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Hard luck continues for Eagles at 4A stateBy CASEy OLSON

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The Federal Way girls basketball team has been snake-bitten all

season long and the team’s bad luck caught up with them

again at the Class 4A State Girls Basketball Tournament.

The third-ranked Eagles (21-8) were up-ended by the Chiawana Riverhawks, 43-40, Wednesday afternoon and eliminated Thurs-

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Federal Way senior Isiah Umipig hit a running layup with 8 seconds remaining in Thursday’s 60-59 overtime win over the Gonzaga Prep Bullpups at the Class 4A state basketball championship at the Tacoma Dome. CAsey olson, The Mirror

Decatur junior Jerron Smith finished with a game-high 31 points during Wednesday’s state win over stanwood. CAsey olson, The Mirror

By CASEy OLSON

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It was a game that the Federal Way Eagles weren’t supposed to win.

Second-ranked Gonzaga Prep (24-3) had the Eagles right where they wanted them. The Bullpups held a commanding eight-point lead with just 4:10 left in the game and Federal Way’s state player of the year, Cole Dickerson, was sitting on the Eagle bench after fouling out.

But senior point guard Isiah Umipig wasn’t willing to accept losing Thursday night inside the Tacoma Dome in the Class 4A State Boys Basketball Tourna-ment quarterfinal.

The Cal State Fullerton-bound Um-ipig converted a coast-to-coast layup with eight seconds left in overtime to give the Eagles an improbable 60-59 victory over the Bullpups. The lead was Federal Way’s first since late in the third quarter.

“I knew I was going to take the shot,” Umipig said. “I wanted the ball in my

Jackson, Kingma shoot past Gators in state quarterfinalsBy CASEy OLSON

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The Decatur Gators were staring right at a semifinal matchup with cross-district rival Federal Way.

But the Jackson Timberwolves and their star Brett Kingma weren’t about to let that happen Thursday night in the quarterfi-nals of the Class 4A State Boys Basketball Tournament. Kingma, the state’s leading scorer, led Jackson to a 58-54 win inside the Tacoma Dome.

With the game knotted at 54-54, Kingma floated in an unbelievable 3-point shot while falling out of bounds with just 1.8 seconds remaining in the game. And to make matters worse for Decatur, the junior was also fouled on the play. Kingma, who finished with a game-high 25 points, calmly stepped up to the free-throw line and made the shot to give Jackson an insurmountable four-point lead.

The loss drops the Gators into the con-solation bracket, where they took on the

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senior hits game-winner to put eagles back in state semifinals, Duckworth hits huge 3 to send game to oT

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hands. I wanted to attack while they were still trying to recover and I drove and finished.”

But Umipig’s overtime heroics were only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to clutch shooting by Federal Way Thursday. The biggest shot of the night ac-tually came off the hand of reserve guard Jerry Duck-worth. The junior buried a baseline 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation to send

the game into overtime. “We ran shooters to

both sides and I wasn’t open,” Umipig said. “So we got him the ball and he knocked it down.”

Duckworth’s 3-pointer was necessitated after Gonzaga Prep guard Parker Kelly calmly sank two free throws with 7.1 seconds re-maining to put the Bullpups up by three.

The defending state-champion Eagles took on Jackson High Friday night (after press time) with a

berth into the champion-ship game on the line.

“It was an emotional game,” said Dickerson, who finished with 16 points. “I didn’t want that to be my last game in high school. I knew Isiah was going to pull through. I saw it in his eyes. He just took our team on his shoulders and carried us all the way to the win.”

After Dickerson fouled out, Umipig took over the game. The 6-footer tallied the Eagles’ next 10 points to cut Gonzaga Prep’s lead to one with 1:55 left in regula-tion. Umipig finished with 24 points.

“Our first option is Cole, because he’s so diverse with his moves,” said Umipig. “When he went out, I knew it was all on my shoulders. I just took it and went.”

The Eagles (25-2) were in total control of the game. Federal Way used an 8-0 run that spanned the

second and third quarter to take a commanding 34-22 lead.

But that’s when the Bullp-ups and all-state forward Ryan Nicholas exploded on a 20-1 run that turned their 12-point deficit into an

eight-point lead. Nicholas, who has signed with the University of Portland, finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

“They are a great team,” Umipig said. “This is the best 16 teams in the state. But this is my senior year and I wanted to keep play-ing. We still have a chance at our main goal.”

FedWay 64, StanWood 44 (WedneSday)

The Eagles bounced back from their loss to Lincoln in the West Central District championship with a resounding 64-44 win over Stanwood Wednesday morning.

Like they have been all season, the Eagles (24-2) were led by their big two in their opener inside the Tacoma Dome. Dickerson finished with 24 points and nine rebounds and Umipig chipped in 20 points and four assists.

“We are going to go as far as they can take us,” said Federal Way head coach Jerome Collins. “It’s really good to see them come into their own. We really rely on them.”

The first quarter against Stanwood was back and forth with the Eagles cling-ing to an 8-7 lead.

But that all changed very quickly. Federal Way erupted on a 12-2 run over the second half of the first quarter, which was capped by a reverse alley-oop from Umipig to Tyrell Lewis.

The Eagles extended the lead to 38-23 at halftime. Federal Way dominated the

offensive glass, finishing with 22 offensive rebounds and only 21 on the defen-sive end. Federal Way also forced the Spartans into 21 turnovers, which equalled into 20 more shot attempts during the game.

Wednesday’s win came just five days after the Eagles let a 21-point fourth-quarter lead slip away against Lincoln in the district title game. The loss was Federal Way’s first of the season to an in-state opponent.

“It feels good to put that loss behind us,” Umipig said. “We were a lot more focused than usual and staying focused really helped us.”

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Cole Dickerson led the Eagles with 24 points and nine rebounds during Wednesday’s win over Stanwood. caSEy olSon, The Mirror

Hodgkins sank two free throws with 1.7 seconds remaining to put the game away. Federal Way’s Bar-rington missed a half-court 3-pointer that would have tied the game at the buzzer.

Huertas-Vining led the Eagles with 13 points.

The Eagles came into the state tournament without the services of two of their best post players. Lead-ing scorer and rebounder Tyshanna Burgess played in only eight games this season and 6-foot Jaleecia Roland played in only 11. Burgess is out because of disciplinary reasons and Roland is injured. Federal Way also played the first month and half of the season without Barrington, who suffered a knee injury last spring.

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