Woodinville Girls Basketball ganó el campeonato 4A WIAA (Paul Koehnke/KOMO Sports)
Winning a state championship is truly the pinnacle of high school sports – it’s what you train for all season and, of course, the years before.
But there is something that makes it even sweeter-
Win it all in one big decisive move.
That’s what we saw in the 4A Large School title games for both girls and boys, truly remarkable ways to win.
Starting in the girls’ game, Woodinville and Sumner battled it out to the bitter end in every sense of the word.
With less than 15 seconds left, Veronica Sheffey nailed a left-handed jump shot to give Woodinville a 65-63 lead. Sheffey scored 23 points in the game.
Sumner had one last chance with two seconds left, but Woodinville’s defense didn’t allow a shot attempt and the Falcons won the Girls 4A WIAA state title.
In the Boys 4A title game, regulation time wasn’t enough to settle things between Curtis and Mount Si.
In overtime, it was still tied with 30 seconds left until Tyce Paulsen stole the ball on a missed pass and went all the way in for the decisive layup.
Curtis won 52-49 to clinch the Boys 4A title.
The excitement wasn’t limited to the action at the Tacoma Dome, either.
At Yakima, Lynden Christian won 1A titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. The Lyncs Girls Hoops team won on a Libby Stump shot with less than five seconds left to win it all.
Here is his first list of WIAA basketball state champions:
Women’s basketball:
4A- Woodinville 65, Sumner 63
3A- Garfield 39, Lago Washington 38
2A- Ellensburg 52, Burlington-Edison 32
1A- Lynden Christian 57, Nooksack Valley 56
2B- Alcaide 70, Colfax 55
1B- Mount Vernon Christian 37, Neah Bay 33
Men’s Basketball:
4A- Curtis 52, Monte Si 49
3A-Auburn 58. Rainier Beach 48
2A- Lynden 51, Pullman 34
1A- Lynden Christian 61, King’s 58
2B- Liberty 64, Brewster 55
1B- Cusick 61, Almira Coulee Hartline 48
