To the uninitiated, those yet to enjoy watching La Salle's girls before Friday night, the experience must have been eye-opening.

Just ask the Lakeside Eagles, who became the Lightning's 24th victim in as many games this season, 52-29, in a first-round Class 1A state tournament game in Ike Gym.

La Salle's Savannah Bonny drives past Lakeside's Lexie Zappone during Friday's Class 1A state opening-round game at Eisenhower High School.   ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic View all photos for this story.

New classification? No problem.

Second-ranked La Salle, runner-up in last year's Class 2B tournament in Spokane, will next play in a 1A quarterfinal at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the SunDome. Its opponent has not yet been determined.

"It'll be a little weird, playing in the SunDome instead of Spokane," said senior standout Savannah Bonny, who led all scorers with 19 points and produced her usual amount of everywhere-at-once defense. "But it's what we've been working toward, so we're excited."

Not to mention very, very good.

From Bonny, who made one of her trademark head-first dives to save an offensive rebound and led the Lightning with 11 boards, to Lauren DeGooyer who scored 10 points, to sophomore center Danielle Kaschmitter, rewarded with a double high-five from coach Alyssa Goins after scoring on a left-handed spin move from the lane, La Salle was a study in defensive intensity and offensive efficiency.

"Defensive pressure and intensity has been our focus all week," Goins said, "particularly because Lakeside has two really good guards. I was pleased with how we handled them, and with other aspects of our play as well."

The Lightning's full-court, man-to-man pressure forced 26 turnovers off which La Salle scored half its points. It also held Lakeside (17-10) scoreless for long stretches of time.

The Eagles, topped by guard Tayler Flemming's 11 points, managed only two points in the second period, which ended with La Salle in command 30-15.

"We're excited to be in the tournament," Goins said. "That's been our goal all year."

The Eagles, from Nine Mile Falls north of Spokane, play a loser-out game at 1 p.m. today against Cascade Christian, also at Ike.

Lakeside -- Mik. Brittos 2, Flemming 11, Zappone 5, Widman 6, Campbell 3, Lesser 0, Kyllo 0, Watkins 2, Mir. Brittos 0, Cook-Cox 0, Perkins 0, Wear 0.
La Salle -- Bonny 19, Andringa 2, Sattler 5, DeGooyer 10, Kaschmitter 7, Patterson 0, Avalos 4, McGree 0, Avalos 5, Sandoval 0, Standley 0, Zeutenhorst 0.
Lakeside	13	2	9	5	--	29
La Salle	15	15	18	4	--	52