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SEE ORIGINAL STORY HERE By The Chronicle staff Ron Brown, who coached Centralia High School’s boys basketball team from 1961 to 2017, passed away early Friday morning, according to friends of the legendary coach. He was 90 years old. The educator and coach, whose longevity was surpassed only by his legendary calm on the Hub City sidelines, guided the Tigers to state basketball championships in 1979 and 1981. He was inducted into the Washington State Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006. The Centralia High School’s gym floor was named in his honor in 2008. Brown won 722 games [...]

Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (WIBCA) will induct a great Class of 2024 at their July banquets. The Eastside ceremony in Spokane at the Karen Gaffney Room at Gonzaga University on July 16 will honor head coaches Ron Cox (Lakeside Nine Mile Falls) and Jay Webber (North Central High School). Also Inducted will be Ron Livingston (East Valley-Yakima) as an assistant coach. For his many years of service in the Yakima Valley State Basketball Tournaments, Rich Austin (Yakima Valley Sports Commission) will receive the Ed & Shirley Pepple Service Award.  The Pat Fitterer Positive Coaching Award will be given to Garrick [...]

REGISTER Eli Sports Broadcast Schedule Live Broadcase on NFHS Network Eli Sports Story about the Showcase WHEN: May 4 – 5, 2024 WERE: Bellevue College Schedule Scholarship Past Players

By The Chronicle staff (Original Story) Hal Williams, a staple in Tenino sports and education for over six decades, died on Wednesday. He was 86. “I would say that when you think of Tenino, you think of Hal Williams,” Tenino boys basketball coach Ryan Robertson said. In his career in Tenino, Williams served as the principal of Tenino Elementary School — now Parkside Elementary school, where his son Brock is now principal. He later worked at Tenino Middle school, and spent decades as a middle school boys basketball coach. He also coached high school baseball and was a long-time assistant boys [...]

Walt Milroy, legendary Ingraham High boys basketball coach, dies at 103 By Scott Hanson Seattle Times staff reporter Walt Milroy, the legendary longtime Ingraham High School boys basketball coach whose crowning achievement was a perfect season in 1968-69, died Friday. He was 103. Milroy was the winningest boys high-school basketball coach in the city’s history (since surpassed) when he quit coaching Ingraham in 1980, with a record of 278-159. The highlight of his career was the 1968-69 team that finished off a 23-0 season with a 39-38 victory over Hoquiam in the state title game. The Rams used a full-court press [...]

Four legendary officials: Jim Haney , Chris Rastatter , John Blazek , Dick Cartmell Coaches Cancer signature ball presented to Gary Wusterbarth 2023 WIBCA Scholarship award winner: Joshua Dabasinskas presented by Tim Gaebe, 2023 WIBCA Showcase Co-Coordinator REGISTER Eli Sports Broadcast Schedule Live Broadcase on NFHS Network Eli Sports Story about the Showcase WHEN: May 6-7, 2023 WERE: Bellevue College Schedule / Results https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jOY51aCYR17BN94prE_pC-4k4PZyY085 Roster https://wibca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rosters-w-grade23.pdf Past Players

Former long time Chelan basketball coach and current teacher Joe Harris, who retired from coaching in 2016, was recently honored by the National High School Basketball Coaches Association by being inducted into their Court of Honor. The Court of Honor recognizes individuals who have contributed to the growth of NHSBCA and/or has had an impact on scholastic basketball nationally. The career accomplishments of Coach Harris are noted in the following bio from the recent awards banquet. Joe Harris has been actively involved with The Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (W.I.B.C.A) since 1994 and for the past four years has served [...]