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Adam Thaler
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Sports Reporter
Meg Wochnick
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CHEHALIS - For the third time in four days, the Navigators played a tough opponent in a down-to-the-wire game in the 2B District IV boys basketball tournament. And though Pe Ell handed Northwest Christian a 64-59 defeat Monday afternoon at Chehalis High School, the Pacific 2B League champions secured fourth place and a berth in the regional round of the state tournament Friday night.
LAKEWOOD - Nate Brennand was both too fast and too healthy for the other runners to compete with on Saturday.
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Pete Fulton finally has the starting lineup he's been hoping for as coach at Northwest Christian.
Northwest Christian's girls basketball team, the regular-season champion of the Pacific 2B League, received three first-team players on the all-Pacific 2B League team.
LACEY - The Northwest Christian boys began the Christmas holiday basketball tournament with chips on their shoulders, having lost the tournament last year for the first time in the program's 12 years.
He made a convincing argument.
Hollywood would have a tough time scripting a better ending.
YAKIMA – Nick Mailhot came up with a perfect way to redeem himself.
YAKIMA – The final out of a 4-3 victory proved to be the longest – and most nerve-wracking – for the Northwest Christian baseball team in its Class 2B state semifinal contest against Asotin on Friday afternoon.