Photos: Olivia Moore powers No. 1 Mead girls past No. 7 Stanwood in WIAA Class 3A quarterfinals

Re-live the top-seeded Panthers' win over the 3A Wesco runners-up, which books a date with No. 4 Lake Washington Friday.

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports|

TACOMA, Wash. — Mead had never even sniffed a loss this season before entering the Tacoma Dome.

Its closest margin of victory before Thursday in its dominant run to the top seed in 3A: a 51-39 win over Lewis and Clark on Feb. 8.

So when it trailed 17-11 after the first quarter and clung to a 35-32 lead after three quarters, coach Quantae Anderson challenged them.

"I just told them we had been waiting for this all season," Anderson said. "We've been waiting for a fight. Not that we haven't had any, but not like that.

Next, Mead (23-0) gets a date with No. 4 Lake Washington in the 3A semifinals at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Here are photos from the game. All photos are by photographer Vince Miller:

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Published Mar 4, 2022

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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