Yakima Preps Basketball

The Connell boys basketball team (19-4) is having their best season in over ten years. They’ve already wrapped up an SCAC East Title, and are on the verge of making it to the state playoffs. Senior forward Austin Smith has been a four year varsity contributor, and it’s always been a goal of his to play a playoff game at the Yakima Sundome...

2021 Prosser (Wash.) shooting guard Haden Hicks and his Prosser Mustangs (14-8) are eager to prove the doubters wrong this postseason. It’s a team that for much of the season has been a distant third in the CWAC power rankings, behind Ellensburg and Selah...

2021 Selah (Wash.) forward Noah Pepper has been a total breakout star during his sophomore campaign. Right now he’s averaging a CWAC leading 23.8 points per game, to go along with a very solid 16 rebounds per contest. These gaudy numbers didn’t happen by accident however...

2019 Ellensburg (Wash.) shooting guard Steele Venters is one of the most unique prospects in the entire Central Washington region. Listed at 6-foot-7, that make hime the tallest player the CWAC has seen in many years. The difference however is that he’s not a lumbering big man...

The Moses Lake Basketball Program (10-9) is amidst their sixth straight winning season, although simply having a winning season is not good enough for this group. In a Big Nine Conference that has been dominated by teams like Davis and Wenatchee over the years, Moses Lake hasn’t seen a league title in over 15 years...

The Wenatchee Panthers (11-4) are currently amidst a statement season. Right now they’ve won 10 of their past 12, and are by themselves at the top of the Big Nine standings. Driven by stars like forward Darius Carlson and guard Garrett Long, they are quickly turning into the favorite to represent the Big Nine in the state playoffs...

Photo credit: S. Carter Action Images 2019 Zillah (Wash.) defensive standouts Ethan Boisselle and Dakota Hibbs are the latest additions to the Mountaineers of Eastern Oregon. They are apart of a growing family tree of Zillah recruits that have joined EOU...

If there’s one thing we can guarantee, it’s there’s going to be a boost in ticket sales this Friday at Selah High School. UC Davis commit and consensus top ten player in the state, Elijah Pepper, will be seeing his first game action of the 18-19 season this Friday against East Valley...

2020 Kennewick (Wash.) Southridge forward Tristan Smith is an unsung hero for a team that’s a little bit down on their luck.

The 2018-19 Davis Pirates are on a mission to prove a lot of doubters wrong. Their record might be 4-8, but Davis is just one game back of Wenatchee in the Big Nine conference standings. It was a team that many so called experts had written off in the pre-season...