Rams beat most of their Metro opponents so badly, Merkley and the other starters often played less than half the game. Still, Merkley averaged 14.3 points and game and Ed Kamins, their best outside shooter averaged 11.8.
One Thing Milroy has that few other teams can match is his bench. Three

March 18, 2020 at 5:39 pm

Gov. Inslee uses 100-year-old former basketball coach at Ingraham as example of need to stay inside VIEW

Jay Inslee's Ingraham Rams team capped an undefeated season with a state basketball title, the governor is using his former coach Walt Milroy as an...

March 18, 2020 at 2:40 pm

Western Hockey League announces ‘conclusion’ of regular season; WIAA not ready to cancel

The league is still hoping to field a playoff, which the Silvertips and Thunderbirds would qualify.

Garfield’s Tari Eason goes up for a shot against Eastside Catholic and is fouled on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 at Seattle Pacific. 212774

March 17, 2020 at 3:01 pm

State basketball coaches associations announce senior all-state teams

The top senior basketball players in the state, according to the coaches.

Cashmere defeated La Salle 46-37 in the semifinals of the 1A Hardwood Classic girls basketball tournament on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the Yakima SunDome in Yakima, Wash.

March 15, 2020 at 6:00 am

Seattle Times All-State girls basketball: Cashmere’s Hailey Van Lith made her case as state’s greatest

She leaves as the state's career points scorer and was selected to McDonald's All-American game and Jordan Brand Classic.

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