Stayton wins Oregon West Rubber Match, this time for the basketball title of class 4a Girls Basketball

After both regular seasonal competitions had been decided with two points, the girl in class 4a Girls Basketball State Championship between No. 1 Philomath and No. 2 Stayton seemed to end in a similar conclusion.

Nobody said that.

The Eagles commanded the championship fight on the way to a 47: 38 victory on Saturday at the Forest Grove High School to conquer the third state title of the program and first since 2007.

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“To be honest, this was one of the most entertaining teams I have ever participated,” said Kenzi Hollenbeck, co-player of the year, the co-player of the year of Stayton and Oregon West Conference. “I think we are very grateful for what we have because they don't find it very often.”

Hollenbeck ended with six points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Kathryn Samek led the Eagles with 18 points on 5-on-9 shooting from the field and an 8-against-9 excursion on the Free Wurfine and added five rebounds, two steals and one block.

“We have many seniors in our team, so it was really exciting to win this for them,” said Samek. “We worked that all the season.”

The title game was the highest rating between the two teams this season. Both teams shot below 40% during the first period and could not collect the lid from the bucket. Philomath had little problems looking for high -quality appearance in color, but often could not benefit, a trend that continued all night.

“You have three or four girls who can protect in the color who do not have many teams at our level. So we are (normally) able to achieve an advantage inside,” said Ben Silva, head coach. “We tried to do what we are in top form.”

The central defense of the Eagles certainly made things difficult, which led particularly in a two -minute drought in the first quarter and over a four -minute drought in the fourth for Philomath. Even the best struggled to get a decent look, with Philomath Sophomore Reagan Heike-and Owc-Co players of the year together with Hollenbeck-Schoss only 6-against-16 and hit many competitions on the edge.

“You know our appearance; You know our staff, ”said Heiken. “You know how we can keep ourselves from the goal. With other teams you have to find out how you go, but with you you just know everything we will try. “

Philomath only achieved the first brand of 4:23 its first point in the second quarter. The previous bucket came in the last 30 seconds of the first free throw from Heike. A five-point sprint from Philomath lowered the deficit on two, with the kind permission of a 3 pointer from Shaylee May and a jumper von Heike. Zoee Howard then drained a 3 pointer from the tip of the key, just so that the Eagles reacted with a 7-0 run, which was driven by five points by Korbyn Schmidt and a 3-pot by Makenzie Schacher and ultimately led 22: 19 on half.

The Eagles shot 8: 20 out of the field and 3-against-9, while Philomath made 27.3%and only sank six shots through two quarters.

Samek had the theft for Stayon's first points, followed by a jumper from Heike. The third period was the quarter of the game, with both teams apparently found a groove. However, five sales from Philomath in the third period hindered every chance to claim the lead. Philomath also opened the fourth with sales, with Anneeka Steen being challenged after a double dribble.

The fourth quarter alone was somewhat uneventful and contained three minutes from both sides. Each page registered only two made afill. Philomath was unable to assemble a sensible dynamic and never came closer than eight points.

Philomath ends his season with a 23-6 overall record.

“Everyone wants to win this game, but if I get lost, it will be to be (Stayton head coach) Wold and the Eagles … I can accept that because he does a great job,” said Silva. “He is a first -class trainer. They have great children in their team who really represent him and their community and represent the Oregon West conference really well. “

“I think it's a big deal to achieve second place,” added Heiken. “Obviously we were not on the court's side that we wanted to be at the end of the night. But I'm proud of how everyone played. “

In the meantime, they ended a total of 27: 1 for the Eagles, most of the victories for the program since 1995 and orchestrate the best season in school history.

“This is the strangest thing, but we didn't talk about a trophy all year round,” said Wold. “You talked about it: 'Let's be the best friends we can be. Let us be incredible teammates. 'Obviously there was a little more about it in this game and understood what it was at stake. “