Republic 61, Darrington 60

Key to the game: Jason Baldwin hit two free throws with 1.9 seconds left to send the Tigers (26-4) into their first state title game.

Other highlights: In the wild third quarter, Republic scored 14 straight to seize a 47-42 lead, then the Loggers (20-9) closed the quarter with a 10-0 run… . The momentum shifted when Darrington’s Ned Miller fouled out with 2:01 left… . The Loggers’ tourney scoring leader, Dennis Sherrill, missed two free throws with 13.4 left to set up the winning play… . Darrington defensive specialist Ben Miller committed the telling foul … The teams combined for 14 3-pointers.

Darrington 18 15 17 10 - 60

Republic 18 13 16 14 - 61

DARRINGTON Lenker 4, Bryson 6, Vining 0, N.Miller 16, B.Miller 0, Pomeroy 13, Sherrill 8, Ross 13.

REPUBLIC Dinkins 0, Dave Hanks 5, Baldwin 18, Dan Hanks 0, Rickard 23, Grimm 2, Kuchenmeister 13.

Reardan 58, Ritzville 39

Key to the game: Travis Titchenal made five 3-pointers, giving him a record 16 for the tourney, as the Indians (27-1) gradually pulled away to qualify for their first final since 1986.

Other highlights: The Broncos (26-5) led 16-13 midway through the second quarter when Titchenal hit his first two 3-pointers for a lead that never disappeared. … Reardan limited Ritzville to 12 field goals… . Broncos leader John Galbreath, guarded by Titchenal, had a tough shooting night (3 of 13)… . The Indians are beating tourney opponents by an average of 24.7 points.

Reardan 9 12 18 19 - 58

Ritzville 12 6 8 13 - 39

REARDAN Jenkin 5, Brown 0, Orcutt 0, Soliday 6, Martin 1, Titchenal 23, Eastman 3, Graham 6, Flaa 2, Nollmeyer 0, Kiger 12.

RITZVILLE Arlt 2, Benzel 0, Duff 9, Boness 10, Marcus 0, DeVore 0, J.Galbreath 12, S.Galbreath 0, Russel 6, Taylor 0.

Attendance: Thursday - 13,439. Friday - unavailable. Two-day total - 26,339.

Last year’s two-day total - 28,492.

Tacoma Baptist 59, Toutle Lake 57 (OT)

Key to the game: Aaron Meyers’ three-point play with 19 seconds left in OT gave the Crusaders a 58-57 lead, and Jacob Hynning of the Ducks (23-4) missed two free throws 14 seconds later.

Other hightlights: Caleb Shamp, Tac-Bap’s season scoring leader, didn’t start after being injured Thursday, but responded with 17 of his 20 points in the second half. Shamp, just a junior, joined the tourney’s century club (101)… . The Crusaders (24-3) played the final stages without A.D. Russell, their main force inside. Russell fouled out with nine points and six rebounds, giving him 113 and 82, respectively, in three years at the tourney… . TacBap worked the last 50 seconds of regulation for a final shot, but committed a late turnover… . TL’s Travis Sparks, who played in four consecutive state tourneys, scored 12 points to finish his career with 71.

Toutle 15 13 12 10 7 - 57

Tac. Bap. 10 14 15 11 9 - 59

TOUTLE LAKE Frandsen 8, Gardner 0, Shaw 3, Keele 11, Lang 6, Sparks 12, Hynning 17.

TACOMA BAPTIST Fletus 0, Brown 7, Johnson 14, Lee 4, Shamp 20, Russell 9, Meyers 5, Fike 0.

ACH 70, Manson 56

Key to the game: The Warriors (22-5), trailing 35-30 with 59 seconds left in the third quarter, scored 18 straight over nearly 8 minutes to take control.

Other highlights: ACH senior Kevin Evers had nine blocked shots, one shy of the tourney record, and hit 8 of 10 field goals after scoring just three Thursday against Darrington… . Manson closed within five points with 2:15 left, but ACH scored the next 10… . Sean McKenna of the Trojans (16-9) made 9 of 12 free throws and scored a game-best 21 points.

ACH 19 14 15 22 - 70

Manson 18 17 4 17 - 56

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE R.Higginbotham 2, Pierce 13, Thomas 2, Elder 4, Leander 4, Pate 8, A.Higginbotham 2, Neilsen 0, Emerso 0, Goodwin 12, Durrant 4, Evers 19.

MANSON Bennett 0, McKenna 21, England 0, Jeffries 5, Petersen 9, Stokes 0, Young 4, Rogers 5, Lewman 2, Davis 7, Haight 0, Scribner 3.

LaCrosse-Wash. 56, Rainier 45

Key to the game: The Tigercats broke ahead 8-0 and stayed ahead by at least six points.

Other highlights: Troy Nealey hit 7 of 11 from the field and Jeremy Daniel had 10 rebounds for L-W (27-4)… . The Tigercats built a 41- 14 lead midway through the third quarter and gave their reserves some quality minutes… . For the Mountaineers (18-9), Josh Frunz scored 21 and Chris O’Toole had 18 rebounds to offset a 1-for-14 shooting slump.

Rainier 6 6 15 18 - 45

LaCrss-Wash. 19 16 14 7 - 56

RAINIER Knight 0, R.O’Toole 5, Garette 4, Wigren 2, Myers 4, C.O’Toole 9, Pringle 0, Do.Henderson 0, Frunz 21, Dekker 0, Kerber 0.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 16, Colter 0, Schweiger 0, Ledbetter 16, Rouleau 12, Anderson 0, Henley 0, Daniel 3, Whitman 6, Wigen 1, Hammond 2, Blankenship 0.

North Beach 45, Waterville 43

Key to the game: Jon Johnson completed a threepoint play with 9.3 seconds left, then ended up with a loose ball with a fraction of a second to go.

Other highlights: Johnson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, giving him 117 and 78, respectively, in his tourney career… . The Hyaks (23-4) will take home their first trophy… . Despite being outscored 9-0 in the second quarter and 9-0 during an 8:13 stretch of the second half, the Shockers (21-7) took a 43-42 lead on a pair of Darrin Nelson free throws with 20.1 seconds left… . Nelson lost the ball with 3 seconds left, attempting to set up a final shot. … Trailing 38-32, the Shockers rallied with a 6-0 run, aided by a turnover when NB’s Marty Carlson lost his shoe driving downcourt. “Is this our fate? Can this be? To be that close - that would have been heartbreaking,” said NB coach Larry Moore.

Waterville 20 7 3 13 - 43

North Beach 13 11 10 11 - 45

WATERVILLE Gormley 18, Nelson 8, Whitehall 7, Stoddard 0, Hart 5, Long 0, Brandt 0, Finkbeiner 5.

NORTH BEACH Carlson 5, Sage 4, Goldman 0, Pence 1, Lilja 8, Reither 0, Hohstadt 2, Spencer 0, Johnson 25.

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