The Wednesday Morning Blast

This Day – Scores from around The Blast Zone; plus Castle Rock state championship football (1988)

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High School Boys Basketball

R.A. Long 60, Aberdeen 26

King’s Way 51, Mark Morris 38

Black Hills 79, Castle Rock 35

Three Rivers Christian 60, Agape Christian Academy 21

High School Girls Basketball

Toledo 69, Rochester 7

Toutle Lake 50, Tumwater 37

Naselle 68, Tenino 32

High School Bowling

R.A. Long 2141, Mark Morris 1551

Kelso 1913, Battle Ground 1650

This Day In History

• Dec. 3, 1988: Castle Rock claims its first state championship in football in school history in upset fashion, downing Ephrata — led by former Rocket coach Bill Betcher — 23-20 in the Class A state title game at the Kingdome. The result snapped a 38-game winning streak for the Tigers, who came into the game as two-time defending champions.
  Steve Robins, Kevin Johnson, and Jon Butler all scored a touchdown each for the Rockets, who led 21-14 after three quarters of play. Ephrata got into the end zone with 3:45 left in the fourth quarter and went for the go-ahead two-point conversion, but Dwayne Collington got heavy pressure on the quarterback to force an incompletion and keep Castle Rock in front. The Rockets added two more points on a safety.

“They’re small bodies with big hearts,” said CR coach Tom Bate, who played for Betcher as a high schooler. “They’re outstanding competitors.”

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