Chiawana has won six straight games at home, while Kamiakin has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Chiawana Riverhawks will host the Kamiakin Braves at 5:45 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kamiakin better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Chiawana really get things going. Chiawana simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Hermiston 87-60. Given the Riverhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 117th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Chiawana to victory, but perhaps none more so than Malia Ruud, who went 7 for 13 en route to 19 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Kaia Foster was another key player, almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.
Ruud wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Chiawana was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Kamiakin's strategy against Pasco on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Kamiakin blew Pasco out of the water with a 73-31 final score. The Braves pushed the score to 57-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had no chance of recovering from.
Chiawana's win bumped their record up to 13-1. As for Kamiakin, they have also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Chiawana strolled past Kamiakin in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 by a score of 75-59. Does Chiawana have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kamiakin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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