Prosser girls finish 2nd in 2A state. Royal boys, girls each finish 3rd in 1A

The Prosser Mustangs just couldn’t get started in the first quarter of Saturday’s Class 2A girls high school basketball championship game in the Yakima Valley SunDome.

Lynden jumped out to a 19-3 first quarter lead and never looked back, as the Lions won the state title 59-49.

Prosser finished second at state. It was the third time in school history that Prosser placed second at state.

“I’m very proud of the girls,” said Prosser coach Jessica Huntington. “We just couldn’t get anything going in that first quarter, and then we played them even the rest of the way.”

The Mustangs have won state titles in both 1989 and 2011.

Meanwhile, the Lynden Lions, which finished the season at 27-0, have now won three consecutive 2A state titles.

“Their length really bothered us,” said Huntington.

Against the Mustangs, the Lions won the battle of the boards, 37-26 rebounds.

Lexi Hermanutz and Finley Parcher each scored 17 points in the title game for Lynden, which never trailed in the contest.

Junior Herbie Wright led Prosser (24-4) with 14 points, 2 blocked shots and 2 steals.

Senior Deidra Phillips added 13 points and 4 assists, while Amelia Chapman had 10 points.

“We graduate two seniors, and the rest of the team is returning,” said Huntington. “I knew last summer we could have something special.”

2A boys

TUMWATER 50, GRANDVIEW 49: In Yakima, the Greyhounds led for much of the contest, but the Thunderbirds outscored Grandview 22-12 in the fourth quarter to win.

Tumwater (24-4) placed fourth, while Grandview (20-9) finished sixth.

Senior Francisco Medina led all scorers with 21 points, and he added 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.

Teammate Braden Santos had a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Luke Overbay led Tumwater with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

1A boys

ROYAL 64, KING’S 49: In Yakima, Royal rallied from a 24-20 halftime deficit, outscoring King’s 44-25 in the second half to earn third place in the state tournament.

The Knights finish with a 24-5 record. King’s ends its season with a 19-8 record and fifth place.

Grant Wardenaar led Royal with 21 points and 3 steals, while Dax Jenks added 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Teammate Manny Ruvalcaba had 11 points.

King’s was led by Andrew Gerbig, who scored 12 points.

1A girls

ROYAL 44, LYNDEN CHRISTIAN 42: In Yakima, Royal rallied in the second half to earn the third-place trophy and finish with a 23-5 record.

Lauren Wardenaar paced the Knights with 18 points, 2 blocked shots and 6 steals; while Graycie Kast finished with 10 points and 9 rebounds.

Royal forced 19 turnovers and turned them into 18 points.

LC was led by Tyra Dykstra with 19 points. The Lyncs finished with a 23-5 record and earned sixth place.

2B boys

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN-COLBERT 72, TRI-CITIES PREP 68: The Jaguars, trailing 36-19 at halftime, rallied hard in the second half but lost.

The Jaguars finished with a 24-5 record and earned the 6th-place trophy.

The Crusaders, with the win, finish fourth with a 24-3 record.

NWC led at intermission 36-19. But led by senior Layne McClure, Prep came back to outscore the Crusaders 49-36 to close the gap.

McClure finished with 20 points and 2 assists. Teammate Jameson Elliott added 10 points and 2 assists.

NWC was led by Caleb Grant, who had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

1B boys

DESALES 67, ALMIRA-COULEE-HARTLINE 55: In Spokane, the Irish turned 15 ACH turnovers into 21 points to win the game and placed third in the tournament.

Spencer Green scored a game-high 22 points, dished off 6 assists and had 3 steals to lead DeSales (23-5).

Maddox Filan added 15 points for the Irish, who outscored the Warriors 34-20 in the second half.

ACH was led by Max Grindy’s 18 points, and Nolan Grindy’s 17 points.

MOSES LAKE CHRISTIAN/COVENANT CHRISTIAN 51, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 49: The Patriots from Richland fell short in the game to place 6th. LC finished the season with a 24-5 record.

MCC/CC placed fourth and finished with a 22-4 record.

No other details of the game were available.

Jeff Morrow is former sports editor for the Herald.