NBA and NHL coming to Tacoma?

Introducing your Tacoma Supersonics!

Just doesn't have the same ring to it as Seattle, but it is a very real possibility.

A recent article shed light on this new idea of revamping the Tacoma Dome and bringing the NBA back to the area, along with perhaps the NHL.

Tacoma’s mayor and City Council say they want to know what it would take to revamp the aging Tacoma Dome to draw a pro basketball or hockey team to town – and they’re willing to pay up to $100,000 to find out.

“The NBA will be back in this market,” Mayor Marilyn Strickland said Tuesday. “When they are, I want Tacoma to be in the mix of that discussion.”

Backed by local business leaders and area politicians, the City Council agreed Tuesday to pay for part of a market feasibility study for attracting a National Basketball Association or National Hockey League team to the Dome.

The study would examine options and costs for upgrading the 29-year-old facility to NBA and NHL standards, and determine whether there’s corporate interest to help support such an endeavor, Strickland said.

Now I'd prefer a team to come back to the Seattle area just for the simple fact that I live closer to that city. But if there was the chance that this area could get not just NBA back, but also bring along the NHL, then I'm all for it.

What do you think? Would you like to see the NBA and NHL in Tacoma over Seattle? Or would you just like these sports in our state?

High School Sports Feature: Wolverines

Bellevue High School and Franklin High School appear to be on a collision course to meet in the championship game of the 3A State Boys Basketball Tournament at the Tacoma Dome. After the Wolverines finished off Union on Thursday by the count of 70-47 to advance to today's semifinal matchup at 8:30 pm pacific time with Columbia River. Bellevue has won both games in the tournament by an average of 19 points.

The Wolverines were led in this game by senior forward Alex Schrempf (sounds familiar...), who scored 20 points, Aaron Bright with 15 points and Colton Christian who scored 13 points. Bellevue was red hot from the field in this game especially in the 2nd half when they converted 14 out of 19 shots.

It certainly looks like we could see a Bellevue versus Franklin final on Saturday as both of these teams haven't really been tested in the first 2 rounds of this tournament. Bellevue will be looking to double dip here as they were crowned state champions in football (good thing Skyline moved back up to 4A) back in December at this same venue.

High School Sports Feature: Fightin' Knights'

A day after being beaten soundly by Kentwood, the Kamiak High School girl's basketball team staged a remarkable comeback over Mount Tahoma to keep themselves in the 4A State Tournament at the Tacoma Dome. Down 22-8 after one quarter the Fightin' Knights' came back all the way to take the lead with about 2 minutes left and eventually went on to win 55-51.

Leading the way for Kamiak were seniors Samantha Sovich and Kelsey Patrick who each scored 12 points (Patrick also pulled down 17 rebounds). The teams second leading scorer on the season, Michelle Lipscomb, contributed with 9 points.

Kamiak will now play Lewis & Clark on Friday, with the winner having a chance to play on Saturday for a chance at 5th place against the winner of the Eastlake vs. Bellarmine Prep game.