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Union's Tanner Toolson went from a 5-foot-6 freshman nicknamed "Little Bambi" into a 6-foot-5 standout for the 27-1 Titans and the All-Region player of the year.

All-Region Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Union senior Tanner Toolson

March 21, 2020, 5:00pm Newsletter

To most basketball players, a postseason award is a humbling honor, and a reflection of a season filled with successes. For Union High's Tanner Toolson, The Columbian's All-Region boys basketball player of the year, it symbolizes so much more. Read story

All-Region Girls Basketball Player of the Year Mason Oberg of Union High School is pictured at The Columbian on Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2020.

All-Region Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Union senior Mason Oberg

March 20, 2020, 4:57pm Newsletter

Many athletes coming off a severe knee injury are timid upon return. They don’t always trust the knee to hold up when they make their first cut or change of direction. Read story

In just one year, Kyle Brosius went from never placing at state into a wrestler who went 45-1 with a school-record 34 pins and Union's eighth state wrestling champion.

All-Region boys wrestling: Kyle Brosius, Union

March 14, 2020, 8:30pm Prep Sports

A two-time state participant but never-placer, Union's Kyle Brosius emerged as Class 4A’s 170-pound state champion. He went 45-1 and finished with a school-record 34 pins. Read story

Union players, from left to right (front row) Kaden Horn, Jamison Limbrick, Izaiah Vongnath, Tanner Toolson and Ariya Briscoe celebrate their third-place trophy on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

Union boys take home third place in 4A

March 7, 2020, 2:47pm Prep Sports

What few people noticed Saturday is Tanner Toolson was the last Union boys basketball player to exit the locker room, and the senior did so clutching the team’s third-place 4A state trophy. The victory is great, he said — a 63-49 win over Glacier… Read story

Union coach Gary Mills comforts Lolo Weatherspoon after the Titans' 47-45 defeat in a 4A State third-place game Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

Union girls earn first trophy in program history

March 7, 2020, 1:37pm Prep Sports

No Union girls basketball team has done what this year’s team did Saturday, and that had Mackenzie Lewis and her teammate proud walking off the floor at the Tacoma dome. “That was my dream — bringing home a trophy for our program,” Lewis said. Read story

Union's Tanner Toolson flails after the ball is knocked away on a layup attempt during a 4A State semifinal game on Friday at the Tacoma Dome. Union lost 63-55.

Union boys suffer first defeat in 4A semifinals

March 6, 2020, 8:44pm Latest News

Union’s hopes of a 4A boys basketball title were dashed Friday at the Tacoma Dome. Central Valley of Spokane beat Union 63-55 in the state semifinals, handing the top-seeded Titans their first loss of the season. Read story

Union's Mackenzie Lewis fights for a rebound with Central Valley's Anika Chalich, center, and Michael Pitts, right. The Titans lost 61-53 in the 4A State semifinal Friday at the Tacoma Dome.

Union girls fall to Central Valley in 4A semifinals

March 6, 2020, 7:18pm Prep Sports

The outcome wasn’t what the Union girls basketball team wanted Friday, but what the Titans did achieve is hitting one goal on their list: get to Saturday. Read story

Union's Tanner Toolson drives past Olympia's Jackson Grant in a 4A State quarterfinal game on Thursday at the Tacoma Dome. Union won 69-56.

Union boys reach 4A semis after 69-56 win over Olympia

March 5, 2020, 7:24pm Prep Sports

Of all the Union Titans who raced to the locker room in celebration of their 69-56 win Thursday over Olympia, Tanner Toolson might’ve shown the most excitement. It was this exact game — the Class 4A boys state quarterfinals — a year ago that… Read story

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Toolson, Perry earned Associated Press all-state honors for boys basketball