Washington high school (WIAA) 4A/3A girls basketball tournament: Medal-game recaps, highlights, top performers

Three state-placing games for each classification being held on the west court Saturday in the Tacoma Dome. High School On SI Washington will keep you updated

Dilynn Johnson and Bellevue girls playing for fourth place on Saturday against Kennewick. / Photo by Todd Milles

TACOMA, Wash. - The bright lights of the Tacoma Dome are on - and let's get ready for Day 4 of the WIAA Class 4A and 3A girls basketball championships.

High School On SI Washington will provide game recaps, video highlight and top performers throughout Saturday in medal round games.

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CLASS 3A (Bracket)

(1st-2nd) - Central Valley 39, Lakeside of Seattle 34: Locked in a rock fight with experienced Metro League program, Bears' star Brynn McGaughy helped pull her squad of the second-half doldrums to finally put away the Lions and win the WIAA Class 3A basketball championship Saturday in the Tacoma Dome.

After Lakeside wiped out a 12-point deficit to take a second-half lead by holding the Bears without a field goal for nearly nine minutes, McGaughy had seen enough. She demanded to see the ball instead.

Her two free throws tied the game at 30-30 with 5:29 remaining. And on the Bears' next trip, she grabbed her own missed shot and laid if back in for the final points of her career to give the Bears the lead for good 39 second later.

"Definitely was urgency," McGaughy said.

As game as ninth grader Helena Christofilis was, Lakeside was living on borrowed time without its best player - Willa Chinn, who fouled out late in the third quarter.

The Lions were held scoreless for a span of 7:07 in the final quarter - with six turnovers.

"We had to lock in mentally," Central Valley guard Eden Sander said.

It was Sander's bank shot with 39 seconds remaining that sewed up the victory.

(3rd-5th) - North Thurston 77, Garfield 49: Soraya Ogaldez scored 24 points, and the Rams clinched their highest state finish in school history by defeating the Bulldogs in their final game as four-time defending state champion. North Thurston shot 56 percent from the floor (14-of-25) in the second half.

(4th-6th) - Bellevue 47, Kennewick 34: The Wolverines' frenetic pace limited the Lions to just four first-half field goals as they built a 17-point lead early in the second half and cruised to a first state trophy since they won it all in 2016. Trinity Palmer-Wilson had a double-double - 10 points and 13 rebounds - for Bellevue.

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TOP PERFORMERS

Soraya Ogaldez, North Thurston

24 points, 9-19 FGs, 11 rebounds

Shayla Cordis, North Thurston

23 points, 11-12 FT5s, 7 steals

Jayda Lewis, Garfield

22 points, 8-13 FGs

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CLASS 4A (Bracket)

(1st-2nd) - Davis of Yakima 61, Sumner 45: The reason the Pirates had to play four games in the Tacoma Dome this week?

They were upended in regionals by the same team they saw Saturday.

Cheyenne Hull, who fouled out in that regional showdown a week ago, scored 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds in what was nearly a wire-to-wire victory Saturday.

Davis girls coach Akil White said Hull woke up ready to play Saturday.

“Cheyenne, the one thing she’s grown in is her leadership,” White said. “She was locked in and dialed in. She thought she let them down last week when she fouled out. She even said, ‘It was my bad. My bad.’ She was ready to play this game at about 7 a.m. this morning. She got that look in her eyes.”

Hull, who was named Class 4A tournament most valuable player, had that look in her eyes all four days the Pirates played in Tacoma. Hull even turned the loss to Sumner in regionals to a positive.

“(Sumner) did us a favor when they came out and beat us,” Hull said. “They gave us an extra opportunity to play on this floor.”

(3rd-5th) - Woodinville 55, Glacier Peak 54: Sienna Bieler won it with her underhand scoop shot in the lane with one second remaining as the Falcons won a thriller. Zoey Ritter had just given the Grizzlies their final lead with her short jump shot with 18.1 seconds to go.

(4th-6th) - Chiawana 47, Auburn 41: In a rematch of a regional game eight days ago, this time the Riverhawks had tp hold off the 4A NPSL runner-up after leading by as many as 15 points in the second quarter. Kaia Foster had a double-double for Chiawana - 13 points and 10 rebounds, and it was the school's first state trophy since 2011.

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TOP PERFORMERS

Brynna Pukis, Glacier Peak

31 points, 8-12 FGs, 5 3-pointers

Cheyenne Hull, Davis of Yakima

26 points, 10-13 FGs, 8 rebounds

Kawehi Borden, Sumner

24 points, 8-13 FGs

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