This kept the Grandview defense scrambling, the offense from organizing and there wasn't much else going right for the Greyhounds on center floor of the SunDome. Selah had everything covered as it never dropped a game in four matches to clinch the Class 2A state volleyball championship on Saturday.

"I'm just really happy," said Selah coach Kay Aberle as she sat in the middle of the floor adding up her team's stats after a 25-17, 28-26, 25-16 victory.

She had to make sure to carry the one a few times when adding up her setter's numbers. A third-year starter at the position, Powell capped her final game with 25 assists and showed she has the ability to finish plays as well as start them with a team-high 13 kills.

The command of Aberle's complicated offense was apparent from the get-go as she used numerous looks to keep the Grandview front line guessing. Sometimes long sets helped give Rachel Fickes nine kills on the night; other times quick snaps to Kierea Meloy helped her finish with seven kills.

So how many possible choices does she have when the ball comes onto Selah's side with only a fraction of a second to place a pass?

"I have several; it depends on where the ball is," Powell said. "I put it to the one that works — to have all these options is just amazing."

Grandview, which beat Selah during the CWAC regular season in four games, didn't wilt under all the offensive pressure. The Greyhounds even looked to have figured out the Selah offense and take control of the match with a 21-15 lead in the second game.

"That was just a true sign of character," said Aberle, who now has five state championships at Selah in her 13 years of coaching. "These girls are just in shape and never let up."

The comeback took just enough out of Grandview's tough exterior to give Selah a pretty easy third game. Kealey Johnston went down firing with 11 kills and tried her best to stop the Viking defense with 22 digs as the fourth-ranked Greyhounds fell for the second time in three games to Selah this year — the first was a loss in the CWAC district championship.

"We knew we had to keep concentrating because, if we let up, they'd come right back," Fickes said. "Grandview is a great team that just keeps battling."

Grandview coach John LaFever was also short with his comments on the match.

"They know they played well," said LaFever of his girls as he put the second-place trophy back in the box and made his way off the main floor.

Grandview hadn't dropped a game in the first three matches as well before running into the Vikings. They also showed off their moxie early Saturday when the Greyhounds rallied from being down 24-21 in the first game against R.A. Long in the semifinal match.

They had little trouble from there, closing out the match against the fifth-ranked Lumberjills with a 27-25, 25-20, 25-9 victory. Chante Bottineau sparked the offense with 32 assists, and Raissa Licano had a team-high 14 kills.

"We have some girls who have all been here before," said LaFever after that match. "Two of them have been in (the semifinals) before."

"We are very similar," said Aberle after that match. "It was like we were playing ourselves. There were a couple things that helped us — they were step slower and we were a bit more experienced."

And they had a setter who has no trouble locating her plethora of options.

Selah highlights: Rachel Fickes 20 kills, Kierea Meloy 11 kills, 6 blks; Courtney Hutchins 12 kills, 8 blks; Allyson Powell 44 assts, 13 kills; Amanda Barnett 47 digs; Sasha Valdez 7 assts, 2 aces; Dani Gunner 5 kills, 4 blks.

Grandview highlights: Kealey Johnston 1 ace, 15 kills, 30 digs; Chante Bottineau 3 aces 32 assts, 3 digs; Christine Penwell 6 kills, 1 asst, 3 blks, 4 digs; Raissa Licano 21 kills, 2 blks; Kinzi Poteet 16 kills, 6 blks; Sydney Mottice 2 aces, 1 kill, 2 blks, 5 digs; Danika Martinez 1 ace, 1 asst, 4 dig; Katie Veloz 13 digs