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Transformation starts to take place when you make the switch from chasing outcomes to living out your standards and values!!!

Under the bright lights of the Chiles Center, late on Saturday night, junior point guard Kaylor Buse led the West Linn Lions to their first girls basketball state title in a 61-56 win over the South Medford Panthers. Buse, a three-time All-League Defensive Player of the Year, scored a game-high 23 points with 3 blocks in the championship game. She finished the weekend in the top four in scoring and the top three in blocks, and was named to the All-Tournament First Team. In September, ahead of the 2025-26 girls high school basketball season, I moved Buse to No. 1 in the class of 2027 rankings at Prep Girls Hoops Oregon. After watching her play for Northwest Select in the Power 24 in the offseason, and in a summer rewatch of the 2025 state tournament, I had seen enough. In January, Prep Girls Hoops ranked Buse in the national Top 100 in her graduating class. University of Oregon head coach Kelly Graves drove to the Chiles Center to see the rising national prospect play in the final after he streamed her semifinal performance on Friday. Buse scored 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in West Linn's decisive 55-44 victory over Benson Polytechnic. The day before, she led the Lions with 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals in a dominant 56-36 quarterfinal win over Nelson. Buse met Coach Graves for the first time as a freshman and remembers telling him, "I'm going to win a state championship my junior year." Two years later, she did exactly that. “Obviously, it's a bold statement. I'm aware of it. I'm a big believer in manifestation, and whatever I say, I have full belief in,” said Buse to me on the phone the evening after she hoisted the blue trophy. … #opreps @PGHOregon Links to full article 📝 and full interview 🎧 (free!) in the comments ⬇️

Got to watch these two lead their teams into the 2nd round of the tournament with monster games! So fun seeing them shine on the big stage😈😈#Winners #StepBrothers #ProudCoachTweet

Welcome to March Madness, Jazzy Davidson. The first freshman in the last 25 years to have 30+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists in their NCAA Tournament debut ✌️

JAZZY DAVIDSON TODAY 🔥 • 31 POINTS • 6 REBOUNDS • 5 ASSISTS • 3 STEALS

Winning time…

🚀🚀🚀 Every year it gets better. That’s the name of the game.

Making her mark 👏 Ava Heiden earns USBWA All-American Honorable Mention honors!

only one freshman on that list… 🎷

Compete.

Wayne Tinkle took out a half-page ad in the Sunday Oregonian, thanking Oregon State fans for the experience and wishing incoming MBB coach Justin Joyner good luck. Class to the end.

It’s been a long road to the top as the West Linn Lions are first time queens of the mountain in Oregon High School basketball. No. 2 seed WLHS is crowned the champs of the court after a 61-56 victory over No. 4 South Medford from the Chiles Center.

The first is forever for the OSAA state champions @WestLinnWBB 🏆

Defensive Menace 😈🔒 Jazzy Davidson is the only D1 player in the country averaging at least 2 SPG & 2 BPG 🎷

I love that this is getting attention @sarahkgraves. “I don’t know if there’s data to prove it,” Graves said, “but when you push that energy towards someone else, it somehow circulates back to you.” 🔄 Reciprocal Energy is a REAL thing, especially in the TEAM setting. And it’s the responsibly of everyone involved.

Who did it better?? Tom Cole’s 2026 South Medford Panthers or Jim Valvano’s 1983 NC State Wolfpack?!

What a finish. Big time plays by both teams in crunch time. This is March!

West Linn senior Reese Jordan has a future with Wazzu but the future Coug first will play for an OSAA 6A title as the No. 2 Lions defeat No. 3 Benson 55-44 and advance to Championship Saturday vs. No. 4 South Medford at 9pm.

Chasing down some all-time greats 📈 @KennedieShuler moves into the Oregon State top-5 for assists in a season. #GoBeavs

ICYMI: North Clackamas Christian girls won its first 1A state title behind the Turner twins shooting the lights out in the first half #opreps @OSAASports @MidMajorMedia osaa.org/today/article/…

Shoutout Rhyan 🗣️ #gopilots