State 4A Preview: Lake Stevens vs. Chiawana

Thursday, 3:45 p.m., Tacoma Dome

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LAKE STEVENS

Record: 21-3

League, finish: Wesco North champ

Previous game: Lake Stevens won its first game at the state regional tournament, defeating Kentwood 61-44 Friday.

Coach: Randall Edens, sixth year

Last state appearance: 2010 (did not place)

Key players: G Brooke Pahukoa, 5-9, soph. (16.1 points per game); F Meghan Warbis, 5-8, sr. (10.1 ppg.); F Abby Molstre, 5-7, jr. (7.3 ppg.); G Corinne Burke, 5-5, sr. (6.1 ppg.); G Katie Goddard, 5-9, jr. (4.3 ppg.).

CHIAWANA RIVERHAWKS

Record: 22-3

League, finish: Columbia Basin Big Nine 4A League champ

Last game: Chiawana earned its trip to Tacoma with a double-overtime 69-65 victory over Gonzaga Prep on Saturday.

Coach: Steve Davis, second year

Last state appearance: 2010 (4A, seventh)

Key players: W Hayley Hodgins, 5-9, sr., (18.5 points per game); C Mikaela Rivard, 5-10, sr., (11.6 ppg.); G Shelby Ellsworth, 5-8, sr., (10.7 ppg.); F Sadie Sparks, 5-9, jr., (8.1 ppg.).

Coach’s comment: Lake Stevens and Chiawana met at state last season with the Pasco school winning 52-44 on the tournament’s third day. “It helps that we played them last year,” Lake Stevens coach Randall Edens said, “because we kind of have a sense of what they bring to the table.”