Best photos from WIAA Class 1B/2B boys and girls state quarterfinal round at the Spokane Arena

Re-live the action from the second day of the Washington high school state tournaments through the lens of photographer Erik Smith.

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports | Mar 4, 2022

Best photos from WIAA Class 1B/2B boys and girls state quarterfinal round at the Spokane Arena /

SPOKANE, Wash. — Eight quarterfinal games took place on Thursday on both the boys and girls courts in the WIAA 1B/2B state basketball tournaments at the Spokane Arena.

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Read game-by-game breakdowns from the boys and girls courts, as well as stat leaders and top performers.

Here are photos from the second day of the 1B and 2B state tournaments. All photos by photographer Erik Smith:

Class 1B/2B quarterfinal action at the Spokane arena — Photo by Erik Smith

Colfax girls basketball — Photo by Erik Smith

Sarah Cook, La Conner girls basketball, class of 2022 — Photo by Erik Smith

La Conner-Warden 2B girls quarterfinals — Photo by Erik Smith

La Conner vs. Warden, Ellie Marble — Photo by Erik Smith

La Conner-Warden 2B girls quarterfinals, Ellie Marble — Photo by Erik Smith

Published Mar 4, 2022

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.