Grandview completes perfect season

Associated Press

YAKIMA – Jaime Fajardo had two free throws with six seconds remaining as Grandview beat the Chelan 58-55 Saturday night to capture the Class 2A boys state championship.

Logan Schultz’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer was blocked by Grandview’s Brent Bottineau.

The game was a rematch of the Central Washington Athletic Conference district championship game a week earlier that Grandview won 73-44.

Chelan cut Grandview’s lead to a single point twice in the fourth quarter, the last time on a layup by Greg Meier with 14 seconds left.

The Goats quickly fouled Fajardo on the Greyhounds’ next possession, and Fajardo made both shots.

The Greyhounds (27-0) took the lead a minute and a half into the game. Although the Goats tied the score four times after that, they could never push past Grandview.

Grandview took its largest lead, 40-32, with 2:27 to play in the third quarter before Chelan ran off eight straight points to tie the score less than two minutes later.

But tournament MVP Phillip Candanoza hit two baskets in the final 20 seconds as Grandview retook the lead.

Candanoza scored a game-high 27 points, including 18 in the second half, and Fajardo added 16. Sean Campos pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds.

Jon Mitchell led Chelan (18-9) with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Michael Griffiths added 10 points for the Goats.

Lynden Christian 57, Chewelah 47: At Yakima, senior Paul Hafford scored 30 points and broke four tournament records in leading Lynden Christian to third place.

Hafford set the single-tournament scoring record with 118 points, bettering the 1999 mark of 116 set by former Blaine High School standout Luke Ridnour. His 42 field goals also were a record, as were his 104 field-goal attempts and 38 3-point field-goal attempts.

Hafford scored 18 points in the first half as the Lyncs (21-5) pulled out to a 26-15 halftime lead in the rematch of the 2001 state championship game won by the Cougars.

Hafford made 10 of 24 field-goal tries, including 3-for-10 from 3-point attempts. He also pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds. Teammate Mark Holleman added 10 points.

Ryan Feist paced the Cougars with 10 points, and teammate Jess Trampush had nine points and a game-high 21 rebounds, including 11 offensive rebounds. Trampush also had four assists and two blocked shots.

Chewelah (19-8) finished in sixth place.

Ephrata 65, Port Townsend 51: At Yakima, Sheldon Weddle scored 10 of his team-high 16 points to help Ephrata to a 19-point halftime lead as the Tigers claimed fourth place.

Andrew Borck added 11 points and Tyson Adams had 10 for the Tigers (20-8).

The Tigers built their halftime advantage by making six 3-pointers, including two each by Adams and Weddle.

Port Townsend (18-9), which finished in eighth place, made six of 25 shots in the first half. For the game, the Redskins shot 38 percent (17-for-44), including four of 16 3-point attempts.

Port Townsend’s Jared Robinson led all scorers with 21 points and had all four of his team’s 3-pointers. Fifteen of his points came in the second half. Teammate Nils Dobszinsky added nine points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots.

Borck had a game-high 12 rebounds. Weddle also added five assists and six steals.

Blaine 49, Steilacoom 33: At Yakima, Jake Gilmore scored 13 points and Cory Crews added 10 as Blaine captured fifth place.

The Borderites (23-5) pulled out to a 24-6 halftime lead and were never challenged in the second half. Steilacoom (23-4) placed eighth.

Blaine shot 52 percent (10-for-19) from the field in the first half, while Steilacoom committed seven of its 10 turnovers and shot 3-for-17 in the opening half.

Blaine’s Ryan Pike pulled down a game-high eight rebounds and the Borderites held a 27-24 rebounding advantage.

Kendrick Holley and Ryan Reynolds led the Sentinels with eight points apiece. Holley, who entered the tournament averaging 19.1 points per game, shot 4-for-15.