Mount Vernon Christian, here doubling up on Coupeville’s Maddie Georges, hosted an elite eight-team postseason hoops tourney. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Looks like La Conner might not have won a girls basketball state title this year, after all.
The Braves dominated play in the Northwest 2B/1B League during the pandemic-shortened 2021 season, going undefeated against Coupeville and Co., then added non-conference wins against elite larger schools such as King’s, Lynden, and Meridian.
But given a chance to face off with some of the other top 2B teams in the state this week, La Conner came up six points short of a title.
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association didn’t hold any postseason events this season, so eight top small school programs crafted their own unofficial championship.
Called Summer State, it went down Wednesday through Friday at Mount Vernon Christian High School, with seven 2B schools and the hosts, who are a 1B program.
La Conner dismantled Toldeo 65-30, then slipped past Wahkiakum 65-62, before falling 72-66 to Warden in overtime in the title game.
Warden placed 6th in the official 1A state tourney last season, before new classification counts moved the school to 2B beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
While La Conner exited with a 2nd place trophy, MVC finished 6th after going 1-2.
The Hurricanes fell 51-34 to Tri Cities Prep, bounced back to drill Onalaska 61-35, then closed with a 34-31 loss against Toledo.
La Conner star Sarah Cook — who lit Coupeville up both times the Wolves faced the Braves during the regular season — was named to the First-Team All-Tournament team.
MVC’s Emma Droog and La Conner’s Juna Swanson both were given Second-Team honors.
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