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.

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,

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.

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