Outside Media Coverage

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Leavenworth Echo - Dave Bernstein (April 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns have turned their season around with two convincing home victories over the weekend. After a disappointing 1-5 start to the season, the Bighorns defeated the top-ranked Salem Capitals 125-98 on Friday. They followed it up with a 98-82 win against the formidable Great Falls Electric on Saturday.

KPQ - Dave Bernstein (April 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns professional basketball club has announced the departure of Anthony Williams, who was CEO and General Manger through the team's inaugural season in The Basketball League (TBL).

The Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens (April 2024)

“The new ownership group, the new entity, the actual franchise has nothing to do with the old ownership group, and their liabilities all fall under them,” Cooprider said. “Those commitments don’t float through. (We) have a clean sheet.”

The Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens (March 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns professional basketball team had suffered a three-point, nail-biting loss to the Seattle Super Hawks in their season opener a week previously before hosting back-to-back home openers at the Chelan Community Center on Saturday and Sunday against the Emerald City Jaguars (Eugene, Oregon) and Super Hawks.

The Wenatchee World - (March 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns faced a narrow defeat in their season opener against the Seattle Super Hawks, with a final score of 106-103. Tremont Robinson-White led the team with 29 points, while Gavin Long, coming off the bench, added 15 points and 11 rebounds. Bench players Massi Boye Jeanneau-Mubiala and O’Landa Baker each scored 10 points, contributing to the close contest.

Quad City Herald - (March 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns faced a narrow defeat in their season opener against the Seattle Super Hawks, with a final score of 106-103. Tremont Robinson-White led the team with 29 points, while Gavin Long, coming off the bench, added 15 points and 11 rebounds. Bench players Massi Boye Jeanneau-Mubiala and O’Landa Baker each scored 10 points, contributing to the close contest.

Cashmere Valley Record - (February 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns are set to begin their training camp this week, with 22 players invited to compete for up to 12 spots on the team's roster. This marks the Bighorns' second season in The Basketball League and their first under head coach JP Davis. The camp is expected to be highly competitive.

KPQ - Jason Taylor (February 2024)

Wenatchee native Shawn Cooprider was named the managing owner alongside Anthony Williams Sunday.  

The upcoming season will be the second for the Bighorns in The Basketball League (TBL), but an announcement from the team says the change in ownership will bring the organization back to starting from ground zero. 

Quad City Harald (February 2024)

Shawn Cooprider has been named the managing owner of the Wenatchee Bighorns, in partnership with Anthony Williams. Serving as co-owner and President of Business Operations, Cooprider expressed his commitment to developing an organization aimed at benefiting the community for the long term.

Wenatchee World (February 2024)

Shawn Cooprider was recently named managing owner of the Wenatchee Bighorns alongside Anthony Williams.

Wenatchee World (February 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns announce JP Davis as head coach for the upcoming season.

NCW Business (February 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns have named JP Davis their head coach for the 2024 season. With a background of coaching and playing across 25 countries, Davis is currently residing in Darwin, Australia. He plans to relocate to the Wenatchee Valley later this month to assume his new role.

NCW News (February 2024)

The Wenatchee Bighorns have named JP Davis their head coach for the 2024 season. With a background of coaching and playing across 25 countries, Davis is currently residing in Darwin, Australia. He plans to relocate to the Wenatchee Valley later this month to assume his new role. 

Wenatchee World (February 2024)

Professional basketball is back in Eastern Washington. The Wenatchee Bighorns announce their return for a second season in The Basketball League.

KPQ - Chris Hansen (February 2024)

 The Bighorns are part of a professional basketball circuit known simply as "The Basketball League", which includes franchises in 38 U.S. cities stretching from places like Providence, Rhode Island to Kokomo, Indiana to Salem, Oregon..

Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens 

(September 2023)

Every offseason The Basketball League (TBL) articulates a set of “gates” they’d like every franchise — like the Wenatchee Bighorns

 — to walk through.

Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens 

(June 2023)

Every offseason The Basketball League (TBL) articulates a set of “gates” they’d like every franchise — like the Wenatchee Bighorns

 — to walk through.

Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens 

(May 2023)

Every offseason The Basketball League (TBL) articulates a set of “gates” they’d like every franchise — like the Wenatchee Bighorns

 — to walk through.

KW3 (April 2023)

Want to meet the Wenatchee Bighorns team and their coaches? Well you don't have to wait too long because Saturday April 15th, 2023, you'll have two different chances and experiences!

KW3 (March 2023)

We were able to visit with the Bighorns, Brandon Porter. He’s easy to spot on the court: Brandon is the only guy rockin’ the white headband. Brandon is a teacher in the Eastmont School District in East Wenatchee.

Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens (March 2023)

Bighorns mark opening night with blowout win

Wenatchee World - Rand Stevens (February 2023)

Even with the squeak of sneakers, loud vocal communication, and encouragement colliding across the Wenatchee Valley College gym, an air of comfortable intensity surrounded the Bighorns.

TBL (October 2022)

Evelyn Magley CEO of The Basketball League announced a new market has been awarded to Wenatchee, WA.