The wait is over. The playoffs are here. As Karl Kemper might say, it’s a great day to be a Grizzly. The No. 3-ranked Ashland High girls basketball team (22-5) takes on No. 4-ranked and defending state champion Willamette(20-4) on Wednesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state tournament. The eight-team, double-elimination bracket wraps up Saturday night [...]
Bring on Willamette. Check back here Monday night for more on that Ashland-Willamette quarterfinal matchup (links, n-stuff). In the meantime, here’s my Ashland-Sherwood game story. By Joe Zavala Ashland Daily Tidings The Grizzlies weren’t satisfied with how they played when star point guard Allison Gida was stuck on the bench in foul trouble. The other [...]
The Cascade Conference basketball awards were announced Monday and, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Raider senior forward Jacki Speer was named the co-player of the year (actually, the fact that there is a “co” on front of her award is a bit of a surprise, but congratulations to Evergreen State’s Jessica Wilkerson). Speer wasn’t [...]
