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SALT LAKE CITY — More than a month after winning a second-straight 6A state championship, Lone Peak girls basketball will play for another crown.
BYU signee Kailey Woolston poured in 32 points and 12 rebounds as Lone Peak advanced to the championship game of the State Champions Invitational with a 68-60 win over Desert Vista (Ariz.) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Jerzy Robinson had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead Desert Vista.
Woolston had five-straight makes, including back-to-back 3-pointers midway through the third quarter to push the Knights' lead to 55-33.
Named the top player in the state by Gatorade, MaxPreps and the Deseret News, Woolston — who was BYU coach Amber Whiting's first commit to the program — converted 6-of-10 3-pointers, and Lone Peak's defense held Desert Vista to 39% shooting and led by double figures most of the way until a fourth-quarter rally by the Arizona champs closed to within 8.
BYU commit Kailey Woolston is on FIRE 14 early points in SCI's first semifinal of the day 🎯 @KaileyWoolston@UHSAAinfopic.twitter.com/ZLaVHYeGsF
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Shawnee Nordstrom added 17 points and five assists, including three 3-pointers, for the Knights, and teammates Sarah Bartholomew, Makeili Ika and Kennedy Woolston did the rest to advance Lone Peak to Saturday's championship game (8 a.m. MDT, ESPNU) against No. 2-ranked and top-seeded Sidwell Friends (28-3).
6A champion Corner Canyon's boys basketball team also earned an invitation to the second-annual State Champions Invitational in Washington, D.C.
Cam Gillus had 19 points and four assists as Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.) handed the Chargers their first loss in 21 games with a 60-53 win in the boys' bracket semifinals.
Caleb Williams added 13 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks for the Quakers (28-4).
Max Toombs had 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead Corner Canyon (26-3), a day after he exploded for 18 in a quarterfinal win over Yazoo City (Miss.).
Four-star junior Brody Kozlowski had 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting with three rebounds in the first half en route to the Chargers' 27-23 lead at the break. But the 6-foot-7 big had just 2 points in the second half to finish with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Gillus, who has committed to Lehigh, converted an and-one play in the final minute as the Quakers outscored Corner Canyon 18-11 in the third quarter en route to a 41-38 edge.
Toombs took over in the second half, scoring 7-straight points that included a spin move to push the Chargers back in front with 5:27 remaining.
But the senior with a bevy of junior college offers picked up his fourth foul on an offensive charge down 55-50 with 2 minutes remaining, and the Chargers could get no closer with his limitations after he went to the bench in the closing moments.
Corner Canyon committed 20 turnovers, leading to 31 points for Sidwell.
In Thursday's first-round games, Kozlowski poured in 17 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and four steals in Corner Canyon's 89-61 win over Yazoo City.
The rising junior whose offers from BYU, Utah, Utah State, Saint Mary's, VCU and Loyola Chicago, among others according to 247Sports, helped the Chargers advance to Friday's semifinals.
The boys final will be contested immediately follow the girls' title game, approximately 10 a.m. MDT Saturday, on ESPN2.
