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Published
March 4, 2006


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Bulldogs get historic threepeat

Colfax beats Bellevue Christian 49-30,
becomes third team to win thre in a row

By ROGER UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

Normally active and animated as coach of Colfax's girls, Corey Baerlocher was a study in composure Saturday night in the SunDome.

Colfax players celebrate their third straight
Class 1A state championship after the
Bulldogs beat Bellevue Christian, 49-30.
 
JACKIE JOHNSTON/Associated Press

Which seemed odd since his Bulldogs were playing for their third straight Class 1A state championship.

Afterward, when Colfax had joined Cle Elum and Lynden Christian as the only programs to win three successive 1A girls titles with a 49-30 conquest of Bellevue Christian, Baerlocher explained.

"I didn't want the girls to know how nervous I was," he said, smiling and shaking his head in amazement as his players cut down the nets. "All week I've been nervous. Before the White Swan game I was a wreck. Earlier tonight I had to slow down my breathing."

But nothing slowed down his players.

Colfax, which entered the tournament ranked No. 3 and finished 24-4, held the Vikings (No. 5 and 23-2) scoreless during the first quarter and was never seriously threatened.

Nor did it matter that none of the Bulldogs scored in double figures because their combination of man-to-man and zone defenses limited Bellevue Christian to 26 percent shooting and held 6-foot-2 first-team all-tournament star Melissa Reich scoreless until the 3:56 mark of the third quarter.

Reich finished with seven points on 3-for-13 shooting.

Junior Kylie Shaw and sophomore Sadie Lazzarini led Colfax with nine points each and sophomore point guard Jordan Harazin and junior center Lauren Mellor had six each.

Katie Burns, one of only two seniors on the Bulldogs' roster, led a 39-27 rebounding advantage with six while four of her teammates added four each. Colfax's other senior, reserve Patti Arthur, drew perhaps Baerlocher's most emotional response when she scored with less than a minute to play.

"These girls are nothing short of remarkable," Baerlocher said. "They came here and battled all week.

"Last year people said, 'You're the defending champions,' and we said we weren't defending anything because we didn't have any starters back. This year they said, 'You're the defending champions,' but we didn't really talk about it."

Michelle Teng and Terra Oldham, both freshmen, led Bellevue Christian with eight points each. Since B.C.'s boys had beaten Brewster for the title earlier Saturday night, the Vikings were seeking to become the first 1A school since Brewster in 2003 to win both championships.

Colfax's title was not only its third in a row, equaling the championship strings of Cle Elum (1981-83) and Lynden Christian (1990-92), it was the Bulldogs' fourth in five years.

Plus, Colfax has won the last two Class 1A state volleyball championships, also in the SunDome, with many of the same athletes.

"I can't really explain it," Baerlocher said, "except that these girls came to play.

"Again."

Harazin was named to the all-tournament first team along with Reich, Dana Bates of Warden and Lauren Rada of Burbank. Freeman's Jessie DePell was voted MVP.

The second team consisted of White Swan's Alexandria Allen, White Pass's Breanna Moody, Colfax's Mellor and Megan Teade and Zillah's Rosebud Guthrie.
 

   Bellevue Christian -- Patton 2-5 0-0 4, L. Orrestad 0-1 0-0 0, Pelascini 0-0 0-0 0, Bagge 0-0 0-0 0, Rech 0-3 0-2 0, Brog 0-2 0-0 0, Teng 2-4 3-5 8, King 1-5 1-3 3, Oldham 3-5 2-2 8, Rogers 0-0 0-0 0, J. Orrestad 0-4 0-0 0, Reich 3-13 1-2 7. Totals 11-42 7-14 30.
   Colfax -- Teade 1-9 0-0 2, Lazzarini 4-8 0-0 9, Harazin 2-8 2-3 6, Largent 0-2 0-0 0, Markley 4-5 0-0 8, Burns 1-3 2-2 5, Mellor 3-3 0-0 6, Arthur 1-1 0-2 2, Doering 0-2 0-0 0, Heidi 0-0 0-0 0, Bruya 1-4 0-0 3, Shaw 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 20-51 7-9 50.
Bellevue Christian 0 15 8 7 -- 30
Colfax 11 13 12 13 -- 50
   3-point goals--BC 1-11 (Teng 1-1, Oldham 0-1, L. Orrestad 0-1, J. Orrestad 0-2, Reich 0-2, Rech 0-2, Brog 0-2), C 3-13 (Lazzarini 1-1, Burns 1-1, Bruya 1-2, Largent 0-1, Shaw 0-1, Doering 0-1, Harazin 0-2, Teade 0-4). Rebounds--BC 27 (Patton 5), C 39 (Burns 6). Assists--BC 2, C 11 (Burns 4). Steals--BC 9 (Patton 3), C 13 (Teade 4). Blocked shots--BC 1, C 0. Fouled out--None. Total fouls--BC 12, C 13. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--BC 22, C 18.

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Game Results
SATURDAY'S GAMES
:: Burbank 49, Warden 39
:: Freeman 51, White Swan 45
:: White Pass 66, Zillah 58
:: Colfax 49, Bellevue Christian 30
FRIDAY'S GAMES
:: Burbank 54, Napavine 36
:: Warden 54, Seattle Academy 41
:: Freeman 52, Lake Roosevelt 40
:: White Swan 51, Toledo 44
:: Bellevue Christian 36, Zillah 34
:: Colfax 53, White Pass 46
THURSDAY'S GAMES
:: Burbank 60, Coupeville 32
:: Napavine 53, Bush 29
:: Warden 44, Seattle Christian 29
:: Seattle Academy 44, Overlake 43
:: Zillah 49, Lake Roosevelt 45
:: Bellevue Christian 47, Freeman 45
:: White Pass 56, Toledo 45
:: Colfax 56, White Swan 42
WEDNESDAY'S GAMES
:: Zillah 83, Coupeville 32
:: Lake Roosevelt 58, Burbank 43
:: Bellevue Christian 44, Napavine 31
:: Freeman 47, Bush 19
:: White Pass 64, Warden 56
:: Toledo 47, Seattle Christian 43
:: White Swan 61, Seattle Academy 38
:: Colfax 58, Overlake 34
 

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