SIOUX FALLS – Pierre started well in the AA championship game, but a second-quarter surge gave Sioux Falls Washington another championship.
Washington won its second championship in three years Saturday with a 54-36 victory over Pierre in the SDHSAA Class AA Girls Basketball championship game at the Sanford Pentagon.
The game turned for Washington when the Warriors, who had trailed the Governors early by five points, put together an 18-3 run in the last 5:53 of the first half for a 31-20 halftime lead.
Brooklyn Harpe led Washington (21-3) with 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including a three-pointer. Grace Peterson scored 13 points with six rebounds.
Ryann Barry scored 12 points for Pierre (20-4) and made three three-pointers. Remington Price scored eight points with two three-pointers.
Washington, who defeated Pierre 57-49 on January 7, won its seventh overall girls state championship. Pierre was trying for its third.
3rd Place
Sioux Falls Jefferson 55, Harrisburg 34
Jefferson raced out to a 29-9 lead, then later led by as many as 38 in the third-place game.
Jaidyn Dunn scored 11 points with seven rebounds and eight blocked shots for Jefferson (19-5). Aliyah McGovern also scored 11. Cierra Watkins, named as the Spirit of Su winner, scored 10.
Kayleigh Hybertson scored nine points for Harrisburg (17-7).
5th Place
O’Gorman 70, Mitchell 33
O’Gorman had a 29-11 run in the first half and then ran away from Mitchell.
Mahli Abdouch scored 17 for the Knights (19-5). Lucy Moore scored 11. Sawyer Stoebner scored 14 with seven rebounds for Mitchell (10-14).
7th Place
Rapid City Stevens 53, Watertown 51
Stevens rallied from 11 points down to capture seventh place.
Taliyah Porter scored 21 with nine rebounds and four assists for the Raiders (15-9). Isabell Higgins had 13.
Jaida Young led Watertown (12-12) with 22 points. Maddy Rhode scored 15.
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