High School Boys Basketball: Slow start costs Ilwaco in Regional tilt with Burbank (Columbia)
Dragging Anchor – Fishermen eliminated with 68-54 loss in 2B State Tournament; plus the All-League list
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2B Prep Boys Basketball / Report
The Ilwaco boys basketball team had a hard time getting into gear at the starting line and wound up paying the price.
The No. 13 Fishermen, champions of the Pacific 2B League, suffered a season-ending 68-54 loss to No. 12 Burbank (Columbia) on Saturday in the Regional round of the 2B State Tournament at Richland High School.
“We hadn’t seen many matchup zones this season and Burbank did a good job in theirs to make us have to slow things down a bit,” Ilwaco head coach Eric McMillan said. “The boys were able to work for some good looks, just didn’t make as many as we needed to and adding in some costly turnovers really hurt.”
McMillan was named Coach of the Year by his peers in the P2BL, but somehow the Fishermen landed just two first team selections despite running the table in league play in the midst of a 16-game win streak.
But those snubs paled in comparison to the disappointment of finishing one game short of a trip to the final site at Spokane Arena.
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