CBC men eliminated from NWAC championship tournament. Hawks women now take the stage
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Columbia Basin College’s dream of winning the Northwest Athletic Conference championship on its own floor died Thursday when the Hawks men could not overcome Portland Community College.
Despite sophomore Ta’Veus Randle’s 35 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals, CBC fell short against Portland, losing 86-82 in the men’s quarterfinals.
Chiawana graduate Jayden Martinez added 17 points and 6 rebounds for CBC, which finishes the season with a 20-9 record.
“One thing we talked about before the game was being very disciplined,” said CBC coach Anthony Owens. “We just gave them a lot of baskets at the rim.”
Owens said he loved coaching this group of guys.
“These guys have done a great job of leaving it all out on the floor,” he said. “It’s been a joy to coach these guys.”
There are two more men’s quarterfinal games today at CBC, but all four East Region teams have now been eliminated from the tournament.
Now it’s time for the women to take the stage, with four first-round games scheduled today — including Walla Walla Community College (20-7) taking on Clackamas (21-6) at 6 p.m.
The CBC women, who finished first in the East Region and are the top team in the final NWAC coaches poll, will make their tournament debut at 12 p.m. Saturday against Portland (22-6).
The Hawks have a 23-2 record.
NWAC MEN’S TOURNAMENT
At Columbia Basin College, Pasco
All games loser out
Thursday, March 7
Game 5 — Skagit Valley 85, Linn-Benton 71
Game 6 — Lower Columbia 74, Walla Walla 60
Game 7 — Everett 86, Southwestern Oregon 76
Game 8 — Tacoma 87, Treasure Valley 70
Game 9 — Portland 86, Columbia Basin 82
Game 10 — Green River 81, Edmonds 61
Friday, March 8
Game 11 — Skagit Valley (25-5) vs. Lower Columbia (26-3), 2 p.m.
Game 12 — Everett (19-10) vs. Tacoma (21-9), 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 16
Game 13 — Portland (25-4) vs. Tacoma (22-9), noon
Game 14 — Winner 11 vs. winner 12, 2 p.m.
NWAC WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
At Columbia Basin College, Pasco
All games loser out
Friday, March 8
Game 1 — S2 Umpqua (25-4) vs. E3 Yakima Valley (14-11), 10 a.m.
Game 2 — W4 Centralia (14-13) vs. N1 Peninsula (21-2), 12 p.m.
Game 3 — E2 Walla Walla (20-7) vs. S3 Clackamas (21-6), 6 p.m.
Game 4 — N4 Bellevue (11-18) vs. W1 Lower Columbia (21-6), 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 9
Game 5 — W2 Green River (20-7) vs. N3 Shoreline (19-8), 10 a.m.
Game 6 — S4 Portland (22-6) vs. E1 Columbia Basin (23-2), 12 p.m.
Game 7 — N2 Edmonds (18-7) vs. W3 Pierce (12-14), 6 p.m.
Game 8 — E4 Treasure Valley (12-16) vs. S1 Lane (26-2), 8 p.m.
Game 9 — Winner 1 vs. winner 2, 2 p.m.
Game 10 — Winner 3 vs. winner 4, 4 p.m.
Prep football
The rosters for the Earl Barden East-West Classic football game were recently released, and nine area athletes were named to the East roster.
They are Royal’s tight end-defensive end Bennett Brown, wide receiver-defensive back Case Christensen, and offensive lineman-defensive end Juan Morales; River View’s TE/DB Cody Brown and OL/DL Nate Clinton; Connell’s FB/DT Jackson Forsyth and DB/WR Kellen Riner; Othello RB/LB Alex Mendez; and Tri-Cities Prep’s WR/DB Casey Sherfey.
River View head coach Kris Welch will be an East assistant coach.
The game features seniors from the state’s smaller classifications of 2A, 1A, 2B and 1B.
The game will take place on June 22 at East Valley High School in Yakima.
College signing
Richland senior Jenna Holm knows where she’ll be playing volleyball this coming fall: Northwest Nazarene University. Holm, who was a first-team Mid-Columbia Conference outside hitter this past fall, signed a letter of intent to play for the Idaho school.
College update
Former CBC star Brooks Rasmussen has been playing centerfield and leading off for the Metro State University-Denver baseball team this spring.
The team is 5-6, and junior Rasmussen is batting .237 (9 for 38).
Hydroplanes
Before we know it, it’ll be spring, then summer. And that’ll mean unlimited hydroplanes running around on the Columbia River in late July.
The new organization leading the boat fleet, Hydrotown Group, has listed the Columbia Cup on July 26-28. Spring Training — a chance for boats to works the kinks out before the season starts — will also be in the Tri-Cities on May 31.
The season opens June 29-30 in Guntersville, Ala.; followed by the annual race in Madison, Ind., on July 5-7.
After the Tri-Cities race, the fleet moves to Seattle for the Seafair Cup on Aug. 2-4.
Two races have been added to the schedule, although they are both listed currently as tentative: Detroit with the APBA Gold Cup on Aug. 23-25; and San Diego Bayfair on Sept. 13-15.
Jeff Morrow is former sports editor for the Tri-City Herald.
