Lynden Christian’s girls run out a starting front line that sandwiches two 5-foot-11 forwards around a 6-2 post. And the Lyncs have three other near-6-footers sitting on the bench.

So where did towering LC strike early and often against Burbank in Saturday’s Class 1A state championship final From the 3-point line -- all night long.

Now that’s just unfair.

And, as it turns out, unbeatable.

Senior Jill Elgersma swished the Lyncs’ first two baskets from long range and finished with five of her team’s nine 3-pointers as Lynden Christian concluded a 29-0 season with a 46-35 victory in the SunDome.

With the program’s ninth state championship, the 2008 Lyncs became the fifth team in the 32-year history of the 1A state tournament to finish the season unbeaten. The last team to do it was LC’s 28-0 crew in 1996, after which Colfax and Brewster gobbled up the next eight titles.

“That first one felt awesome and I just kept moving to the open spot,” said Elgersma, who led the Lyncs with 15 points. “This was it -- we put it all out there. This is the finish we dreamed about.”

Junior Kenzie De Boer pitched in three 3-pointers for the Lyncs, who finished 9 of 17 from long distance. Elgersma’s final trey in the fourth quarter gave LC a tournament record with 25 in four days.

“We had the shots falling today and Jill was just awesome,” De Boer said. “She gave us all confidence and we kept the momentum going.”

Even with its big height advantage, the Lyncs requires only seven baskets inside the arc to lock up their 29th win, the most ever in 1A.

“We’ve got some good shooters and they were packing it in pretty tight,” said LC coach Curt De Haan. “That’s been our trademark all season. When teams pack it in, Jill’s been pretty consistent out there.”

Lynden Christian’s early long-range barrage sparked a 13-2 start, but Burbank did not concede so quickly. The Coyotes woke up and responded with a 10-0 run as Nicole Roberts and Brianna Smith chipped in four points apiece.

LC’s tournament MVP Brianne Ryan, who’s headed to Eastern Washington, got into the aerial act with a 3-pointer and the Lyncs then pounded inside with the aforementioned 6-2 post, Joanie Reimer, scoring back-to-back baskets for a 22-14 lead at the break.

If Burbank was hoping the Lyncs would cool off on those 19-footers in the second half, that hope was lost on the hot hands of De Boer and Elgersma. Five of LC’s eight second-half field goals were 3-pointers, the nine treys finishing just one away from the single-game tournament record.

Burbank (23-4), which earned the program’s best state finish ever, fought gamely with its own 3-point bombs. Brianna Smith canned four of the Coyotes’ five second-half 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 18 points.

“They’re just a great team,” Smith said. “All five could play. Usually teams have one or two main players you have to defend, but all five of their players could score.”

De Boer and Smith both joined Ryan on the all-tournament first team.