Day 1 | Class 4A Girls Roundup

Lake Stevens 67,

Mount Tahoma 43

Motivation? The fourth-ranked Vikings had plenty after being eliminated by Mount Tahoma in the previous two tournaments.

"We had it in our minds that we wanted to go get this game," senior Mary Ochiltree said. "I felt like we were the ones who came out and played with heart."

Lake Stevens (22-2) scored 16 consecutive points in the opening quarter to take a 16-1 lead. Ochiltree scored 14 of her 18 in the first half. Alona Personius had a career-high 23 points, including three threes, and nine rebounds. Brittany Tri added six points and 12 rebounds.

Carrie Ojeda led No. 10 Mount Tahoma of Tacoma (21-6) with 16 points.

Prairie 64, Inglemoor 49

Ashley Corral had 21 first-half points, including her fourth three-pointer just before the buzzer, as the No. 2 Falcons of Brush Prairie (19-3) flew to a 34-19 advantage. She finished with 26 and six assists, leaving Inglemoor coach John Augustavo in awe.

"That's one of the best games I've seen a kid have in a long time," he said.

No. 9 Inglemoor of Kenmore (19-4) cut a 17-point deficit to 10 with 3:12 left in the third quarter, 43-33, then failed to score the rest of the period.

Lindsay Finch led Inglemoor with 17 points.

Snohomish 49,

Bellarmine Prep 27

Snohomish trailed by one early, then went on a 19-4 run bridging the first and second quarters to go up big. The Panthers (20-5) led 23-10 at halftime and were up by no less than 13 points in the second half.

Forward Katie Benson, a 6-foot-1 junior, had 24 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks as Snohomish established its height advantage over the Lions of Tacoma (23-5).

"That's the biggest game we've had out of anybody down here in a long time," said eighth-year Snohomish coach Ken Roberts about Benson.

Added Benson: "It was one of those games you throw up anything and it goes in."

Lewis and Clark 46,

Puyallup 27

After an agonizingly slow first half, after which they led 16-9, the top-ranked Tigers of Spokane (26-0) found their groove in the third quarter, scoring the first 15 points. Puyallup, which lost to the same team in last year's first round, didn't score in the third until Danielle Moore's putback with 1:41 left.

The Vikings (18-8) didn't manage a field goal in the first quarter, missing all eight of their attempts.

Lewis and Clark, the two-time defending champion, was 0 for 10 from three-point range in the first half and coach Jim Redmon said it was "without a doubt" the worst half his team has played this season.

Kentwood 66, Skyview 46

The fifth-ranked Storm from Vancouver led 29-27 late in the second quarter before Lindsey Moore fueled an 11-0 spurt that put No. 7 Kentwood ahead for good.

Shelby Wahlberg scored to start the run, then Moore took a charge and followed with a three-pointer from the top of the key. After a Skyview miss, Moore fed Wahlberg for another three with three seconds on the clock. Then Moore stole the inbounds pass and nailed an off-balance three at the buzzer to make it 38-29, Kentwood.

Moore finished with 24 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block for the Conquerors (22-4). Skyview (22-4) got 17 points from Ashlee Smith.

Moses Lake 63, Jackson 57

The Noyes sisters, Ann (6-3) and Carly (6-5), combined for 39 points as Moses Lake was able to hold off a late Jackson rally.

Eighth-ranked Moses Lake (22-5) led by as many as nine in the fourth quarter, but third-ranked Jackson (22-2) got within one, 53-52, on a Kristi Kingma jumper with about 2 ½ minutes to play. Kingma, who will play for Washington next season, finished with 27 points and six rebounds.

But the Chiefs closed on a 10-5 run.

Senior Ann Noyes had 16 points and five rebounds while Carly, a junior, had 23 points and 10 rebounds.

Ballard 48, Rogers 39

In Ballard's first true trip to state, the Beavers jumped out early and led throughout.

The sixth-ranked Beavers (22-2) outscored Rogers of Puyallup 17-7 in the first quarter and did not give up the lead.

Ballard led by as many as 15 in the third quarter. Rogers (10-16), which was 23 of 31 from the free-throw line, cut the lead to six late in the fourth, but got no closer.

Pasco 50, Graham-Kapowsin 34

Pasco raced to a 33-14 halftime lead and made short work of Graham-Kapowsin.

The Bulldogs (21-5), at state for the first time since 2003 when they placed fourth, had second-quarter runs of 6-0, 9-0 and 8-0.

Danielle Walter was an all-around force for the Bulldogs with eight points, five rebounds, five assists and six steals. Pasco had a tournament-record 26 steals.

The Eagles (19-7) were led by Kayla Reno's 10 points and seven rebounds.

The Bulldogs were without one of their top players, Kelsie Ramsey, who injured her knee celebrating after hitting the winning shot against Moses Lake to clinch a state berth.

Sandy Ringer and Zach Landres-Schnur