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RICHFIELD 40, ROCKLAND 18: The Tigers' defense limited Rockland to five points or less in each of the game's four quarters, finally blowing the game open in the fourth quarter to reach the 1A Division II state championship game.
Richfield will meet Dietrich for the title, a rematch of last season's state championship game that was won by Richfield. In fact, either Richfield or Dietrich has won every 1A Division II girls basketball state championship game since the IHSAA split the 1A classification into two divisions for the 2008-09 academic year.
Richfield's April Wood was the lone double-figure scorer in the game, collecting 12 points on four of ten shooting from the field. Hannah Walker added eight and sophomore Monce Rivas chipped in with seven points and five rebounds for the Tigers.
Senior Aspen O'Brien had four points for Rockland as the Bulldogs had just six field goals in the entire game. Stefanie McClanahan had seven rebounds and two steals for Rockland.
Richfield led by eight, 21-13, going into the fourth quarter before out-scoring the Bulldogs 19-5 over the game's final eight minutes to pull away.
DIETRICH 47, SALMON RIVER 44: Freshman Matigan Bingham hit a three-pointer with 1:15 remaining, giving Dietrich a lead it would not relinquish to reach the 1A Division II state championship game.
The Blue Devils had to survive two three-point attempts from Salmon River's Maddy Tucker to tie the game, the first just missing before the second, a desperation shot at the horn, banged off the backboard.
Dietrich had a 12-point, first-half lead before the Savages began chipping away. Salmon River took the lead with 1:30 left to play before Bingham answered with the eventual game-winning shot.
Senior Katee Hubert led Dietrich with 16 points and ten rebounds while Bingham had nine on 3/9 shooting from three-point range. Freshman Chevelle Shepherd led Salmon River with 15 points. Sophomore Payton Branstetter had 12 and Tucker, a junior, had 11.
Dietrich will attempt to win its fifth state title in the past six years when it faces Richfield Saturday morning at 9:30 at the Idaho Center.
LAKESIDE 67, COUNCIL 61: Lakeside broke a 50-50, fourth-quarter tie with a 10-2 run and used that to knock off Council in a 1A Division II consolation game. The Knights advance to Saturday's Consolation final with the win.
Lakeside got another monster effort from junior Lillian Rhea, with 28 points and ten rebounds, giving her a total of 61 points and 33 rebounds in two games. That puts a pair of 1A Division 2 state records within reach - single-tournament points (78, Jade Parke, 2013) and single-tournament points per game (26, Jade Parke, 2013). Rhea needs at least 18 points in Lakeside's Consolation final game to break those records.
Council got 21 points from Sierra Schmeckpepper and 20 from Zoe Wessels in defeat.
NEZPERCE 32, DEARY 16: Nezperce held Deary to just five points well into the third quarter, building a big enough lead to defeat Deary and advance to Saturday's Consolation final.
The Indians' defense held Deary to just 4/49 shooting (8.2 percent) for the game.
Nezperce's Maria Mosman led all scorers with nine points. Teammate Maddie Stapleton added eight.
Brooke Swanson led Deary with seven points.
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