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Looking for potential rags-to-riches basketball team to root for? Here is one to consider

Hint, it is a boys program that has had as many winning seasons as no-victory seasons in school history - one

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Todd Milles
Dec 31, 2025
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Junior forward Cole Seminara, left, and Bonney Lake boys are off to a 9-0 start after wins over Olympia, Nooksack Valley and Prairie. (Todd Milles / VarsityWA)

TACOMA, Wash. - David Alwert doesn’t pull any punches detailing the history of Bonney Lake High School boys basketball.

“A bottom feeder,” said the former Silas and Annie Wright coach.

A school with just one winning season in its school history is now writing a new chapter.

It’s called “Playoff Contender!”

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