WIAA State Basketball

Washington, State Basketball Tournaments are in full swing! With local schools like Cashmere, Brewster and Ellensburg fighting for the shot at a state title! As this has been written, games are being played. Please check out the link provided below for all the current action.

State Basketball for boys and girls began on Feb. 21st with opening rounds at different locations around the state. With full on State Basketball weekend being March 1st through the 4th!

WIAA has been keeping track of our players via their website WIAA | Washington Interscholastic Activities Association with up-to-date action and even “Live” scores as the games happen.

Yakima SunDome is housing all of the 1A and 2A teams:

Cashmere Girls 1A

Ellensburg Girls 1A

Othello Girls 1A

Omak Boys 1A

Spokane Arena is hosting the 1B and 2B schools:

Brewster 2B Boys

Okanogan 2B Girls

The Tacoma Dome is home to all of the 3A and 4A teams.

With so much basketball to be played over the course of the past week and into this weekend, it’s truly a sight to be seen. High School aged kids battling it out on the court with heart and drive. All wanting that taste of sweet victory, but only 1 to win it all for the 2022-2023 Basketball Season.

You are a parent, grandparent, student, teacher, aunt or uncle. We all have ties in some way to a child attending or participating in the 2023 Washington State, State Basketball Tournament, Good Luck to all and practice great sportsmanship!

Flashback 1992: Inside Sioux Falls Old Washington High School

The modern marvel that is YouTube never ceases to amaze me. Sure, there's plenty of garbage there, but you can also find some gems.

Like this video from 1992. It's a sort of video time capsule of the old Washington High School in Sioux Falls. If you came to The Queen City in the last couple of decades, you may only know the building downtown as the Washington Pavilion, a center of Sioux Falls arts and culture.

Before it was the Pavilion, the corner of Main Avenue and 11th Street in Sioux Falls was home to many of the city's schools for most of the 20th century.

Built on the site of the former Central School, WHS's first class of 328 students started in 1908. It was the only high school in Sioux Falls until Lincoln High was completed in 1965.

The class of 1992 was the last class of Sioux Falls to graduate from the old Washington High. That fall the new WHS, constructed on N. Sycamore Ave on the east side of the city, took over the name and educational mission.

Check out the shots below for a flashback to 1992.