[ t o u r n e y t o w n . c o m -- 2010 Class 1A boys state tournament ]

Vashon Island -- Stoffer 0-1 0-0 0, Holert 2-7 0-2 5, Weston 3-3 2-2 8, Wegner 6-13 7-10 20, Kerns 3-8 1-2 8, Amick 2-2 1-2 6, Gage 5-13 9-10 19, Williamson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 20-28 66.

Chelan -- Harris 10-18 1-1 23, Louie 0-0 0-0 0, Weathersby 1-2 0-0 2, Amsel 4-11 0-0 9, Burbery 0-1 0-0 0, Reister 1-3 0-0 2, Engstrom 4-5 0-0 8, James 0-1 0-0 0, McQuaid 3-10 1-4 8. Totals 23-51 2-5 52.

Vashon Island

Chelan

3-point goals--VI 4-15 (Amick 1-1, Holert 1-4, Kerns 1-4, Wegner 1-5, Stoffer 0-1), C 4-10 (Harris 2-4, Amsel 1-3, Reister 0-1, McQuaid 1-2). Rebounds--VI 33 (Wegner 8, Holert 7), C 27 (Harris 7, Engstrom 7). Assists--VI 13 (Weston 5), C 8 (Amsel 3). Steals--CI 5 (Wegner 2), C 8 (McQuaid 4). Blocked shots--VI 4 (Wegner 2, Gage 2), C 4 (Harris 2, McQuaid 2). Fouled out--Harris, Reiseter. Total fouls--VI 12, C 25. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--VI 18, C 23.

Vashon coach Andy Sears was out of breath but not out of words after Wednesday night's marquee matchup in the SunDome.

Chelan's Joe Harris, left, battles with Vashon's Alex Wegner during Wednesday night's Class 1A state
first-round game in the SunDome.

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"What a game -- holy smokes," he said after his defending champion Pirates had fought off top-ranked Chelan 66-52 in a Class 1A state tournament first-round battle of titans. "I'll say this -- neither of these teams deserved to lose on Wednesday night."

But one of them had to, given a draw that pitted third-ranked Vashon opposite the Joe Harris-led Goats, who hadn't lost since a first-game setback to Class 2A power Ephrata. The Pirates were denied a No. 1 state seed via a district loss to Cascade Christian.

They looked like a No. 1 team this time, though, especially for the first 10:47 during which Vashon (21-3) built a 32-10 lead when Harris was on the bench, saddled with three first-quarter fouls.

But the electrifying Harris led Chelan (23-2) back to within 40-36 with 3:48 to go in the third quarter.

With Vashon up 51-41 and 4:28 to play, though, the 6-foot-6, Virginia-bound senior fouled out when the Pirates' 6-9 Stanford recruit John Gage went hard to the basket.

Harris led all scorers with 23 points, and also grabbed seven rebounds, blocked two shots and made two steals.

Alex Wegner had 20 points and eight boards to top Vashon while Gage added 19 points, six rebounds three assists and two steals.

The Pirates will oppose Bellevue Christian in a 9 o'clock quarterfinal Thursday while Chelan must face Mabton in a 2 p.m. loser-out game.

"This sort of capsulized our season," Sears said. "At times we've played great, and at other times we've made things way too tough on ourselves. I thought we had a good plan for their 1-3-1 (zone defense), but I'll tell you, Joe Harris is the best player I've ever gone against."