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.

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,

Johnson won his first state championship in his last game before retiring with 711 wins in 42 seasons at two schools

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.