Courtesy photo The North Idaho Splash eighth-grade boys basketball team won the Hermiston Best of the West Purple Bracket Championship in Hermiston, Ore., on Jan. 22-23. The Splash went 5-0 for the tourney, defeating the Moses Lake Chiefs in the championship game 51-44. In the front row from left are Tyson Ruggiero, Will Jackson, Jackson Bowman, Jace Taylor, Peyton Hillman, Andy Everson, Beau Pearson, Wren Jackson and Jake Hill; and back row from left, coaches Sean Taylor a…

January 26, 2022