High School Girls Basketball: Toutle Lake brings home first State trophy since 2015
The 2B Tournament – Fighting Ducks finish 6th after loss to NW Christian in season finale
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2B Prep Girls Basketball / State Report
SPOKANE – There are no shortcuts from Kid Valley to the Spokane Arena, and a chain of volcanic mountains might somehow be the least of those obstacles. For proof, all you need to do is ask the Toutle Lake girls basketball team, which just finished in sixth place at the 2B State Tournament to claim East Cowlitz County’s first trophy in more than a decade.
Toutle Lake head coach Daren Dean took over the program six years ago, and reaching the final day of the season in Spokane, otherwise known as Trophy Day, was always the goal. But life in the Central 2B League means that there is precious little margin for error, and getting out of the District IV Tournament can prove trickier than slipping out of a rusty bear trap.
So when the No. 6 ranked Fighting Ducks finished in sixth place following a 76-51 loss to No. 2 ranked Northwest Christian, Saturday, it was a they had somehow fallen short.
“We did finish fourth in our league and then sixth in the state,” TL head coach Daren Dean said. “However you want to chalk it up, I’m just happy with the season. Taking a trophy home and we reached it. I couldn’t be more proud of how hard they worked these last four days, and all season.”
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