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

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.