Prep Basketball

The 19th Annual (after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic) returns tonight (June 24) to the Yakima Convention Center to honor athletes, teams, and coaches throughout the Yakima Valley and Central Washington in 21 different high school sports.

If you are a displaced fan of the Seattle SuperSonics (RIP) and are having a hard time finding an NBA team to root for in the playoffs this season, we might just have the team or, at least, the person you may want to consider adopting and cheering for moving forward.

The WIAA has partnered with Dick's Sporting Goods to offer all student-athletes that attend WIAA schools a 20% discount off your entire purchase this Friday through Monday!

Yakima native MarJon Beauchamp has a chance to become the NBA’s next big superstar.

Yakima's Marjon Beauchamp has a chance to become the NBA’s next big superstar.

The WIAA has partnered with Dick's Sporting Goods to offer all student-athletes that attend WIAA schools a 20% discount off your entire purchase this Friday through Monday!

Tons of young men and women, as well as boys and girls, are getting a short thrift with the cancellation of school and organized sports for the foreseeable future. That's why we would like to use this platform to help us spotlight the student-athlete in your life.

2020 Southridge 6-foot-6 forward Tristan Smith recently wrapped up his final season of prep basketball, and is now working towards the next big goal in his life. That would of course be to make his way onto a college basketball roster. Having been a heavily featured star for Southridge these past four years, he’s put himself in an excellent position to earn a college opportunity...

In front of a near sold out Yakima Sundome, two powerhouse programs in the Toppenish Wildcats (22-3) and Lynden Lions (23-2) collided. When the smoke cleared, it was Lynden who would punch their ticket to the 2A State Semifinals.  Regardless of the defeat, Toppenish still had a season to be proud of...

Weston Ide and the Zillah Boys Basketball team face a daunting task this postseason. If they’re going to win a State Title, they will have to win four straight games this week, against some of the best competition in the state. It’s a gauntlet that’s perhaps more psychologically challenging than it is physical...