In The News – Highlander boys prevail as state basketball champions
February 25, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 02/25/2025, Written by Katelyn Welsh
The Incline boys basketball team is celebrating their season end as state champions after beating Needles High School on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas during the NIAA 2A state tournament.
“We had been waiting and preparing for this game for 365 days,” coach Tim Kelly said. Incline had played Needles in the state title game last year and fell short. They’ve been counting down the days since, waiting for their opportunity to redeem and prove themselves the better team.
“After we lost last year in Reno, we said in the locker room that Tommy’s missed free throw would be the beginning of the movie, not the end of the movie,” Kelly said.
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