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Message: [QUOTE="Sluconn Husky, post: 2569359, member: 5089"] [I]Clear your calendar for 5 p.m. this Saturday and scoot over to Eastmont High School. There is a basketball game that you need to see. The Cashmere girls’ basketball teams plays the Omak Pioneers in the CTL 1A District Championship. Though the Bulldogs will surely win — they haven’t lost a division game in two years and have beaten the Pioneers by an average of 48 points this season — that’s not the point. The main draw is sophomore guard Hailey Van Lith, who above all else, is probably the best high school basketball player in the state and the most gifted player I have ever seen in person. Before you get any preconceived notion that I’m biased toward Cashmere, pump the brakes. I’m not giving any special consideration to Cashmere (I grew up in Colorado), but Van Lith deserves the spotlight in the final week of the winter sports season. For Saturday might be the last opportunity a Wenatchee resident has to watch the sure to-be WNBA star play in person this season. Heck, I’m not even scheduled to cover the game, but I’ll be sitting front row with my popcorn ready. .... That relentless style of play has caught the eye of the top teams in the state and some of the NCAA’s elite as scouts from various D1 programs come in droves to catch a glimpse of the No. 5 ranked player in the 2020 class. While I typically highlight national topics in my column, Van Lith makes high school basketball captivating to watch. So you can keep your Winter Olympics (at least for two hours). Van Lith and the Cashmere girls’ basketball team is the thing to watch this weekend. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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