Wednesday marks the beginning of the end to the 2007-2008 basketball season in Washington. The 2A State Tournaments are in Tacoma, while the 3A tournament is split between Key Arena and UW's arena. In 3A, only one GSL team made it to Seattle. Mt Spokane's boys opened against Mt Rainier.

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The Great Northern League is a different story. Six GNL teams qualified for state at the Tacoma Dome. Three boys teams and three girls squads advanced to the tournament. Clarkston, Cheney and West Valley are the boys teams in. Pullman, West Valley and Clarkston made it on the girls side. Four of the six teams posted wins on Wednesday.

SCORES FROM DAY ONE-

BOYS BASKETBALL

State 2A

First Round

Burlington-Edison 63, R.A. Long 44

Clarkston 50, Ellensburg 47

Ephrata 65, W. F. West 56

Lynden 52, Foster 49, OT

Mark Morris 52, Archbishop Murphy 39

Prosser 54, Cheney 46

State 3A

First Round

Columbia River 60, Mercer Island 42

Eastmont 53, Enumclaw 36

Lakes 67, Meadowdale 60

Mt. Rainier 53, Mt. Spokane 48

Rainier Beach 78, Peninsula 39

Seattle Prep 64, Renton 44

GIRLS BASKETBALL

State 2A

First Round

Elma 68, Sehome 67

Prosser 59, Clarkston 49

Pullman 57, Anacortes 51

River Ridge 64, Kingston 31

Tumwater 40, Burlington-Edison 29

West Valley (Spokane) 36, Eatonville 31

State 3A

First Round

Auburn Riverside 78, Bainbridge 21

Bellevue 64, Auburn 58

Hanford 42, Ferndale 38

Lakes 59, Meadowdale 56

Seattle Prep 51, Fort Vancouver 36

West Valley (Yakima) 55, Kelso 43

Eastern Washington has put up some impressive numbers so far, with the Ferris boys and L-C girls winning 4-A titles, Northwest Christian's boys taking home their third straight in 2-B, and Tekoa-Oakesdale's boys getting second in 1-B.

The girls 1-B championship game was a matchup of Whitman County League teams, with Gar-Pal knocking off Colton for the title. That's 8 tournaments played so far, with Eastern Washington teams winning 4 of them, and finishing second in two more.