BREWSTER – It’s a team of eight. Tiny by basketball standards ... advanced to the second round of the Section 1 Class A girls basketball playoffs with a 43-41 win Friday night.

As far as the area's best, the Booker T. Washington girls basketball team is No. 17 in the state, and sits near the top of Class 5A. Jay is next at No. 63 overall, ranked fourth in Rural.

And in a battle between the Booker T. Washington and Pine Forest girls basketball teams, it was the Wildcats that remained undefeated after a 62-48 victory at Ann Caro Suarez Gymnasium.

The Gainesville Hurricanes girls basketball team defeated the Booker T. Washington Wildcats 64-57 in the Region 1-5A final. Gainesville advances to the state Final Four for the first time since ...

For Cle Elum’s Gracie Glondo, the game of inches that makes up state-level jumping events again proved unkind. But it all ...

Paul Boyd is an award-winning sportswriter who covers prep and college sports for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. He has covered sports in Arkansas for more than 30 years. Paul grew up in ...

Starting Friday, 16 teams play in the regional round of the WIAA playoffs - with 12 schools advancing to the state tournament in Tacoma. Here is the Class 3A regional girls basketball primer ...