Perhaps the state’s most unlikely team is headed to the state championship game. Jesuit, which was 7-7 in mid-January and entered the state tournament as the No. 11 seed, stunned Westview 62-48 on Friday night in the Chiles Center to advance to the Class 6A state championship game.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Gresham’s Sam Barlow High School won their first 6A boys state basketball championship on Saturday, defeating Jesuit by a final score of 61-55 at the University of Portland’s Chiles Center.

Head Coach Tom Johnson has finally won his first state championship after overseeing the Barlow Bruins for almost 40 years. In a fierce 6A OSAA boys basketball state championship game, Barlow defeated Jesuit,

For Barlow basketball, the mission has finally been accomplished. Tom Johnson, known as TJ in both the Barlow and Oregon basketball community, has finally won his basketball state championship after a career with the Bruins that spans back to 1987.

The top-seeded Barlow Bruins face the 11th-seeded Jesuit Crusaders at the Oregon (OSAA) high school boys basketball 6A state tournament