Basketball

Sometimes, almost like a time machine, the simplest thing like a song, a smell, or a picture can transport us to a locked away memory.

In an exciting back and forth 3A playoff match between the Taft Tigers boy's Varsity basketball squad and Amity High Warriors the contest settled into a tie at the end of four quarters.

The Taft High boys basketball team fell 59-51 at Willamina in a Coastal Range League road game Monday night that closed out the Tigers' 2018-19 season.

Taft High's basketball programs bid farewell to several players competing in their final home game Tuesday, with the boys falling to Clatskanie 52-47 and the girls playing in the late game.

The Taft High girls basketball team moved to the brink of its first league victory of the season Friday before falling 40-33 at Rainier...

Jordan Hall scored a team-high 13 points to help the Taft High boys basketball team snap a three-game losing skid Tuesday night with a 47-33 Coastal Range League home victory over Warrenton.

Willamina handed the Taft High boys and girls basketball teams Coastal Range League home losses Friday.

At 6-foot-9, Taft High senior Ray Darrington has stared down child neglect, school struggles, bullying -- even racism – but overcoming adversity has rewarded the 18-year-old prep basketball standout with promise for the future, where the sky’s the limit . . .

The No. 1-ranked Clatskanie girls basketball team defeated Taft 100-15 Friday in Coastal Range League play, while the boys fell, 47-40, on the road.

The Taft High girls basketball team pushed Rainier to the brink Tuesday in pursuit of its first victory since early December, but fell short,...